| Change is a funny thing. When seasons change, so do | | | | can give you a complimentary makeover consultation." |
| people and their way of thinking. For some of us it can | | | | She laughed and we said goodbye. |
| be scary and for others a welcomed challenge. A few | | | | As she walked away, I had to laugh to myself |
| of us will throw out clothes we have not worn in | | | | because I had also experienced a bad hairstylist. I was |
| years. Others will throw away old shoes, handbags, | | | | an unsuspecting consumer who drifted into the |
| jewelry, hats and belts only to refill their closets with a | | | | Bunches of Hair beauty salon in midtown. (I changed |
| shopping trip. Shopping is the ultimate change for a | | | | the salon name to protect the innocent.) This place will |
| shopaholic. However, there are some of us who will | | | | definitely have you drifting in by the fabulous hair |
| shop for the ultimate change... a haircut. Whether it is a | | | | photos covering the wide framed window. The stylists |
| two-inch cut or a 10-inch cut, you better be sure to | | | | are dressed to impress in pink and purple. Everyone's |
| shop for a person who knows exactly what he/she is | | | | hair was whipped to perfection. "Come on in, sit in the |
| doing. I never thought that one must also shop for a | | | | chair and would you like a cup of tea?" said the stylist |
| hairstylist in the same way that we shop for the | | | | in the pink and purple smock. "Oooh girl, I am |
| perfect dress or pair of shoes. After I saw my | | | | impressed." I thought to myself as I told the stylist that I |
| neighbor's hair, I have changed my thought process. | | | | would like finger waves. She said, "Yes ma'am." I |
| My neighbor went to her hairdresser to get all of her | | | | walked over to the sink where not only did I get my |
| hair cut off.. Onlookers gasped at the thought of | | | | hair washed, but my blouse and legs got a soaking too. |
| cutting it all off. You could hear sighs of pain from | | | | Water was everywhere. She scrubbed my scalp so |
| other clients as the clipped hair fell to the floor. The | | | | hard that I got a headache. I guess she thought she |
| hairstylist cut, snipped and dismissed her from the chair. | | | | was giving me a good head massage. She almost |
| AAHHHH! I thought to myself. Is she going to shape it | | | | broke my neck. Back in the chair, she proceeded to |
| up or comb it or something? Immediately I started to | | | | dump almost an entire jar of gel on my head that |
| think of the scene from the movie, Waiting to Exhale | | | | resembled orange bees wax. Carefully, she sculptured |
| when Angela Bassetts' character was depressed and | | | | each row to resemble a sea of beautiful water |
| upset about the breakup of her marriage. She sat in | | | | waves. As she finished, I glanced in the mirror only to |
| front of the mirror and just started cutting away at her | | | | spot clumps of orange goop. Three hours later... (That's |
| hair. The way she cut it, you would not believe she had | | | | another story) my masterpiece was finished. She |
| a mirror. I saw my neighbor walking towards me and I | | | | slowly unwrapped the net from my head. The moment |
| could not believe she did it. She looked like a | | | | of truth has arrived. Ahahhh. Ahahhhhh Ahhhahh. I |
| depressed, tired old maid. (Translation... Someone who | | | | couldn't stop screaming. I spent all day at the salon and |
| does not have anyone to love and/or is not happy | | | | all I have to show for it is a matted mess. Now the |
| with her life.) Her earrings were small, simple and plain. | | | | orange goop had got deep in color and hardened into |
| The dark circles under her eyes complimented by her | | | | a wax sculpture around my hair. "I am not going |
| uneven skin tone made her look like she never owned | | | | outside like this!" I said. LOOK AT MY HAIR! LOOK AT |
| a mirror. A hairstylist is supposed to make you feel like | | | | IT! By the way, I do not like unisex salons. There were |
| a new woman. The same way a new dress or pair of | | | | some nice looking men getting a haircut and they |
| shoes makes you feel. She looked horrible. Something | | | | witnessed the entire episode. How embarrassing. The |
| in my mind kept saying, "Don't you say anything to hurt | | | | stylist apologized a thousand times and marched me |
| her feelings; be quiet." Now you know I could not be | | | | back over to the sink where she used a hammer to |
| quiet, however, I did choose my words wisely. I began, | | | | chisel the orange sculpture from my hair. Well, it was |
| "Wow, you cut off all your hair! You have a good | | | | not a hammer but that's how I felt. I ended walking out |
| shaped head for such a style. Now you need to go to | | | | of there with a pigtail. You heard me, a pigtail. It is a |
| the barber and let him give your style some shape. I | | | | style here you get just enough hair for the rubber band |
| know a place where you can get some fabulous | | | | to catch hold. I will never go in any salon without getting |
| earrings to accent your style too." She said, "I have | | | | at least two referrals and a hair police report. |
| earrings, but the people on my job don't get all dressed | | | | The next time you are shopping in the mall and pass |
| up." I said, "Forget the people on your job, what about | | | | the local hair salon, just take a peak inside to see what |
| going to and coming back from work. You never | | | | is going on. Ask the clients for a referral and keep it in |
| know who you will meet with your new look." Then I | | | | your shopping file just in case you should ever need it. |
| said, "It was meant for you to see me today so that I | | | | |