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Friday, February 23. 2007

My hair is very thick, and while it's mostly straight, there are also curly hairs. And I tend to be picky. Because of this, it's so hard to find someone who can cut my hair decently. Each time I find someone I like, they get out of the hair business.

When we moved to Kansas I was met with a dilemma. You can actually get your hair cut for $14.00 in the small towns! So, do I get an okay-but-not-outstanding haircut for $14, or do I drive 60 miles to get a truly good haircut for $60? I choose the $14 option.

This morning I had my first hair cut in three months. My hair was so wild that it's a wonder my hair didn't just take off and fly on its own. This morning I also went to a new salon that is closer to our new house. I gave the nice lady some basic directions and sat back to watch if she would pass my tests.

Test #1: Thick Hair Freak Out
Do they panic when they realize just how much hair is really on my head and then spend the rest of the haircut talking very quickly about how thick my hair is? This is so annoying! Luckily, they passed this test!

Test #2: Washing Hair
Thick hair needs to be cut wet. While the rubbing of my scalp would have given my mom a migraine, it was fine for me. And this is the first Kansas haircut I've had where it was just assumed that my hair should be washed at the start. Finally!

Test #3: Choice of Thinning Tool, and How It Is Used
There are two ways to thin hair: a razor and thinning scissors. If the thinning scissors are used incorrectly, you get a tiny mohawk down the middle of your scalp when the hair starts to grow back. You should use the razor to thin at least the top hair, and then the scissors can be used for additional thinning on the lower hair. This is the first Kansas haircut I've had where thinning was done correctly without me saying anything! Yea!

All this and it still only cost $14.00! What a deal! The only drawback is the cheesy name of the place, but even I can handle that if it means getting a truly good haircut!

Thanks, Lynn from Mane Street Salon!

Posted by Terah Goerzen at 12:52 | Comments (6) | Trackbacks (0)

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I can feel your thick hair pain.
When my current hair guy pulled out both the thinning shears and razor, I knew that we were going to have a long and happy relationship.
Now if I could just get him to do it for $14.

I think they must stand around in hair dressing school and think up punny names for their salons. Maybe it is part of the licensing process.

I'm a reader via Cliff via Jerry.

#1 Nora (Homepage) on 2007-02-24 00:39 (Reply)

OK, that's too funny! Got my haircut on Saturday and the lady had to take a cigarette break half way through!! Her smoking really bothers me but she can really cut thick hair so I keep going back...

#2 Linda on 2007-02-26 13:58 (Reply)

You're doing good. It sounds like your lady. Mine does it for $15 but every time I have to remind her to wash it before cutting. Afterwards I go home and do a few things 'better' with my scissors.
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#3 JIm (Homepage) on 2007-02-26 16:50 (Reply)

Oh brother! Small town or not you never know what kind of hairstylist you're going to get. Everyone should start with a shampoo..especially people with thick hair as its been our experience they are the ones who do not wash their hair correctly. You can thin hair with razor,thinning shears,or shears. And it doesn't make a difference if the Stylist knows what she is doing. As for names yeah that is why we spend big bucks time and effort to get licensed so we can use the lame name for our salons...Do your job and let us do ours you can NOT do it better. Bet you didn't tip the $14 dollar stylist either.

#4 Red on 2007-03-20 16:16 (Reply)

That doesn't make sense. How can it not matter if a person knows how to do a job? If it takes a lot of effort to learn how to be a stylist, either the education is useless or it *is* important to know how to do a job.

Really now, I can't think of a single profession where competency is irrelevant.

Before that, you say "you never know what kind of hairstylist you're going to get." Seems to me that you're griping just for the sake of griping.

#4.1 John Goerzen (Homepage) on 2007-03-20 18:35 (Reply)

Doesn't make a difference if the stylist doesn't know what they are doing, that is just stupid.

Too many stylists don't have a good enough idea of what they are doing. Far too often do I get home after a haircut to find spots that the hairdresser I went to has just plain missed. And the spots tend to be where they only have to use clippers on (not scissors). In the last six years I have basically had one hairdresser who cut my hair properly (i have thick hair), sadly like with the original poster and his experience with hair dressers, that one quit the business.

#4.2 Brent on 2007-05-16 04:10 (Reply)

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