No, this isn’t going to be a blog about how much peroxide you need to get the right colour Essex blonde… (on near black hair like mine, 40% for 30 mins only gives you gold), no, this blog is about hair cutting and styling.
I have just (Saturday) had my haircut by Hazel, a vibrant hair stylist from the Isle of Dogs working in Essex.
She works at the Supercuts salon, which is where I get my twice a year haircut (the maintaining cuts in between are done by the family hairdresser who is good at maintaining but not so good at the original cut)… For me the mark of a good haircut is the one that when washed a few days later is as good as the day it was cut, less styling products. Many look good for 30 seconds after, few withstand Kev’s driving, the kids and a good nights sleep.
Hazel listened to what I wanted, washed my hair and then after examining some more said, I can do what you want but if I do this, this and this, it will look so much better. What do you want me to do? I said do what you said…
Maybe it was the East London accent, maybe it was the knowledgeable look in her eye. It could even have been the way she held the scissors as Hazel exudes confidence and skill. The first hairdresser to do so in my presence for a long time, the last one gave my dead straight hair a spiral perm and my hair barely recovered…
Perhaps I am just too fussy when it comes to hairdressers which is why I use places like Supercuts instead of the local hairdressers, I like to think it’s because I prefer the first in first out system that they use instead. I like not knowing their names, not making small talk and I like getting my hair cut with minimal annoyance. Although they are the home of the fixed price haircut I don’t think I have ever paid less than £30 for a cut in the last 5 years. Saturday it was different.
So is the hair. Different. It does as it’s told. It looks fab after it has been washed. It shines like it did before the terrible spiral perm. I missed that shine. I think this hairdresser is a keeper.
So remember Hazel in Supercuts Lakeside, for when you want your hair to do as it’s told.
Sarah
