Kick in the Head

In New York I had been going to same hairstylist for a few years, not because I had a great rapport or relationship with him, just because at a certain point I figured I should just stick with one person. Well now that I’m in San Diego I have to find a new place to get my haircuts.

The first place that I’ve tried yesterday is a small barbershop where I had my fastest haircut in several years, or ever probably. It took about ten minutes, cost $10 and the front of my hair looks like the bowliest of bowl cuts I’ve had since my mom used to cut my hair when I was a kid. But with a little hair stuff to mess it up, it looks basically fine. When I got home I realized she probably could’ve taken more off the back but I wasn’t really paying that close attention.

Anna ended up fixing it so that I don’t have to feel like Moe from the Three Stooges.

The hair salon I go to for my haircut has a price range of two or three prices. The hair dresser doesn’t give a slip of paper or even talk to the cashier so I guess the cashier just knows how much each haircut costs? For me I don’t think it’s ever been the higher price. I always feel sort of judged when I go to the cashier even if I had little say in the final outcome.

I got my hair cut yesterday at a salon for the first time in my entire life. A friend from back home had long expressed an interest in giving me a makeover and getting me clothes that aren’t black. My hair lately has been very unkempt if not in a pony tail and almost Liu Kang in style (or at least like Robin Shou’s hair). So I went to a salon where a friend of a friend worked and basically said that the hair was still going to be long-ish but not below the chin. Otherwise they were free to do whatever. It was kind of nerve-wracking because I’ve never given so little direction.

My friends who saw it said they really liked it and that I looked kind of like a mod rocker. It’s so drastically different it’s going to take me a while to get used to since I’ve never had my hair styled before. Today’s the day I find out just how lazy about maintaining it I can be since they used some styling paste to shape it after blow drying it. Thing is I usually leave the apartment right after showering. In the morning the only thing I really do about my personal appearance is shave and comb my hair, so any extra work will seem like a huge deal.

I think this is more the case of if you get a haircut from a place that doesn’t use the word “stylist” in their title. Usually when people get an expensive haircut (girls especially) it looks the best right when they’re coming out because the hair is maybe curled just the right way and it could be very difficult to get it the same way again since most people aren’t going to spend the time preening themselves as much as hairstylists are paid to do.

I happen to go to places to get a haircut for $8 to $10, and those haircuts are the ones that usually look the best after they’ve had time to grow in naturally.