salon mi casa
I usually pull my hair back into a neat chignon, because I’m generally lazy, but instead yesterday I wanted curls and body.
So when I went to work yesterday, a co-worker said, "I like your hair, where’d you get it done?" My reply:
"My house."
We all laughed, but I went on to explain that when you’re a poor college student, you do what you have to do. Now of course, I’m not a poor college student anymore, but my co-worker knew what I meant. He said, "Yeah, when I was in college, I had a friend who had some clippers, and that was good enough for me." We understood each other.
I’ve been doing my own hair since I was twelve years old. My mom has always done her own hair, and I took my cues from her. My dad also cuts his own hair. Matter of fact, I do Mister Ant’s hair. We’re just not beauty/barbershop-going people. Not that there’s anything wrong with having professionals do your hair - in fact, I’ve been known to visit the beauty shop here and there because it’s less work for them to trim my hair than it is for me to do it myself. And I like the way the shampooer scratches my scalp. But generally, I don’t feel like making appointments, or waiting for my stylist, whether or not there’s an appointment. I don’t like the heat of the overhead dryer - my home overhead dryer only cost me about $20 and it is much more gentle. I don’t like giving directions for what I’d like done and worrying about whether or not they’ll be followed. I don’t like holding up hours out of my day between traveling there, getting my hair done, and traveling back. And I don’t like the stories I’ve been told by salon-goers about falling in love with a particular stylist only to show up one Saturday and find out they’ve left the shop with no forwarding address.
But most of all, I don’t want to pay someone for something I can do myself. It doesn’t take me any longer than it does the salon. Because I’ve got years of practicing under my belt, I know my hair and scalp well, I know what products I like, and I know how to make my mane do what I want it to do - straight, curly, wavy, up, down, casual, formal… I’m every stylist, it’s all in me. My money and my tip stay right in my own pocket.
Viva Salon Mi Casa!
