Rejected by hairdresser

A hairdresser is free to decide whether it treats or cuts someones hair or not.

Annoying, yes, iritating but, to start to use emotive words like 'reject' for such a trivial happening is, in my opinion well OTT

Babs my friend uses redkin purple shampoo and her hair is a lovely shade of violet mixed with grey hair. What brand do you use?

I used to have my hair coloured regularly as soon as I got grey hairs appearing in my forties, but my hair started to look increasingly dried out no matter how I conditioned it.
Now I have embraced the grey/silver, using an intensive purple shampoo and conditioner that keeps it looking sleek and shiny as well as a lovely shade of grey/silver.
I do think that constantly colouring the hair can be damaging, especially as we get older and our hair gets so much thinner.

My hair is porous too possibly because I used to have it coloured every 6 weeks. It’s thinner too now. So I am grey / white now. Not keen on the colour but nervous about risking adding colour because sometimes it doesn’t turn out well.

Sounds like they are both trying to protect your hair and their reputation.

Try another less scrupulous salon perhaps?

I’ve got very porous hair - hence why I’ve embraced the grey.
When I was younger, in the ‘80s, dark brown came out black, medium brown was dark and I had to resort to light brown to get a chestnut colour! That was another reason I’d been told not to have a perm of any kind - never, ever.
I’d be grateful a salon had done the proper tests.

In these days when people make a lawsuit out of just about anything, they possibly refuse some services to anyone whose hair might react badly. You could ask around to see if there's an independent hairdresser who'll use your own choice of colourant (Clairol if that's what works for you). Hairdressers who come out to customers' homes will often use the customer's preferred products. Yellow Pages or Admag papers could be worth a try.

Personally I would be very grateful that they have done the necessary tests and taken the results seriously.

Surely it's better to have been 'rejected' then risk damage to your hair or a visible unsatisfactory result. Had either been the result wouldn't the salon have been liable for failing to carry out a strand test or in your case, failure to notify you and go ahead with the treatment regardless?

Very odd. What about getting a recommendation for a home hairdresser. I’m short of time and have a home hairdresser who’s always been reliable.