I feel like I'm in a hair rut. I've been getting the same haircut for 20 years. It's just straight with a few layers around my face. I usually get it cut to my shoulders and then it grows out a few inches, and then I get it cut again, the same way.

I had a bad experience once and I feel like it's made me so hesitant on going now. Not to mention I feel like my hair is weird and stubborn. It's is super fine, which makes it hard to style (It will not hold a curl) and I have a lot of cowlicks (I get comments on that almost every time I go to a salon).

Anyway, I want to find a stylist and stick with them. I usually just go to random salons that will take walk-ins. But I'm still scared about them messing up my hair.

I also want a change now. But that scares me even more. If I go in with pictures, and if I ask them if it would look good on me, would they be honest? If I show them a picture of a similar hairstyle that I DON'T like, would this help?

I tried to be brave last time, went in with a picture, and my hair looked nothing like it afterwards. I didn't like the stylist so I just left instead of having her charge me another $15 to style it. I doubt it would have looked anything like I wanted it to anyway.