Kirin
May 8th, 2009, 10:11 AM
My husband was about to do some weed whacking on his head, as just past his shoulders, there's so much of it, it weighs a ton. It also grows out and up, driving him nuts.
My youngest daughter has been complaining about two months now about the velcro tanglies, and absurd stringy-ness of his BSL hair.
My hair, about two inches from BLS (after growing a year and a half from a pixie) was driving me nuts. Lank, flat, stringy and yes, the velcro nature tangles.
The usual culprits were addressed, and still the problem, and we all realized, okay, its time for a good trimming. My usual hair place closed down with no warning, so we've avoided it, waiting not the two week rule, but the month rule LOL. Now, where to go? The only other place close to me was in the mall.
I went with apprehension to Master Cuts in the mall, where two hairdressers were, one not busy, the other hot ironing another woman's hair........... I shuddered, uh oh.
My fear dissipated as my husband sat in the chair and she said "Okay, what are we doing with you today?".
We explained we work a lot of Renaissance faires where long hair is mostly a requirement.... and my husband noted his hair weighs a ton, giving him headaches, its always in his face, puffs out, ect. She listened, and nodded. I held my breath.
She discussed it with him to go for layers, and not take off any major length, maybe a half inch from the back as his ends were split and dry (they were, bad too). She wouldn't use thinning shears as those "destroy the hair and it will grow in puffier".
Though the floor looked like my husband lost a dozen furry animals, ...... other than neater, lighter and I could run my hand through it again, it didn't even look like he had a hair cut.
Then came the daughter, who sat in the chair, saying she wanted a "deep V" shape in back, and to cut her bangs which she'd been growing out...... her response was:
"Your fringe is really long, almost past your ears, its annoying, but you are -almost- there. Why don't you wait another month or two, because once they are gone, they're gone. I'll do a dusting on them as since they've been growing so long, they are tangling with split ends (they were I saw). The V will take off a LOT of length, how about a U shape, and if you don't like it we'll go for more?"
My daughter agreed, she dusted the bangs, did the U........ and my daughter LOVES it. She did not go for the bangs or more for the V shape. Another satisfied customer.
Then me...... I had straight blunt bangs that had been way overdue for a trim, a 1/2 of layer left on the length which has not really been touched since pixie + bleach over a year and a half ago. My hair is thin, really thin, no body, flat stringy bleh. I didn't even open my mouth.
"How about this much?" taking a lock of my hair and using her fingers as a guide of about two inches, "It will grow back, but you will be happier with thin hair to have a blunt hair line and get rid of the uneven growing out layers. The ends are really snaggy, so you'll loose less hair if you get the bottom cleaned up. For the front, I see you color your hair, and have problems with the gray root line at the temples. "
"Yes" I said, "I do, What I would like is a heavy bang, and angled sides that sort of taper down into the length, so when i put it up I have tendrils that hide my receeding hairline".
"Thats a lot of length off the side, you sure? I'll do a mild taper first, and we'll see"
We agreed, she did exactly what she said, and I wanted more off the sides, which she did.
I couldn't be happier, I tipped her greatly too. My hair looks -fabulous- and i love it again. I miss the two inches, however, my body and wave came miraculously back and the face framing hair makes me look 10 years younger.
Its been proved to me, there really are terriffic hair dressers out there that really listen, hooray!!
My youngest daughter has been complaining about two months now about the velcro tanglies, and absurd stringy-ness of his BSL hair.
My hair, about two inches from BLS (after growing a year and a half from a pixie) was driving me nuts. Lank, flat, stringy and yes, the velcro nature tangles.
The usual culprits were addressed, and still the problem, and we all realized, okay, its time for a good trimming. My usual hair place closed down with no warning, so we've avoided it, waiting not the two week rule, but the month rule LOL. Now, where to go? The only other place close to me was in the mall.
I went with apprehension to Master Cuts in the mall, where two hairdressers were, one not busy, the other hot ironing another woman's hair........... I shuddered, uh oh.
My fear dissipated as my husband sat in the chair and she said "Okay, what are we doing with you today?".
We explained we work a lot of Renaissance faires where long hair is mostly a requirement.... and my husband noted his hair weighs a ton, giving him headaches, its always in his face, puffs out, ect. She listened, and nodded. I held my breath.
She discussed it with him to go for layers, and not take off any major length, maybe a half inch from the back as his ends were split and dry (they were, bad too). She wouldn't use thinning shears as those "destroy the hair and it will grow in puffier".
Though the floor looked like my husband lost a dozen furry animals, ...... other than neater, lighter and I could run my hand through it again, it didn't even look like he had a hair cut.
Then came the daughter, who sat in the chair, saying she wanted a "deep V" shape in back, and to cut her bangs which she'd been growing out...... her response was:
"Your fringe is really long, almost past your ears, its annoying, but you are -almost- there. Why don't you wait another month or two, because once they are gone, they're gone. I'll do a dusting on them as since they've been growing so long, they are tangling with split ends (they were I saw). The V will take off a LOT of length, how about a U shape, and if you don't like it we'll go for more?"
My daughter agreed, she dusted the bangs, did the U........ and my daughter LOVES it. She did not go for the bangs or more for the V shape. Another satisfied customer.
Then me...... I had straight blunt bangs that had been way overdue for a trim, a 1/2 of layer left on the length which has not really been touched since pixie + bleach over a year and a half ago. My hair is thin, really thin, no body, flat stringy bleh. I didn't even open my mouth.
"How about this much?" taking a lock of my hair and using her fingers as a guide of about two inches, "It will grow back, but you will be happier with thin hair to have a blunt hair line and get rid of the uneven growing out layers. The ends are really snaggy, so you'll loose less hair if you get the bottom cleaned up. For the front, I see you color your hair, and have problems with the gray root line at the temples. "
"Yes" I said, "I do, What I would like is a heavy bang, and angled sides that sort of taper down into the length, so when i put it up I have tendrils that hide my receeding hairline".
"Thats a lot of length off the side, you sure? I'll do a mild taper first, and we'll see"
We agreed, she did exactly what she said, and I wanted more off the sides, which she did.
I couldn't be happier, I tipped her greatly too. My hair looks -fabulous- and i love it again. I miss the two inches, however, my body and wave came miraculously back and the face framing hair makes me look 10 years younger.
Its been proved to me, there really are terriffic hair dressers out there that really listen, hooray!!