Bad, bad, bad haircut.

Published on August 9, 2004 By dharmagrl In Misc

I got my hair cut today.

I went to the salon on base...the last time I went there the woman cut it too short, and it took me 2 months to grow it out. She's Korean, and her English isn't the greatest, so I attributed the bad cut to the language barrier.

This time I decided to take a picture in so she could see what I wanted. I asked her to not take it too short, said I really liked the length of it but wanted to lose some of the bulk. Mistake. She cut it...and cut it, and then cut some more. One side was drastically shorter than the other, and she was going to let me get up out of the chair like that until I asked her if she was going to even it out. She didn;t follow the picture I had sitting in my lap, she just got razor and scissor happy and hacked away.

Basically, I have the same bad haircut now that I did the last time I went to her. It seems that she knows how to do one short hairstyle...a 'pixie'. Any of you that are familiar with hairstyles will know what that looks like. It's short. Very short. I have a few little wispy bits around my ears and the back of my neck so I don't look completely masculine, but it's still uneven. I'm going to cut it myself later...there's no way in hell I'm going back to have her even it out. I'd come out of there balder than I am no!

So, I'm sporting a pixie, and I'm not very happy about it. I keep telling myself that it's only hair, that it will grow back - but my husband's coming home in 3 days and I'm stuck with this horrible haircut, and there's nothing I can do about it. It's not that it doesn't suit me, it's just not what I wanted.

Thank god for hats, that's all I can say!

Comments (Page 1)

Poetmom99

on Aug 09, 2004

Just look on the bright side, Karen....by the next time you need a cut or trim, you'll be far, far away from the crazy woman with the scissors and the razor!

carebear07

on Aug 09, 2004

No matter what your hair looks like your husband shouldn't care. And if I were you I'd go back there and give that lady a piece of my mind.

~carebear~

dharmagrl

on Aug 09, 2004

No matter what your hair looks like your husband shouldn't care.

He doesn't....but I do. It's not that bad, really...I just didn't want it this short. Oh well, it'll grow back.

Just look on the bright side, Karen....by the next time you need a cut or trim, you'll be far, far away from the crazy woman with the scissors and the razor!

Yes, that's one consolation...

xtine

on Aug 09, 2004

awww! I hate the feeling of a bad haircut. I mean, it's not the end of the world, but it's still disappointing. You always go in with such hope and anticipation and when your expectations aren't met it's a letdown.

I used to have short short short hair, I always heard it called a wedge. I don't know if that's similar to a pixie or not. I finally got tired of it, because short hair is such high maintenance (at least it was for me, had to go get it cut every month or so). I started growing it out six years ago. It's down to the base of my shoulder blades now.

I don't know what's worse though, having it cut every month to keep it looking nice, or living through the growing out stage. That's another kind of torture.

Have some chocolate dharma...it won't help the haircut, but it'll taste good!

Three more days???!! woohoo!

DylanZimmerman

on Aug 09, 2004

aww bad hair cuts are the worst. I had bangs when I was about 15 that were waaay too short, they looked ridiculous, so I feel your pain Dharma

That woman should be locked away from crimes against hair -manity.

But hey- hair grows (even after you're dead!) so chin up!! Besides, some women look wonderful with short hair.

Dyl xx

dharmagrl

on Aug 09, 2004

Have some chocolate dharma...it won't help the haircut, but it'll taste good!

Three more days???!! woohoo!

Yes, I tended to myself with some Cadbury therapy earlier!

You hit the nail on the head.....I'm more disappointed than anything. It doesn't look bad..but I had been trying to grow it out and really only wanted a trim. Now I'll have to start all over again! Oh well....

That woman should be locked away from crimes against hair -manity.

Yes, she should. She's vicious - she washed my hair and about tore my scalp off with her fingernails, then put that cape thingy on me and had it so tight I was choking....then she yanked my head this way and that, all the time muttering to herself in Korean. I wished SPC Nobody Special was there to tell me what she was saying....

Thanks fror the comments!

Texas Wahine

on Aug 09, 2004

. . . and this is why I haven't had a haircut in over a year. I don't trust the people off the base, and I fear the ones on the base. I feel your pain.

dharmagrl

on Aug 09, 2004

and this is why I haven't had a haircut in over a year. I don't trust the people off the base, and I fear the ones on the base. I feel your pain

Thanks! I think I'm done having my hair cut as well......perhaps this is fate's way of telling me I need to grow my hair out! I'm being plagued with horrible hairdressers until I comply and grow my hair long!

Janders

on Aug 09, 2004

I'm sorry

I fear anything more than a tiny trim off the edge, unless i go to my friend Kim.

She cuts hair about an hour from my house, so I have not got it cut in a year. The fear of haircuts makes me want to dread my hair even more.

crimson

on Aug 09, 2004

I've been growing my hair for sometime now, but I do know what it's like to get a bad haircut. However, there's part of me that would greatly anticipate this happening... just so that I am given an excuse to entirely shave my head and start completely new. Ahhhhh......

crimson

on Aug 09, 2004

ps. Do we get a picture? I'll bet it isn't that bad!

Mr_Frog

on Aug 09, 2004

But hey- hair grows (even after you're dead!)

That's actually not true. The reason why it appears that hair grows is because the skin around the hair follicles shrinks and more of the root shows.

I made the mistake once of letting a friend of mine cut my hair while we were all stoned. Needless to say, the results were a little, uh, hair-raising.

You should go for the Susan Powter look!

-- B

Gideon MacLeish

on Aug 09, 2004

dharma,

I'm willing to bet that after all this time away, your haur will be the LAST thing your hubby notices...

But seriously, I'm sure he'll just be damn glad to see you.

zweihander01

on Aug 09, 2004

I feel for ya, dharma. My barbershop is unable to snap themselves out of the half-centimeter short hair that seems to be all the rage among the neighborhood Irish kids wanting to be black. Or at least "hip." And I want my hair more longy on top, and short 'round the ears. I've got it just right at the moment, but in a month...

I think I'll check out my Dad's barber. I was there once, and the place reminded me of a store that might be paying for "protection" from Don Corleone. Its awesome, got Italian classic playing on the radio. Old Italian guys cutting hair. Pretty cool place, if I say so myself.

dharmagrl

on Aug 09, 2004

just so that I am given an excuse to entirely shave my head and start completely new. Ahhhhh......

I soooo want to do that sometime. I was very tempted to do it earlier this year, but I chickened out. I can just imagine how refreshing it would be to not have to mess with your hair every day......

I made the mistake once of letting a friend of mine cut my hair while we were all stoned. Needless to say, the results were a little, uh, hair-raising

Umm....that's when I'd probably have had the guts to shave my head.

I'll post a pic tomorrow...and it's not that bad. I colored it this evening....it's a ravishing red now, a totally un-natural (but glorious nonetheless) RED.

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