Jst1mr
Member
For all of you still lucky enough to have a full head of hair - when it needs cutting, do you go to a barbershop or to a stylist in a salon?
For many years, I enjoyed the gossip and chatter in the mostly all male barbershop, learning where the fish were biting or where the deer were moving, etc. An "O.K." haircut was the norm.
Then I discovered something magical - there were places where lovely young ladies would gently recline you back and lean over you to gently wash and rinse your hair with true finesse (never fathomed that getting your hair washed could feel so good!). Followed by fussing over the "styling" job for a long time, and I could walk out with a cut that still looks good 4 weeks later.
Granted, the conversation is totally different, and it costs a bit more (especially since you can't help but tip much better), but I am an official convert to the salon.
P.S.: You can still get the man-gossip at the hardware store (and look at tools besides).
Where do you go when the mane needs trimming?
For many years, I enjoyed the gossip and chatter in the mostly all male barbershop, learning where the fish were biting or where the deer were moving, etc. An "O.K." haircut was the norm.
Then I discovered something magical - there were places where lovely young ladies would gently recline you back and lean over you to gently wash and rinse your hair with true finesse (never fathomed that getting your hair washed could feel so good!). Followed by fussing over the "styling" job for a long time, and I could walk out with a cut that still looks good 4 weeks later.
Granted, the conversation is totally different, and it costs a bit more (especially since you can't help but tip much better), but I am an official convert to the salon.
P.S.: You can still get the man-gossip at the hardware store (and look at tools besides).
Where do you go when the mane needs trimming?
). She wanted me to get my jet black hair, which only had a LITTLE gray back then, parted in the middle and feathered back. I did so, and the chicks all loved it. Have kept it that way ever since. I of course had to go to a female stylist to do so. The same one has been cutting my hair for about 20 years. I just go in, sit down and she washes it and cuts it. I don't have to tell her what to do. I give her 20 bucks. I never knew until about 15 years ago you were supposed to tip them. I asked her a few years ago how much a haircut costs. She just said "don't worry about it".
