domingo, 25 de mayo de 2014

The long hair axiom


Please, raise your hand if you have got or had got long hair at any point of the past and you do think hairdressers totally hate long hair.
Right, it wasn´t just my own impression then!
I had planned a lovely post here about the magnificent views of the lakes around during the early days of the Summer  (because ey, the warm weather is finally here!), as well as the ton of precious parks you can find in Bucharest (no worries, there will be more about that coming, anyway) when "The long hair axiom" stumbled upon me.



The morning after these pictures were taken, I decided to make an apointment at the saloon.
 I might clarify that as a rule I normally take care of my hair myself. I´ve had long hair for ten years now and extra-long hair for about three or four. I used to visit the hairdresser´s quite a lot before it but as I was letting hair grow longer I started noticing that, even when it was healthy and well-cared, the coffieurs frequently (if not always) complained about its length and continuously adviced me to cut it down. I got quickly sick of it. I mean, I do understand it is plenty of job for the stylist and I would be more flexible about my opinion if I just didn´t pay a ridiculuosly high fare for extra long hair every single time I visit.  So, some time ago I decided to start investing all that money in taking care of it at home. I cut my own edges once a month and dye it when necessary, plus spend a good quantity of money on pricey vitamin treatments to have a healthy and happy hair.
Actually, the only two cases in which I visit the professionals are:

A) If I am attending a special event and need a super-hairdo.

B) If I need to reapply a solid base of colour and I exceptionally feel too lazy to do it myself.

I found myself in the second case and decided it wouldn´t be so bad to let the others do the job for once. I was totally wrong. I let myself to forget about that innegable axiom that says every hairdresser hates long hair: my fault. Indeed, the double hate it if it is extra long.
At the beginning everything was ok, the lady made me sit and brought the colours chart.
For my surprise, it just contained one single black tone, the natural one.
I do like to add blue or purple undertones to my hair, mainly because I like it to look very artificial. I know that´s not very common, but it really suits my style and fits much better aesthetics. I politely asked if they had another chart with more tones to choose and she answered:

"That´s black enough".


Ok, I know it was technically black but there was something on her tone that sounded really rude. However, I let it pass.
She just dyed my hair and when the process was over the washing started but I suspect I should rather call it the torture. Because it was. She removed all the skin stains produced by the dye using an abnormal quantity of strength that made me think she was about to transform herself in she-Hulk. And during the whole process she wouldn´t stop saying "It´s too black". As if I care! That´s precisely what I was looking for! Then we started drying and brushing and the whole thing came at once:

"You should cut the half of your hair down, it is not right. It is too long".



Come on, must I follow every single silly style fashion wave to satisfy a stranger? I thought professionals are supossed to do whatever you like, not the other way round. But before I could say something, she just added:

"I don´t like it (your hair) this way".

I decided not to play her game, so I paid and left with no intention of going back.
I probably won´t visit any hairdresser´s shop in a long, long time.






16 comentarios:

  1. I FUCKING hate this kind of thing. You know that I've had my hear really long (and I'm actually tempted to let it grow again to that extent) and they always come with that thing about cutting your hair. Afterwards they always add like "I've never been able to have it so long, how do you do it?" Well, easy, I don't cut it as often or as much as you do. Once, one of the girls that was doing my hair even played a joke on another one telling her she had put extensions on my hair, to see the other's reaction xD

    Even though they have always insisted on cutting it shorter (and sometimes they cut more than I expected), no one has ever treated me so badly. I think that if you could you should have written a complain on their customer's book or similar. And yes, never come back.

    Take care, dear, and take it easy, really easy... :**

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    1. Yes, the "what´s your secret for long hair" part makes me giggle. C´mon! You just need to let it grow.
      It looks like most of the professionals are addicted to scissors, even to apply them on themselves.

      I´ll take care, dear and see you soon ;)

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  2. What I noticed is the hairdressers not only dont like long hair, but black as well, so I understand you very well, I am surprised she didnt want to bleach your hair, every time I was visitting salon just to cut the tips everyone was looking at me like they thought I looked stupid and I should never have blue black hair done as it was not trendy. No mention pale skin. I dont even want to imagine what would happen if I asked them to dye my hair black, thankfully I have been doing it by my own. But no one over there has ever said anything nice about my hair even when it was thick and healthy just because it was black. Stupid. Im sorry to hear about your experience! But you look lovely with long black hair in my opinion :)

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    1. First of all, thanks for the nice words, sweetheart.
      It is actually amazing how closed-minded hairdressers are, they should listen to their clients. It is ok for them to give advice when needed, but if the costumer has a clear idea about what she wants, they shoud not mess up around, I think.

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  3. What? I'm surprised they expect repeat customers with such treatment!

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    1. Well, as a matter of fact there were not lots of clients around. I guess I know why.

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  4. Wow, what a rude woman! You are paying them enough money to be polite to you! When I go to the hairdressers, I expect for them to be nice to me, and to explain why they would not do something if they don't want to. Like, that it doesn't suit the face shape, etc. Why do they hate long hair so much? It's odd!

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    1. I think it´s all because long hair means extra quantity of work for them. They prefer short and easy to manage hair instead.

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  5. Wow, if I was in a vile mood (which I assume you had to be after such treatment...!) I'd respond with "You need a personality transplant, yours is not right". I truly hate going to the hairdressers, last time I went she 'trimmed' my hair by 5 inches... 5 INCHES! Even though I only asked for one inch... Almost strangled her.

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    1. That actually happened to me a couple of times and it was one of the reasons for me to stop attending the hairdresser´s. I mean, how they dare to cut off too much without permission? It is a bloody part of YOUR body...

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  6. I haven't had extra long hair since I was 13, I've just had mid-length (between my shoulders and my bra strap on my back) hair ever since, though I am desperately trying to grow it longer it doesn't seem to happen! So I can't speak for hairdressers hating long hair really, but I can for them hating black hair! As you know, I had dyed black hair for ages before I went copper a while ago, and EVERY SINGLE TIME I went to the hairdresser to get my hair dyed I would face the whole "Black? Really? I don't think it will suit your skintone, you'll look ghostly white" "Black is such a harsh colour" "How about we do a dark brown with some highlights?" Er, no, I am paying you a lot of money to do my hair, I dictate to you what I want and you do it!! It's one thing to give an opinion, try and make it polite please, but trying to dictate what a person should do with their hair? Nonononononono! If I were you in that situation, and that hairdresser was extremely EXTREMELY rude, I would've made sure that the owner knew I really wasn't happy, and they might've either given you a discount or offered you a free appointment, though I'm sure you'd never darken their door again! At the very least I would've let them know that they had lost a customer due to that woman's rudeness. It's such a shame you had a horrible experience as your hair is beautiful and envy-inducing! :*

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    1. The problem was, this lady was by herself in the saloon. I don´t even know if she was the manager or not, but I was SO angry that I just wanted to leave as soon as possible. And if they don´t want to dye black colour, well, they should not offer it on their colour chart. That simple.

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  7. What... A weird and rude lady, like she has anything to say which kind of hair you should have. :O Last year, when I dyed my hair from black to red, I had to cut something 10-15cm of my hair length. It didn`t felt nice at all after cutting, but now those are grown that much that it`s OK. One of my friends is hairdresser, so she cuts my hair when needed and I always remember to say, that maximum you can cut off is for example 5cm. :) Happily I found the professional for cutting and changing the shape and who really gets why I don`t want that someone cuts my hair too much. ^^

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    1. Of course the hair grows again, and indeed I cut some inches every month, but I do it all by myself because I hate it when they try to decide for me what quantity to cut.

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  8. Thats so genuine rude of her! I read a lot of jealousy through her words. Your hair looks amazing and it's not many who can grow hair in that lenght. I experienced something similar when I was at a hairdresser in my youth, she combed my hair so heavy that my scalp was red and pounding afterwards and she refused to cut it the way I wanted (surely because she didn't know how to do it). If I was older at that time I would have walked straight away. All the other hairdressers I met have been nice.

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  9. I'm sorry you had to go through that sweetie! :/ That's one of the main reasons I don't visit the hairdresser; they can be very rude to people with really long hair. If they don't complain, they just cut it waaaay more than you ask for without consulting first. I cannot trim it alone, so I need to visit from time to time, but I always take a friend or my mother with me to sit in the back and be careful about what the hairdresser is doing. It sounds ridiculous, but it's the only way to make sure I get what I'm paying for.

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