00:25 Jul 01 2023
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Had time today due to the storm, no fishing to do something I have threatened to do for a while- cut my hair. Not back to the pixie I wore most of my life, but darn close to it. I wore a pixie cut most of my life in regard to my work. My hair is thick, but it really thick and heavy at the neckline, back of skull. As in if I am hot, sweaty- front is fine but damp at the back. Also the section that takes forever to dry, and never really curls good as its just too heavy.
So today having been soaked twice in the rain doing food pickup shopping- I made the "Today is the day, bitch. You are going to get cut." promise as water drips down my back. I lost the lady who usually cut my hair as she mostly has closed her shop. So I went to Cost Cutters, walk in. Yes, I know. Curly hair is hard to cut and I know this. But I also know its very forgiving to a bad cut.
I had a photo of what I wanted. The lady who took me as her customer, I found out later, has only been cutting hair 3 or 4 months. Later, remember that point. So I sit, she plays with my hair as I show her what I wanted. Was open to some changes if she thinks its not the right cut but I really needed the bulk of the thick hair off my back. An undercut is what I kept hinting at, layer it into the curls.
First thing she did is wet it down. I sat, for the third time today as I am soaked. Then she took a brush to it. Well- she tried a comb, and it tug my head and I gave her a look of "Really? I don't brush my hair- wide tooth comb!" but kept my mouth shut. Nothing like a pissed off woman with scissors to end up with a shitty cut. She used a brush, and I could just see the curls flatten out. Not a good sign as curls, when drying, shorten your hair. What is a 'at the ear' for my hair, wet it is at the shoulders. Thus- curls.
She starts pinning up the top, tugging it up, when one of the ladies I noticed was watching. When she gently leaned my head forward and I hear the clippers is when it got interesting. "What are you doing?" one asked. And the clippers are turned off. My lady and another lady who had trim my hair before start having a discussion. Another one joins. That is when I hear how she is just out of school. And not really cut curly hair, maybe once. Great. I swear it was my hair getting revenge. "You going to cut me bitch? Fine... see how you like this."
But one of the woman, who did not have a customer, steps in and mostly does my cut as she explained how curls weight is different, how you have to take into account the weight when you thin it out. And all the cut was done with scissors but for the trimming of my hair line. She showed the woman how to 'fluff' my curls so she could see how they will lay once dried, not combed out flat. This is why most people cut my hair dry. She handed me back over to the lady, once she made the weight line, the V of the cut for my neck, and watched her do the front, side trim. And had to remind her to fluff, to see how it looked, cut little at a time. She would comb it back, cute, move on but the woman would say "Fluff it, you can't cut her hair like it is straight. Fluff it, see the placement, then comb it back, cut, fluff, look to see the weight of it, how it lays..." I swear I was a test dummy. And why it usually take a good 30 minutes to cut my hair. It would of gone faster if she hadn't wet it down, let the curls lead her to what needed trimming.
At the end she asked if I like it, and I do. I think. The lady checked her work, touched up a few things as she showed her the mistakes. It frizzy- but that is the combing. And it needs to be styled by me, products into it as all the three times it was soaked today has dried it out. Yes- water dries out the curls. Why I try and only wash two times a week. And creams, gels are a curly girl's friend as they love moisture, just the right kind of moisture. Oils? My hair hates oils. But a good cream- it curls up for me perfectly.
Lesson learned - book ahead, get the lady who came to my rescue today.
COMMENTS
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EstrangedOne
10:40 Jul 31 2023
dwaynemcgriff01
20:16 Jul 31 2023
Ok