Today is the day; today, I morph my hairstyle to match my personality. I approach the salon chair, excited to embrace this change.

“What are we doing today?” my new stylist asks while draping a black cape around me, securing it with Velcro behind my neck.

I pull my arm with my cell phone in hand from beneath the cape and pull up the screenshots I saved. “I like this style,” I state. “Will it work with my face shape?”

The stylist takes my phone, swipes through ...