LauraMax
Cathlete
I went & got a haircut at a very trendy salon near me that specializes in curly hair. The owner is trained in both the Ouidad & the Deva method. I really wanted someone who "knows" curls, so on a friend's recommendation I made an appt. However I was very specific when I called & told them I'd had a Ouidad cut at the Manhattan salon, I didn't like it at all, so I wanted either the Deva method or traditional.
So I get there & the guy keeps me waiting for about 10 minutes while he's making personal calls on his cell. Finally he sits me down in his chair & chats w/me. Starts explaining Ouidad. I said "whoa, back up, I don't want Ouidad." I told him about my experience--that I'd had the "splicing" but they didn't touch my ends so I left w/damaged hair, & that the actual styling involved taking small sections of hair & twisting them around your finger, it took freakin forever, & I wasn't willing to do that every day.
Well, he was quite offended. Honestly I didn't mean to insult him, I just wanted to be clear about what I wanted him to do w/my hair. What I wanted him to do, not what he wanted to do. So he says, hold tight, I'll be back. Then he moves 2 chairs over & proceeds to cut & style a woman who'd walked in after me! I sat there for 20 minutes while he took care of someone else, who from what I gathered didn't even have an appt.
At this point I'm pretty close to walking out but in desperate need of a cut so I'm hanging in there. He cuts my hair dry (the deva method) then asks me whether I preferred wavy or spiral curls. I said definitely spiral, but not if I have to spend an hour twisting pieces of my hair around my fingers every day. Now he starts insulting me: "well, in my personal opinion, your hair just will not look good if you're not willing to put the time & effort into it." Is this a veiled way of telling me my hair looked like crap when I walked in? x(
He then shampoos, conditions, trims my ends & diffuses me. Now my hair looks awesome! It is like the best haircut I've ever had in my life!
So here's the question: do I go back to this stylist, who's one of the biggest creeps in the world but one of the most talented hairstylists I've ever met?
So I get there & the guy keeps me waiting for about 10 minutes while he's making personal calls on his cell. Finally he sits me down in his chair & chats w/me. Starts explaining Ouidad. I said "whoa, back up, I don't want Ouidad." I told him about my experience--that I'd had the "splicing" but they didn't touch my ends so I left w/damaged hair, & that the actual styling involved taking small sections of hair & twisting them around your finger, it took freakin forever, & I wasn't willing to do that every day.
Well, he was quite offended. Honestly I didn't mean to insult him, I just wanted to be clear about what I wanted him to do w/my hair. What I wanted him to do, not what he wanted to do. So he says, hold tight, I'll be back. Then he moves 2 chairs over & proceeds to cut & style a woman who'd walked in after me! I sat there for 20 minutes while he took care of someone else, who from what I gathered didn't even have an appt.
At this point I'm pretty close to walking out but in desperate need of a cut so I'm hanging in there. He cuts my hair dry (the deva method) then asks me whether I preferred wavy or spiral curls. I said definitely spiral, but not if I have to spend an hour twisting pieces of my hair around my fingers every day. Now he starts insulting me: "well, in my personal opinion, your hair just will not look good if you're not willing to put the time & effort into it." Is this a veiled way of telling me my hair looked like crap when I walked in? x(
He then shampoos, conditions, trims my ends & diffuses me. Now my hair looks awesome! It is like the best haircut I've ever had in my life!
So here's the question: do I go back to this stylist, who's one of the biggest creeps in the world but one of the most talented hairstylists I've ever met?