It sounds like a paradise for introverts, but as an extrovert, I decided I had to experience one such appointment for myself. | By thatnatreilly
You have to feel for hairdressers. For years they’ve been treating us like royalty – serving herbal teas and coffees with tiny biscotti or proffering flutes of champagne and bottomless glasses of wine. They’ve massaged our scalps with the expertise of a physiotherapist. They’vetherapists, listening to us drone on about our first world problems – and this was before the pandemic struck, when they lost huge amounts of work and income.
“As hairdressers, we are good at being able to read our clients and understand whether they are in the mood or mindset to be sociable,” Douglas says. “Everyone’s form of indulgence is different and if they prefer being pampered without socialising then we absolutely respect that, no judgment,” she says.“We understand that there are clients who would prefer not to chat, or who want to zone out or get some work done while in the salon and that’s fine.”“I dont think it’s self-indulgent at all,” she says. “The last two years have been terrible and exhausting, the least we deserve is to be able to get a haircut or colour in peace.
This is normally the more awkward part of the hair ritual as I always feel compelled to express appreciation for a decent massage without, you know, moaning. I would normally say “that was wonderful” and find I cannot help myself – I say it here, too.
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