This week I broke up with my hairdresser. There, I said it.
There is no doubt in my mind that I am a total monster. I have gone to the same salon for almost eleven years and seen the same hairdresser for eight. Graduating from high school, my first serious boyfriend, the day I got engaged, my engagement party, my wedding party, the deaths of loved ones, career highs and lows all have one thing in common – my hairdresser.
She has been there for every major event of my adult life and I had never imagined the possibility of a future without her in it. I even predicted when her boyfriend was going to propose and she called me the day she got back to work after it happened – if that’s not an amazing hairdresser-client relationship then I don’t know what is. Every appointment was full of laughs and serious discussions where required. One time she even gave me a Freddo frog because I was sad.
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As a stylist-- clients need to be HONEST with us. We don't know you don't like it if you don't say so. One of my clients, who I've had forever, loved how I colored and cut her. One day she looked at me and said oh, I've been wearing my hair like this and I don't like the way you style it. My response was, I thought you liked it, you never seemed unhappy about it. So I've been styling it the way she likes and all she had to do was just be honest. I'm not insulted or mad. So please be honest with us. Pictures help so much. And no, you can't go box black to silver in 1 1.5hour appointment!
Eh, I haven't had a relationship with any one hairdresser since my early 20's. But then again, I tend to opt for a basic 'do from Just Cuts and do the color myself.