New bangs

Finally after almost 20 years, a hairstylist gathered the courage to cut me bangs... As I always have natural curl, almost all stylists I had tell me it's not advisable to cut my fringe. They gave me all the reasons that I shouldn't have it too short... But the thing is I want it short!

I had my haircut at Kim Robinson, one of the upper class salons where a cleanse, cut and finish would cost a minimum of S$128. Well, the thing is I didn't pay for it... Thanks to a magazine I bought few months back, I had the voucher to be utilised at Kim Robinson with a stylist named Sha Sha. I googled her and realised she's korean, someone happened to have the free cut by her. As the review was not bad, I decided to book my appointment with Sha Sha not long after I returned.

So there I went on a nice Tuesday afternoon after a stroll down Orchard Road and spending an hour in Prologue bookstore. I'm fascinated by everything in a bookstore. I arrived shortly before my scheduled time, it was very busy inside. From the entrance, it looked very grand. Near the cashier of the salon were a variety of posh hair accessorises selling at very steep prices, my heart skipped a beat as I waited to be served.

Soon someone led me in to an empty corner after verifying if I was using any voucher. I settled down and Sha Sha came. She had an assistant, supposedly to be the shampoo girl too. They both stood behind me and then I was asked about what kind of hairstyle I was looking at. I took out this magazine where I had my eyes on this cut for the longest time ever and asked her if it suited me. I wasn't sure if I understood her but she told me I needed to perm my fringe for that (pretty weird as it resembled more of nicely curved bangs). I ended up flipping her book of hairstyles and settled for one. But in the end I think I still got the cut I wanted from my magazine, except that they blew my hair straight after... it was curly in the magazine. Amusing.

The shampoo was good accompanied with a neck massage, I almost fell asleep - so comfortable. I was also served a complimentary drink during the cut. Then Sha Sha came, the assistant stood besides her all the time and was holding up my hair while she cut. I was not used to this. I made some small talk with her and found out she was here for only 5 months, very new. So I guess the salon was trying her out and giving away some free cuts with their new stylists. Very smart idea...! Basically it's similar to free cuts at Toni & Guys hair school except that Sha Sha is probably already well-trained! She also recommended ways to maintain my new hairstyle and some styling tips (but I think I'm a bit too old for the very adorable style).

All in all, I'm quite pleased with the service and Sha Sha did seem pretty courageous to be the first to give me bangs ;) I was given a stack of coupons after that I can use for future or recommend a friend. The discounted prices are, of course, still higher than the normal salons, but if you're interested, drop me a message :)

p.s: Sha Sha actually wanted to cut me Amelie's hairstyle... but I didn't have the guts to chop it all off!