After months of avoidance, I finally sat myself down in a stylist’s chair for a trim.
My hair spends much of its life in a ponytail or clipped up, so there was no big rush and somehow I just let it keep on keepin’ on.The good thing is that there’s a fancy salon here in Florida that’s pretty affordable if you choose the lower tier of fresh-out-of-beauty-school stylists. I’ve found them all sweet, eager to please, and presumably up to date with whatever is going on in the hair world. I’m not too sure about my guy back home, who’s been cutting my hair for probably the last twenty years. I feel like he’s just phoning it in lately, but leaving a stylist you’ve been going to for a long time is fraught with pangs of guilt.
The shop here is quite the enterprise, with an upstairs and downstairs and people bustling around. In the hopes of shaking off the old lady vibe and a matching haircut, I always try to spiff up my look a little when I go there. While waiting to be ushered in, I still felt frumpy next to so many reed-thin worker bees all dressed head to toe in black. Also in black, my hairdresser for the day Rachel smilingly led me to her chair. She had loose blonde hair flowing down to her ribcage, flawless skin, and one of her pants legs would likely be snug on my forearm.
But I felt better after my trim, my hair all shiny and swingy. Noting that the bill was about what I paid at home, I left a nice tip for Rachel and turned to go. Exiting with me was a fit, early 60s woman in an outfit several notches above mine on the trendy scale, with long naturally gray hair that complemented her perfect complexion. I hope I didn’t bring down the tone of the place.
I smiled at your word picture of that salon. It sounds like a very welcoming place. I do wish you had taken a picture to share of your swingy and shiny cut. :-)
ReplyDeleteThe pictures of me on social media are very few and very far apart.
DeleteMy hair stylist is leaving. Big sigh. She is leaving because the centre the hairdresser is in has upped their rent to unaffordable levels. I really like her. She listens and doesn't design cuts that are designed around my use of products and the blow dryer. And I suspect I do bring down the tone of the salon. Which some days makes me feel a little guilty.
ReplyDeleteAh yes. Products. After one salon you'd have been hard pressed to get a comb through my hair. I went home and immediately stuck my head under the faucet.
DeleteI hate going to the hairdresser, amongst all the sleek city people I look and feel like the fat red country cousin. So I just don't go. I'll keep my ponytail and my $$.
ReplyDeleteSue will be getting only her second cut since covid this week. And the price goes up and up.
ReplyDeleteI like my hair cutter. She and a couple others ditched their chain salon and opened their own salon. I probably would support them for that alone, but they are good. Their prices went up after covid, and I can see why. They were blasted by the supply chain problems, groceries for their families, gas for the car. A lot of prices have gone up. Awful.
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