if you wear glasses what do you do at hairdressers

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when you have to sit for ages when having colour etc. I have tried just looking at pics in magazines but they're blurry and even with my phone magnified it's hard to read.

This is pretty much the only time I wear contacts now! I just can't sit for that long without them on - I feel really vulnerable being unable to see.

You could take headphones and listen to a podcast?

My hairdresser gives me some of the foil they use for highlighting to wrap around the arms. Doesn't look great but don't wear contacts and love using the time to read a magazine.

I wear contacts now but when I just wore glasses I wore my spare pair at the hairdressers and then gave them a good wash when I got home.

She only asks me to remove them for a small part of the cutting.

i think the arms would be in the way even with foil. i will try the podcast. i guess it's a minor problem in the current circs.

Yeah I put my contacts on or sneakily just keep putting my specs on quickly to keep checking what they are up to!

Some combination of podcast (with old earphones) and trusting them (I’ve had the same style, colour and hairdresser for literally a decade). They do offer foil over the glasses arms too.

Just squint and pray they don't mess it up

When I get my hair cut I just take them off. I colour my own hair at home and wear my most recent old pair.

I don’t get hair dye, just a wash and cut. I take my specs off for the duration, and chat to my hairdresser, who is a lovely bloke and a hoot. For those who don’t enjoy chatting, there is always quiet background music on to listen to in the salon. I just pop my specs back on at the end to inspect his efforts. The other customers often join in a group chat, it’s a v friendly place. We have a good laugh, which is cheering when one lives alone!

I leave them off but I can read without them (can't see distances.

Take my old pair then it doesn't matter if I get them covered in dye

I take mine off, but I always leave with a headache because of it. I have tried contacts but I couldn't get them in my eyes, after a LONG time of trying.

I wear them. I once had a hairdresser tell me that glasses make no difference to the style of a haircut - erm no, it still needs to suit me with my glasses on actually and they make a HUGE difference to my face.

They should be able to cut perfectly well with them on unless you have a fringe etc in which case, remove them at that point then put back on.

Here in Spain they have like little condoms that go over the sides if your glasses.

I can’t see how you can cut a short hairstyle, cut round the ears if you’re wearing glasses. I used to wear contacts at the hairdresser, but otherwise I’d put them on now and then to see how it was looking.

I put mine back on while the colour is setting, and just wipe the legs afterwards. It's the mask that's more fun at the moment-I use a disposable one, and throw it away afterwards (the strings go brown from the dye)