We do what must be done.
Not much comes between a woman and her hair.
Who cares if the power is out in the Salon?
Who cares if there is no running water ?
A dark pit full of snakes, and spiders? a pesky little heart attack, birth of twins – no problemo!
Mining for Beauty
Yes indeed, i have worked in the dark on many days over my 30 year career. When the power goes out, beauty forges on. It’s not that different from trying to shampoo the head and cut the hair of a client who has just had a face lift or an ear transplant – you just cleverly work around the forbidden zone. The salon appointment was made prior to the date of surgery and rarely will that appointment get cancelled for ANY reason. Back surgery? worry not, those folks stand for the entire service while the beauty pro slash circus trickster teeters on a step ladder.
During most black-outs my angelic assistant would mightily hold a flash light so we could git er done. Then came the era of the mag light, then the mini mag, which was oh so handy because i could hold in my mouth all on my own. It made for an exceptionally professional appearance.
Oddly, this tenacity paid off with a mob-scene of new clients wanting to get in on the fun. Their stylists simply tried to re-schedule the appointment to a day in which power was more likely to be plentiful. But, that would not do.
Each power outage was a call for “all hands on deck” as we lit more candles and gripped the mini mags tighlty between our pearly whites, and everyone was praying “please oh hair gods, let this turn out the way it’s supposed to”. What was a salon yesterday had become a place of worship today.
But you have to figure that if anyone is desperate enough to have one’s hair cut or coloured in the dark, an artist with a mini-mag in mouth is nothing to shake a stick at. I have actually had numerous clients tell me “that was the best ______EVER”.
and then…
Viola! we discovered the headlamp.
Now, nothing but an untimely death can get in my way.
Do you have a slightly zany story about doing hair or having your hair done?
If so, i want to hear from you for my Book Project.
Please leave your comment and we’ll ‘Tawk”.
Simone.
Your a zany gal! Wendy! Yes,indeedy! if there was anyone in the world that could pull this off it is you O-Great-One! I only know this~ If there is a power outage again soon, I am running over to YOUR salon, to get into the fun ( and professionalism)maybe a little color, a new “dooo”, who knows what?! Just that Wendy is the goddess-babe of the hour and we all can count on her when the going gets tough~(*plus she’s a great writer and has you in stitches, til it hurts.)
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You are a hoot Wendy. I appreciate your wit & talent more each day I know you. Good Luck girlfriend on that book. I so enjoyed hearing you speak @ DSWA meeting – lots of hidden talent I was unaware of! See you Thursday.
…and don’t forget the time you were juggling between snips of your shears, oh, i meant to say, juggling chainsaws, oh yea, and they were running, and oh right, they were on FIRE TOO – just like your prose! your writing is flamin’ hot! …chainsaw here, cut a bit there…heigh-ho-heigh-ho-it’s-off-to-snip-we-go!