(A.N. Please read this post first.)
After going through the repercussions of my desire for change, I found some respite this week. My hair was now in okay state and shape to have it cut again. I saw a picture of this Korean actress online and I wondered if it would suit me and the texture of my hair. I don't know what it was but Wednesday of this week, an idea to cut my hair clicked in my brain and I couldn't stop. I was asking my friends, my sister and cousins even my co-workers their opinions and most have been positive. Actually none was negative but more cautionary in tone. They just wanted me to be sure that it was what I wanted because it was going to be a change and they felt the style that I wanted would require more time. They know me that unless I feel like it, I prefer low maintenance hair. The less fuss and time the better. I think I am one of the few females I know who doesn't know how to work the blow dryer.
So yesterday (Thursday) with more excitement and determination than I have ever seen myself be I went back to Vic (Filipino as well) who have been cutting my hair for the past 7 years or so until I had that crazy idea two months ago. I showed him the picture and asked if it would suit me and he said "oo naman" (yes!) I sat in the chair and cut he did. He noticed my cut and knew he didn't do it. He just said that my top layers were cut shorter and that's it. That's the only comment I hear. Oh and that it seems my hair follows some proprietary rights of some sort because it seems its growth slowed down when the lady cut it but grows faster when Vic would cut my hair. Weird since hair is a dead cell but it actually seems to have feelings. "Nagtampo" is what they call it.
Unlike before that it seemed the lady took forever to cut my hair, Vic only did a few snips here and there and voila I was done. Two months ago I was sitting in that chair for a good 45 minutes to an hour I think. Yesterday? I was only there for all of it 30 minutes tops. Vic cut probably more than 12 inches of my hair (that's a lot!!), fixed the layering and I am done. After some styling I was out of the door.
I mentioned that this salon - Lodys has a more comfy vibe which it really does. In my 7 or so years of coming here, every client is treated like family. I know I am and so do most of my relatives. They have offered me breakfast, snack, lunch even dinner sometimes when I go there. What I learned from my mother is that it is essential that once in awhile women needs to be pampered and one way of doing that is going to the salon, whether to get a hair cut, a mani-pedi or a facial. I saw Mama go regularly to the salon and saw how it made her feel good and she encouraged us to do the same. So when I feel I need some pick me up or be rejuvenated I go to the salon and in one day get all those treatments. Its such a great feeling after that you took care of yourself and did something for yourself.
I got out of the salon with a big smile on my face. As soon as I got out I sent a text message to my sister, cousin and friends and told them that I loved it. It was a good decision that I made. I felt crazy because I couldn't stop smiling. I got the cut I wanted for a lesser price. A lot lesser price, three times lesser including tip. It is also low maintenance, just a little mousse and that's it. Today, one day later, I am still loving it. I don't think I will have any use for hair ties for a while.
My hair now is quite the departure from what my hair has been for the past 3 years. I grew my hair long for 3 years and in a few snips, it was all gone. It was a bold move on my part but I felt I needed a change. My long, straight hair has become boring and blah and so was certain aspects of my life. Its quite crazy to compare on how my life has been going with the state of my hair but that's how I feel about it. Now with shorter hair, I feel I can do anything - be bolder, be more carefree. Okay, wait I think that's too much of a stretch but I do feel that it would be a disservice to my hair if I will go all moody and melancholic and sullen. That attitude would just not bode well with how my hair looks right now. Someone said that my cut looks fresh and fits me well. I actually want to live up to that. Who knew getting a hair cut can be so liberating and such a mood shifter and lifter.
Change is good. Change is great. Going back to who always did my cut made me realize we don't have to go very far for change to happen. We just have to know what exactly it is that we want and be sincere and determined about it. I don't know if it was the changes in the exterior is what is changing the internal or the other way around but I sense now a connection between what is inside of me and what is seen outside. For some time there was a disconnect that I couldn't put my finger on. I still don't know what will happen or what I will do but somehow my hair cut now is really making me feel hopeful. That alone made it all worth it.
After going through the repercussions of my desire for change, I found some respite this week. My hair was now in okay state and shape to have it cut again. I saw a picture of this Korean actress online and I wondered if it would suit me and the texture of my hair. I don't know what it was but Wednesday of this week, an idea to cut my hair clicked in my brain and I couldn't stop. I was asking my friends, my sister and cousins even my co-workers their opinions and most have been positive. Actually none was negative but more cautionary in tone. They just wanted me to be sure that it was what I wanted because it was going to be a change and they felt the style that I wanted would require more time. They know me that unless I feel like it, I prefer low maintenance hair. The less fuss and time the better. I think I am one of the few females I know who doesn't know how to work the blow dryer.
So yesterday (Thursday) with more excitement and determination than I have ever seen myself be I went back to Vic (Filipino as well) who have been cutting my hair for the past 7 years or so until I had that crazy idea two months ago. I showed him the picture and asked if it would suit me and he said "oo naman" (yes!) I sat in the chair and cut he did. He noticed my cut and knew he didn't do it. He just said that my top layers were cut shorter and that's it. That's the only comment I hear. Oh and that it seems my hair follows some proprietary rights of some sort because it seems its growth slowed down when the lady cut it but grows faster when Vic would cut my hair. Weird since hair is a dead cell but it actually seems to have feelings. "Nagtampo" is what they call it.
Unlike before that it seemed the lady took forever to cut my hair, Vic only did a few snips here and there and voila I was done. Two months ago I was sitting in that chair for a good 45 minutes to an hour I think. Yesterday? I was only there for all of it 30 minutes tops. Vic cut probably more than 12 inches of my hair (that's a lot!!), fixed the layering and I am done. After some styling I was out of the door.
I mentioned that this salon - Lodys has a more comfy vibe which it really does. In my 7 or so years of coming here, every client is treated like family. I know I am and so do most of my relatives. They have offered me breakfast, snack, lunch even dinner sometimes when I go there. What I learned from my mother is that it is essential that once in awhile women needs to be pampered and one way of doing that is going to the salon, whether to get a hair cut, a mani-pedi or a facial. I saw Mama go regularly to the salon and saw how it made her feel good and she encouraged us to do the same. So when I feel I need some pick me up or be rejuvenated I go to the salon and in one day get all those treatments. Its such a great feeling after that you took care of yourself and did something for yourself.
I got out of the salon with a big smile on my face. As soon as I got out I sent a text message to my sister, cousin and friends and told them that I loved it. It was a good decision that I made. I felt crazy because I couldn't stop smiling. I got the cut I wanted for a lesser price. A lot lesser price, three times lesser including tip. It is also low maintenance, just a little mousse and that's it. Today, one day later, I am still loving it. I don't think I will have any use for hair ties for a while.
My hair now is quite the departure from what my hair has been for the past 3 years. I grew my hair long for 3 years and in a few snips, it was all gone. It was a bold move on my part but I felt I needed a change. My long, straight hair has become boring and blah and so was certain aspects of my life. Its quite crazy to compare on how my life has been going with the state of my hair but that's how I feel about it. Now with shorter hair, I feel I can do anything - be bolder, be more carefree. Okay, wait I think that's too much of a stretch but I do feel that it would be a disservice to my hair if I will go all moody and melancholic and sullen. That attitude would just not bode well with how my hair looks right now. Someone said that my cut looks fresh and fits me well. I actually want to live up to that. Who knew getting a hair cut can be so liberating and such a mood shifter and lifter.
Change is good. Change is great. Going back to who always did my cut made me realize we don't have to go very far for change to happen. We just have to know what exactly it is that we want and be sincere and determined about it. I don't know if it was the changes in the exterior is what is changing the internal or the other way around but I sense now a connection between what is inside of me and what is seen outside. For some time there was a disconnect that I couldn't put my finger on. I still don't know what will happen or what I will do but somehow my hair cut now is really making me feel hopeful. That alone made it all worth it.
2 comments:
pictures, ate?
hahaha waray pa. I will post when I have a picture =)
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