Hairdressers!

Oh I am so happy I am not on my own with this. Dread hairdressers and as for those mirrors!!!! The most recent one I had been with for 3 years. Went for my last cut with her in January. She hacked the back of my hair instead of leaving it in my usual bob style. It has taken until now to get it to grow all to one length again with my husband trimming it neatly occasionally. I have always cut my own fringe anyway so at this point, I don't miss not having a hairdresser! I'm toying with the idea of using the latest trend.....a turkish barber when I next need a good haircut...as my son and son-in-law always look good. The one they use does exactly what they ask him to do.

Yes, I despair of hairdressers. They are often scissor happy and take off too much. And they don't listen to what you say but cut a style they have in their heads currently. One thing I have learnt is to ask which stylist you have to wait longest for for an appointment then be prepared to wait. Someone who is available at short notice is probably not very good.
Also if your hair looks good take a photo of so when you go back say "cut it like this please "
Good luck!

Basketlady's approach is the one I recommend......I saw someone with a phenomenal haircut in the food store once. I summoned up the courage and asked the woman point blank "I've been looking for a good hairdresser and was admiring your haircut....Who does your hair? it looks so good!" She gave me his name and the salon wasn't far from where I lived at the time. Success at last! I got the best haircut ever!! I kept going for over twenty five years (until he retired and moved to Florida several years ago). My hair has never been the same after that. Good hairdressers are not easy to find.

I liken a trip to the hairdressers as a kind of torchure. I just can't bear looking in the mirror.

I finally found a decent hairdresser only 20 minutes away. He keeps records of colours used on each client. It's helpful, as I'm able to ask for a previous colour.

TBH I've dyed my hair since 17. Two years ago my scalp became extremely itchy, due to the long exposure to hair dye.

'My' hairdresser uses foils and records new colours. When I want to return to a previous tint I ask him to look up his records. Not cheap, but I feel I'm worth it. And, there's no animal cruelty involved in
the products used.

What would you do? My' hair dresser will now be the salon owner this week, so do I tip him?

My lovely mobile hairdresser who l've had about 10 years decided to stop 'mobileing' and open a shop. As l like the way she cuts my hair l decided to go and give it a try. She seems to do it even better in the shop so fine for now but the one drawback is the shop is 15 minutes away by car. Fine when my husband takes me as l dont drive, but about 2 hours away by bus! I' ll see how it goes when the bad weather comes.

I think the trick is to look out for someone with your sort of hair (thick or thin or fine) and a haircut you admire and just ask them where they go. Good luck.

My excellent cutter retired and I stayed loyal to the salon even though I wasn't happy. Then it was one bad cut too many and I was lucky enough to find recommendations on my local community Facebook page. Very happy now!

Are you on Facebook? If so see if your local area has a group. Our local area has a Facebook page and people ask on there for recommendations for all sorts of things, restaurants, builders, hairdressers etc. You usually find that loads of people respond and you will get several recommendations for the same company. These are the ones to try out.

My last visit to a hairdresser was in 1966. She made such a mess of my hair that I decided to do it myself and have done ever since. Think of the money saved too!

I thought the world had ended when my hairdresser moved salons when the one he was at closed down I had no idea where he had moved to as there was no forwarding tel numbers given on the old salon door it took me 6 months to find him with such relief,my hair is very long and straight but needs a really good cut every few months he takes time to cut but is worth every penny,I wish I could adopt him into my family.

In my experience most hairdressers do not have the same vision as you; your style etc. You are a victim of their ideas. Many years ago when youngest son started school I embarked on a hairdressing course to 'demystify' the whole thing. Never worked as hairdresser but saved a fortune cutting families hair and also my own. Now I still cut my own hair, it is fine and slightly wavy and a sort of silver birch colour. Luckily I really like grey hair and consider condition to be very important so don't colour my hair ( hair not very strong ). I wet my hair and smooth it down with conditioner into a centre parting close into my neck and under the jaw. I prop one mirror up and hold another to look into the first and cut around my hair, slightly longer at the sides. Easy to do as hair flat into the neck with the conditioner. Trim fringe to around eyebrow length. Then dry hair, with mouse, upside down so it looks natural and full with a slight wave. This method suits fine hair but no good if layers are needed obviously. I believe the pony tail method good in these circumstances, lots of good videos on you tube. I also use Phylia De M range, very gentle and good for fine or thinning hair. I think a good way of finding a hairdresser to suit you is to pluck up courage to ask someone that you see in the street whose style you like which hairdresser they use.

my hairdresser is my DIL! She has her own salon and I was so pleased when her and my son got together (not just for cutting hair honest!) She has an excellent reputation locally and is always fully booked, even my son and grandkids have to make an appointment to have a hair cut! would never go anywhere else.

I have had the same hairdresser since she completed her training, she is now in her 40s, I followed her from salon to salon. My lovely hairdresser now works for herself and comes to my home even though I no longer have the expensive colouring and treatments.
If you find a good one stick with them as they are worth their weight in gold.

I am lucky to have a good hairdresser, but I found him by stopping someone in the street who had 'my' hairstyle and asking her where she went.The worst mistake I made was having a home hairdresser - I could never pluck up courage to tell her I didn't like what she did and stuck it for years, until she became pregnant and retired!

I abandoned the servitude of highlights after 25 years, what a waste, and then gave up going to the hairdresser at all. I cut my hair (bit shorter than shoulder-length) by lifting it all up in a pony tail (clasped with one of those scrunchies) hold it up with left hand and cut it straight across with fairly good scissors. The result is layered, yes a bit Camilla P.B., but not bad at all.

David 1968, i have been there too, had to back the day after, as the girl made a mess of the highlights, they were yellow, as it was closing time, there wasnt enough time to redo it then, so the tutor said to back the day after, again i was there for hours
My sister has very short hair, and pops in to her local barbers
Cant bear mine very short
I am really not lucky with hairdressers

About twenty years ago, went a local hairdresses, where i lived previously,
I was meeting a penfriend who was visiting fro America, had to have it cut very short, as this time it went sticky, [too much bleach] so spoilt my day, as penfriend,[male] had complimented me on my hair in photos,

I have the same problem, I say they type of style I want my hair is quite short, grey and fine. Why do hairdressers appear deaf when you say the style you would like, they seem to think that they will try something different that they feel would suit you and then it takes ages to style it tends to stick up in all directions and looks like I have been frightened by a ghost. I pay various amounts for a cut and blow-dry and always come out thinking I am not sure I like it. I am short sighted so cannot wear my glasses while hair being cut so cannot stop them whilst in the process, usually too late when they say its finished and I put glasses back on and am too embarrased to say I don't like it.

I've posted this information before in other discussions but I trust it's worth mentioning again. I go to the training salon at the local FE college - it's where they teach hairdressing. It's very cheap (hooray!) and the tutors monitor everything that the students do. (They won't allow you to have anything that might damage your hair.) The drawback is that I never get the same student twice, but the tutors know me and my hair. I have a simple style (a long "bob" with a fringe) with regular highlights, and my hair has never been so happy! Worth trying?

If two or three people you know who go to the same hairdresser always look good, try them - at worst it's only a few weeks before it grows out and you may be equally delighted. A best mate used to do my family's in exchange for a good chat and cuppa, but she's had to give up and haven't yet found an alternative, apart from a fabulous chap who I went to once, and he promptly retired! I'm still looking - I'm fussy - want to pay a reasonable sum for a really good cut/style/colour, and won't go to a barber look-alike. I like a bit of pampering.

I had an appointment this afternoon, but cancelled it just after posting on here that i was going
I also usually cut my own, as its not short, but but collar lenth,
I coloured it last night and it looks fine
A few years ago when one of my sons was getting married, my daughter offered to pay for me to go to her hairdresses
I was there for 5 hours, having highlights that didnt take, and so fine looked as if nothing had been done
I think the girl must have been training, as the owner told her to do it all again,it cost £65, and wasnt worth all the hassle ,
Also i dont like the open areas type of salon, i used to like the cubicles
Doubt if i will go to a haidresser again
Much cheaper doing my own, and i am happy with it, rather than coming home and redoing it

Try a mobile hairdresser if you have a local fb page for your area they often advertise on there, they are qualified the same as the ones in salons and will listen to what your needs are as they need to keep your custom ,much more friendly and approachable , ask around ..

I think personal recommendation is worth considering if you think that persons hair looks consistently good. I do think you have to build up a relationship with your hairdresser and tell them what you like and don't like. Glen knows I don't like straighteners being used on my hair (looks fried) or lots of products but although he is a wiz at cutting and colouring I never like hairdressers blow dry's. I either look like my mother or Joan Collins.

No there definitely isn't but what may stop you from being disappointed with your outcome is by firstly noting that the picture you are picking out for them to replicate has been styled and sometimes most of the most expensive products used to make it look "picture perfect" and secondly, we all have such different hair types. What looks good on someone may not look the same on you.

When I started working in a school, 25 years ago, I visited the hairdresser next door. I'm still going to her, as do my retired colleagues. She is a good hairdresser, however we all know not to engage in conversation with her, she can get carried away with the scissors. When I was very ill and couldn't get out, she kindly offered to come and cut my hair at home. It is just like going to a social gathering, than the hairdressers. There is always someone I know also having their hair done.