I've had a funny couple of weeks, feeling really blah due to the rubbish weather and having a persistent cold. I thought I would cheer myself up with a voucher for a hair colour and cut. It was one of those discount deals, you know the sort where they email you 5 times a day with things to spend money on that you don't really need. Anyway, it was £34 for half a head of highlights, a conditioning treatment, cut and blowdry. I got a bit excited looking at pictures of Carey Mulligan
So I went along on Tuesday in anticipation of my most excellent make-over into Hollywood A-lister style and put myself in the hands of the hairdressers. The colour was good, the hair wash was good (they had those massage chairs - bliss) and then we got to the cut.
"So, what are you after?" he enquired.
"I'd like a short bob, please, with a sweeping fringe, and some layers around the sides, nothing too set square"
"Ah, well that's a re-style. The voucher is for a trim."
Silent and invisible Hmpf. "I see, so how much is a re-style?"
"That's £15" he said.
Now at this point I'm thinking, to go to any other hairdressers and start again for this so called re-style is going to cost at least £30. On top of the £35 I have already spent, so let's just get on with it.
So he cut my hair. Quite short. I'm of the mind that hair always grows back anyway so it's not worth getting too bothered by it being a bit shorter than expected. Then the fringe part.
"Can we make it a bit more sweeping, so it starts over here?" I asked
"No, because your parting is here, any extra hair we put in will just fall back to the other side."
"Oh"
Then he showed me the back of my head. I hadn't realised he had used an invisible basin to cut around the back. And to make matters worse there was a weird clumpy pointy bit at the middle. I asked if anything could be done about that.
"That's just your natural hairline. That's how it goes."
Hmmm. Right.
He had another go at it with the scissors in any case, then showed me again with the mirror.
You know when you hit that point where you just want them to STOP TOUCHING YOUR HAIR? So I said
"Yes, that's lovely, thanks"
Sigh. Then I handed over my money and left.
Since then everyone I see has said either
"Oh your hair looks lovely!"
or the much more loaded
"Oh you've had your hair cut!"
I wasn't imbibed with Carey Mulligan's cute pixie like face. I look more like Leslie Ash in Holby City or Where The Heart Is. And I was conned out of £15 for the privilege. Has anyone ever told their hairdresser they hate what they've done? Is it just me who sits there politely not wanting to make a fuss whilst sobbing on the inside?
And another thing:
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ARGH!!
So I went along on Tuesday in anticipation of my most excellent make-over into Hollywood A-lister style and put myself in the hands of the hairdressers. The colour was good, the hair wash was good (they had those massage chairs - bliss) and then we got to the cut.
"So, what are you after?" he enquired.
"I'd like a short bob, please, with a sweeping fringe, and some layers around the sides, nothing too set square"
"Ah, well that's a re-style. The voucher is for a trim."
Silent and invisible Hmpf. "I see, so how much is a re-style?"
"That's £15" he said.
Now at this point I'm thinking, to go to any other hairdressers and start again for this so called re-style is going to cost at least £30. On top of the £35 I have already spent, so let's just get on with it.
So he cut my hair. Quite short. I'm of the mind that hair always grows back anyway so it's not worth getting too bothered by it being a bit shorter than expected. Then the fringe part.
"Can we make it a bit more sweeping, so it starts over here?" I asked
"No, because your parting is here, any extra hair we put in will just fall back to the other side."
"Oh"
Then he showed me the back of my head. I hadn't realised he had used an invisible basin to cut around the back. And to make matters worse there was a weird clumpy pointy bit at the middle. I asked if anything could be done about that.
"That's just your natural hairline. That's how it goes."
Hmmm. Right.
He had another go at it with the scissors in any case, then showed me again with the mirror.
You know when you hit that point where you just want them to STOP TOUCHING YOUR HAIR? So I said
"Yes, that's lovely, thanks"
Sigh. Then I handed over my money and left.
Since then everyone I see has said either
"Oh your hair looks lovely!"
or the much more loaded
"Oh you've had your hair cut!"
I wasn't imbibed with Carey Mulligan's cute pixie like face. I look more like Leslie Ash in Holby City or Where The Heart Is. And I was conned out of £15 for the privilege. Has anyone ever told their hairdresser they hate what they've done? Is it just me who sits there politely not wanting to make a fuss whilst sobbing on the inside?
And another thing:
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
ARGH!!