You may have heard the phrase “first impressions are everything” and it many ways, it is a truism that influences our everyday lives. People make assumptions about a person within seconds of meeting them which s a phenomenon psychologists refer to as “thin slicing.” This means that when you meet your potential future employer or sit down for coffee on a date, the person across the table from you is already making opinions about you based on what they see. This could be about what you look like or how you are interacting with them.
Although this may be frustrating to us, this phenomenon does underscore just how valuable the first impressions we give off are, which explains why we put so much effort into the way we look. An average person would not show up to a job interview in sweatpants or show up to a date in a Halloween costume (unless that’s what the date called for). This is because, as social creatures, we care what people think about us.
Because of this desire to give off a good impression, whole industries have been created: clothing, makeup, cosmetic surgery and weight-loss programs are just a few of them, and speak to the supply and demand of their consumers – we would not wear suits to work or buy makeup and hair products unless we thought they make us marketable or acceptable in society.
In many cases, changing up one’s style or appearance can be quite a transformative experience. This is why many people opt to get makeovers if they feel like their wardrobe needs some updating. There is even an entire genre of television shows based people getting makeovers either through getting new clothes and a haircut or even going under the knife. In addition to boosting one’s confidence, a makeover can truly change one’s life and even give a person opportunities they might not have otherwise had. And the makeover doesn’t even have to be so drastic and it can be as simple as getting a new outfit or cutting bangs into your hair. In one instance, a haircut was so transformative that it made one man going viral. One day, a barber got quite the surprise after a bushy man walked into his shop and asked him to chop of his long locks and bushy beard. This is a story about one particular thick bearded man who got a makeover that made him almost unrecognizable.
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This shaggy looking gentleman took a trip to the barbershop and when he asked for a haircut, the barber did not even know where to begin. The young man’s hair was all over the place and pretty unkempt. The barber could not tell where his hair ended and his facial features began and it was clear that this was going to be quite the haircut. After a long time working on his client, the hairdresser revealed his masterpiece and the results are going to surprise you.
