fionad
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Reged: 06/06/2007
Posts: 197
Loc: Northumberland
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What is it with hairdressers when you ask for a trim once they get a pair of scissors in their hands? I have just come back from my first ever visit to a hairdresser in Riga. Communication was difficult as I don't speak Latvian and she didn't speak English! However, a French lady who spoke both languages translated for us ( how I would love to have the ability to converse in three languages !) but obviously the word trim was lost in translation as inches of hair fell to the floor. As it happens I like the cut so I am not unhappy, but the same thing happens at home it is as if the word trim doesn't exist in a hairdressers vocabulary, or maybe it does but it means something completely different to what I think it does 
Thinking about it I am sure my nervousness about this is because of the years of trauma I suffered as a child when my mother decided it was time to trim my fringe. She was always unhappy with her first attempt so would just have another go " to straighten it up" needless to say there would then be a couple more goes to "straighten it up" and by the time she had finished I had hardly any fringe left. I do recall after one particularly bad cut trying to sellotape my fringe down before going to sleep!
Is it just me???
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Cerys
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Reged: 20/01/2008
Posts: 304
Loc: North Wales
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no it is not just you!!
I am obsessed when going to the hairdresser...I watch every snip!! My hairdresser knows what I am like and i do trust her....it was worse when I use to have a mobile hairdresser and I didn't have a mirror in front of me...I use to feel physically sick before looking in the mirror!!
I am never happy with my new cut until I have washed it myself..so would never have my hair done for a night out...i would always go a couple of days before.
Cerys x
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debenjane
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Reged: 11/01/2008
Posts: 403
Loc: suffolk
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No its not just you. I too have suffered over the years and found that if you didn't talk to the hairdresser then it was better. Chatting just makes them forget they have scissors in their hands. I now have a friend who cuts at my house and I have just about trained her to do what I want and not what she thinks I should have.
I know it grows but a bad 'do' can make you feel rubbish for a long time.
Glad you liked the end result though fionad
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Loo
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Reged: 09/01/2008
Posts: 329
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The opposite happened to me yesterday. I went for layers to be cut back in to the top of my hair so it was shorter and would bounce with curl. Came back with it long and straight. I do quite like it so will see what happens after I have washed it myself.
Loo
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gerardine
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Reged: 08/01/2008
Posts: 32
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I dont enjoy going to the hairdressers I would far rather go to the dentist! Spend pounds and pounds and its never how I want it.AT the moment i hate it the last highlights I got turned out too yellow any hints for making it more ash?
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lechef
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Reged: 18/02/2007
Posts: 15
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Language problem or not, try this simple tip. Run your finger down a length of your hair until you are left with the bit you want trimming off, say 'no more than this amount off' or make a cutting motion at the little bit of hair you want trimming.If your hairdresser gets carried away tell to to stop, say something or tell them your not paying.
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Elsie
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Reged: 05/01/2008
Posts: 1139
Loc: Aberdeenshire
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I bury myself in magazines. If I can't see what's happening, then I can pretend it's not happening, if you follow? It also sends out pretty strong signals that I don't like small talk!
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kafferlilly
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Reged: 26/04/2007
Posts: 67
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I have not been to a hairdressers for soooooo many years...do it ALL myself....so if I do get it wrong I only have myself to blame...
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 KAFFERLILLY
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