Frell.

[katallison]

I was feeling somewhat better by yesterday afternoon, and so I impetuously booked myself in for a late-afternoon haircut at Posh High-Priced Salon. And, um . . .

See, my problem is this ineradicable belief that people who actually work in Posh High-Priced Salons know what they're doing with hair, and -- even more fatally -- that they will be able to somehow interpret my disjointed and non-directive mumbling about what I'm looking for in a cut. I tried to give the stylist some broad guidelines: something for a big job interview, polished and classy, and if possible done in some manner so as to keep it the hell out of my face without the aid of headband or Krazy Glue. She said, "How about some layers? That would kind of lighten it up and make it hang better." And although the word layers gives me hideous flashbacks to Farrah Fawcett-Majors, I said "Sure! What the heck, let's go for a change!" Really, really, I should know better than this, right?

An hour later I met up with lapillus and jackiekjono and heres_luck for dinner, and they were all very kind and supportive, perhaps sensing that I was in the early stages of "OH MY GOD" nervous breakdown. Jackie said, "It makes you look very 21st century!" which was sweet of her. Actually, I think the look it conveys is "Kat got really trashed on the Jamesons, grabbed the scissors, and decided to give herself a wacky trim without the aid of a mirror!"

It is ... layered, that's for damn sure. The front parts are angled down steeply, leaving them sort of wispy-flyaway and with (if anything) an increased tendency to flop into my face. The sides have achieved some bizarre combination of wispy and chunky, and are wildly uneven, causing odd bits to stick out here and there. The back is way shorter than I wanted, but not quite short enough to avert the tendency of the ends to flip up pertly, which makes me insane.

I think I'm going to have to go in somewhere else this weekend and get someone to do emergency repairs on this, because I don't really think I can get away with wearing a hat for the entire interview.

In conclusion, arrrrgggghhhhh.

Comments

[violetisblue.livejournal.com]

Oh, Lordy, we have all been there. And paying big-time for the privilege. *supportive pat*

This is one of the reasons I like having long hair, despite all the inconvenience--three magic words, "TRIM THE EDGES," and no more damage is done.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

He - I'm sure your hair can be GREAT - it actually sounds quite a bit like a cut I've been after. Don't panic - it makes you *unique*> ;)

As for the vagabondage and me weekend: we're thinking any weekend in OCtober other than the 16th - and we'd like to see lapillus and kjono and heres_luck and debchan as well - so let's try to get all of us coordinated if possible!

[jackiekjono.livejournal.com]

Do you mean me - 'cause Lj user "Kjono" is actually some kid in Washington who has just enrolled in the Naval Academy and hasn't posted anything in his livejournal yet. Maybe he is a distant relative.

I'm sure he would love to meet you and Zen. It might be a heck of a commute though. g

[taselby.livejournal.com]

{{{{hugs}}}}}

It sounds like anime-hair...

(passes Jamesons)

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

I know you probably don't want to hear this -- but you made it sound really quite cute, actually.

When I chopped off all my hair (well, when the hairdresser chopped my hair down to an inch and a half a few years ago, without telling me), I cried. I really grew to love it, though.

Of course, I might be biased because your haircut sounds a bit like mine -- layers are the best friend of girls with thick hair, and waves make things happen, naturally.

[merricatk.livejournal.com]

I think layers is a code word for "I'm going to do whatever I feel like." At least, that's been my experience.

*rethinking that idea of having somebody besides me cut my hair*

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

I will reserve judgment until I see pictures. (:

Nevertheless, I know precisely how bad a haircut that is NOT what you wanted can make you feel. {{{hugs}}} You're wise to book a repair appointment, and who knows? Maybe you'll wind up with something really cool that's totally different from what you anticipated, that you wind up loving. It happened to me.

[helvirago]

Having had a haircut that left me in tears myself, I'm not trying to say, "I'm sure it's beautiful!" But do keep in mind that it takes your hair 2-3 days to get used to falling differently, so it might be worthwhile to reserve judgment on it. Anyway, that's my optimistic advice for the day.

Maybe too late with the advice, but ...

[the-star-fish.livejournal.com]

Can you go back to Posh High-Priced Salon and speak to Someone about your repair? If you really hate it, I mean. If you asked for "polished" and got "wispy", I think that's a communication breakdown, and the stylist (or the salon, 'cos you don't want her again) should put it right for you. I've gone back in with a cut that wasn't quite right (too long on one side) and it worked out for me.

I want to see pictures, in any case. O_O

[umbo.livejournal.com]

I agree with Deb, above--talk to the folks at the salon about how unhappy you are and see if they can fix it.

*hugs*

[wickdzoot.livejournal.com]

Eeep!

I'm so sorry!

:hugs:

[spike21.livejournal.com]

*pets*

[heresluck]

Just adding to the chorus of folks saying that, if you're not happy with the cut, the salon should fix it. A couple of years ago I got my hair cut by someone other than me, and it really didn't work out; I went back and talked to the manager and she had someone else re-do the cut, no charge. And then I went back to cutting my own hair, because it's *much* safer.

The haircut looked fine to me -- maybe not just what you wanted, but not panic-inducing -- but of course that's with the unduplicatable five years of blowdrying and god only knows what-all in terms of hair gunk. If *you* can't make the hair look the way you want, that's a problem.

[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

I agree; go back to your stylist, say, "I'm sorry, it's not your fault, but I really hate this; can you do such and such to it?" and get her to fix it until you leave happy.

DON"T BELEIVE HER

[jackiekjono.livejournal.com]

Kat's hair looks fabulous.

[shayheyred.livejournal.com]

Is it possible that it's actually a cute cut but it's just not what you're used to? Perhaps if you have the stylist do a blow-out just before your interview you'll feel better.