ok.corny title i know, but…… oh welllllllllllllll
i have to admit, as my first time cutting my hair in peek-a-boo (at the curve), i was quite impressed. first by the stylish interior, then the service.
so here’s how to appreciate the whole salon vibe:
step 1: walk in. duhhhhhhhh
step 2: ask for a cut/treatment/highlight/perm/whatever
step 3:as they take you to your seat, a girl brings out magazines that are (get this) actually WRAPPED!!!! like how you’d wrap your textbooks. how cool is that??? i dont even wrap my textbooks. x). my first time going to a salon that actually wraps all its magazines. you definitely know, from here on, you’re in safe hands.
step 4: tell the stylist what kind of hairstyle you want. be precise. how short you want the fringe to be, how much do you want to cut. and the most important part of this step is ASK him if the hairstyle you want will suit your face. there are ALOT of really cool hairstyles out there, but (ok, this is going to be harsh) NOT ALL HAIRSTYLE MAY SUIT YOUR FACE. so its always better to ask the stylist who knows (hopefully. *cross fingers*)more about hair than you
step 5: there’ll be another person who’d come wash your hair. somehow, there must be something in my hair that makes most of the hair washing ladies i meet wash my hair like she has a personal vendetta against it. oh my god… the claws on that woman….. hair washing ladies are mostly ladies who are actually quite nice to talk to, but grows horrible nails that seem to be forever diggin into your scalp, latching on to it as if it’s hanging on your scalp for its dear lives (my poor scalp T.T). the amt of hair i lost today probably amounts to the total number of hairs i lose in a month! (and i lose ALOT in a month….). fortunately, this is the only painful step… telling the woman to go easy on your hair (no matter how polite you ask) seems to make her angrier and instead of 10 nails digging into your scalp, you can now add an extra 10…. in this salon, however, while they like to add a dash of ‘oomph’ in everything they do, the hairwashing lady seems to be making it her motto in life. she’s probably thinking ‘yes, yes, come out you hair. i’ll pull every stinking one of you out. *evil laugh*muahahahahaha!!!! u cant run, and you cant hide *evil laugh again* heheheheh. come out come out!!!!’ everytime she starts laughing (in her mind of course. unless she doesnt want to keep her job, she’d do it in front of you).
step 6: your scalp finally screams in relief when the woman walks away to fetch the hairstylist for you. you can finally release the tears you’ve been hiding from the nice, but horrible nails lady. at least til the hairstylist reaches you. now, this hairstylist can either be the person who’s going to turn step 5 in to a passing phase or…….. add on to it. thank god, mine seems to be the former.
and cut my hair he does. with zest (just the right amt, unlike the washer lady). bellissimo! a mama mia! excellente! ok ok, so i dont know italian…. but……………… i.am.super.satisfied. with.my.hairstylist!!!!!!! i dont tink i’ve ever liked my hairstyle in a salon before! most of the time, i seem to come out looking uglier. but this time……… wootz!of course, my hair only looks nicer because of the blow dry but…………… you guys should really go to this man. he’s the bomb!
step 7: after the therapeutic treatment your scalp just received by a MAN with gentle hands, you just feel like………dancing around like a crazy feller.
bt seriously. you do. then comes the blow drying. and frm dancing……… you feel like crying again… at least this time the lady seems to have cooled down or maybe liked your hairstyle now so she’s a TINY bit more gentle with it. but still, with that comb (which seriously, should be filed as a weapon)…. *shudders* if you’re lucky, you’d get a MAN blowdryer who’s actually really gentle on your hair and does it with finesse.ahhhh……… but…. i wasnt… T.T i got the lady…. T.T a word of advice: always tell them you dont want your hair to be blow dried too dry. it makes your hair go poof and somehow make the hairstyle look uglier. ALWAYS ask for nearly dry. when it’s finally done, you cry with tears of joy (at least i wanted to…) seeing your hair look soo nice after the whole thing T.T *tears of joy* T.T you cant seem to stop smiling. until… the horrible realization comes to you. the only reason it look so nice it because it was blow dried by a PROFESSIONAL. with horrible nails but nontheless, still a PRO. how the bloody hell are you going to do it yourself???? i asked the woman, and she said there is NO WAY anyone can do that unless she’s a hairstylist herself, but still, it’d be seriously hard, or unless you go to a salon to blow dry it…. T.T you now start wondering how your hair would look like after you wash it youself …. *gasp* lion head!!! T.T oh well, at least you now know it looks nice after blow drying it. while it MAY look horrible on normal days, you now laugh to yourself. ‘hehe. all this people think i’m ugly cos of my hair. but hehehe…. once they see my hair after its blow dryed by pros….. hahahahahaha!!! i’d be the one laughing. heeeheeehee’ (ok, so no one really thinks that, but…. you kind of need something happy to hold on to incase your hair doesnt look nice if its not blow dryed by pros…)
step 8: ahhh…. your scalp savior comes back again to check on the length of your cut when it’s dried. he does the final touch ups and VOILA! your are finally done. in just 8 simple steps.
ok. pros and cons of peek-a-boo:
cons first(always end in a happy note):
hair washing lady… *shudders* she’s a nice lady. really, but….so rough… T.T
the hairwashing lady washes your hair with so much enthusiam that soap starts flying everywhere. a big foam the size of 2 50cents somehow manages to go into your shirt through the neck hole, one (the size of a pingpong ball) fly towards the bottom front of your shirt (you start wondering…. how far can she make soap foam fly?) most of the foam, (small raindrop size) seem to just fly onto the magazine. you ignore it as, there’s nothing much you can do about it since when you wipe out one, the other seems to drop after every 2 seconds… you resign yourself to the fate of the magazine (its not yours anyway…
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the plastic-ish cover that they cover you with seems to have lots of hair residues on it. you wonder when was the last time the cover was washed. 4 months ago? the amt of hair on it… *shudders* cleanliness might not be a strong point in this salon….
no more!
now for the pros:
i’m really really satisfied with my hairstyle
the hairstylist was really really nice and reassuring. even eric from bangsar village is not as good as him. this guy is really good. and he has a very pleasant look. (ok, i sound like some old stuffed-up spinster here, but i’m not
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decor was really nice
still cant believe they actually wrap their magazines…. soooo cooollll….
i like my new hairstyle :p
price was ok.
and the last pro: i like my new hairstyle
but…. haih….. i dont think i’d be able to maintain it because it seems to need a lot of maintenance to make it look nice….
but all in all, i give this salon at 8. i’d give 9.5, but the washer lady woman….. *shudders* she’s NICE. really….. just….maybe her talents lie somewhere else…. seriously. she’s nice.