Cod I am going to Aveda tomorrow

[FrannyandZucchini]

anything specific you want me to ask / report back on?

oh fishie that's interesting
it would be lovely to have a 'luxury' type shampoo but they all destroy my scalp
I'm ok with them doing it once in the salon, it's just if I try to use regularly at home

yes hers is really bad too and ginger makes it worse which is what they put in a lot of the 'sensitive' ones. i can't remember what i got, it was for xmas and she is still using it, so does last!

oh oh oh
I want a pedicure as well now
the fact I am short on funds as my maternity doodah has not kicked in may or may not deter me

this shampoo is excellent here

Oooh, my lovely SIL gave me a whole load of Aveda bath stuff and body lotion just after DD was born. It was definitely worth having a baby for... Do report back generally, I keep on walking past and wanting to go in but it looks a bit scary (tlb shuffles off with manky eyebrows and growing out haircut...)

I can see my feet
I am sitting with them up for most of the day
it is all I ruddy do see

oh god would need to shave legs before having pedicure probably
otherwise beautician may get injured from fierce stubble

oh actually leg hair seems to have ceased to grow
does that mean it is a girl

aveda shampoos are lovely (can't afford them myself but hairdresser uses them)

Sorry franny my leg and eyebrow ceased to grow at end of pregnancy with...

DS2.

Are you hoping for a girl?

well, not really, would quite like another boy tbh
however have learnt that once out I don't care WHAT it is

will do proper report in a bit
it took forever
and my head hurts
but is pretty colours

ok
the salon itself was not as nice I expected - usual kind of shitey music
hairdresser talked entirely about big brother and other tv progs which was fun

I think she has done a good job. The colours are quite bright and clear - she spent quite a time on discussing what look I wanted and brought out the colour charts and so on
the cut is ok but she has cut too much (IMO) off the layers which I explained I was trying to grow out

when she took the foils off she kind of RIPPED them off
laughing 'oh dear not much more of this torture haha'
no-one has EVER hurt me taking off a foil before
it was awful! then she used this horrible scratchy comb to get the knots out, really roughly
I expect my pain threshold is really low or something, but I actually had to do breathing exercises, no shit
she said "is that ok?" and I said "it's really hurting, actually" and she said she would give me a lollipop when it was over

anyway
I used loo downstairs and saw the treatment rooms and they look FAB
will definitely have something done and pray I don't get a sadist pedicurist
they were all low lights and hippie whale music and looked really really special

I am not sure if I would go again or not
the service was not so good as T+G's
oh yes when I asked for herbal tea I got earl grey
I know this is daft stuff but I like all the extras you get at T+G's and the salon is nice and busy and interesting
I was the only one there most of the time today
and you didn't get magazines

I like extras

oh I asked about your hair cod and she said to cover grey, either get it done in golden tones (eg not red or copper), a shade darker than your usual as it will fade a bit in the sun

or wait till after summer

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well as I say it is quite good colour IMO
I don't see why it is any better or different to any other salon
the shampoos and things smelt of herbs but had bags of chemicals in when I checked the labels
and my hair stinks of peroxide, it wasn't exactly an organic rhapsody in there

honestly has anyone ever been hurt by a foil before? I have never felt anything like it
I would have said "what do you think you are doing you insane person" but she had already said "ooh this does hurt, doesn't it, oh dear ha ha"

yes i couldnt quite understand the vegetarian angle re colours either

well at least you like the result

tell us how long it lasts because that was my gripe

i have never thought of foils hurting

the blonde will last as is bleached
the red won't as they never do

let me assure you if you fail to unwrap them but instead WRENCH them from the person's head then they do indeed hurt quite a lot

if you then give said person a vigourous shampooing they will probably feel like they want to cry

and not leave you a tip