1. Sit up straight. Don't cross your legs when you sit in stylist's chair -- it skews your posture, so your cut could be uneven once you stand up. Instead, sit up in chair, legs uncrossed.

2. Collect pictures. The biggest hair disasters arise when your stylist doesn't understand what you want. Pictures will help convey your message.

3. But be realistic. You may love a cut on a magazine model, but if your hair is not same texture or your face is not same shape as hers, cut won't look same on you. Ask your stylist for variations appropriate to you.

4. Soften a square jawline with layers. Keep them long and choppy around lower half of your face.

5. Use your hands. Instead of asking for an inch off ends, use your hands to show your stylist where you'd like your hair to fall.

Get More Youthful Eyebrows

The Trick: A Straighter Brow Line

Severely arched brows add years to your face, while brows with a straighter "tail" make your eyes look youthful. Just brush brows down, then across to find sparse spots. Fill in with brow pencil before blending with a brow brush.

Get Wide Open Eyes

The Trick: Hot new minimal liner

Skip thick eyeliner, which just makes eyes look small. Instead, dip an eye-lining brush into dampened shadow or pot liner and trace a thin line along roots of upper lashes. It will enhance whites of eyes, making them look bigger.

Get Model High Cheekbones

The Trick: Apply brush in an arc

Not only will your cheekbones look gorgeous, but your whole face will look slimmer! Instead of applying blush to apples of cheeks - which accentuates roundness - apply in an arc shape from slightly under cheekbones out and up toward temples while keeping lips puckered - blend well.

Get Mile Long Lashes