Stylists supportive of long hair, or not?

I love my stylist! She does only what I ask her to do to my hair, and usually cuts LESS than I expect to have cut (She truly TRIMS hair, not CUT it). She even GIVES ME some of her products to use if she thinks it will benefit my hair. For instance, I was clueless about "heat protectants" for blow-drying my hair. She said that I really needed it, and gave me enough for 3-4 blow dries to last until I bought my own heat protectant. And her brand cost 13.00 a bottle. I don't blow dry often, so I still have some.

She will also tell me what NOT to get if I want something that won't agree with my end goals. For instance, I was thinking about having my hair dyed light/ash brown. My hair is jet black. She told me that to have my hair lightened at all will require a booster that's usually some kind of bleach, and it will be very dry and brittle when it's longer. I thought about having my hair cut blunt: she showed me where my shortest layer was and said that I would have to cut off everything below it, and asked me if I was sure I wanted that much cut (I didn't). She then told me that layers were best for my hair because it's very thick and heavy, and the layers lightened it enough to not be overwhelming... she knows that I'm not crazy about having heavy hair on my neck much in the summertime.

Of course, I live in Atlanta, and there are 2 salons in nearly every mall, and maybe 4 or 5 salons in my neighborhood alone. She knows that if she screws my hair up, it would be way too easy to find another one soon. I found her by walking into her salon, and could just as easily walk into someone else's salon.

She's so good that I've decided to get a wash/deep-condition/trim every other month or so for a couple of months to see if it will help my hair growth. I know she uses quality products, because the products I see her use are ones I've researched myself (and didn't get because of the cost).

She does multi-ethnic hair: trims, conditions, perms, relaxers, texturizers, color, cuts. So if anyone wants to know how to get in touch with her, let me know.

My only complaint is that she's 30 minutes away. But she's good enough that I would rather go to her than to the salon just across the street.

Sugarloaf wrote: My usual hairdresser has waist length hair and is always drawing attention to it by throwing it over her shoulder, wrapping it around her neck etc.  She was the one who encouraged me to grow out a short layered style and I'm really pleased about that.  BUT  I never see anyone in her salon with hair much longer than shoulder length.  When mine reached that length she started to make comments about it needing more shape.

Well, doesn't that say a lot?  If she really believed what she said, why would she have waist-length hair?

Sugarloaf wrote: Another girl did my hair recently because my usual hairdresser was away.  She was excellent and put a lot of effort into it.  However, her own hair was short.  When I mentioned long hair, she was VERY forthright about how she doesn't think it looks good on people.

Impaler Vlad wrote: BOOO! She's wrong! Pls Tell her short hair is the ultimate proof of bad taste. Not only for women, but for men, too!

I have only had to "fire" one hairstylist and that was over a year ago.  She admired my patience for maintaining my hair so well, but would always tell me that my hair was in need of an update.  When she took off 3 inches when I asked for a 1 inch trim, she got the boot and I never went back again!

The stylist I see now is great, although I do see her often.  She respects what I want for my hair.  Butttt......last time I was there she informed me she is moving to Ontario in May.  She has invited me in to meet a new girl, but I haven't went in to see her yet.\

~Den