I'm a long haired mess.

I believe though...

Going for a nice long sleep.

Scotty - I think I can safely say you're a class act 

Your one in a million.

My one in a million  

it's an assy a cut more like ! I look as if I'm leaning to one side  

Shucks 

You`re not too bad yourself Mr.   

Have a good sleep. See you tomorrow  

I guess mine must have been a perm. Why were they so popular ?

I always had my hair permed in the 80's ... & when I see those pics now ..... oh my goodness

Mine is dead straight too Syd and i had a perm when i was 13/14..... Everyone started calling me fuzz! I too hadnt been taught about moose..... or CONDITIONER!!!! So i was Lucky that i do hav dead straight hair as it fell out after a few months

a HUGE bowl cut with a step. It was so big that if you stood next to me, and were shorter than me, then you could have used the sides of my bowl cut as an umbrella.

Pics or none of these haircuts happened. 

I am jellus of you both, I have naturally curly hair and would love it to be all straight and sleek

That sounds exactly like my experience.har! The guy actually said when he took the perming rods out "You're not going to like this!"

Oh and when I went home with my new "style". My late dad greeted me with "In the name o'God!".

I had a perm' just before I was 18 when those 'spiral perms' were fashionable. Now, if you saw my hair, you'd think   however, after several years of daily blowdrying, what I didn't know at the time was, if I had let it dry naturally and/ or had there been mousse around and I'd known about scrunch drying then I would have got exactly the effect I wanted without the perm'!

What a disaster and jeez did I cry. I remember my Dad going out and buying me a special one application anti-frizz  conditioning treatment to use on the day of my 18th and him paying a tenner for it...that was a hell of a lot of money 30 odd years ago! 

As a hairdresser it never ceases to amaze me how much people follow trends. They ask for advice so you tell them about their face shape, their hair type and what it'll take and yet they still insist on getting the "latest do". I try not to laugh too much or say "I told you so" when they come back a few weeks later to sort it  The customer is always right after all 

Saying that I've had a few howlers in my time. My Limahl mullet at aged 14 was a sight to behold but all my mates had it too so we were cool  

I loved my hair when it was permed (in the 80's) !!    Admittedly when the rollers first come off & for the first couple of days I would look like the lovechild of Brian May & my Nana...   but once it dropped a bit...  I loved it!!!   Soooo easy to do each day...  just stick head upside down & dry with a hairdryer with diffuser attached.

I would love to have naturally curly hair (& yeah... I know, those with naturally curly hair would give anything to have straight hair!)

Worst hairdo I ever had though...  was a perm.    I convinced my hairdresser friend to perm and then immediately highlight my hair (the old way... through a cap) in one sitting!!!

My hair was not happy at all! 

oh... and once I got my mum to highlight my hair & she basically made me look like a barcode!

but I wasn't that bothered by either of the above.. cos a multitude of sins can be hidden with the aid of a ponytail band! 

hahaha...  everyone had Limahl mullets..  woe betide anyone that had sideburns...   or even worse...  a slap head!!  

I remember everyone.. EVERYONE having flicked fringes so solid with hairspray that you could lift the whole thing up with one finger! 

Oh but when fashion changed & the time came to grow the sides out..   nightmare!!    I went alternative (probably called goth in todays language) just to put it off for as long as possible. 

Ditty, I wish 80's hair would make a comeback, I'd love to just scrunch & go

I have been seriously considering going there 

I might as well cos I so cannot be arsed with straigheners!   

High 5 to that Cagney! I'm a hairdresser too and know exactly what you're on about

It sounds so big headed but we can MAKE it sit right. Go home and wash it and you'd never do it yourself 

Yep...had that too. Back combed to hell and the sides held back with slides. My Bonnie Tyler phase 

High 5 to that Cagney! I'm a hairdresser too and know exactly what you're on about

so when people bring in their cut out pics of Posh Spice and say they want a pob, but they have the face of a bulldog, do you know before you start that they are gonna be disappointed with the result...  when they don't look  end up looking like Victoria Beckham?

hahahahaha...    *imagines hairdresser looking at pic, looking at customer.. and then suggesting maybe the Anne Widdecome may suit them better*

Originally Posted by ~Sweet Bramble's Mommy~:

High 5 to that Cagney! I'm a hairdresser too and know exactly what you're on about

It sounds so big headed but we can MAKE it sit right. Go home and wash it and you'd never do it yourself 

YOU BASTARDS!!!!!  

So you KNOW!!!   YOU KNOW!!!!      hahahahahaha!!

Originally Posted by ~Sweet Bramble's Mommy~:

High 5 to that Cagney! I'm a hairdresser too and know exactly what you're on about

 

so when people bring in their cut out pics of Posh Spice and say they want a pob, but they have the face of a bulldog, do you know before you start that they are gonna be disappointed with the result...  when they don't look  end up looking like Victoria Beckham?

 

hahahahaha...    *imagines hairdresser looking at pic, looking at customer.. and then suggesting maybe the Anne Widdecome may suit them better*

Yeah we know from the start 

People rarely take our advice and yet will always say "oh yeah I love it" then come back a week later for a restyle. 

Cags, I wish the hairdresser I had @ 18 had done that, but OH NOOOOO

Originally Posted by Cagney:

Originally Posted by ~Sweet Bramble's Mommy~:

High 5 to that Cagney! I'm a hairdresser too and know exactly what you're on about

It sounds so big headed but we can MAKE it sit right. Go home and wash it and you'd never do it yourself 

YOU BASTARDS!!!!!  

 

 

So you KNOW!!!   YOU KNOW!!!!      hahahahahaha!!

Take our advice then. We are trained you know 

I always try to give people a style they can do themselves at home but if they insist then what else can I do? 

I can't decide which was my worst 

I remember at 16 being a 'model' for a trainee hairdresser and I had a perm done.  It was so tight you couldn't even get an afro comb through it with conditioner when wet.  I cried for weeks and ended up having to have a very very short crop to get rid of it 

The other was a bad dye job.  Most of my cousins have natural black hair and I came to the decision that as we all look alike it would suit me.  Big mistake!  I have very fair skin and I ended up looking like Elvira Mistress of the Night (who happened to have a programme on Channel 4 late at night at the time) and I got called Morticia when I walked down the street.  I ended up putting a pre lightener on it and dying it back to my natural colour but my hair was like straw so I had to have it cut in the end.

I could actually write a book about my hair disasters

Cags, I completely trust my hairdesser, always tell him to do what he thinks. Having said that, he's one of very few that I ever have and in that v small minority of hairdressers who actually know how to blowdry my hair/can do it better than I can do myself

Hang onto him then. There are some out there who do it but seem to hate it. They'll do whatever you say as long as they're getting paid. I don't get that  We rely on people coming back and word of mouth is our biggest advertisment so it's in our interests to do a good job 

I've been going to him ever since I moved here Cags, in 1992! Yeah, he's a bit more pricey, but well worth it!

Worst hairdo - a horrible 80's mullet, all spikey on top.

Worst hairdressing experience: I still have a little nick in my ear where the  "stylist" cut my ear by mistake.

When I had my salon I had all ages of stylists. I found the young girls who came in always wanted the young stylists to do their hair. Then when they came in for a restyle they'd ask for one of the "older" stylists to fix it. Younger stylists are too eager to please especially when they've only worked in "trendy" salons. It's all about training though. Give them guidance and they'll soon learn. 

Another of my hair disasters was when I was 16 and I went through a goth phase. My hair was dyed jet black with only the front natural. Everyday I put a different colour food dye in the front bits. Pink, blue, green etc. Looked great but not so good when it rained 

I have a nick in my ear too..    My mother did mine when I was a kid!!!   

"sit still..  of course I won't cut you..  have I ever cut you"

SNIP!

of course... it was my fault..  even though I WAS SITTING STILL!! 

 Thats bad Ditty -  both of us scarred for life. 

Probably the one, when I was about 16. My parents were away and my sister and I had had a few drinks. I somehow decided that it was a good idea to let my sister cut my hair really short. I think she left me a tail at the back. 

Omg blizz I did that to my sister when she was about 16!!

Our mum went mad!

Funnily enough, my mum and dad weren't too impressed, when they got back. 

My sister had Chrystal Tipps hair, at the time, which drove her mad.

Although, I'm sure that had nothing to do with the glee she exhibited, cutting all mine off. 

WhenI got the Purdey hair do,I looked like Little Lord Fauntleroy.Seriously it could be me in this picture.