The Cutie

I've always liked cutting hair, as some of you might know and remember from my self cut "very short hair" days of a few years ago. So I always enjoy going for a haircut and watching how the pros do it.

The staff at Michael hair salon is great. They include Mika who speaks fluent English and Michael who posesses hair magic. Really a great hair cut experience. You will be treated to the most amazing hair drying and post cut styling. And to make sure the hair cut lays in the most flattering way Michael will adjust and restyle your hair. For me this is a bit of nonsense since I never style my hair and only use the hair dryer when the temperature is near freezing. But, they are really proud of their skills, with due reason. Michael is really fast spinning his shears between the index finger and ring finger as he works. He gets in there and cuts and trims and eliminates unsightly layers. When I had my hair cut back in November he laughed at my use of pins to keep my hair out of my face saying that I damage the hair and crimp it by using pins. (but hey, what can I do). When Lucie went for a hair cut he was a little disturbed by the fact that she had so many layers in her hair “the hair is layered, but why?” From my two visits to Michael’s hair salon I have learned some hair care secrets that I will now share, they may be old news to you, but I am haircare unaware. First, if you want to look younger eliminate layers, go for a heavy/ blunt cut or the ‘cutie’ as Michael calls it. Blow dry your hair with high heat at first to dry the scalp to eliminate any possible scalp irritations (fungus), then change the setting to cool to finish drying the ends, this will keep your hair from getting damaged by obvious heat. If your hair tends to form a part which you dislike, blow dry it in the opposite direction, duh. And of course if you put pins in your hair it will cause unsightly crimping.

I can’t wait for my next hair cut. I’m trying to let my hair grow out, but I’m so curious about all the fun things Michael could do to my hair. And I threaten that I may return to California with a perm. It’s only hair…