I’m in a hair quandary!

I only talk with my hairdresser when doing hilites....
Cutting is serious business. I don't take my eyes off the scissors and interrupt to guide when necessary.

There is money in keeping a short style for the hairdresser to upkeep with trims and hilites/colouring.

Someone on here said they were going to go for a bob as it's less hassle which is a great idea for me to follow.

In the past I've had your problem OP. When my then hairdresser broke her arm I had other hairdressers do my hair over 4 months. It is refreshing to have a change.

It's your money so go somewhere else with your photos and ideas. I take my iPad with photos off the net, or indeed other hairdressers' online photos of their clients' styles.

Good luck and just go for it.

Your money and your hair. Go where you like!

I can’t understand all these people going to the hairdresser. Surely it must be the ideal environment for passing on Covid19. Indoors. In very close proximity with at least some talking. For a considerable period of time. With somebody who will be in this situation with a string of different clients every day. The hairdressers may well be younger and have the virus but be asymptomatic or pre symptomatic. But clients in Gransnet will be likely to be older themselves and may have vulnerable male partners at home. It will be a very long time I think before I go to the hairdresser. I have a good hairdresser and am often complemented on my hair but I would rather live. A return to a ponytail, I think.

Hi everyone first post this morning.
I suggest you try a new salon altogether and get the style you want. Its also expensive having a good cut so why waste your money?

Pamela I’m thinking similar to you. Grow it a bit, go for a different style and a different hairdresser. I change regularly anyway. I did the grey for 18 months but am colouring at home now as it’s much less expensive.
BTW my house is the opposite to yours. If the supermarket delivery man stretches he can stand at the front door and put the boxes on my kitchen table ?

Take a photo when you go of how you want your hair to look. When you leave, if it’s not how you want, don’t book another appt, just tell him that you will ring to book one ..... and just don’t ! None of us like to offend long term hairdressers, however I’ve heard this before, so I think sometimes that you just get too familiar and used to each other. I recall a few years ago telling my then hairdresser that I was working away and would ring her when I got back ..... and I never did. I just didn’t want to offend her but I’d had enough of not being happy with my hair and she didn’t seem to listen.

We ladies always make a mountain out of a molehill when it comes to hairdressing problems. I know I do! If it’s not the price it’s the chance of offending said hairdresser or just not happy with hair do but don’t know where to go. I’ve just had a really good cut from visiting hairdresser but. Bit more expensive! Found myself going in to old hairdresser to talk about colour! Also can’t decide about the grey!! So now have appointment Saturday with someone who hasn’t done my colour before!!
Back to square one...the long and the short of it is go where you want when you want... as it’s been said you are paying!! The only thing I would say is that if there is alot to cut it’s a really good time to try someone else! Good luck!

Your hair your decision NOT his.

I guess a lot of hairdressers will not want those of you who "colour" to stop, it is money to them, if not now , in the future!
who is the customer? but I do know exactly what you mean..
but I have a saying, covers all things

I do NEVER give offence, if you wish to take it, that is up to you! hugs and love

I've decided to embrace the grey and grow it longer, at least for a while. Trouble is that once the kids are back at school I'll see my hairdresser every day on the school playground when I collect the grandkids.

Noname I know how you feel as I was in the same situation a couple of years ago ..... but now, after lockdown has caused a "natural break" is the time to make a change. Take advantage of that and find another hairdresser.

Lemon grove, ? such good exercise for the upper arms. Then , when I’ve staggered through the hall the kitchen is downstairs!

I had a brilliant hairdresser once, he used to do something different regularly. Up to a point, of course, there was only so far he could cut. He moved to NZ.

Noname, I’d say trust your instinct and cancel the appointment. Your hairdresser is unlikely to change - I had a similar one years ago. At every appointment I’d say what I’d like to do so as to grow it a little. He’d agree enthusiastically, before cutting it short. Again! I almost ended up believing that it wouldn’t actually grow!

My next stylist listened to what I wanted to try and agreed - and of course my hair grew!

Take advantage of the current circumstances which have allowed your hair to grow a bit, and let someone new help you get your new style. Good luck!

Noname if you are generally happy with your hairdresser then you just need to show him pics of the hairstyle you want.
Do not...repeat do not rely on just describing what you want.I once did that years ago and lived to regret it.

Pamela ....must take ages to to get your Tesco shopping to the door, how long does it take to row there??

There are several free apps available where you can upload a photo of yourself and try out new styles and colours on yourself. Might be worth a try - you can screenshot and take to your hairdresser.

My hairdresser cuts and colours beautifully for about 1/3rd of the cost of other local hairdressers. It is more a way of keeping him occupied whilst his partner does the serious earning. I tried a number of hairdressers when we first moved here and they didn’t cope with my thick hair at all. I will have to be more assertive. I am not generally too bothered just feel it’s time to see what gray looks like. I can always go back to my highlights and lowlights if I don’t like it.

Salon!

Noname raffle your appointment, and use the money you make to go to another salin!

Thanks all! Yes, as suggested I have taken a photo with me before but of course my hair would not take that particular style! ? And as NotTooOld has said hairdressers sort of become friends after a few years! I have two weeks to decide what to do!

Ignore the bit at the bottom of the page, should have edited.

I’ve been looking through images of hairstyles, now is the time to go for something different while we all have a bit of length to go at. This is me about 6 years ago, I think I may go for that again but in grey this time.
Yes that is my house???

It is hard to change hairdressers. My problem is that I let them chat to me and I chat back, so they do sort of become friends over a long period. It was easy to leave the last one though. I had been going there for 10 years, having a free fringe trim in between apointments, when suddenly they started charging for the fringe trims. Because my stylist was labelled 'Top Stylist' they wanted me to pay £11. I was suddenly incentivised to go elsewhere!

My quandary is slightly different. I am shielding (for DH) and can't officially go anywhere yet. Hairdressers seem to be reopening around here (Scotland) on 15th. Will they be safe enough?
I suppose anything is safer than walking about with hair over my eyes.
I left the last place and tried the place next door! Before that I would often change the stylist. It made no difference really as cutting is governed by the way your hair grows and the type of hair it is.
I like the ones who flatter me and don't tell me that my hair is coarse and has a kink in it.
At least I have hair.

Sussexborn

I have the same problem with my current hairdresser. I am intending to give the grey/silver a chance and to stay slightly longer. This was met with a meaningful silence when I told him during our last phone call.

Problem is all the hairdressers here are booked up for the next few weeks.

Do give grey silver a chance it is very liberating !