I usually get a full head of highlights every couple of months. I generally wear my hair up and was moaning to my friend about how it takes such a long time to get a full head and it’s expensive and I only need to get it done so regularly as my roots show more when my hair is tied up. Friend used to work in a hairdressers and said I should just ask for a half head but with a few at the sides and back. Then I could get away with leaving it longer between appointments and it would take less time and be cheaper.
I booked to have this done as soon as hairdressers reopened, mentioned what I wanted on the phone and had appointment today. I reiterated that I’d like a few at the sides and back when I got there and hairdresser got really stroppy with me and told me she could only do that if I was having a full head. I wasn’t booked for a full head and there wasn’t time to amend my booking. I said that I’d mentioned it when I booked, she said ‘that sounds very unlikely’ and went off to check with her manager. I said I’d obviously be happy for them to do fewer highlights on the top of my head and just do them at the sides/ back instead and that I didn’t want any extra foils at all, just in slightly different places.
Anyway, she did it in the end but was absolutely furious. It was excruciating sitting there for hours with someone clearly really cross with me. I’ve been going to the same hairdressers for years and now I can’t bear to go back.
Did I commit some huge hairdresser faux pas? I can’t understand why it was an issue. If she’s said it takes longer or makes it more difficult or something I’d have understood but from my pov I wasn’t asking for anything extra. She just kept saying that I should have booked for a full head of that’s what I wanted - but I didn’t want a full head!
What did I do wrong?!