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I’m in a hair quandary!

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Noname Tue 07-Jul-20 12:47:03

In just over two weeks I have my first hair appointment since lockdown with my usual hairdresser (I have been going to him for several years)
Like most, my short, natural grey style has grown out so I would love to try a completely new style.
Here is my problem; I know that if I try and discuss with my hairdresser what I would like, he will come up with a suggestion which will sound just what I would like to try but the end result will be the same as always!
I know I could go somewhere else but I don’t want to offend my stylist!
Suggestions please ?

embracethegrey Fri 10-Jul-20 07:23:57

I’ve had my hair cut this week. My lovely hairdresser said that only 2 clients out of 30 have wanted their hairstyle to go back to what it was pre-lockdown. The rest of us have wanted something different. She told me I’d done the hard bit by letting it grow so now she had hair to style. Go for it OP!!

Alexa Fri 10-Jul-20 08:33:54

Could you buy some cheap wigs in several styles, lengths, and decide which you look best in, the take that to the hairdresser?

Gma29 Fri 10-Jul-20 09:00:12

I would also say, be realistic with the pictures you may take to your hairdresser, and the type of thing that will work with your hair. You know what your hair is like to blow dry or curl, probably better than the hairdresser does.

I have very fine, stubbornly straight hair, and I just know that a lot of the casually waved bob styles I like will just not work, Well, not past the five minutes it takes to walk back to the car!

Oldfogie Fri 10-Jul-20 09:07:42

I hadn't had my hair cut or dyed since 13th March and have decided to let my hair go grey. I have shoulder length layered hair and a fringe. I told my hairdresser before my appointment that I would not be dying it anytime soon and she said it was a good time to give it a go. So, first haircut, no dye fringe is going grey first, top isnt so grey. I am 67 years old, young at heart, not having my hair cut off and trying not to look st myself too much.

travelsafar Fri 10-Jul-20 09:25:46

I am defo changing my hairdresser. I went on Tuesday for a fringe trim and some off the length. Bearing in mind my fringe was really long and i had been clipping it back she literally took about 2mins to hack into it and has made a total hash of it so i am resorting to clipping back again to allow it to grow before going to a different hairdresser. She was a replacement hairdresser for my normal one who had left the salon and found another job so i thought it will be ok but boy it was not!!! She talked constantly, instead of consentrating on what she was doing. So disappointed with end result. Owner of salon i think guessed how i felt as usually i make follow up appointment the same day. Sad really as i have been going there for about 10 years. I am tempted to ring the owner up and explain but at the end of the day don't want to get the girl in any kind of trouble. Difficult one. What would you do??

Oopsadaisy3 Fri 10-Jul-20 13:01:08

Oldfogie you and me both, my hair has been Auburn for over 50 years, now the roots are mostly back and grey, maybe 2 to 3 inches, but it’s still quite long.
But I’m determined to try to leave it alone, I can sort my own fringe out, but as you say that’s the bit that will be greyer first.

MissAdventure Fri 10-Jul-20 16:57:57

I love that username, Oldfogie smile