I dont rail very often at all, but todays the day, I guess. Maybe I woke up on the wrong side of the bed... Last Saturday I donated my hair again. I was sooo excited! I had made an appointment at a salon that had been suggested to me, that Id never been to before, but they specialize in cutting curly hair (the Deva Curl method) and donations. Lets just say it wasnt cheap either, but since I only get my haircut once in a blue moon, I thought Id splurge for it. I went in with no stipulations - ZERO. (Other than I wanted to donate as much as I could.) Told them that I really dont style my hair each day, since its curly, its mostly just wash, scruch, and wear. Keep it simple. I told them it doesnt need to be a certain length, the shorter the better, just make me look fabulous!! Well, I didnt like the haircut I got. Its not at all what I wanted, not even close, really. I wanted it cut much shorter (to maximize my donation), and with bangs. I even took some pictures of styles that I liked, but I got the one that the stylist wanted me to have (which was similar to one of the pictures I had, but not the two that I pointed out that I really liked). I think perhaps I got the easiest and fastest cut - a simple bob, really. Kind of a curly haired blob. It had a lot of curl at the bottom around my chin and looked really heavy, so I asked if something could be done around my face. A few bits and pieces of hair were cut to frame my face, but some pieces of curls were cut short and the parts of the same curl above it and below it were left long, so that is just weird. (I cant really make sense of that still.) By the time I got home, I realized that it was parted weird, and now I have a hunk of hair in front on one side thats about 3 inches longer than the rest of it, and a chunk in the back on the other side thats about an inch longer. I figured Id wait a few days, wash it a few times and see how it settles down. Ive had this cut before and my hair actually grew out through this point last time. But, I explained twice that I wanted to maximize my donation - go ahead and cut it short, its okay, my hair will grow back, you cant cut my hair too short, etc. The real kicker - about 1/3 of my hair was cut so that it wont even meet the minimum donation requirements. That made me sooo mad! Out of all of that hair I had, I had wayyy over a FOOT - at least 12 inches, if not more - to donate all the way around, and part of it wasnt cut long enough to meet the 8 inch minimum?!? Grrr! The only consolations Ive had in this whole process are that my hair grows so fast that Ive got about a six month headstart - it will grow out of this quickly and then I will be able to donate it again that much sooner and the other happy accident is that I will be able to put in a ponytail by summertime!! I can already do low pigtails, so thats good for being outside this spring!! I thought about trying to call them back and see if I could come back for a re-cut, but the damage has already been done - I cant donate anymore of what theyd cut off and plus, I dont want to be THAT girl!! My intention is not to badmouth the stylist or the salon, they did their job. But maybe this is just a lesson for all of us that we need to ACTUALLY LISTEN to what other people are saying when they talk to us, instead of tuning out, pushing your views on them, assuming that you know what they are trying to say or just trying to take a the quick and easy way because its easiest for you. The haircut itself is mostly fine, its just not what I wanted, so Im a little disappointed. Now, I think Im going to go find some scissors and see if I can even this up a bit!!! Then, maybe Ill go back to bed and take a nap and maybe I can wake up on the right side of the bed next time!!!
Posted on: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 17:31:05 +0000
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