Sexy - What is Sexy??

by: Damien R. von Dahlem

Everybody wants sexy hair and I see it promised in magazine after magazine, but I have never seen or heard anyone really quantify it.

Perhaps it is not quantifiable as perceptions of what is sexy will vary from person to person. Perhaps no real writer wants to run the risk of offending those who have hair that does not conform to sexiness. Perhaps I'm just a blowhard that doesn't know when to quit.

Be that as it may, I have given the subject some thought and now I am going to take a good whack at it.
Frequently people confuse pretty with sexy. I have known plenty of pretty people with the sex appeal of a bacteria infested sponge, and I have known plain and even marginally unattractive people who ooze sex appeal with their every gesture that they grace us with.

Indeed I would argue that there is no ultimately sexy hairstyle anymore than the car you drive, the magic gob in a bottle, or the other sparkly consumer products can deliver. (Note to self: expect nasty calls from advertisers.)

Yet I do believe that a sexy hairstyle can be the icing on the cake so long as the cake itself has some real substance. My personal definition of sexy is an independent gal with plenty of spunk and brains to boot. I am far more interested in what is in her head than on it. Still, every now then a divine creature with that certain ulala will walk into a room and every single head turns without an iota of an idea if she has the capacity to tie her own shoe, and to be honest, at that precise moment no one cares.

So what is it about that person that has a universal effect on all whom she passes and can we bottle it?

Its confidence. The universal sex appeal is the confidence we exude culminating in graceful posture and movement.

So much for her (bitch), now to the rest of us.

A sexy hairstyle will:

1. Be a simple clean cut with clean lines. Understated elegance. Why we as a culture insist on mangling our brides with intense and often confusing updo's, is simply beyond me. The same goes for those poofy shoulders, bangles and bobbles hanging from the bride's dress as if she were an Elizabethan era lampshade.

2. Be age appropriate. Tell your husband you'll wear your hair long again when he can produce his high school stomach and biceps.

3. Be ethnically appropriate. Every culture has its jewels and gems, so why try to usurp someone else's heritage. It usually looks really dumb anyway.

4. Be revealing. Don't hide behind your hair. Open it up, show the world who and what you are. Stop insisting on celebrity cuts. Even if your stylist has the skill to give you the latest Meg Ryan cut, you still won't look like Meg Ryan.

5. Be proportionate to your face and body structure. Get a good stylist who knows the rules and math of proportionate cutting, drawing the eye to your best feature and away from your least flattering feature.

6. Be in line with your makeup. Please, blue eye shadow? I have never seen that make anyone look anything but trailer. Get help from a real pro, and I don't mean your local Avon or Mary Kay buddy. Their products are fine, some even good, I'm talking about the painter not the paint.

Well, I'm done. Of course what do I know, I'm only a man. (With a drop dead gorgeous and sexy wife.)