...across the room to model the new 'do'......

This is the result of dragging myself kicking and screaming to the hair stylist yesterday. One of my pet peeves about getting my hair washed is that most times they shampoo the make up off my face as well. Yesterday before they started with the fire hose I asked them for something to cover my face so as not to disturb my make up! They complied with a paper napkin which was referred to by a much fancier word I had never heard before. I really didn't care what they called it but I did care that it kept wanting to fall off my face. Each time this happened I made a jerking motion to get to it before it slid off. It gave me a break from her hard nails scraping my scalp and a heads up for her to watch where she pointed that hose! I guess they realized my hair was retracting into my scalp out of fear of being cut because they decided that even though I wasn't having conditioner put in my hair they didn't want me to "miss out on the scalp massage!" The massage was nice except for the times that she tried to slide her fingers through some tangles! That's when all that nicely relaxed scalp tightened right back up where it had originally been! However, the massage must have worked because I didn't experience the same constant gushing of sweat off my head onto my face like the last time she cut my hair (she was wondering why my hair wasn't getting dry last time!) The hot flashes happened as I was sitting in the waiting room for my turn under the sizzer. In fact I have to say I was fairly well relaxed in her chair yesterday.

I made sure I let her know that the reason I didn't want my make up washed off was because I had some shopping to do when I left the salon. She seemed to understand that but as usual, I did my shopping and when I got home to redo my hair (is there anyone out there who doesn't have to go home to redo the "do"?) I realized I had pieces of hair beside my nose and inside my ear! Even so, I do think I'll go back and let her get to know my hair but mostly I want to see if she'll remember to cover my face next time!