There are things I will not do: Part 1

Over the last 10 years of doing hair I have encountered thousands of people that have helped shape my career personality and abilities. I have had clients love me through some interesting haircuts and clients I have had to "fire".  These are my tales.

Situation: Ginger (red hair), perm, bald, mullet, 1990
Kinda like Steve from 90210 but older, balding, and red hair

This 40's something man and his wife were from a different time.  I had flashbacks of perms and blue eyeliner...wait, it wasn't a flashback, it was what they looked like. They handed me a picture of the husband.  It was showing mostly his profile but I could tell this picture was at least 15 years old. Unless it was an awesome 90's party, there's no excuse for someone to be hauling this tattered picture around in their wallet. As I was studying the picture they explained to me the "look" they desired. Of course, it wasn't a mullet, it was short on the sides but longer in the back, definitely NOT a mullet. I think you sense my sarcasm, right? The process of taking my client back 15 years meant I was going back to first grade. Back then, I wore my pants tight rolled at the bottom and had teal leotard shirts that had snaps in the crotch. After our consultation the wife left her husband on his own. I think he took it as a moment to see what my professional opinion was because he told me that he had thought about cutting his hair/mullet. I pursued our conversation and told him that it would be a more updated look if he cut his hair and then he wouldn't have to "worry" about the perm. Oh, did I forget to mention that we needed to perm this man's mullet? If my memory serves me right, I chose to use the pink perm rods. Our conversation about change went absolutely nowhere. He was respecting his wife's wishes to keep the mullet that wasn't a mullet.  I went to the back and grabbed the perm rods. This poor man had to endure a perm in a salon that was open to the mall. Picture it right now. A balding, red haired man getting a pink perm. He was doing all this for his wife, bless his heart. In the end I made sure that he knew that he was always welcome to come back and cut his hair off for a new style. I never saw him again.


Krista-0, 1990's-1