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So, for some reason I decided I want to get a perm. I've never had one before but my hair is naturally borderline curly/wavy and I thought it'd be great to have big, soft curls without having to spend time blowdrying with mousse. Stupid me, I went to this salon in Covent Garden (central London) solely because I know it to be cheap, and they take walk-ins. I showed the stylist a couple of pictures and she said it was fine. She got the scissors out and I told her I was growing it and didn't want it cut. She said fine, I'm just going to thin it out into layers, and that it's necessary for volume. I thought that sounded ok, and let her go ahead with the cut and the perm itself. She went and did a couple of other clients whilst the stuff was on my hair but I wasn't particularly worried.
Anyway, to cut a long story short (ha, ha), I realised only right at the end that what I actually have is poodle curls, think Brian May but with a mullet. I don't know what's worse - the perm or the unwanted short cut! I would be willing to pay good money to get the perm reversed, but then I'd still be left with a mullet, albeit a straight one! I guess I could go back and ask them to sort it out for free, but I frankly don't trust them at all. I guess there's no solution but to wait for it to grow out, but I just had to get it off my chest! There's a before photo below - see how long it was! I'll do an after photo later if you want to see it... Moral of the day: do not select your hairdresser by the lone variable of cheapness!
Anyway, to cut a long story short (ha, ha), I realised only right at the end that what I actually have is poodle curls, think Brian May but with a mullet. I don't know what's worse - the perm or the unwanted short cut! I would be willing to pay good money to get the perm reversed, but then I'd still be left with a mullet, albeit a straight one! I guess I could go back and ask them to sort it out for free, but I frankly don't trust them at all. I guess there's no solution but to wait for it to grow out, but I just had to get it off my chest! There's a before photo below - see how long it was! I'll do an after photo later if you want to see it... Moral of the day: do not select your hairdresser by the lone variable of cheapness!