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BAH-HUM-BUG
Date: Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Time: 10:15 PM x
Mehhh. Ive just come back from the biggest disappointing '1st' Public Hair Salon Experience. And Spa Scene somemore leh! Spa Scene=Korean Hairdressers/stylists. Early donkey months ago, i won this 'Makeover' contest with Spa Scene, and i have the privilege to pick 1 out of this 3 choices for SGD50.
Which is like waaaaay cheaper than what they normally charge. Of course i chose the Color/Highlight option. Ok, if you dont already know, I have never ever let an unknown hairdresser from any random hair salon lay a single finger on one single strand of hair. EVER. The only 2 salons i ever visit belongs to my uncle in singapore, and my little aunt in Penang. So this was really my virgin visit to a reaaallly PUBLIC salon. And even though i was nerve wrecked, i had high expectations. My initial assigned hair-stylist was Junior (see above), but because it was his off-day, i got assigned to another random stylist. i thought it'd be ok at first, i mean they should have some standard right? No. From when the i won the makeover to D-day, i had little fantasies of what my hakeover (hair+makeover) would turn out to be. I was SICK of brown/black/red and i wanted a drastic change. I think this is partly my own fault, because i wasnt insistant about what i wanted, didnt voice out and just went with whatever they have to offer me. What this lady had to offer me was RED or BROWN... not offer... more like insist...ok not insist, but more like she assumed i would want that color and proceeded to expain how she would pair this red with this highlight, or she could do my air like her brown etc. At first i did try to inject my input saying that the red wouldnt be obvious on my hair and i wanted something else. So she went on to tell me a whole story about how the reds are normally like that and would turn darker because of my hair. But she could make it lighter etc and then she showed me this really cool sample of silverish-red color with orengey kinda highlights so i okay-ed it. Color aside, the whole coloring/washing process i can only think of one word for it.. PAINFUL. For such a pretty lady, she is nothing related to gentle/soft. Even her sidekick, a chinese (maybe china idk) girl was much gentler than her. I have never had my head treated with such malice, seriously. I can complain a whole lot more on this simple process of separating bunces of my hair, brushing on the highlight, combing my head with the dye, how she had to use this monstrous strength to hold on to my hair. IT WAS PAINFUL I TELL YOU. PAINFUL!!! i complained to Ong, but she said 'its like that one'. SERIOUSLY?! All you bimbos go through this LIKE THAT ONE? Now when i say the china assistant was much gentler.. it actually just shows how rough the min stylist was, I have had hairwashed in both my uncle/aunty's salon before. And ive always always enjoyed hairwash, because they are so gentle and they treat your head like a gem, plus they give these unbelievably awesome massages, so much that you dont want your hair to ever get clean. So i after all that mistreatment to my poor head, i was looking forward to a soothing hairwash... BAH! I laid down, close my eyes, and the moment her fingers reached my scalp, i had the biggest shock. she was literally scratching at my head, i could feel her hands were like /imitationofcatsclaw. Really ah, i dont know how much hair im losing over this -_- Now on to the 'Design cut'. /FACEPALM You know i thought this whole point of 'MAKEOVER' is to transform you into something else.. read BETTER/NICER/MORE INTERESTING-APPEALING etc. After choosing from this book of hairstyles and pointing out to her, LAO NIANG cut the last 3cm ends of my hair. AND THATS IT. and thats not all i tell you. HAIRDRYING- /MAJORFACEPALM after washing my hair, my frimge was twisted in a way that it flops one way after removing the towel (which SMELLS) from my head. I dont know if her fingers were so precious or she too finds the towel smelly, thus my head is icky. But she coul sieve her fingers thru my hair to hair dry properly. She hairdried it just as it was! So my fringe is all weird and my parting is so obvious, and i hate my parting because it looks like a baldspot -_- I tried telling her that, but she couldnt understand, so while Ong tries to explain, 3 other staffs have gathered around. And Betty, sweet sweet Betty (whom i contacted to schedule appointment) understood and told her, but also proceeded to ask i everything was ok. So i brought up my dissatisfaction about the hair color. SERIOUSLY AH. I must be blind, i couldnt see any obvious silverish-red, and could only see HINTS of the highlight. So betty again explained about how red wont be obvious on my black hair etcetc. And she was so nice explaining, i couldnt find it in me to say anything else. So they all moved away for this Lao niang to do some thing about my parting, and what did she do? blow dry the back of my head. And i walked out as normal looking as when i walked in. But from another winners' review :
This is my review on Gmarket: I am kind of disappointed with the makeover i received, but do not hold Spa Scene at fault. A very nice staff, Betty have earlier informed me that Junior was having his off-day, and i could reschedule another appointment with him or take on another stylist. Since this is my first ever visit to Spa scene, i assumed all the stylist would be of the same standard. so i had another stylist do my 'makeover' x
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