Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow Pt.1

So I'm sitting in the salon (for hours as usual), and I'm observing the mood of women when they come in the salon, verses when they leave. As you probably know, I can people watch for days! The way women interact with other women...the way women are when they feel they're being watched...the way women are when they think no one is watching...the posture of a woman when a man walks into the room...it's all so fascinating! In some ways we (women) are so predictable. And other times the only thing that's predictable is that there is no way to predict how we will respond. Gotta love us! OK so back to the salon...when women first walk into the salon, they tend to be very quiet. Sometimes stand-offish. Often times appearing to be very unsure of themselves. There are a number of things that could contribute to this. Maybe it's because their hair isn't done. Maybe they're guarded because they don't know what others are thinking of them. Or in my case (like in my salon), they're frustrated because of the lack of professionalism in the salon (no one speaks or even smiles in your direction). But as their experience continues, they tend to ease up a bit. From the shampoo bowl, to the dryer, to the styling chair. By the time a woman leaves the salon, her frown has turned upside down, her posture is much more confident & her life/mood has changed, even if only temporarily.

There's so much more to the salon experience for a woman than just "getting her hair done." It's a transformation. Sometimes more mental than anything else. A relaxer may not only be getting the "kinks" out of her hair, but also may help to work out some of the kinks in her life. A new hair cut may appear on the outside as just the removing of hair from her head, but it may be helping to build the confidence to remove people or things from her life that no longer have a place.

I am in no way saying that a woman IS her hair. But I am saying that it's more than "just hair." There's more to the experience...