Hair Salons Are A Cut Above The Rest

Hair has always been an important part of my life. My mother used to let it grow long when I was a child, which caused some people to mistaking me for a little girl. I hated that and actually punched one of my mother’s acquaintances when he said that I was a pretty little girl. Experiences like that have caused me to be aware of the length of my hair, and while it was shoulder-length until I was a teenager, I had it cut very short when I was fifteen and have kept it that way for the past several decades. My mother still complains that I keep it too short, but to be honest, I can no longer stand it any longer than the top of my ears.

Growing up, I went to a hair salon over a traditional barber because I knew that I could get better styles. Aside from getting my hair washed and shaped, I knew that the staff at the salon knew what was contemporary and in fashion, and I could trust their opinion as to what looked good and what was inot going to work. The best I could get at the barber was the same haircuts I and everyone else always got, and maybe a shave. I tried getting a shave once, and it was the worst one I ever had. Well, I gave myself a worse one once; I had to shave with a disposable razor with cold water and no shaving cream, but it was a toss up between that and the one I got at a barber shop.

Not many people know this, but to be a stylist, you actually have to go to school and be certified. You can not just decide that you know how to cut hair and open a salon. You actually have to prove that you know what you are doing, and that is something that I always appreciated in the staff that handled my hair. There are even associates degrees in cosmetology with bachelor classes in business management. When you work with a cosmetologist, you are working with a trained professional who has put as much time into their craft as any other college graduate.

My hair is getting a little long, and I think it’s time to get it styled. I guess I could go to a barber school and let some trainee give me a five dollar haircut, or I could head over to a professional hair salon and have my hair done right the first time though. I think you know which one I am going to choose.