Apparently not. So I found out today at the hair studio of Vidal Sasson. I went for a model cut which puts me under the scissors of Vidal Sasson academy student. My hair, for goodness sake, was in jeopardy! Couldn't believe I decided to go for this. I guess it was worth 4.50 pounds. Haha.
Having lived in Singapore all my life (well, most of it actually), I frequently visit the malay barber or chinese style hair salon. The barbers or hairstylists NEVER took more than 20min to get my hair done. Today a new record was set in my life. Two hours and forty-five minutes. Amazing. And I actually sat there without even reading a book or a magazine or whatever. I just set there looking at the student meticulously cutting and snipping my hair.
Amazing.
However, for some reason, I actually felt at ease with this student. He seemed to know what he was doing and the way he carefully cuts my hair just proves me right. Plus, the teacher was constantly guiding the student and correcting their techniques, posture or even their hair-blowing techniques. Pretty impressive. I never knew there was so much into A haircut. Obviously the malay barber don't care cause to him time is money. But to these students, it's a rare opportunity to learn and to show their teacher what have they actually learnt in the past few months. I was lucky to get a student who's graduating in a month's time so he's pretty experienced for an amateur. And the way the teacher describes how the hair should look like tells a lot about a hair dresser. Totally changed my impression of them. It's not some lowly paid job for people who didn't receive enough education to become a doctor or a lawyer. It's a job that requires vision, foresight, imagination, creativity, impeccable technical skills and also the passion for making someone else look good. All these traits put into one hair cut. And just think of the endless combinations of hair you can get! There's long, short, curly, straight, thick, thin, frizzy, healthy, damaged...the possibilities are endless. And so should their imagination and creativity. Plus, it makes it harder to match creativity with your hair type to make your hair look good.
I admire these people. They aren't afraid of being stereotyped. Now I know there's more into a hair cut than just sitting there for a snip.
Of course, I had two hours and forty-five minutes to think about all this. I guess ultimately I was bored still. Hah.
Having lived in Singapore all my life (well, most of it actually), I frequently visit the malay barber or chinese style hair salon. The barbers or hairstylists NEVER took more than 20min to get my hair done. Today a new record was set in my life. Two hours and forty-five minutes. Amazing. And I actually sat there without even reading a book or a magazine or whatever. I just set there looking at the student meticulously cutting and snipping my hair.
Amazing.
However, for some reason, I actually felt at ease with this student. He seemed to know what he was doing and the way he carefully cuts my hair just proves me right. Plus, the teacher was constantly guiding the student and correcting their techniques, posture or even their hair-blowing techniques. Pretty impressive. I never knew there was so much into A haircut. Obviously the malay barber don't care cause to him time is money. But to these students, it's a rare opportunity to learn and to show their teacher what have they actually learnt in the past few months. I was lucky to get a student who's graduating in a month's time so he's pretty experienced for an amateur. And the way the teacher describes how the hair should look like tells a lot about a hair dresser. Totally changed my impression of them. It's not some lowly paid job for people who didn't receive enough education to become a doctor or a lawyer. It's a job that requires vision, foresight, imagination, creativity, impeccable technical skills and also the passion for making someone else look good. All these traits put into one hair cut. And just think of the endless combinations of hair you can get! There's long, short, curly, straight, thick, thin, frizzy, healthy, damaged...the possibilities are endless. And so should their imagination and creativity. Plus, it makes it harder to match creativity with your hair type to make your hair look good.
I admire these people. They aren't afraid of being stereotyped. Now I know there's more into a hair cut than just sitting there for a snip.
Of course, I had two hours and forty-five minutes to think about all this. I guess ultimately I was bored still. Hah.
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