You get what you pay for. *
I paid $14 for a haircut, so I got a hack job. But can I really justify paying $50 for a haircut that I'll hate? No matter where I get my haircut it's always wrong. I'm sure it doesn't help that I dread haircuts so much that I wait until I have the shaggy dog bangs before I go to get a "trim."
Here's the thing though, do you tell the stylist every little thing you want done or do you assume that she gets that when you say "trim" you mean "please cut it exactly like it was only shorter"?
I've tried both routes and neither one seems to insure success. When I give them specific instructions the stylists always looks at me like, "well, duh!" And yet, still crappy hair.
So last night I did a little of both. I made sure she saw the layers in my hair (not just a bob) but I assumed she saw that my bangs aren't just straight across, but rather curved on the sides. I gave her WAY too much credit. I'm still cursing this morning.
*I know there's some grammar rule about not ending with a preposition but that's the cliche.
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The last time I went to get my hair cut, I decided to take matters into my own hands and actually got great success. It was at a very cheap chain store and the first thing I told her was "I want messy, and no matter how I've said that in the past, it just comes out neat, cuz that's what my hair does. You really need to get in there and shatter it, razor it 'till you think it's too much." I proceeded to continue to encourage her to keep razoring and layering. It took four times asking her to cut more after she thought we were done, but I got what I wanted. :) I also gave her a $5 tip (big when you're paying $12 for the cut) for her extra time. She seemed happy.
I've cut my own hair as well, once with great results and once with not so great results, but no worse than I've gotten at some salons. The only bad part about cutting your own hair is trying to make up a story about how your hair got so messed up the next time you go into a salon. :)
I've been cutting my own hair for almost two years now. It's not great, but not too bad. Once a year or so I go to a cheap place and get it evened up.
My big problem is the tendency to keep snipping and trimming only where I can see, which is a sure route to Mulletville unless I keep it in check.
You all perked me right up! I have tried to cut my bangs before -- and with mixed results. However, I've never tried to do the layering myself... maybe I will AFTER I go to this wedding in April that I'm dreading.
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