It’s no secret I love going to the hair salon but over the years I’ve had a few surprises there.
Personally I like surprises, but if you don’t, going to the salon could be quite an ordeal.
Some of the good surprises I’ve had over the years include:
- Finding out I have curly hair. I know I should have known but it was a surprise to me!
- Learning how to style curly hair and this frizz-free curls tutorial really works.
- Finding out the right way to use hair products and new ways to use your hair products even better.
- Catching up on news and gossip by reading the magazine in the salon, because I never buy magazine at home.
- Making new friends. I love hairdressers and I’ve now got some incredible people in my life that I have met through the salon.
On the other hand some of the not-so-good surprises that I’ve had include:
- Terrible haircuts, and the stress that comes after! In the past I just paid for them and walked without saying a thing.
- Hair colour that’s not quite what I was expecting. Some of these have been easily fixed but others have required a long process to correct my hair.
- Longer appointment times than expected. I know my hair takes a really long time to do but sometimes I’ve spent almost a whole day in the hair salon. It would be good to know exactly how long an appointment is going to take.
- Surprises in the final bill. This probably one of the hardest ones because I don’t like confrontation, but not having the services explained properly and ending up with a much larger expected bill is a surprise I don’t like at the salon.
Now I have a great hairdresser so I don’t worry about surprises and spending all day in the salon is fun!
So tell me, do you like surprises? And what’s the best and worst thing that’s happened to you while being at the salon?
Instead of 5 centimeters, hairdresser slashed almost 20 ;(
Whoa! That is a huge surprise!! 🙁
A good surprise for me came when I talked with my hairdresser about my hair, and somewhat grumbled at having such fine hair, and she assured me that though it is fine, I have lots of it, so not to worry about that (I always worried about volume – or rather a lack thereof)
A less good surprise, was when I had about shoulder-length hair, with a bit of a balayage/dip-dye I wanted rid off. I had brought a picture with me of a haircut I really liked and wanted. The hairdresser warned me that to do that hairstyle on me, and be rid of the balayage, I would have to go rather short – shorter than on the picture. So I left, somewhat satisfied, but it took me over two months, growing out that cut before I was able to approximate the haircut on that photo I brought. So that was less of a happy surprise – though she did warn me! So it was mostly my fault – unreasonable expectations and all.
You sounds very reasonable, Risa! It’s hard to hear what they’re saying when you’re picturing a certain look though xx
In my most recent salon experience (aka this past weekend) I came out of the salon with pinkish burgundy hair rather than the gingery red I had asked for! The color really doesn’t go well with my skin tone and it makes me look kind of ill but since I don’t have the money to get it fixed I’m just trying to fade it at home as quickly as possible. yikes!
oh no! Have you called the salon? Maybe they can put a toner over it? x