For this writer, long hair carries sentimental value. In hindsight, the whole process was impulsive. Swept up in the trend craze, I picked a generic salon near my boyfriend’s house and showed up ...

Bouncy volume at its finest.

The time had finally come. The rite of ­passage. The Big Chop. ‘Just do it,’ I ordered my long-time hairdresser Peter when I ­visited the salon last week. With great crunching snips of the scissors, ...

Reports of "recession hair" or "recession-proof hair" have risen as of late, as consumers are searching for ways to stretch their budgets during a time of economic uncertainty. For some, that may look ...