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My husbands work Christmas party was last night and I really wanted to go. I haven't been able to go for the last few years and given that he just started a new job, I really wanted to go. I called to make an appointment to get my hair done and my regular stylist was unavailable so they recommended someone and I said great, as long as she is good. Well she wasn't good! I was told that after I washed my hair a bunch of times it would be the color I originally wanted, I was told half way through the styling that she didn't know how to curl hair with the flat iron and I asked her 3 times to make the curls bigger and loose. I left looking like Shirley Temple!
The point of all that wasn't even the screwed up hair, it was the fact that after sitting for 3 hours, there was no way in he11 I was able to stay for them to fix it (which I was told they didn't have anyone available for hours anyway). I was crying so I just wanted to leave and my thought was I would just fix it at home, but the sad fact was I had no remaining energy to redo my hair from scratch and I ended up missing the party.
I know this wasn't a life and death mistake, but the people at the salon had no idea why I just couldn't either come back hours later for a redo or do it myself. It was just another example of how different we are from "normals". And of course of all nights, a party night. I haven't had a bad hair style since 2001(and that was for a Christmas party too LOL)
The owner is supposed to call me tomorrow and I am going to try and explain, if she even cares!
The point of all that wasn't even the screwed up hair, it was the fact that after sitting for 3 hours, there was no way in he11 I was able to stay for them to fix it (which I was told they didn't have anyone available for hours anyway). I was crying so I just wanted to leave and my thought was I would just fix it at home, but the sad fact was I had no remaining energy to redo my hair from scratch and I ended up missing the party.
I know this wasn't a life and death mistake, but the people at the salon had no idea why I just couldn't either come back hours later for a redo or do it myself. It was just another example of how different we are from "normals". And of course of all nights, a party night. I haven't had a bad hair style since 2001(and that was for a Christmas party too LOL)
The owner is supposed to call me tomorrow and I am going to try and explain, if she even cares!
Deb, yes and thanks! I know she was trying to please and I appreciate that, it's just I specifically asked for someone who knew what they were doing. In fact when I got home I showed my husband how to curl with a flat iron and he got it on the third try. I learned by watching and can't figure how someone trained could not know how to do that?
I told her 3 times BIG curls and she kept taking small pieces of my hair. But I appreciate your comments and she was very nice and I'd talk with her any time, just not let her touch my hair!!
My thought would have been to Deal with the stylist tomorrow...but don't punish yourself or your husband by not allowing a good evening to happen because of bad hair!
I am sorry you missed the party. I hope you feel better tomorrow.
HUGS
it's easy for any of us to say that we would have gone, but we weren't there. i know that if i felt self-conscious enough, i wouldn't have. no way.
especially when meeting new people ... and when you're not used to going out all the time anymore, it's a bigger deal than usual.
i think you should get your money back. you weren't asking to have your hair chemically straightened or anything ridiculously difficult - you wanted LARGE CURLS. hello! i could have done it for you, WITH my pain, AND my lack of hair schooling. it's ridiculous that your night should have been ruined like that. i'm so sorry.
i remember once my parents were going on a night cruise ... some dinner and dancing thing, and my mom was really excited. she had her hairdresser do her hair, only she somehow messed it up and BLEACHED her roots blonde. only i mean bleach blonde, like white. and there was NOTHING they could do in time. it was hilarious. god love her, she still went. i probably would have to, if i'd had the seven kids she did and few chances to get out like that. it all got fixed eventually, but for a moment there i thought someone was going to seriously PAY, haha!
xoxo, misa