So funny. You can tell when it’s gone wrong if you are paying and they start telling you how lovely it looks!
I always rush to get home to wet it and blow dry it myself. I can’t think of anything in the world more tedious than having your hair blown dry by someone else for half an hour when it takes you five mins at home.
So funny too ref head massage etiquette. I had a haircut yesterday and I was thinking it was like a large squid squeezing my head. Tried to make my best pretend ooh so relaxed face, so as not to offend haha!
Then there are hairdressers who take out their frustration on your scalp when washing. But the worst is when they have nail extensions.
Had the last one before Corona when it was still possible to have it without the hair being washed in the salon. I’ve never had a hair wash done by a hairdresser and wouldn’t like it. I dislike the whole procedure which includes making an appointment, still having to wait, having to describe what you want, making small talk, having to praise the result, and the hassle of declining offers of over-priced products.
I’d rather see a dentist than a hairdresser.
The entire experience is horrible.
Having people wash your hair with stuff you never added for. Cutting your hair in ways you never asked for. Needing to play that stupid shop talk game of pretentious nicely nice while they try and convince you how lovely your hair looks yet mist of its on the floor. Standing there smelling like the hair salon itself which is over kill. No thanks.
No trials as described but I have to sit on a very low stool so that Mrs mart can cut my hair from her wheelchair. Twist this way and that way so various areas of the head can be cut. It isn’t ideal for either of us but saved a fortune over the years.
Neither of us wants this too often, so my hair goes from being cut very short to letting it grow very long. A couple of months between cuts mostly. It would feel really wierd going to the barbers and letting someone else do it.
I never opt for a hair wash when I have my short back and sides. Apart from the extra cost, and water dripping down from your neck, I go home after,
and wash it myself in the shower. It also gets shot of them little bits that get down your back.
Funnily enough just come back from town and waited for husband to have his hair cut. He has been going to Turkish barbers for several years now.
He gets hair cut, eyebrow trim for £9. They smooth the hair down with lovely lemon scented cologne. Smells delicious and the haircut is great as always.
This has given me a giggle - I can relate to quite a few things on that list!
The thing about the complimentary drink - how embarrassing it is when the complimentary drink turns out to taste awful - but you daren’t leave it in case you offend your stylist - so you end up drinking the evil concoction and try not to shudder or let the disgust show on your face!
I learned that lesson on my first visit to the hair salon I currently use. The stylist is great but it is her Mum who acts as her assistant and she made me a cup of coffee on my first visit there - she must have used about a tablespoon of cheap instant coffee, half-dissolved in luke-warm water, with undissolved coffee granules still floating on top, with a generous splash of long life milk …. How I managed to drink that stuff I don’t know - I could feel my throat closing up each time I put the mug to my lips and I shuddered inside with every sip.
Why I didn’t just leave it, I don’t know - this British politeness can be taken too far but it’s so ingrained in me, I just can’t break the habit!
At least that experience taught me to just say “No thanks, I’m fine” to the offer of a drink whenever I go to the hair salon now!
We have a mobile hairdresser that’s been coming to us for more than 30 years, only the mrs has her hair washed I wash mine everyday so when it’s getting cut he just lightly wets it, there’s no excuse for dodgy cups of tea, we even buy special biscuits for his visit…
Not sad at all Chilliboot. It is so lovely and fresh. We bought a huge dispenser of it on Ebay which we decant into smaller bottles and we have them all over the house.
During covid I used to do my husband’s hair with clippers but the Turkish men do it so much better and also do his beard into a trendy shape. It’s a proper stylish haircut not a bodge job like I do.
for the latest gossip and a good cut .