best way to talk to a hairdresser?

MissGivings_2

LilacLillie wrote: »

I used to be a hairdresser and still do some at home cuts.
I have to admit I am 'scissor happy' and it drives my family mad!
You just sort of get into the cutting :embarasse

BUT .... when I go to either of my 2 local salons for a cut I am soooo fussy, yet never get what I want!
I even hold up the sections and tell them where to cut arhhhh, if I could do it myself I would (and sometimes do but can't manage the back).

It doesn't help that all 4 shops nearest to me are all Eastern European workers and none of them speak English LOL!!!!

My DH hates me going to the hairdresser, he says I moan for at least a month after a cut, I didn't know that = REVENGE for all those cuts I've done over the years maybe???
LL

You deserve an award for admitting to being a hairdresser on this thread:T

gunsandbanjos

And this thread is the reason i cut my own hair!

I have very thick, very curly hair and was sick to the back teeth of paying nearly £60 a time for someone to make an !!!! of my hair. They never listen and have cried when i got home more than once. Tried expensive salons/cheap salons and places in between all to no avail. I havent found a single hairdresser who knows how to cut curly hair properly.

Been cutting it myself for about a year now and it is looking so much better and i've saved myself a fortune:D

MissGivings_2

I'd settle for Marie Osmonde rather than what I have now

ellies_angel

Dust, thats the word I use when I go to get it cut and she asks how much, not a trim, take off dust. It leaves her in no doubt!

Skint_Catt

Lol, it's not just me then!

In recent years I've struggled to find a hairdresser I want to stick with. The first I tried was sooooo slow - literally she would blow dry & straighten every hair on my head individually. Frustrating when I can do both to my own in about 10 minutes.

The latest one cut my bob longer on one side the first time I went (had to tip my head slightly for my new passport photo's so it didn't look ridiculous), though the colours she used on my highlights were good. This time she tried to change the colours I had (she'd lost the card with the colours she used on) and suggested bleach which I've always stayed away from (on advice of previous hairdressers) and although the colours she went away to mix were 'lighter' than the last lot I had, the whole lot has come out darker and it doesn't look like I've had anything done....

Ah well, keep trying I suppose!

C xx

bratz81

I've had some complete shambles of haircuts in my time! I'm currently trying to grow my hair long so obviously don't want too much taken off at each cut.
I just went to a new hairdresser as I needed a trim, hadn't had one in 10months after the last disaster, and I had a voucher. She did a great job, completely what I wanted!

I think what worked for me was showing her how much I wanted off, literally holding up my hair and saying, look this much. I also said I was trying to grow it and didn't want much off.
Mind you, could have been beginners luck, but I did book another appointment for 12 weeks after that so that's saying something for me!

MissGivings_2

bratz81 wrote: »

I've had some complete shambles of haircuts in my time! I'm currently trying to grow my hair long so obviously don't want too much taken off at each cut.
I just went to a new hairdresser as I needed a trim, hadn't had one in 10months after the last disaster, and I had a voucher. She did a great job, completely what I wanted!

I think what worked for me was showing her how much I wanted off, literally holding up my hair and saying, look this much. I also said I was trying to grow it and didn't want much off.
Mind you, could have been beginners luck, but I did book another appointment for 12 weeks after that so that's saying something for me!

Congratulations-hang on to that one like precious jewels!:T

TrixieB

I just do it myself now - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dQ9fySG95k which I came across on Mumsnet - after soooo many hair salon disasters - like the lop sided bob they tried to hide by styling one side tucked behind my ear - the endless Judy Finnegan blowdrys - hilights that didn't look like anything had been done - cut too short - cut too long - the 4 hour highlights at the college?! etc etc etc Have never found a hiardresser in my town that I have visited twice

MissGivings_2

Gosh, that's amazing! like a conjuring trick.

Scrapaholic

It's good that we can still keep our sense of humour (sometimes ) when we come from the salon + rush home to try and improve it ourselves . I really do go dressed up etc to the salon + explain as fully as I can what I want the style to look like . Doesn't often work tho'. I've seen other people's hair that she's cut + she's done a much better job than on my hair . I've heard that people ask for "dust" to be taken off . I'm wondering whether the term "dust" comes from America. I don't think my hairdresser will ever have heard anyone ask for dust to be taken off !!