Emerson Salon – Capitol Hill Seattle

That is a difficult question to answer, both personally and as a hair stylist.

Long Hair can be sexy, on the right person, and hair is used both as a symbol of power and as a symbol of control, and both power and control are decidedly sexy!

When is long hair sexy? Long hair is sexy when the wearer views their long locks as sexy. Sexy is all about confidence. Long hair admirers find long hair sexy; it is a matter of preference.

The sexiest long hair is healthy, shiny, moves freely, is soft, and without split ends.

People are attracted to healthy looking people biologically, because healthy people are desired for their good genes, which are desirable for reproduction. Even for those who don’t want children, this biological urge exists.

Long hair frames the face, like a pretty picture, without overpowering it, and accentuates the person without BEING the person.

Long hair can be flipped, played with, brushed, shampooed luxuriously; it can be styled or unstyled. Long hair looks range from straight, shiny and sleek, to messy, tousled, and loose. It can be pinned up into an elegant or fun updo, or sleeked back into a severe ponytail or be worn sleek with a severe geometric part. There are many options.

Long hair is seen as more natural, untamed, wild, effortless; a symbol of freedom, or anarchy to some.

Long hair is feminine; a source of feminine power. Even on men, long hair is seen as a symbol of power, or wild abandon. Take Samson, for example. His long hair was his power; when his hair was cut off, his strength left.

Women who leave a relationship sometimes cut off all their hair, especially if they feel that they kept it long for their men. Wanting a fresh start in life, they cut off their locks to try and erase the years of a bad relationship. Others will change their hair color instead.

Long hair can also be decidedly un-sexy.

• Some long hair lovers don’t care how good the long hair looks; just that it IS long.
• Equally dangerous are long hair wearers who don’t take care of their long hair.

Hair that grows out as wide as it is long is probably not going to have movement, and hair that isn’t conditioned may be harsh to the touch or it may look like you put your head into a light socket.

• Hair that hasn’t been cut in a year is likely to have many broken ends and it also has lost its shape.
• Heavy long hair can give the wearer headaches and the scalp may not be getting air to it, resulting in ill scalp health.

So if your going to sport some long hair make sure to keep it conditioned, healthy and with out split ends.

-posted by Lancer