Hair Horror Story
Last week I made a very serious hair-ror in judgment. On a whim, I decided to get my bangs trimmed at a discount hair salon that shall remain nameless. (But here’s a hint: It rhymes with Chair Buttery.) Once we got started, I consented to having a full trim instead of just my bangs. The result was bangs that started halfway back my head, bizarre feathery things around my face, and huge chunks out of the back of my hair, including a huge angled THING that was apparently supposed to be “trendy layers.” I all but ran screaming out of that place, and I sought refuge in the Panera next door, where I quickly twisted the mess up into a bun and took this disgruntled photo. Then, I called and left a hysterical message on my friend’s friend’s work answering machine, demanding the first available appointment at Local Expensive Salon to fix The Hair Disaster of the Century.
This is Kristen King. I made a really, REALLY bad hair choice. I got my hair cut at a [redacted], and it looks like someone clocked me in the head with a weed-whacker. I know this is last minute, but it’s horrible. I need the first available appointment with Jodi. Really, it’s so bad. Please, please, please find a way to squeeze me in. I’m desperate here. It’s awful. Please. Please, please please.
Long story short (and you’ll get how that’s funny in a minute), they squeezed me in and Jodi, who’s been cutting hair professionally since 1986, deemed it officially the Worst Haircut I’ve Ever Seen. She actually called someone else over to look at how bad it was. And the damage was so extensive that my formerly-halfway-down-my-back hair is now chin length. I didn’t cry, but I was really close. The lesson here? Spend the money on a good haircut, or end up like me: part poodle, part grandma, part schoolmarm, and part 1987 Wal-Mart greeter.
Oh, and the new haircut? It’s not that bad, just, well, short.
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7 opinions for Hair Horror Story
Devon Ellington
Apr 30, 2007 at 3:34 pm
It looks lovely on you, sweetie. Chic and professional, but not conservative. Sorry it was such a trauma to get there!
Katharine
Apr 30, 2007 at 6:55 pm
Your new style looks terrific! But what a sad, Puss in Boots (think Shrek 2) face in that first shot! Who wouldn’t rush to fix things after having those eyes turned on them?
Dana
May 1, 2007 at 1:44 am
Ah! LOVE the new cut!
I never change stylists once I find one that I like - even if I have to stalk them from salon to salon in the city, which I’ve totally done.
Sara
May 2, 2007 at 4:52 pm
I commend you because I would have cried. On a positive note, it frames your face very nicely. I have a hair horror story, but it doesn’t involve cutting. Most girls, I think, look forward to their prom as a night they can get glammed up from head to toe and in my senior year I was no exception. I had a ball gown custom made for me in the color and fabric of my choosing. Everything was going to be perfect-until the actual day arrived. I had made an appointment with a hairstylist I knew and trusted. She was to pin my hair up in a mass of curls and complete the look I had envisioned. When I arrived at the salon… my hairdresser that I had booked the appointment with wasn’t there… she took the day off so they gave me to someone else who had never down an upsweep and literally started sweating bullets when she saw my long hair… and when I say long I mean just below the shoulders… 2 hours later and enough bobby pins that I could start my own distribution company, I left. I didn’t make it to the car before I exploded in tears and it started to fall before I made it home. I was late for the ball because I was so long at the salon, my eyes were swollen from crying and I was so miserable my boyfriend couldn’t figure how to cheer me up and all of that is immortalized in my professional/cost a fortune ball pictures. The upside is that just after the horrible pic… my good friend helped pick out the 20+ pins and my “long” hair fell in beautiful waves… too bad that didn’t make it into the picture, but I have a few candid snapshots which helped improve my mood. The best laid plans of mice and men are ruined by crappy hairdressers!! Note: not ALL inexpensive hairdressers make you turn a sour face and say “You get what you pay for.” My hope was restored 3 years later when I was maid of honor in my sister’s wedding and I found someone who could take my legitimately, down to my tailbone long hair and pin it up in beautiful curls in less time and considerably less pins-and it never fell:)
Hsien Lei
May 7, 2007 at 5:58 pm
Jodi does fabulous work. You look adorable.
You are FREAKING ME OUT, though, because I’m supposed to try a new hairdresser in Chinatown on Wednesday. Eeeeek. Here’s hoping she knows what makes Asian faces look good.
agreatcutter
Jan 30, 2008 at 1:55 am
I am a hairdresser working at a rdecuced salon. I worked the high end for years, did all the shows, won many awards, but help. Did I hate the pressure. My work is the best, as I am under no pressure, and I work with eight other Hairdressers. We are all 35 years experience plus, and not once have we done a bad haircut, unless the client hasnt learned to communicate. Thats the name of the game.
bring a photo, its worth a million words.
Matt h
May 16, 2008 at 3:06 am
The top picture…the one you say it bad…Not at all, its incredibly *hot*. I don’t hit on many women, but if I saw you walking down the street I would have definately told you how hot I thought you looked.
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