I went in for a cut with Danielle and told her generally what I wanted. Shortish in the back (I…read moreshowed her where), a little longer in the front, but I definitely did not want it stacked in the back. I also told her I'm not one to style my hair, that when I just wash it and go it curls naturally, so I just wanted some long layers for the cut. I asked her to please tell me if she thought what I was going for wouldn't be flattering, she said it sounded like it would be great and she went to work. I wear glasses so I had to take those off for the cut, even though I'm blind as a bat without them. While she was cutting my hair I also asked her to check the bangs, since I trimmed them myself recently and I just wanted to make sure they were even. She said she would.
When the cut was over she asked if the bangs were short enough. I couldn't see a thing so she handed me my glasses and my bangs were... pretty short. She had not just made sure they were even, she actually shortened them. While I was busy looking at the bangs she said "So, I DID stack it in the back."
"You DID."
"Yeah. I think it'll look good when you just wash it and go."
Um, okay. What the hell.
The thing is, I'm torn. It's not a bad cut. It is shorter than what I asked for, especially in the front, and she freaking stacked it when the one thing I explicitly asked her NOT to do was stack it, but it does, in all fairness, look good. I just have to get used to it being something that I didn't ask for.
I was thinking at the time since it does look okay I'd just pay and leave (though I didn't leave as big of a tip as I normally do) but as I drove home I just got more irritated that she totally ignored me, so that's why I'm here.
If she had said to me "You know, I know you said you didn't want it stacked, but I really think if I do stack it a little it'll look good for XYZ reason" I probably would have trusted her and gone with it, but she made that decision on her own, and that's the thing I have a problem with.
So, the cut is worth maybe 4 stars, but the fact that she just completely ignored me and did what SHE wanted to do is worth 2 at best, so I'm compromising on 3, and I won't be going back. Womp, womp.
**I'm editing this to say that it's been a few weeks and I'm even less impressed with the cut than I was when I got it. The very first thing I told Danielle was that I am the type to NEVER want to style my hair. I wash it and go. This haircut forces me to style it. If I just wash it and go, I look like a mushroom. So now that's two things that she did that I specifically asked her not to, plus I don't actually think it's a nice cut. It's not really flattering and if I don't style it it lays a little choppy (and not in that good way). So now I have to style it, which makes it look the way I don't want, so that it doesn't look even worse if I don't style it. Awesome. I'm knocking this down to two stars (though I'm flirting with 1), and I'm really pissed at myself that I even paid for it.
