One would think a haircut is straightforward enough.
You go to a salon, check in, change into your smock, get your hair shampooed, and you consult with the hair stylist. “Just take a tiny bit off the top. A trim. Just a tiny, tiny bit so the hair doesn’t fall flat. Just a little.” you say.
The hair stylist stands over you, with scissors in hand, and you fantasize, even though you’ve asked for the tiniest of trims, for an unparalleled makeover, imagining that the hairdresser is more than someone who simply cuts hair. The hairdresser is an ‘artist’ who will render you gorgeous.
You remove your eyeglasses. You relinquish control. You are left in the dark, as you hear the clip, clip of the scissors. You feel the hair falling on your arms and lap.
You put your eyeglasses back on and you look into the mirror to see a reflection of someone who resembles you. An altered version of you. Someone with a curly-mullet. Short and curly on the top; disproportionately long in the back. A nightmare.
You are not happy. You are unhappy. You are no longer at home in yourself.
You head out of town. In search of a hammock tied between two trees, on which you will swing as your hair grows back. And you wonder, what could you have possibly done in a past life to deserve such bad hairdresser karma?
If you are a "curly girl" and in New York City you must try the fabulous Devachan Salon in Soho. I hope that is not where you got a bad cut. They specialize in curly hair and do a cut called the Deva Cut. Try it!
Posted by: Barbara Peleg | September 08, 2007 at 04:14 PM
I had this happen when I lived in Kansas City for a year, except that I came out of the chair looking like a helmet headed female Elvis impersonator. From that moment on, I would fly home to RI to get my haircuts. My hairdresser has done it right, every 6 to 8 weeks, for the last (eek) 20 years. (I moved back to RI, by the way, LOL.)
Posted by: Rachel | September 10, 2007 at 08:03 AM
This is why I now cut my own hair! I have curly/wavy hair and I have had so many hairdressers grip and complain about it, then mutilate it, that I finally decided to take matters, ie, hair--into my own hands. And it works! It makes life so much easier, I can get a trim at 3 a.m., if I wish, and I can spend the money on fun stuff instead of listening to someone tell a whole room full of people how strange my hair is!
Posted by: Karen Hu | October 22, 2007 at 08:54 AM
I come to New York once a year from Canada to get my curly hair cut at Devachan. You live in the best city for a curly haircut!
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