Nice people thread part 8 - worth the wait

lostinrates

silvercar wrote: »

Gravel on the drive, puts burglars off as they can't approach quietly and those lights that detect movement.




Totally agree, live in a safe area.

Location, location, location you can change windows and wallpaper.




If you are going to assist, then I wouldn't try highlights as a first attempt. You risk being blamed if the highlights are too subtle to notice, too bright or you have captured too much hair and she ressembles a zebra! Go for a wash-in, wash-out colour or a semi-perm.

£120 for highlights!!!! For that you should be getting a colour cut, blow dry and highlights....and a coffee or two.

The further one gets from 'good' cities the more expensive things get because the posher salons have less competition from the other ones.

£120 would be a bargain for my hair in many places (curl always adds to the time it takes them, and its long). I don't know yet how much next week is going to cost me, but its a less posh place in a not posh area, and the only reason I am contemplating it is because I think social pressure will make it more important any problems are rectified. Hairdresser was frank (which I like) and told me they didn't want to be credited with it unless they were allowed to take the ends off.

SingleSue

I always home dye my hair, not had any disasters yet (she says touching wood very firmly).

Think a cut and blow dry is about £22 here but I've not been to the hairdressers for a couple of years, so it probably is a bit dearer by now.

James had a complete restyle (including lopping from below shoulder hair to a very short style) and beard/mustache removal for £6.50 a week ago.

michaels

PN how about that Acorn stuff we were looking at a week or so ago to help you know what areas are like?

michaels

How about a different part of the country then - maybe round Sue's way property is a bit cheaper?

silvercar

PasturesNew wrote: »

Firstly it's not that good really. Secondly, good sites to look that up were hard to find.

Trouble is, I don't have much wriggle room on price. My budget is about 10% under average price for the non-posh areas.

I'll just have to keep looking..... something might turn up.

I inhabit a world with a 1-bed pokey flat budget.... and a wishlist as long as King Kong's arm

The areas adjacent to the nice areas should be safe and will become nicer as time goes by.

silvercar

SingleSue wrote: »

I always home dye my hair, not had any disasters yet (she says touching wood very firmly).

I used to do my own. No hair disasters, but plenty of carpet and clothing disasters where the colour has escaped.

James had a complete restyle (including lopping from below shoulder hair to a very short style) and beard/mustache removal for £6.50 a week ago.

Men's prices are always much, much cheaper and quicker.

silvercar

lostinrates wrote: »

The further one gets from 'good' cities the more expensive things get because the posher salons have less competition from the other ones.

£120 would be a bargain for my hair in many places (curl always adds to the time it takes them, and its long). I don't know yet how much next week is going to cost me, but its a less posh place in a not posh area, and the only reason I am contemplating it is because I think social pressure will make it more important any problems are rectified. Hairdresser was frank (which I like) and told me they didn't want to be credited with it unless they were allowed to take the ends off.

Maybe you are right, there are a lot of hairdressers on our local high street. Some consider themselves posh, others you would cross your fingers before trusting them with a wash and blow dry. Not a lot in between.

PasturesNew

silvercar wrote: »

The areas adjacent to the nice areas should be safe and will become nicer as time goes by.

That's just something they say on property programmes (in London). In the rest of the country that's not the case. And, I'm too old to sit and wait it out

I want a home to enjoy now. Not to have to bank on living another 10 years for the place to improve.

lostinrates

silvercar wrote: »

Maybe you are right, there are a lot of hairdressers on our local high street. Some consider themselves posh, others you would cross your fingers before trusting them with a wash and blow dry. Not a lot in between.

Yep, loads and loads and loads round here, but no one who I have stopped I the street to ask where they get their hair done.

PN, I usually don't get my hair dried either, but IME a good colourist /hairdresser will insist to see what's the colour is like on dried hair. If there is a problem or so etching you want different next time it's then they can make a note on your details and how they get to know your hair. Hair dryers might be rubbish for hair, and after they have styled my hair I normally go home, shower and do it again :D (curly hair has different styling requirements to any other hair) but its fair to them and fair to me to let the actual result be seen. If they don't ask to dry if off just a bit I know they don't really care what kind of finish I am going to get.

lemonjelly

On the garden front, I constructed 1 greenhouse today. It is up & almost full. The other cover still hasn't arrived, & I really would like it to arrive this week.

I did intend to put my polytunnel up this week, but am going to give it another week or 2 before I do.

Planted my flowers for the hanging baskets etc.

Did want to get some other tubs today after the recent poundland purchase. Haven't been able to though. Will do so next weekend I guess.

Next weekend will see round 2 of much plantings - carrots, beetroot and lettuce will be planted. Round 2 of tomatoes will probably be the weekend after...