To intend to ask for compensation for a really bad hair cut?

[Karenthetoadslayer]

I am currently applying for a new job and I was desperate for a hair cut. Nothing fancy, just one inch off all the way round. My hair is straight and very easy to cut, below shoulder length.

A massive chunk has been chopped off right at the font and my hair on the right side of my face is now about three inches shorter than the rest.

The only thing I can do is pin it back on this side and curl my hair in order to hide the damage somewhat, but it still looks bad and is very noticeable.

This will take about three to four months to grow back. Short hair is not an option.

I am really upset about this. Especially as I don't need any more stress in my life at the moment. And I need to find a new job. I look like a plucked chicken.

AIBU to ask for compensation - for extensions?

Frances he has the right to access his property to carry out repairs with a 48 hour notice and a time estimate. He is making the most of it. At least he has conceded not to come at the weekend so the children are at school while he attends. So, the other day, after I had scrubbed the house for a viewing, he came in and started messing up the bathroom, painting and sanding etc. although he had previously planned to do some work in the garden. I was .

I agree that it is entirely possible to hide a poor cut with a big bouffy blowdry and you often can't really see how accurate the cut is until you've gone home and brushed it through yourself. This is usually the case with layers. But in this case the OP is talking about a 3 inch length difference from one side to the other - you would certainly notice that. It's not something a blowdry can hide.

What did the manager/salon owner say? Did you ask the stylist to put some body or texture into the hair, or to layer the front section so that it has some bounce?

From the way you describe it is sounds as though the stylist has cut one side with a disconnected heavy layer around the chin/ear so that it will flick back rather than just hang, all one length. I have that style too and I know from sorry experience that many stylists will cut that front section too short, too deep or too blunt/heavy, so it doesn't kick back nicely into a swooshy curtain, it just hangs in a heavy wodge that is impossible to style, it's too long to work as a fringe and too short to blend into the rest of the hair.

It's really annoying, especially when you've spent ages growing out layers that were in the wrong place from a previous cut, only to be back to square one. But a good stylist will be able to sort it out, if you go armed with lots of pictures of exactly what you want AND also some pictures of what you DON'T want, for comparison.

Sorry but extensions will just look silly. Hopefully, the manager will be good and able to disguise the missing chunk with clever blending.

For future reference:
If possible, go by personal recommendation when choosing a stylist.
Never, never, never choose a hairdresser on price alone. If the salon looks cheap and a bit grubby, walk on by.

In a salon where they have a tiered price system, the cheapest stylist is most likely newly qualified in the basics and still learning on the job. Unless you really don't care, choose someone who has been working for at least two years post qualifying. Less likely to make silly mistakes.

When booking an appt. ask the receptionist who is the busiest stylist they have? They're busy for a reason.

I had a similar experience, but in addition was physically attacked by the hairdresser when I said I didn't like it. It was just me and him in there, and when I Googled the hairdresser I found reviews saying the same had happened to other people. I had to get extensions.

What shocked me most was how little anybody cared. I had bought it through KGB deals (similar to Groupon), and they refused to refund or acknowledged my complaint. The Hairdressing Council didn't care, Trading Standards didn't care, the ASA didn't care.

Anyway, YANBU to ask for compensation. I doubt you'll get anything though.

All is well that ends well, or almost.

The manager had the ingenuous idea to change my parting to a middle parting, so some of the short bits would fall on to the other side and she cut my hair a bit shorter to level it off. It's not ideal and I am not keen on a middle parting, but this solution will get rid of the clump of hair falling into my face. She was not impressed with her colleague's work. Other than that, the only other option is to wear it up, using pins until it grows back.

It could have been worse, but had the hairdresser paid attention to doing her job, this could have been avoided altogether.

I still think that hairdressers really get away with a lot more than other professions.

Jewls - blimey - physically attacked by a hairdresser - yikes!

I am going into London tomorrow as I am fed up of local hairdressers who just up their prices because its a nice area. I would rather pay another 15 and get a top stylist and if you look carefully there are lots at top London salons who are charging 70-80 for a cut and blow dry. I know this thread will be flooded with people who say they can get a blow dry, cut and colour for 5 but honestly you know what women are like with their hair!

Its the one area I wouldnt cut costs on.

Every time I think about changing my hair stylist -( purely down to the huge amount the salon charges)- I give myself a huge shake and tell myself to suck it up! I don't know anyone with consistently good hair who doesn't pay a fair bit. I just have to tell myself that mine is good for 6 weeks or so every 3-4 months!

I agree shoofly. Had a great haircut in London. Salon was full and might try and go during the week next time but I do thinbk you get what you pay for.

The only thing is that in certain salons the staff change all of the time especially amung the junior to mid range stylists. The really expensive ones or the owners dont move. But I would baulk at paying 150 for a C&Blow dry. I dont colour my hair (so save on that!) but even then...