Got me by the short and curlies!
Curly hair. Not every stylist gets it. You just can’t cut curly hair the way that you cut straight hair. It has a life of its own. You lose length when it dries. It SPROINGS. My regular stylist – Amanda – the one who can cope with curly hair, is
off work, expecting her third child. She obviously doesn’t
understand her importance to me. When you only get trims on a quarterly
or half-yearly basis, you need someone who knows what they’re doing.
She abandoned me in my hour of need.
I asked the new stylist (whom I was assured could cut curly hair) for several shorter pieces to give the top layers some bounce. Amanda does this all the time. This is what I ended up with:
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| Yes, this shank of hair is 5 inches shorter than my shortest layer. |
I want Amanda to come back. I want her to quit having kids and going on Mat Leave. Although, by the time I go for my next trim – she’ll probably be back and my hair will have grown out again. So I will chalk this up to a learning experience. And next time? When I’m booking my appointment? When I ask “Can the stylist cut curly hair?” and they say yes… I will have a follow-up question. “REALLY?”