Hairdressers who don't listen
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My gripe is with hairdressers who don't listen. I have just paid £37 to have a cut and blow dry where I asked the lady to cut my hair short but she refused to do it saying it would not suit me. I now still have hair annoying the side of my face and short of cutting it myself what options are there? I hate having my hair cut at hairdressers for this very reason. I can never get them to cut my hair how I want it, they always do it how THEY want it! |
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I am 55 and now have a haircut that would probably suit a person who is more like twenty-something. I have tried various hairdressing salons and have not found one yet that will actually listen to me and cut my hair how I want it to be cut. My hair is very fine, quite lifeless and tends to look quite messy rather easily, which is precisely why I wanted it cut short. I've tried explaining, but they always know best... |
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I tried explaining on numerous occasions to hairdressers that I wanted it layered and much shorter, but they always know best, don't they? I live in North Wales, I'm disabled and most of the time I don't have any transport, otherwise I would head up to Chester and visit a top salon. Instead I'm reduced to tucking my supposedly 'short hair' behind my ears which does not look smart and leaves me with side burns. Yes I am female and don't like sideburns! By: Jeannette |
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I don't know where I'm going wrong here, even the more expensive salons are no better.
Ashy blonde, no gold or honey, with highlights would probably show the least as you grow it all out to whatever natural colour is there.
Know what you mean about fine, thin hair. Mine is too. In fact I find it quite worrying how thin it is getting. A short layered style seems to hide it best but, as you say "texturising" just makes it look worse. It is maddening when they won't listen to you.
Try a model session in a hairdressing college. They may actually listen to what you are saying! I am assuming that it is the same as here and that they only use the students near the end of their training and that they are closely supervised.
Frustrated Virginian - 25-Jan-11 22:09
forum-for-unknown-tallent - 6-Jan-11 17:51
and hey ho my hair is a complete mess thinned out to much and very very short layers and different lenths
my hair was lovely and thick it took me ages to grow and now it looks like something from the 70s, I cant do anything except wait for it to grow again
I will never ever go back to a hairdressers again.. you all think you know what best well think on you dont try listening to your customers we pay your wages
If you get a good one keep her/him and tell your friends!
The last time - the hairdresser made such a hash of blowing my hair (with mousse and a diffuser) that I refused to leave the premises and walk down the street like that! It was washed out and then I blew it myself! Everyone there said what I great job I made of it (that's because I have been living with this hair for the past 48 years and DO know what to do with it). Then they had the nerve to try and charge me for the blow drying!! Naturally, they did not get it, nor did they get any repeat business.
Now I do all cutting, blowing and colouring of my own hair - and am regularly complemented on it.
The fact is that yes you may want a more mature hair style but at least try and keep it modern and up to date. why have something that makes you look old. I just dont get it." I think this just about sums it all up.
a) They are often only trained to do modern hair cuts. (Sorry they should be taught to cut for all ages).
b) Why have something that makes you look old. Well I am 63 and do not have old haircuts, I just do not like my hair cut in a certain way, i.e. long at the sides and short at the back.
c) Final comment "I just don;t get it". Well no you don't onbiously. Sorry, but the customer knows what they want to look like and they are paying, so give them what they want.
Shop around and take a picture is probably the best solution. Have since had a very nice cut on a local hairdresser, so will be sticking with her.
The fact is that yes you may want a more mature hair style but at least try and keep it modern and up to date. why have something that makes you look old. I just dont get it.
check out the yellow pages or local phonebook so see if you can find hairdressers advertising for this service. Good luck!
Thaimalayapore!! - 5-Jul-10 10:26





