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Is it just me?

(33 Posts)
MissAdventure Tue 09-Jan-18 19:52:09

I don't like going. My hair is never going to be my crowning glory. Its so fine and limp. It looks ok for about an hour after I come out, then reverts back to its usual state.

pollyparrot Tue 09-Jan-18 19:47:06

I hate the fact that you can't seem to just get your hair cut. I don't need it washing and blow drying, just cut it please.

mollie Tue 09-Jan-18 19:46:56

Me too Menopaws small talk is awful and I’m surrounded by people younger than my kids so what do we chat about?? Nightmare!

mollie Tue 09-Jan-18 19:44:36

Lol! I remember Jo Brand after her Susannah and Trinny makeover!

Menopaws Tue 09-Jan-18 19:44:10

I hate it as I'm never happy and I look like a bloke, so I cut it myself nowadays which is fine, I have a friend that cuts it every third or fourth time to level it up and it has enough movement to not show up bits I miss. I hate staring at myself in the mirror at the hairdressers, trying to drink coffee and making stupid small talk. At this age I feel old in a young salon and young in an old one.

cornergran Tue 09-Jan-18 19:43:32

No. Not just you. I think we’re just not brave enough. After 4 years with the current one I managed to tell her today that while the cut is superb I have hated the way she dries it. She laughed and listened, interpreted my hand waving. For the first time I left without hoping I would see no one I know on the way home. You have to wonder why I didn’t do it before hmm.

Parsleywin Tue 09-Jan-18 19:39:41

I suspect the world is divided into those who go and are fine with what is done to them, and those who come away feeling uncomfortable and unlike themselves and do what they can at home to look more familiar again.

I seem to remember Gordon Brown having some sort of makeover but it didn't last and he was straight back to parting his hair the way he always had.

mollie Tue 09-Jan-18 19:33:59

I hate going to the hairdresser but it’s a necessary evil. It’s worse than the dentist as far as I’m concerned. I can never describe what I want done and hate the ‘just done’ look that I always leave with. I usually feel better once I’ve fiddled with my hair back at home so I’m envious but baffled by people who go to the hairdresser as a treat. I’m going tomorrow and I’m already feeling stressed! Is it just me?