yay, haircut!

[spacebug]

S4 and I got haircuts together tonight. This being only my second haircut since the dreads went away, I was still thinking that I don't really know what I like and I'd probably keep going to different salons for the fun of shopping around and trying new places out, and while a "nice" haircut is good every once in a while I could probably get by at a cheap mall place sometimes because after 8 years with dreadlocks and not needing to pay anyone to do stuff to my hair, haircuts seem kind of expensive.

I am changing my mind.


Ok. I really love my haircut. My stylist (as recommended by miss rose and S4) is super cool and nice. While I feel I'm I'm *good* at smalltalk- I do reception, I'm social, it's not unheard of for me to start conversations with strangers, etc., sometimes, like when you're getting a haircut and kind of feel compelled to talk to someone for that amount of time, it can feel like a chore. That's kinda how it felt when I got my first post-dreads haircut. My first hair lady seemed pretty tentative when I was talking inexpertly about what I wanted, whereas this girl just nodded and said "Okay, cool, so do you mind if I just go ahead and play with it?" and we're off. This was not a chore, it was fun. This haircut was only a little more expensive than the one I got immediately after my dreads came off and it was totally, totally worth it. I really liked the space (not institutional, not intimidatingly hipster), I like my cut and the stylist better, the hospitality was really nice and seemed very genuine (Would I like coffee while I wait? Yes! Yes, I would! Take my coat? How nice! Thank you!) I got some news that bummed me out right before I left for the appointment, but after a killer scalp massage with my shampoo (it turns out a really good scalp massage after 8 years of dreads really reaches new heights in awesome) along with a steamy towel for my face, and a cute new haircut, I really don't mind so much.

So, hooray for Erin and Mezzanine. I've seen the phenomenon of this intense loyalty to a particular stylist before and it always kind of struck me as a little odd or fanatical, but I think I kind of get it, now.

Anyway, I'll post a picture once I put the red back in.

Comments

[earlapricot.livejournal.com]

looking forward to that picture!

even though i only had dreads/braids for not quite 3 years and have had an accessible scalp for a full year now, i'm *still* not over the scalp massage. i never missed it all that much while i had dreads, but it turns out *i should have*.

and yay for happiness. happiness is great.

[star5.livejournal.com]

ooh. exciting! i might have to follow your example.

[spacebug.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you weren't around at the time of this post (http://spacebug.livejournal.com/310988.html). It was preceeded by a (now-deleted) post where S4 made it sound like we were breaking up instead of my just getting a haircut, that he found funnier than a lot of our very concerned friends.

In a word, yes. Though I hope I'm not too normal. ;)

[spacebug.livejournal.com]

:D

[nemoren.livejournal.com]

Hooray for Erin and Mezzanine indeed! She's my gal there lately, too. I'm such a stylist tramp, though... I've gotten cuts from two of the other stylists there, too, back when they worked at Moxie. I'm convinced the entire staff there is awesome.

[spacebug.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was excited to go. I'd kinda wanted to have my first post-dreads haircut there or at Moxie, but I didn't plan ahead and kinda cut them off on a whim. I just had to go *somewhere* the Monday after the big chop to fix what I'd done to myself. I didn't know that Monday is a service industry day for salons, so all the cool places I'd heard good stuff about were closed.