Hairdressers shouldn't tell you their life story every time you see them. It becomes a habit for them. My cousin is married to a hairdresser and you never get a word in edgeways. Why can't they shut up and let you answer their questions? "So, are you going on holiday this year? I'm not until I've lost at least a stone. I'm doing this new diet, but all I'm doing is eating...blah....blah". Apologies if you are a hairdresser who cuts hair and doesn't act as if you are a therapist who needs to be talked at . Oh yeah, and that auto-pilot thing. How can anyone be taking enough notice of their work if their half asleep?!
1) When you say you want it short, they should never ask, "Why?" 2) When cutting short hair, they should never try to pressure you into frills, wisps, or other cutesy things if you don't want them, just because they think you'll look too masculine without them. 3) They should also tailor the style around your time constraints, not keep bugging you, "Well, what else do you have to do?" and try to make you do all sorts of complex things just because they think it'll look better if you spend more time. If you go in for something you can fall out of bed looking good in, you don't want them turning it into a half-hour regimen :-P . Ee, no wonder I so hate trusting other people to do my hair, if I can avoid it. . .
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While I was apprenticing with a stylist, I overheard the following conversation between him and a very attractive client, who happened to be a new mother.
Client: I'm looking for something new. Can you suggest something?
Stylist: (Meaning to account for the fact that as a new mother she would have less hair time) Well, you certainly aren't a model.
Cringe.
This explains why he was a hair stylist and not a political speech writer.
It never occured to him to try to get out of it, because he never realized that it might be taken badly.
At the end of the cut, the client simply said..
"I'm sorry I couldn't provide you with more inspiration."
I don't know if I'm imagining what he said next, or whether he really said this, since it was several years ago now, but I think it was something like this...
"Oh, that's all right, I get plenty of inspiration when I do hair shows."
I felt so sorry for her. The irony is that she could indeed have been a hair model. She had great, workable hair, and she was very attractive, and probably being a new mother needed reassurance. I don't think she ever came back.
Sad. It kind of reminds me of my first Boss....He was an awesome Cutter and also on the arrogant side... Oblivious...you hit the nail on the head. I have always said that I learned a lot from him...A lot of awesome things, that I use to this day. A lot of bad that I will NEVER use. Cheers.
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