Things that annoy you in the hairdressing industry
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lisahd
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....and then after all the grief (bruises, bloodshed and scars) we get, they moan that we charge too much for kids haircuts!! "But he's only 3 it won't take long" they say. It's only about £10 at my current salon and people complain, they have no idea how tough our job is at times!
lisahd
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Children who sit nicely are wonderful! I cut a lot of children's hair who love having it done and are really sweet, I wish they were all the same!!
WilsonBarberCo
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I had a little boy in (about 8years old) in the salon I used to work in. His mam kicked off that I charged her £10, the price we charged at the time for 5-10yr olds. Apparently the 'Turkish bloke down the road does it for a fiver'. Erm... Why are you here then!! Absolute nightmare child too-
1. He didn't sit still and kept pushing his head towards me or jerking away (cut myself to bits!)
2. Had enough hair for about 3 people, it was thick, curly, and hadn't been brushed for about a week!
This resulted in me taking about an hour and 15 to cut it- total nightmare and made me late for the rest of the day. His mam was fully kicking off, screaming the place down! Sorry pet, if you can't control your child, I can't do a good haircut, and I'm definitely not giving you a discount!
Some people are nuts!
1. He didn't sit still and kept pushing his head towards me or jerking away (cut myself to bits!)
2. Had enough hair for about 3 people, it was thick, curly, and hadn't been brushed for about a week!
This resulted in me taking about an hour and 15 to cut it- total nightmare and made me late for the rest of the day. His mam was fully kicking off, screaming the place down! Sorry pet, if you can't control your child, I can't do a good haircut, and I'm definitely not giving you a discount!
Some people are nuts!
lisahd
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Haha! They really are!!! I hate it when they haven't brushed their kids hair, I spent half an hour last week combing through a kids birds nest hair and picking out bits of dried up food before I could actually start the haircut!!!
Gents that say "can I get a quick trim it only take 2mins" (would love to time 2mins then stop whether finished or not lol) and female clients who try to be helpful getting the gown on especially when it's the wrong one.
Momobile hair
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I am sickkkkkkkkkk of bold kids and parents who do not care!!! Letting them run mad :Scared:
lisahd
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This really annoys me about hairdressing.....having to put up with mega sore, wrinkly old lady hands all the time!!!donna hair
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-clients who are head sore
-The ones who keep reminding you they don't want ginger!
-price comparers
-stylists that don't skin test
-lazy stylists - lifting years worth of box cols with bleach highlights and 9% then putting a.1 toner on to even out red, orange and yellow tones, then sending the client out with multi coloured hair reminding them it's a work in progress it'll lift better next time
-The ones who keep reminding you they don't want ginger!
-price comparers
-stylists that don't skin test
-lazy stylists - lifting years worth of box cols with bleach highlights and 9% then putting a.1 toner on to even out red, orange and yellow tones, then sending the client out with multi coloured hair reminding them it's a work in progress it'll lift better next time
donna hair
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Oh and dirty salons I nosey in every salon I go past and some look scruffy
I'm curious.. How do you lift years of box coloured hair?
donna hair
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What do you mean?
Just wondering how you lift up hair? You said lazy hairdressers lift with bleach and tone. This is what I do and I wouldn't consider myself lazy, nor do my client leave with multicoloured hair! Just curious if there's another way to do it, that's why I asked
xI'm a client and what really annoys me is unprofessional behaviour!
I've been in salons where it can be "cliquey". The stylist had her friend in for a colour and all the hairdressers were talking about their personal lives, I basically sat and had my hair done and was ignored.
Not being demanding or anything but I'm paying for a service and I'd quite like some customer service.
I've been in salons where it can be "cliquey". The stylist had her friend in for a colour and all the hairdressers were talking about their personal lives, I basically sat and had my hair done and was ignored.
Not being demanding or anything but I'm paying for a service and I'd quite like some customer service.
donna hair
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Just wondering how you lift up hair? You said lazy hairdressers lift with bleach and tone. This is what I do and I wouldn't consider myself lazy, nor do my client leave with multicoloured hair! Just curious if there's another way to do it, that's why I asked
I meant they lift it uneven, put say a 9.1 over which tones the roots but doesn't touch the ends. So client ends up with bright blonde at the roots, but still has orange/red mid length and ends.
Laura28x
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How does this make you a lazy hairdresser, colour removal is a lengthy process. Bleaching/stripping hair would probably need some sort of toning afterwards to even it out. I'm pretty sure a 9.1 wouldn't even touch the hair, if it is done correctly - it would need strand testing beforehand etc
donna hair
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My point exactly. I know it's a process, but like you say strand tests should be done. A base 9 toner would tone the roots but do nothing for the ends. Instead of going in stages.
if i had £1 for every gent to do that!! i would be rich! , then you get there wives in the next week saying "my husband was in ur salon a long time last week"
lisahd
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I have worked in a few salons where the staff are like this, I'm personally not, my client is my priority and if any conversations are happening between the staff id try and involve my client or ignore the conversation and focus on my client! You're right it's very unprofessional, cliquey behaviour makes me feel uncomfortable so wouldn't want to inflict that onto anyone especially my clients!
