Ladies...ever get one of "those" haircuts?

[Pinky]

The only times I've gotten exactly what I wanted, was, in Australia! So - why can't they cut my hair properly here????

I've got straight hair, and bangs. What's so difficult about cutting that a bit shorter? Back in Adelaide, I had shorter, layered hair, and there were no problems.

Frustrates me!

 

[Bella]

I've known a lot of hairdressers.

My mom owned a salon. I never paid for a haircut until I was in my thirties! After a couple of false starts, I finally found Pat. She was my hairdresser for twenty-five years and a helluva good one! In fact, to date, I've only had six hairdressers in my entire life. Hard to believe, I know, but true.

I needed a haircut just before Christmas 2019, but decided to wait until after the holidays. So, no haircut. Well, don'tcha know, as luck would have it, Pat decided to retire and close the shop. So, no haircut. Then the pandemic hit, and we went into lockdown. So, no haircut. The pandemic raged on. So, no haircut.

Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair. At this point, this was me...

My husband loved his hairdresser, Amy. She always did a decent job on his hair, so I told him when Pat retired, I'd give Amy a shot. So I had an appointment with Amy in December 2021. Believe it or not, that's the last time I had my hair cut. She's nice enough, but she ain't no Pat. Not even close to Pat. I miss Pat, sniff. I've seen a lot of hairdressers at work in my life. I grew up in a salon and worked in sales for a beauty supply distributor for seven years, calling on salons in the Northeast. I've attended countless shows in New York, Cally, and around the country and have seen the best hairstylists in the business. So, I know a good hairdresser when I see one.

Granted, I didn't let Amy dry my hair because I wanted to be in and out as quickly as possible to minimize exposure, although having her dry my hair wouldn't have changed the quality of the cut. She did say to come back if it wasn't right. I thought about it but decided not to do so. I could've told her where she went wrong, but no hairdresser likes being told how to cut hair. It wasn't horrible. I mean, it didn't look like she cut it with hedge clippers, lol. At least it was shorter and not such an ordeal to wash. Since the pandemic started, I've tried to limit exposure, so I haven't been going out as much as I used to. Lately I haven't been going anywhere of consequence, so it isn't as important that my hair be on point.

I'm going back to Amy in the fall and will try to gently instruct her a little better to cut it the way I want. We shall see.

"You're only as good as your last haircut." - Fran Lebowitz

Evidently, I'm no good, lol!

Bella

 

[MickaC]

Over the years I’ve had the same issues as many of you have.
Have had my hair long many times, in and around short cuts, long, meaning the middle of my back.
Have had some real good ones, and bad expensive ones.
I like it when I have a regular hairdresser, I don’t have to explain every time I get a cut……I’m very happy with who I have now, has been for about 3 years.
COVID…….that was a nightmare…..shut down……open……shut down…..and shut down some more.
Yes…..I will admit I’m very fussy with my cut…..if I have to spend more than a minute on it…..that’s too long.
My gal knows what to do with my 3 cowlicks, where to thin and not to thin……I feel for those that have thin hair, and heres me with super thick hair and have it thinned somewhat.
That’s my story. .

 

[Pinky]

I wish I had photos of some of my bad hair styles. Once, I wanted a hair do like Jane Fonda had in "Klute" .. a shag, with longer sides. I was scalped, with thin long tendrils at the sides. I cried when I got home, and had to trim the sides myself. Those were the days I didn't speak up.

Then, I wanted my long hair permed, for my wedding. Another shock, when the hairdresser combed my hair up straight .. and, CUT!! It was too late to say anything. I felt twice my age with a short perm.

I started taking a photo to the salon, but, even then, I didn't always get exactly what I wanted

 

[Blessed]

Boy, I hate to even say this, my DIL just got licensed after a year in school and an internship. She is in with very upscale salon. She does some really creative stuff. Her hair now is all different colors and has a creative bob with a shaved side and a design. In other words, this old lady won't fit in that salon. I hope soon she might cut and color me at home, like a silver gray I want to get to. We shall see?

 

[WheatenLover]

The worst, however, was years ago when I went in for a wavy perm and came out looking like Shirley Temple. After that I did home perms. Actually, my husband did the perms and they came out looking great. Picture a truck driver turned stylist. He missed his calling.

I know your pain! I went for a haircut and to get my hair dyed at a very expensive salon, which ordinarily did excellent work. I came out looking like Ronald McDonald! I went home, and my fiance (now husband) thought I was playing a joke on him by wearing a wig and pretending to be Ronald.

Then he went out to buy some products that changed the color and took the curls out. It was the only way I could have gone in public for many weeks, and my boss wouldn't have liked that one bit.

It was truly horrifying. I do not like getting my hair cut. There is a good hair cutter here, and I am going to her one last time before I move.

 

[caroln]

@WheatenLover, wouldn't we make a pair walking down the street...Shirley Temple and Ronald McDonald! I'd like to say I can laugh about it now, but somehow I just can't! Like you, I was horrified, but I think your experience was the worst of the two. I hope you find a good hair salon after you move. It seems to be more difficult than finding a good doctor anymore!

 

[Colleen]

I thought I was the only one that got terrible hair cuts! I've always been very picky about my hair and can remember coming home and crying...more than once.

Back in the 70's, when perms were still a "thing", I went to JC Penney's salon to get a perm. I told the girl not to leave the solution on too long because my hair is like a sponge and would absorb it quickly. Can you guess what happened? Yup...she put me under the dryer and didn't come back to check me. When she took the curlers out, my hair just broke off and it had no color at all. She burned my hair so bad that my hair was about an inch long and a pale yellow!!! I should have sued Penney's but I didn't. I just lived with it for a long time and kept moisturizing it. I think that was my worse experience. Getting really bad haircuts after that was nothing compared to what my hair looked like back then.

 

[Bella]

I thought I was the only one that got terrible hair cuts! I've always been very picky about my hair and can remember coming home and crying...more than once.

Back in the 70's, when perms were still a "thing", I went to JC Penney's salon to get a perm. I told the girl not to leave the solution on too long because my hair is like a sponge and would absorb it quickly. Can you guess what happened? Yup...she put me under the dryer and didn't come back to check me. When she took the curlers out, my hair just broke off and it had no color at all. She burned my hair so bad that my hair was about an inch long and a pale yellow!!! I should have sued Penney's but I didn't. I just lived with it for a long time and kept moisturizing it. I think that was my worse experience. Getting really bad haircuts after that was nothing compared to what my hair looked like back then.

OMG! @Colleen - Good Lord, that's horrible! I swear to you, on my mother, if she hadn't come back on time to wash that solution outta my hair, I would've flown out from under the dryer, yanked out the rods myself, and run my head under the faucet in the bathroom sink. Then, dripping wet, I would've walked out without paying. Go ahead, call the police. I'd rather be arrested than leave perm solution on my hair for a minute longer than it should be. OMG. That hairdresser is lucky you didn't punch her in the nose!

I've never liked perms. I've only had one in my life and that was when I was a kid. The solution smelled so bad that my mom gave me a perfumed tissue to hold under my nose. Never again. I didn't like my hair after it was done, and the whole ordeal was enough to end it for me.

A hundred years ago, when I was selling beauty products, "Bonat" came out with a perm that processed in three minutes, three minutes! That was a game changer. I sold a lot of those perms. One hairdresser told me that it actually worked in a minute and a half! I have no idea what's going on with perms now. I don't know and I don't care, lol!

Bella

 

[caroln]

I thought I was the only one that got terrible hair cuts! I've always been very picky about my hair and can remember coming home and crying...more than once.

Back in the 70's, when perms were still a "thing", I went to JC Penney's salon to get a perm. I told the girl not to leave the solution on too long because my hair is like a sponge and would absorb it quickly. Can you guess what happened? Yup...she put me under the dryer and didn't come back to check me. When she took the curlers out, my hair just broke off and it had no color at all. She burned my hair so bad that my hair was about an inch long and a pale yellow!!! I should have sued Penney's but I didn't. I just lived with it for a long time and kept moisturizing it. I think that was my worse experience. Getting really bad haircuts after that was nothing compared to what my hair looked like back then.

Okay, Colleen wins. That has to be the absolute worst hair experience I've ever heard of!

 

[Right Now]

I have been a hair stylist since 1982. Practicing in my own shop for 18 years, I bonded with over 400 clients, still great friends with those who are around. There is a difference between caring about your clients looking good, and how they feel about themselves when they leave your salon. I never overbooked, so I could concentrate on the individuals head shape, cowlicks, tightness of natural wave in their hair, thick or thin areas, etc. I will tell you that I was trained to respect others concerns about hair styles, as a doctor is trusted and relied on to make you feel better. It's similar in that it's "hands on" approach to trust.
I have since had two careers, retired, but still carry my license. I do home haircuts on occasion, to keep my hand in. Truth, I am still told I was one of the best in our area. And that....."You can't get a good haircut anymore!" I totally agree with all of the posts above in this thread.
Most are in the business to make a buck, and it's just a job, not a career. I have gone to so many salons and left hoping no one would see me on the way home. At least, I could restyle my hair myself, and hang on for two weeks until it begins to grow back in a shape again.
I go to one gal now who was trained to cut hair precision style, as I was. One cut to shape and style from her, then I trim it twice, and back for a reshaping.
Ladies, I feel your pain, and take no professional offense at all.

 

[caroln]

Most are in the business to make a buck, and it's just a job, not a career. I have gone to so many salons and left hoping no one would see me on the way home. At least, I could restyle my hair myself, and hang on for two weeks until it begins to grow back in a shape again.

I can relate to that! I've never been able to go to the store or anywhere after leaving a salon. Just go straight home, hope my husband doesn't see me, go right into the bathroom and spend an hour trying to undo the damage.

 

[Colleen]

I can relate to that! I've never been able to go to the store or anywhere after leaving a salon. Just go straight home, hope my husband doesn't see me, go right into the bathroom and spend an hour trying to undo the damage.

I use to go home right after because I had "big hair" and had to wash all the hair spray and junk they use to put in your hair. I use to tell whoever was cutting my hair...don't give me big hair! Did they listen? Nope. I graduated in 1964 and didn't even have big hair in high school...haha.

 

[caroln]

I use to go home right after because I had "big hair" and had to wash all the hair spray and junk they use to put in your hair. I use to tell whoever was cutting my hair...don't give me big hair! Did they listen? Nope. I graduated in 1964 and didn't even have big hair in high school...haha.

@Colleen, I never had thick enough hair to have "big" hair! I was so envious of Farah Fawcett!

 

[Colleen]

OMG! @Colleen - Good Lord, that's horrible! I swear to you, on my mother, if she hadn't come back on time to wash that solution outta my hair, I would've flown out from under the dryer, yanked out the rods myself, and run my head under the faucet in the bathroom sink. Then, dripping wet, I would've walked out without paying. Go ahead, call the police. I'd rather be arrested than leave perm solution on my hair for a minute longer than it should be. OMG. That hairdresser is lucky you didn't punch her in the nose!

I've never liked perms. I've only had one in my life and that was when I was a kid. The solution smelled so bad that my mom gave me a perfumed tissue to hold under my nose. Never again. I didn't like my hair after it was done, and the whole ordeal was enough to end it for me.

A hundred years ago, when I was selling beauty products, "Bonat" came out with a perm that processed in three minutes, three minutes! That was a game changer. I sold a lot of those perms. One hairdresser told me that it actually worked in a minute and a half! I have no idea what's going on with perms now. I don't know and I don't care, lol!

Bella

Haha. I was very shy when I was younger and didn't like confrontation so I never said anything. The other girls were horrified and I could tell they wondered what I was going to do. Now, I'd definitely make a scene.

 

[MickaC]

I thought I was the only one that got terrible hair cuts! I've always been very picky about my hair and can remember coming home and crying...more than once.

Back in the 70's, when perms were still a "thing", I went to JC Penney's salon to get a perm. I told the girl not to leave the solution on too long because my hair is like a sponge and would absorb it quickly. Can you guess what happened? Yup...she put me under the dryer and didn't come back to check me. When she took the curlers out, my hair just broke off and it had no color at all. She burned my hair so bad that my hair was about an inch long and a pale yellow!!! I should have sued Penney's but I didn't. I just lived with it for a long time and kept moisturizing it. I think that was my worse experience. Getting really bad haircuts after that was nothing compared to what my hair looked like back then.

I don’t really have the right words for you….but…..I’m so sorry that happened to you.
Us ladies can go without a lot of things, but our hair is right up on the highest pedestal where it should be……wether it be super fancy, or super plain…..either way, I think we get strength from our styles..

 

[MickaC]

I have been a hair stylist since 1982. Practicing in my own shop for 18 years, I bonded with over 400 clients, still great friends with those who are around. There is a difference between caring about your clients looking good, and how they feel about themselves when they leave your salon. I never overbooked, so I could concentrate on the individuals head shape, cowlicks, tightness of natural wave in their hair, thick or thin areas, etc. I will tell you that I was trained to respect others concerns about hair styles, as a doctor is relied on to make you feel better. It's similar in that it's "hands on" approach to trust.
I have since had two careers, retired, but still carry my license. I do home haircuts on occasion, to keep my hand in. Truth, I am still told I was one of the best in our area. And that....."You can't get a good haircut anymore!" I totally agree with all of the posts above in this thread.
Most are in the business to make a buck, and it's just a job, not a career. I have gone to so many salons and left hoping no one would see me on the way home. At least, I could restyle my hair myself, and hang on for two weeks until it begins to grow back in a shape again.
I go to one gal now who was trained to cut hair precision style, as I was. One cut to shape from her, then I trim it twice, and back for a reshaping.
Ladies, I feel your pain, and take no professional offense at all.

Do you have an opening on Wednesday, 10:30, for a cut…..Thanks.

 

[Em in Ohio]

I'm still sporting what I call my "Covid Style." I haven't had it cut since my last job and the whole Covid thing. It's now at the point where I wake up being strangled by it - and it's the same long look I had in the early 1970's! I've been trying out methods of 'styling' with bands, scrunchies, and clips - all make me look like I'm trying to be 16 again. I was seriously debating this week about going for a cut and style. After reading all these posts, I'm chickening out! I just hope I don't strangle to death. /-; And, yes - wouldn't it be grand to be told "I can hide your cowlick" rather than "There is nothing that can be done." sheesh.

 

[Bella]

I'm still sporting what I call my "Covid Style." I haven't had it cut since my last job and the whole Covid thing. It's now at the point where I wake up being strangled by it - and it's the same long look I had in the early 1970's! I've been trying out methods of 'styling' with bands, scrunchies, and clips - all make me look like I'm trying to be 16 again. I was seriously debating this week about going for a cut and style. After reading all these posts, I'm chickening out! I just hope I don't strangle to death. /-; And, yes - wouldn't it be grand to be told "I can hide your cowlick" rather than "There is nothing that can be done." sheesh.

@Em in Ohio - Check out these flexi-clips. I've been using them for years. Mine are plain but the beaded ones are pretty if that's more your style. I bought the original Flexi 8 clips, but I don't think they're in business anymore. I couldn't find the website, but there are other places you can find this style of clip. They might be your answer to not looking like a 16-year-old. Poke around and take a look.

Lily Rose has nice hair accessories. Check out the Flexi Flips. > https://www.lillarose.biz/waterlily716?dxc=1&mv_pc=RESET

Here are videos to help you choose the right size clip >> https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Flexi+Clip+Sizing+Guide+

Check out Etsy. Some of these clips might work for you . > https://www.etsy.com/market/flexi_clip_hair

Bella

 

[Colleen]

I'm still sporting what I call my "Covid Style." I haven't had it cut since my last job and the whole Covid thing. It's now at the point where I wake up being strangled by it - and it's the same long look I had in the early 1970's! I've been trying out methods of 'styling' with bands, scrunchies, and clips - all make me look like I'm trying to be 16 again. I was seriously debating this week about going for a cut and style. After reading all these posts, I'm chickening out! I just hope I don't strangle to death. /-; And, yes - wouldn't it be grand to be told "I can hide your cowlick" rather than "There is nothing that can be done." sheesh.

Cowlicks! Ya, I hear ya. They all lie and say they will not cut your hair so short that those dreaded cowlicks stick up...or stick out, as in my neckline when the hair is cut too short. My stylist in CA knew how to hide/get rid of them. I haven't had that luck since 2001!! I'd gladly have my Covid hair back. At least I could do something with it. Come on grow, damn it!!.

 

[J-Kat]

I went to one hairdresser for years following her from shop to shop. Then she retired due to back problems and I switched to another stylist in the same salon. She was the owners wife and only worked part-time but her cuts were outstanding and I stayed with her until she decided not to do hair anymore. So I changed to her husband. He is not half the hairdresser she was. He is excellent at colors and I think that is most of his business but not so good at just hair cuts. I have to watch him closely or he will cut it too short and style it so it sticks up like a porcupine. The last time he did that I told him he had one more chance and if he cut it too short I would not be back. He must have believed me because he has been much more attentive to what he is doing.

 

[Jules]

Come on grow, damn it!!.

A friend always said the difference between a good and a bad haircut was one week. He was wrong.

 

[OneEyedDiva]

A girl I grew up with became a beautician. I needed a cut and went to her shop while on break from work. We were wearing shag cuts back then and I decided to try it. She cut the front of my hair way too short. When I got back to work, my supervisor even commented on it. I was not a happy camper and decided I'd never go back to her again.

 

[Em in Ohio]

@Em in Ohio - Check out these flexi-clips. I've been using them for years. Mine are plain but the beaded ones are pretty if that's more your style. I bought the original Flexi 8 clips, but I don't think they're in business anymore. I couldn't find the website, but there are other places you can find this style of clip. They might be your answer to not looking like a 16-year-old. Poke around and take a look.

Lily Rose has nice hair accessories. Check out the Flexi Flips. > https://www.lillarose.biz/waterlily716?dxc=1&mv_pc=RESET

Here are videos to help you choose the right size clip >> https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Flexi+Clip+Sizing+Guide+

Check out Etsy. Some of these clips might work for you . > https://www.etsy.com/market/flexi_clip_hair

Bella

Thanks, Bella! I love some of them and the video! Had to laugh though - I never meant that my hairdos made me look 16! I just look like a weirdo old lady who failed to develop properly! Haha!

 

[JaniceM]

I've only been to a hairdresser once. Went for a trim, she gave me something like a pixie cut- not ok for a teenage girl in the mid-1970s. Never went to a hairdresser again.