Episode 7: New Me

Well, this is what the new haircut/color looks like sans professional styling. I still get some crazy cow licky things that just won't listen. But then again.... I was half awake trying to do my hair at 5:30am this morning.

So for those that don't know,  in keeping with my search for myself, I went ahead and asked to be a guinea pig for one of the beauty salons in downtown San Diego (SACO Salon) since they were holding an annual class for their stylists. I don't know, maybe a completely new haircut would help me find myself. Who knows. It's free anyway, so it's ok right?

Day 1 was Nov 16, I got my hair cut. It turned out shorter than I imaged, and it took a WHOLE lot longer than my butt could stand, but I do like it. I've never had a "high end" haircut where the stylist is really looking at face shape, etc to see what hairstyle fits best. My stylist Gino was actually from San Fran, but studied at UCSD a while ago too. Very meticulous and very much a perfectionist, which is definitely appreciated, but a 4 hour haircut was hard to sit through. The great news was that the instructor was admiring his work.

Day 2 was yesterday, Nov 17. Yesterday was the color session. I went in and talked to the stylist. This time it was Katie, and I told her that I saw one of the other stylists had black and purple in her hair and I thought it was pretty slick lookin'. She looked like she acknowledged my comments and then went about thinking of how to put the colors on my haircut. The instructor comes by and after Katie tells her the thoughts, the instructor said, "Well the first problem I have with what you said ..." ... Wow, am I glad the instructor was there. That's never a good first line haha.

Anyway, Katy mixed her colors, put them on the way the instructor recommended, and I asked... so what colors am I getting again?  (Just to make sure of course)... and she replied with red and violet, and something pretty much black. I thought, ok, well at least violet is in there, that's a good sign. Then she proceeded to say she was going to put me under the heater for 20 minutes so that the red really pops.   ... Uh, seriously?  She compared it to red wine. "It's like red wine"  I thought red wine was ... red?  Or am I missing something?

Today's the first full day with a new haircut and color. I'm not sure I feel too different from before. If anything, I just get colder more easily since I no longer have 5 lbs of hair covering my neck. As far as finding myself... I guess the search continues. My lesson learned this time: I'd rather pay $50 for a normal timed haircut than sit through 4 hours of a free one and it's just much easier to keep your natural color.