Hair Part Theory – Discover the Difference!

Re: True Mirrors

The companion story about the Hair Part Theory is how 3 years after discovering the effects of hair parting in my own experience, I had another epiphany in front of the mirror – I saw myself for real in two mirrors at right angles – which makes a true reflection mirror (now sold as a True Mirror).  It was an amazing experience because I finally connected to myself, spot on, eye to eye contact, and I felt really good about who i was seeing.  I was alive, happy, and genuine!

In the following years, I started producing the True Mirror and also developed a theory about why it is so different.  Basically the idea is that our left and right sides of our faces are different, and convey different information, because our brains are different left and right.    I believe there is clear correlations in your left and right sides of the face with what is going on inside.  This is also the basis for the Hair Part Theory having its effects in biasing one over the other.

The point of this post is that when you flip your face in a mirror, the message of your face doesn’t match what is real anymore, and you quickly tend to become expressionless and more self-critical and doubting.  However, in a True Mirror, your face matches what is real, so if you are feeling good, you see it confirmed.  If you are feeling bad, its easy to get compassion and empathy from yourself, because you see what is going on internally.

Note: Download this and show full screen to see the effects

The attached photo of Bruce Willis easily demonstrates the power of flipping your image in a mirror to change the essential nature of your expression.  I have taken his classic smirk and deconstructed the left and right sides, then flipped it and deconstructed again.  Before his smirk is fairly humorous and makes you feel good, flipped his smirk is very sarcastic and you feel he is challenging you.

Now when we look at the reversed picture, it doesn’t change while we look at it.  However, in a mirror, our face changes immediately in response to what we are seeing, which is why we usually don’t smile back at ourselves for more than a few seconds – smiles in particular just don’t look right backwards, and we don’t smile.   In a true image mirror they do.  (try this at home –  hold two mirrors at right angles and look into the angle  and try a real smile…can you see the sparkle in your eyes?  now look in the flat mirror and see how it just fades and you start staring.

More info at http://www.truemirror.com

The right hair part on men is often used in advertisements to reinforce a negative impression of the man in question. The latest is the Geico Commercial:
From the marketmenot.com website, this description: A father and son are hanging out, the son playing video games, the father using his tablet. “Huh, 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance.” The son replies “Everybody knows that.” The dad says “Well, did you know that Pinocchio was a bad motivational speaker?” We cut to Pinocchio giving a motivational speech to a group of people. “I look around this room, and I see nothing but untapped potential.” Pinocchio points to a man in the crowd “You have potential!” Pinocchio’s nose starts to grow because he’s lying. “You have… oh boy.” The man he pointed to lowers his head, now depressed that he knows he has no potential.
So how is it that he can just point to this guy in the crowd and everyone knows he is lying when he says he has potential? How bout that right hair part. Check it out backwards – see how the guy’s image looks backwards – its not so immediately obvious that he wouldn’t have potential
http://www.marketmenot.com/geico-pinocchio-bad-motivational-speaker-commercial/

A recent article in Glamour magazine entitled “All Signs Point to the Fact That THIS Is How You Need to Be Wearing Your Hair” makes the case that the strong side hair part is “in” like never before.

It always surprises me that most people equate symmetry with beauty, but then we love to be purposely asymmetric when it comes to hair. Usually its a great accent, and on a beautiful woman, she can usually wear her hair lots of ways and she still looks good. But the biggest issue is that there’s a signal that gets sent out with the side hair part that people should be aware of…and that signal may not be the one you think you are sending out.

I was also surprised that all of the hair parts on the models were left parts, which emphasizes the more masculine side of us – the rational, assertive, stronger and less emotional. It is a look that still works for women, especially when they are pretty models, but no one tells them that this signalling is happening. So readers may choose their hair parts based on the models in the picture, and then present the world with a look that is usually harsher and less feminine than they might like.

The point is, side part if you like, but know that there’s some messaging going on that you should be aware of. And the mirror will lie to you, telling you that you are projecting the exact opposite! Which is where the True Mirror comes in!

By the way, women tend to change hair parts much more frequently than men. I would suggest the following experiment – for a business meeting, part on the left, but when its time for that hot date, part it on the right. See how easy both situations can become to get the outcome you want!

To see this for yourself, first look at the models in the original article. then look at the same pictures shown below, where i have simulated each model with a right hair part by flipping the image…can you see that each one is a little softer, less challenging, more feminine?

Regular vs Reversed pictures below:

This is the image as it appears in the magazine

This is the reversed image, simulating what they would look like with right parts

This is the original image with a left part

This is the reversed image, simulating what she would look like with a right part

This is the same image with a right part

This is the original image