There are lots of ways to have hair extensions. Quite often my go to solution is to bury my natural hair under my shop bought hair. There are various methods, but the end result is that you only see my new (and allegedly improved) hair. This period of equilibrium exists for a brief time until eventually we witness the return of the original hair, peeking out from under the shop bought hair, giving rise to the dreaded Double Hair Do The good news is that for a while I'm the only person who … [Read more...] about SEEING DOUBLE. THE CURSE OF THE DOUBLE HAIRDO
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NEW CLIENT SYNDROME – SALON CUSTOMER SERVICE
I have very strong views on customer service, which almost certainly stems from spending several years as a customer service manager for a very large company, and means that whenever I come across poor customer service I notice. There are lots of ways that hair salons can display good customer service and over the years I've experienced both fantastic customer service and terrible customer service. The frustrating thing is that sometimes you get both ends of the spectrum from the same … [Read more...] about NEW CLIENT SYNDROME – SALON CUSTOMER SERVICE
BAD HAIR WEEK
I'm currently having a bad hair week. Some people have bad hair days, but mine generally last at least a week. If there was a scale of how good my hair looks where a ten is how I look when I've just left the hairdressers, I'm currently around a two. Last week I was a three because I could still manage a fringe with the help of the straighteners, this week I've dropped to a two because I can just about get all my natural hair in a bobble but not even a pair of GHD's could get this sponge to … [Read more...] about BAD HAIR WEEK
HELLO FROM THE SUBURBAN AFRO
As a rule of thumb my natural hair journey is me travelling as far as humanly possible away from my natural hair. I spent most of my childhood daydreaming about having long straight hair and most of my adulthood experimenting with every kind of hairdo. I've been permed, relaxed, weaved and braided but when the chemicals wear off and the extensions are removed I'm back to spending time with my nemesis. My natural hair. Every time I look in the mirror my unruly, unattractive, uneven afro waves … [Read more...] about HELLO FROM THE SUBURBAN AFRO