best way to talk to a hairdresser?

sunflowersuffolk

you're sooo lucky - don't live in Suffolk by any chance? If anyone can recommend a good hairdresser (just want a great cut) in East Suffolk, Ipswich, Norwich, lowestoft, please can you share, thanks

Norah_G_2

MissGivings wrote: »

What are the best words to speak to a hairdresser to prevent them from cutting your hair too short??

Once i red that one woman came to the salon with a ruler (don't laugh!!:D) and said "look, now my hair length is 15 cm, if after your work my hair is less than 12 i won't pay you!" and it worked:rotfl:

meece

Eeerm, I used to be a hairdresser too, sorry
Can I just add a few tips from the other side of the scissors?

If you have had your hair done and its good, take a photo, and use it each time. We get so many people come in with fine blonde hair wanting a style that will only work with the total opposite. I think this is so important to be realistic.

Be honest about how much time and money you are prepared to spend on your hair. Its no good saying a really fancy style if you only have 5 mins in the morning.

We are taught to try and do what the customer wants, believe it or not. However the customer has to know what they want as well. I find asking for my fringe to sit on my glasses when dry is a good level, and has always been succesful. I also tell my hairdresser that I have uneven ears, so that they dont try to match levels to my ears!

If you can go for a consultation, or even a blow dry to see if you like the feel of the salon. I have tried trendy salons and felt so uncomfortable the whole time.

My final tip is dont be afraid, if you see someone locally with hair that you like, compliment them ask them where they get it done. You make their day and they may give you your perfect hairdresser.

seafarers_wife

i find being brutally honest with hairdressers works. only once have i cried after a hair cut and that was trying a new hairdressers on recomendation from a friend. her hair looked amazing, mine was butchered and to add insult to injury i had to wait a week till i could get my usual hairdresser to fix the mistake (was living in a different city at the time and had to make a weekend dash back to my parents to have it fixed)

I can recomend Douglas & Lee on bath street in Glasgow, pricey but well worth it as they really do listen to you and I get what i want everytime I go there. so much so i can say do what you want but it has to be low maintenance and they do it perfectly having sat and discussed with me for at least 10 mins what my routine is and how often i wash my hair, the general condition of it etc.

Norah_G_2

seafarers_wife wrote: »

only once have i cried after a hair cut

lucky you) i wasn't satisfied with my hair-cut for many times:(exactly because of lenth

Saint_Chris

I have a kink in my hair, and i love to have it straight, it's just on my shoulder blades now.

for work i have it up in a pony, so after i've washed it during the week, i just leave it to dry naturally and put a bit of serum on the ends, tie it up, then just blow dry my fringe.

But so many times i've gone to the hairdressers only to come home, devastated when to much hair has been taken off (the hairdresser says it's just the split ends) and will grow quicker, well it doesn't and i know it's my hair, how do i know my hair also grows slower, well the roots don't come through as much.

but about 10 years ago i found this wonderful product i bought it from qvc and i think i paid about £60

it's called a splitender, and well it does actually do what it says on the box, i use it every 12 weeks, i clip my hair up and work on the lower layers working to the top, it's actually much better if you can get someone to do it for you.
but when i empty it, there is only the timy pieces of hair, lots of it, it's like when a man cleans a shaver and all those tiny whiskers come out.

This has been my lifesaver and since i bought it i've only had my hair cut once a year.

http://www.splitender.co.uk/

when it says blade inside, i thought it would be like a razor blade, but infact it's not it's quick thick and blunt.