sdklj;asdf there is a reason I don't go to salons

[tenlittlebullets]

My host mother was understandably leery about the thought of me dyeing my hair in the sink, so she suggested shopping around for a salon that would do it inexpensively since I already had the dye. Well, I found one. The dye application went fine. But afterwards the lady shampooed my hair TWICE, put in no conditioner at all, and YANKED a fine-tooth comb through my still-damp hair. Starting from the top, of course, so it made horrific tangles. And then she had the gall to tell me it was because my hair was damaged, and ask me if I usually lose that much hair when I dye it.

Now that it's drying (like HELL was I going to let her near my hair with a blowdryer) it feels like she put some kind of gel or product in it. Which means I'm going to have to wash it out tonight. Which means another round of shampoo, so not only will my hair be dry as fuck, the dye will probably start looking faded within the week.

Fuck this shit, next time I'm dyeing it in the sink. If I do have to go back, you bet your ass there will be a long explanation of how vegetable dyes work (you don't have to shampoo them out! honest!) and I will have the words "No thanks, I can [wash/comb/scream bloody murder as I work out the tangles you've created] at home" on the tip of my tongue the whole time.

Comments

[cosmicautumn.livejournal.com]

You have to request conditioner in French hair salons and it usually costs a few extra euro. Ask for some "après-shampooing" next time.

[10littlebullets.livejournal.com]

This is a good thing to know, thanks. :)

Still, you'd think they'd know better than to try a fine-tooth comb on damp, un-conditioned, bleached hair. *grumps*

[cosmicautumn.livejournal.com]

That is rather horrible. I've heard good things about Space Hair in the Marais and Art Coiff near Luxembourg if you want to fix it. I haven't tried either, though, because I'm skint and only got one haircut in France and it was out where I was living in the sticks.

[coloneldespard.livejournal.com]

Ow ow ow. I was thinking about trying to find a hairdresser while I was over there as I live my life in quest of the definitive dutch-doll 1920s bob (and the French invented it), but now I'm scared. Hope you find a suitable alternative to the sink...although that might just be the most drama-free way if you (unlike me) are able to avoid splashing the dye around.

[10littlebullets.livejournal.com]

Heh, I'm sure if you tell them exactly what you want you won't have the same problem. I was suffering from tongue-tied foreigner syndrome and didn't have the balls to tell her directly to knock it off, at least not until it was too late.