selenir
March 16th, 2012, 05:43 PM
I went to a hair salon earlier this month ever since I grew my hair to chin length and I'm sharing my experience to compare with others. The reason I'm finding my experience so peculiar is that it seemed much different from what other people have been sharing.
First, a simple explanation of what my hair was like before going to the salon. My hair was and still is relatively straight, and some of the ends of my hair were curling since I had gone so long without having my hair cut. The hair on the back of my hair was considerably longer than the sides since that's how my previous hairstyle was before I grew it out. Now, the story roughly goes as follows.
I went to the salon (rather nervously), and the hairstylist invites me in. He asks me what I was here for, and I tell him that I came for my hair, but I'm not sure what I really want. He washes my hair with shampoo and then finishes with conditioner. The interesting thing I found is that he did it very gently (more than me :/). Another point of interest is that I believe he lost control of the water (shower head? I didn't get a good look at it) and let out a loud curse. Luckily only a little bit of water got on me, but on hindsight, I'm not sure about him.
Then onto the haircutting. I was worried that I was going to have my hair butchered since it's not common that men have longer hair. I roughly informed him that I wanted my hair cut but had no idea where to start (obviously not the best idea) and I guess he could tell that I didn't want to cut down my hair a lot. Given my indecision, he had to make a few of the choices by himself. However, he trimmed the some of the ends since they were started to curl, thinned it (I didn't ask him to, nor did he ask me, but since I didn't really give him a good idea of what I wanted, I don't think it was the hairdresser fault.) and asked me specifically how much of the back I wanted to cut.
Somehow, I managed to get through all that cutting ending up satistfied. He used a blow dryer to dry my hair, but holding it a considerable distance away and at a low heat. My hair was left slightly moist; it wasn't completely dried.
In general, he was quite polite despite the washing incident. I paid the fee for the haircut and left him a 5 dollar tip.
I'm not sure, since this was my first time at a hair salon that I actually cared about my hair, how the hairdresser was compared to others and if I may actually be exaggerating, seeing as how I haven't had much experience. That said, what I'm curious about is that the stories that I've seen from lurking the forums is that hairdressers can sometimes be quite the opposite of what happened to me that day. Am I thinking too highly of this hairdresser or have I landed myself a quality one?
First, a simple explanation of what my hair was like before going to the salon. My hair was and still is relatively straight, and some of the ends of my hair were curling since I had gone so long without having my hair cut. The hair on the back of my hair was considerably longer than the sides since that's how my previous hairstyle was before I grew it out. Now, the story roughly goes as follows.
I went to the salon (rather nervously), and the hairstylist invites me in. He asks me what I was here for, and I tell him that I came for my hair, but I'm not sure what I really want. He washes my hair with shampoo and then finishes with conditioner. The interesting thing I found is that he did it very gently (more than me :/). Another point of interest is that I believe he lost control of the water (shower head? I didn't get a good look at it) and let out a loud curse. Luckily only a little bit of water got on me, but on hindsight, I'm not sure about him.
Then onto the haircutting. I was worried that I was going to have my hair butchered since it's not common that men have longer hair. I roughly informed him that I wanted my hair cut but had no idea where to start (obviously not the best idea) and I guess he could tell that I didn't want to cut down my hair a lot. Given my indecision, he had to make a few of the choices by himself. However, he trimmed the some of the ends since they were started to curl, thinned it (I didn't ask him to, nor did he ask me, but since I didn't really give him a good idea of what I wanted, I don't think it was the hairdresser fault.) and asked me specifically how much of the back I wanted to cut.
Somehow, I managed to get through all that cutting ending up satistfied. He used a blow dryer to dry my hair, but holding it a considerable distance away and at a low heat. My hair was left slightly moist; it wasn't completely dried.
In general, he was quite polite despite the washing incident. I paid the fee for the haircut and left him a 5 dollar tip.
I'm not sure, since this was my first time at a hair salon that I actually cared about my hair, how the hairdresser was compared to others and if I may actually be exaggerating, seeing as how I haven't had much experience. That said, what I'm curious about is that the stories that I've seen from lurking the forums is that hairdressers can sometimes be quite the opposite of what happened to me that day. Am I thinking too highly of this hairdresser or have I landed myself a quality one?