Hair Today

Today I had a (long overdue) appointment to have my hair colored and cut. This was my second appointment with Alketa, whom I saw in October after my usual guy moved away. Alketa has the same hair as I do, and she wears it exactly the way I want mine to look. The last time I went, the cut didn't quite turn out right, but I was prepared to give her another chance, since I'm not exactly sure how to tell what went wrong. So this time there was a scheduling error and they'd allotted only enough time for a color. She asked whether I wanted to have my cut done by someone else, but I said I really didn't want to, because I really want someone to get to know my hair and figure out how it works. Luckily they were able to do some shuffling around and get the next client to come back later. Then Alketa mentioned that the person who would have cut my hair is the one who cuts her (Alketa's) hair, and I realized, "DUH! That's who you want cutting your hair! The person who cuts the hair of the person whose hair you like, not the person whose hair you like!" But it was too late. I can't yet tell whether this cut will work. She put some "product" on it that I'm not likely to use, despite the fact that I bought it. Her recommendations of a blowdryer with a diffuser also fell on deaf ears. "Lalalalalala! I can't hear you! I'm not listening! Lalalalalala!"

Comments

[Risottogirl]

Ugh! Cut and color - been doing it since my early 20s. When I returned from Paris this spring, I decided try a change from the guy I'd been going to since I moved here from SF. I just felt like "we" were in a rut.

Now I am happy, happy, happy with the color and getting happier with the cut done by Lauren at Judy Jetson in Cambridge. And it is less $$, which was a surprise. I don't even own a blowdryer and I rarely even use a comb or a brush so my cuts have to be low, low, low maintenance.

How often do you color? 6 weeks for me, anylonger and I need a bag over my head :)

[scott]

I think there should be a rule that you can't blog about your new hair unless you're including a picture.

[Joel]

Scott should be more respective :-)

My wife is 42 and does not color. She has natural curl and is letting nature take it's course. Personally, I find the aging process/greying/getting dusty very sexy, so my note is...cut it to what you like, but let it go otherwise. Ain't nothin' worse than fake color and grey roots. My ex-wife used to have me do her color and, while I was told I had a knack for it, never made me feel particularly valued (go figure!).

I know, I know - it's different for men, buItI have a fascination with women and their "color differentiation" in hair, Even when i was younger I dated older women. Gray is hot!

Not that YOU"RE gray Karen! Implied, but heck!...I don't even know yez....