Haircut during the thirty days of mourning for a woman
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Question
Is it permissible for a woman in thirty days of mourning for her sister to get a haircut?
Answer
For Ashkenazim, even women are prohibited from getting a haircut for thirty days, but hair that she regularly removes so as not to appear unattractive to her husband, is permitted to be removed. It is preferable to do so with a change. For Sephardim, it is permitted to remove hair immediately after the seven days.
Source
The Tur in Siman Sh"C writes: "It is taught in Avel Rabbati that a woman is permitted to remove hair after seven days, and so writes Rav Alfasi that a woman is permitted to remove hair, and Ramban questions: if so, she should be permitted to iron as well, and all the mitzvot of thirty days should not apply to her. Therefore, it seems, as the commentators say, that the removal of hair permitted for a woman is when she passes a comb over her face and treats it with lime, which is for adornment so as not to appear unattractive to her husband, but an actual haircut is prohibited for all thirty days, like for a man."
In the Shulchan Aruch, there in paragraph 5, it is ruled according to the Rif and Rambam that a woman is permitted to remove hair after seven days, but the Rema writes that the custom is to be stringent for a woman all thirty days, and in the Shach, S"K 2, it is written to permit a woman after seven days to shave hair that she regularly removes, so as not to appear unattractive to her husband.
And that it is preferable to do so with a change, as written in Da'at Kedoshim, Siman Sh"C, S"K 1, and this is compared to the removal of nails.