My First Haircut OR, Curly in a Straight-Hair World

Ok well this isn’t my very first haircut, but it’s one of the early ones.   Notice how I’m still smiling…

Curly hair is never easy.  Once I got older, I realized the dangers of cutting curly hair, because if the stylist doesn’t have experience cutting curly hair, it could be disaster.  The last few years in CA I was blessed to have a friend who cut my hair for free.  Her daughter has curly hair even tighter than mine, so I trusted her to do a good job and not chop off too much.

And then I moved to Thailand.

After going nearly 6 months without a haircut, I decided it was time for a trim.  Repeat: TRIM.  It took about that long to work up my courage to go, actually.  So last week, I took the plunge.  I went to a salon recommended by an American friend, who said the people spoke English and other foreign women had been pleased with their haircut results.

But I knew things would go downhill fast when I told the lady I had just washed my hair, she said “Ok let’s just get it wet” … and then washed it anyways.  (Side note – cutting curly hair while wet is a dangerous thing)  Then the first thing the hair cutter said to me was, “Short hair???”  NOOOOO.  I showed him with my fingers how much I wanted off.  After trying to convince me to have short hair (NO, JUST A TRIM), or straighten it (NO, JUST A TRIM), he started trimming.  Of course it ended up being more than I wanted.  20 minutes and 12 dollars later, I left with my low expectations and low hopes barely met.

I suppose I am making this sound more dreadful than it really is… people have never been able to tell when I get a haircut anyways because my hair just goes in all directions whenever it wants and no one notices.  Same this time.  But I don’t like having shorter hair, and curly hair just takes its sweet little time to grow.  I guess I will still search for a place that knows how to cut curly hair, but having curly hair in a straight hair world is not always easy.  Yet, most of the time I like it, and God has a sense of humor in sending me with my fro to Asia. 🙂