The first thing people notice about a woman is her hair. Changing the style, alters how a female sees herself. A good cut can lift someone out of a low movement, restore energy and identity. When someone walks out of a salon feeling like themselves again–that’s impact.
A bad whittling can take weeks to recover as the person waits for locks to grow out. Hair normally lengthens about 1/2 an inch per month. It can be slower for older adults due to shrinking follicles and hormone changes. As we women age, we also notice out hair becoming thinner.
The hairstylist influences cultures more than most people realize. Hair shapes fashions, defines decades and creates icons. Remember the ’70s when many women wanted to look like Farrah Fawcett on the TV program, “Charlie’s Angels?”
The beautician sees her customers through every chapter of life and supports the person in the chair. She holds a level of trust most professionals never touch–clients may reveal things they don’t tell family, friends or therapsists.
I’m not the type to divulge secrets but I continue to be friends with the woman who did my topknot for years. Since she retired, the two of us continue to get together for a chat over lunch. She referred me to another stylist in the same Rockford establishment where I recently had my hair cut.
A trim is the only reason I go to a salon about every two months. With the popularity of straighter styles, I no longer periodically endure the two-hour, chemical torture of a permanent to make my stubbornly, straight hair curly. I began doing that when I was four years old. At that time, mothers were enthralled by popular, child star, Shirley Temple, and wanted their daughter to also have curls.
I’m satisfied with my white hair and don’t desire any other color. When I was in my thirties, I experimented with lightning my dishwater blonde hair. It didn’t take long for me to see that I had very, dark roots. That ended my life as a blonde. Besides, I wasn’t having more fun as the saying promised.
Do you have a favorite hairstylist?
Lolita, never thought of lunching with a former hair stylist…Great idea! On another topic, I have a question about your memor. Do you know h ow many words it contains? Writing my own and don’t want it to be long as “Gone with the wind.” Yours cwas a good length, I thought.