Beauty Ritual
17 November 2004 16:02 that's life!Today, I finally bit the bullet and went and got my hair cut. I went to “SuperCuts,” where they charged me 21 euros for a wash, cut, and blow-dry (which I had to do myself). I wash my hair everyday and told them I didn’t need a wash, but since the price was 21 euros with or without it, I gave in and let them wash it.
The girl did a good job at being gentle with my tender head and I must confess that, when done right, it feels so good to let someone else wash your hair! (Seriously, if it was my husband that had been doing the washing I would have considered it an erotic experience! Since it wasn’t though, it just felt really good!) My hair has now been washed twice today. Since they didn’t condition it at SuperCuts, not only is it super clean, it is also super fly-away!
At first I was just going to go with my regular straight-across cut, but the hairdresser and I started talking about layers and before you could say “bad dye job” I gave her the go-ahead to cut my hair into layers… LONG layers as I had a traumatizing experience in the late 80s with short layers. The longest layer is only about 2 cm (about 1″) and the shortest 5-6 cm (about 2.5″) shorter than what my hair started out as.
So, after the hairdresser was finished washing and cutting it, she showed me to this wooden bench where there were all sorts of styling tools laid out and instructed me that I could use any of these to finish “my new look.” Normally, I only blow-dry my hair when it is cold and I NEVER EVER use other people’s combs or brushes, but luckily I had a brush in my purse. Since it wasn’t too cold I thought about just paying and leaving, but as it was, there another girl drying her hair at the “styling bench.” Hers was a little longer than mine and red, and though it was pretty, I was of the opinion (modest and humble girl that I am) that mine was prettier. She was standing there drying her hair and making a great show of flipping it around and brushing it. Yep, you guessed it, I couldn’t help it… I had to join in and flip my hair around while brushing and drying it too. I don’t know what the other people were thinking, but I had a grand time! Finally, it was dry and I got a chance to give my new cut a good look. It came out pretty well and I think it looks fuller now.
Now, let’s see if my husband notices when he comes home from work…
17 November 2004 at 18:29
I’m still getting used to the blow dry yourself or pay 10-20� extra for the stylist to do it. Oh, and since conditioning your hair seems to be a luxury here (seriously, in the shampoo aisle it’s 2/3’s shampoo, 1/3 conditioner), paying extra for that too. So a normal wash (& condition), cut, blow dry & style that would run me about $25-30 in the States ends up costing me 50� here. Ouch.