Why do you love your hairdresser?

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Whats the best thing about her/him? im starting a new job soon back into hairdressing - i have bben out of it for a while and im a little nervous about going back, so im kinda fishing for ideas on how to be an all round excellent stylist tell me what you hate most about hairdressers and what you love about them - i need input TIA xxx

ha, ha - I've yet to find a good one

well, at least one that can blow dry anywhere near as good as I do!

I totally adore my hairdresser!

He is a brilliant hairdresser, I trust him completely. Even if I keep the same style he will tweak it a bit so I feel rejuvenated. I never feel stale like you can do sometimes when you visit the same hairdresser, iyfswim. If I don't know what I want done he always has great ideas and is honest if I have what I think is a good idea but he thinks it won't work. He never assumes I want the same thing as some hairdressers do, he discusses my style with me every visit.

And he is fantastic to talk to. We chat non-stop about anything and everything. I don't usually like talking to hairdressers, I find it false, all those "going anywhere nice for your holiday/what are you up to this weekend" type conversations make me cringe. But he remembers what is happening in my life from one cut to the next, it is like catching up with an old friend

No matter how I feel before I go in I always leave feeling great! I can't sing his praises highly enough!!

Why would I?

Oh your HD sounds fab teabags! thanks for that, i have to be honest and say when i first qualified i did do the "where you going on holiday line" lol but they really do make me cringe now too and i dont EVER ask people that question! Joolstoo - i too have never found a hairdresser who does my hair how i like it, they always cut FAR too much hair off and they blow dry it badly - i end up looking like the shaggy dog! so i always make sure i cut off exactly how much they say, and blow dry as best i can! im really quite nervous about it all, hairdressers seem to have developed this reputation for being brainless blabber mouths who dont take any notice of a thing you ask them, i know they have always been reasonably renowned for not having too many brain cells, but this opinion seems to be getting worse - some customers can be quite rude and scary!

I love mine so much that if he leaves I will hunt him down.
The way he cuts my hair is just perfect and has made my hair far more managable.
The thing that I love most about him is how he has gone out of his way to do my dd's hair. My dd has a mild form of autism and was always a nightmare but with his patience and understanding she is fine now and he always makes such a fuss of her. Sparkly hairspray and tonging her hair into little curls when all I was paying for was a trim is way above the call of duty I think

Because he is the only one who can do my hair just right and actually takes what I say into consideration. I have been to sooooo many big name salons where the nubile young fashionslaves just totally ignore me when I say it needs to be FLATTERING to my face, EASY TO LOOK AFTER (3 kids = not a massive amount of time for grooming) and APPROPRIATE for my hair-type. I always ended up with the latest cut whether it suited me or not (9 times out of 10 it looked iffy) and was a lot of effort to style without looking like a haystack, and then got stung for £££££'s. Grrrrr.

My hairdresser is fab. He's friendly, has a gorgeous little salon at the end of my road, adores DD (who talks his socks off), he takes my lifestyle into consideration where restyles are concerned and he is reasonably priced.

Oh, and he opened the shop on his day off just to cut mine and DD's hair recently

Awww Blossomhill - that is so sweet hold onto him if you can - good hairdressers are very few and far between!! So so far good hairdressers are - good listeners, hard working, going that little bit further to help, not using cliche conversation, and obviously doing your hair as you'd like it and filling you with ideas for possible variation!??? hmmm i will go and think on these for a while thanku

NDP - thanks hun, he sounds a sweety too! but these 'good ones' are all men! - are only male hairdressers good? i know women can be quite bitchy sometimes cant they? i have worked with some right mega-b*tches! I dont mean to generalise but most male hairdressers are gay so maybe thats why they are so popular?.....

I absolutely adore my hairdresser too, I can go in and pretty much let him cut it how he likes, if I'm bored with my hair I just ask him what he thinks and can trust him to get on with it and he always makes it look fab! The conversation is always flows well and I always leave feeling great about myself!

The best hairdressers I've had have all been men (mine isn't gay though lol) I've found that women hairdressers never actually listen to what you want.

I'v been going to mine for about 12 years. She's great at coming up with suggestions for my hair but also knows me well enough to know what I will and won't like.
She came to my house on my wedding day (a Sunday)and did mine, my sister's, my bridesmaid's, 2 nephews' and my Mum's hair and then told me I'd given her too much when I gave her £100.
When I was pregnant with DS2 she came to my house to do my hair so I didn't have to go into the salon
She always has great gossip!

my last hairdresser was great, always did my colour nice and gave me an easy to manage style - as did the one before. They both moved on without saying a word! Maybe they were trying to tell me something

My last hairdresser (before we moved house) was lovely. She did the cut and colour and I trusted her not to make me look as though I had just come out of the hairdressers. I haven't found anyone good here. If anyone can recommend a good hairdresser in the Liverpool area who doesn't do only blonde or wierd red highlights, let me know .

I like the fact that my crrent hairdresser is really good at being careful with my scalp (I have psorasis) and will make sure she uses products that are appropraite to me.

I also love te fact that my hairdressers is a lovely, relaxing place to go. A highlight and cut takes 2.5 hours. For a good hour or so of that I get to sit in nice surroundings, play on the broadband and have complimentary drinks from the cocktail bar, with yummy nibbles.

Oh I'm so of all of you with good hairdressers. I have only once had a really really good hairdresser. She was totally brilliant - but she moved away! I have very thick, wiry, unruly, wavy hair, and most hairdressers just straighten it, which makes it look lovely until I have to do it myself. (I also have a head shaped like a potato, which doesn't help.)

If anyone knows of a good hairdresser in SW2/SW16 or central London (not mega-expensive) please please let me know!!!

because she is my sister

Because she charges me £15 for a cut and colour

i miss my old hairdresser.

she was fab...i once went in and had my hair cut, afterwards she told me that i had caught nits from Ds (mortified) but that she hadn't noticed until she had started cutting. she gave me a bottle of conditioner and sent me home with instructions of how to get rid of them.

She made an incredibly embarassing situation easy.
the hairdressers round here all seem either incredibly poncy and overpriced or like little old lady purple rinse parlour's.