it smelled like mushroom soup, seasoned with basil leaves and pepper, only, it didn't stimulate my appetite. rather, it cause me to feel nauseous. throughout the whole thirty minutes ordeal, my nose wrinkled, i am battling within my inner self, trying to console myself. i hate having extreme chemicals on my hair and i was more displeased that she insisted on treating my hair. her reason was simple: i want a short haircut but my hair is awesomely thick and coarse that i will need trimmings more frequently, every 3 weeks? that crazy?treating makes my hair more manageable in that sense, give it some sleekness so that it stick as close as possible to my scalp thus preventing some fly-away hair from jutting out, she said.
although the customers are always right, i couldn't bring myself to tell her, "can you just cut my hair short, just like how i would love it to be?" and i couldn't find any other reasons to say
NO partly because she's the hairdresser and she knows best. partly because i respect her opinion as a hairdresser. for years, friends and other hairdressers i had been to suggested only rebonding which i rejected immediately. surely they are right about this technique being able to tame my hair down but unbeknown to them is why i choose not to go for rebonding. many perceive that it is just my sheer obstinatinacy-unwilling to face the fact that my hair is unruly. however, my opinion of the best solution for my hair is getting suitable haircuts rather than to go against my natural hair texture.
this lady, whom though i sometimes think is trying to cash out from me, is the only hairdresser who cuts my hair according to my face shape and hair texture and, she's my favourite hairdresser so far.
and there, snip snip snip. the almost-shoulder-length-hair i have been trying to keep long since last year was chopped off. and i was glad that it was done. having hair cut is what i enjoy a lot that i couldn't understand why some girls cry when their pony tails are snipped off. i mean, hair do grow back again. even if it takes a very long time to grow it back, it will still grow back. my head feel so much lighter now. and my head is the shape of oval now. before, it is square! can you imagine that bulkiness?
though i was aiming for the pixie look, my current hairstyle is not very pixie-ish and i think it is not short enough. but it suits me. cater to my laziness and messiness. oh, i just love short hair. if you have thick coarse hair and diamond/oval shape face, don't hesitate to chop your hair short. even better, if you have long neck and delicate eyes and nose. for me, i have neither slender neck nor pretty eyes, and my nose is broad, but i am quite satisfied. it's comfortable.
as usual, after each haircuts, my mum will give me comments-whether i want it or not. when i came back from the salon, she was quite delighted to see me, i think i saw some glints of approval in her eyes, and that's good. eight hours later, she told me my hair looks ugly! she prefers mine long. what a lovely lady my mum is!
dad was hoping that her daughter will be more lady-like, wearing long hair, and skirts. sorry dad, i prefer short for now. and, better tomboy then ladette isn't it?