PEOPLE often refer to their hairdressers as ‘therapists’ taking a spin in the chair as the opportunity to offload all of your troubles.
You might wonder what the other person behind the scissors is thinking.
3
3
Well founder of Muse London in London’s Fitzrovia, Jodie Weston has just about heard (and seen) it all when it comes to her customers.
From treating both a husband’s wife and mistress in the same salon to having some VERY intimate requests from clients, there’s little that will shock Jodie.
The salon owner is a seasoned professional, but she admits that there are certain things she would prefer customers to keep to themselves.
Here she reveals to Fabulous Digital what she will always judge you for – and the one thing that will really gross her out (hint: it’s not your feet!)
There’s such a thing as oversharing
Jodie says: “We want you to feel comfortable, but some clients get a little too comfortable.
I can hear about people’s love lives, their problems at home, and their work life. It takes only an hour for them to tell me their entire life story.
People will talk to me about REALLY personal stuff, and I’d rather that they didn’t to be honest as it puts me in an awkward position.
I have had customers tell me that they’ve been diagnosed with terminal illnesses before they have even told their family, which is very heavy.
Some women have asked me if they should divorce their cheating husbands. I try to remain neutral as I know of people who have been involved, and the husband has called the salon and blamed them.
We previously had the wife and the mistress come in the salon at the same time
People ask you for advice on their finances – they need to remember that we’re hairdressers and beauticians, not accountants!
I do wish sometimes that people wouldn’t say as much deep stuff as they do but we do appreciate that they trust us.
We can always sniff out a DIY dye job
We have so many people who try to convince us that they’ve dyed their hair professionally when it is clearly box dye.
It’s so unhelpful when you’re trying to provide a service and you get people being dishonest, a patchy dye job will always give you away.
It is very hard to fix a dodgy dye job
The worst is people that aren’t up front. Even if you have used box dye, just tell us because we’ll figure it out immediately.
Please don’t bring a celeb mood board
This is one of my biggest bugbears.
Many clients bring photos of what they would like their hair to look like. However, it will often be a photohopped image of a celebrity. In reality, their hair is not going to look that way.
However, once they have that look in their heads, there’s no way to get them out of it. They will be disappointed.
But don’t bother asking for a refund
We try to be accommodating but firm.
I always ask clients if they’re happy before they leave the salon, but once you’ve said yes then I’m afraid you’re stuck with your style.
I’ve had people come back a few days later and tell me their boyfriend doesn’t like their haircut and expect a refund.
We’ll always offer colour correction, but that’s as far as we’ll go. If you ask for a certain hairstyle and then don’t like it, that’s on you.
No, I don’t care about your feet
Aside from hairdressing, the salon offers all kinds of other treatments, from pedicures to bikini waxes so I regularly come into contact with the parts of your body you’d rather keep to yourself.
But despite what you might think I couldn’t care less whether your toes are a bit unsightly or you’ve skipped shaving for a few weeks.
I am reluctant to wax your boyfriend’s initials into your pubic hair – believe me, it’s not worth the hassle
Jodie Weston
I don’t love shaving your feet, but then again, who would.
I can only recall one time when it really turned my stomach.
Once, we were approached by a man who wanted to trim his entire beard.
It was the most horrible experience of my entire life. He just wouldn’t take no for an answer and it took a team of us two hours to do.
It was impossible to vacuum the entire floor with all the thick black hair.
Worst of all, he had pus-filled warts hidden underneath his hair. Yuck.
I’ll do most things, but please don’t ask for these
They might have been the height of popularity back in 2010, but a Vajazzle has had it’s day – no one wants to be finding stick-on gems at the bottom of their underwear.
Equally I am reluctant to wax your boyfriend’s initials into your pubic hair – believe me, it’s not worth the hassle.
The pervy guy is my least favorite customer. If you are going to come in for a back, sack and crack waxing, kindly refrain from asking if a ‘happy ending’ is included.
And above all – remember we are salon, not a restaurant
The amount of people who have a full-blown three course meal at the salon never ceases to amaze me.
Deliveroo’s man bringing a Gaucho steak or a GBK burger to my salon has become a regular part of my day.
It’s so gross! It makes the salon smell terrible and everyone needs to be sprayed with hair clippings.
3
In other beauty news, one woman was left in tears after getting a brush stuck in her hair after a hack gone wrong – and it took PLIERS to get it out.
And one beauty fan was left mortified after melting her face mask into her hair while styling it and being told she’d need to cut it out.
Plus, experts are warning against social media trend that has seen women turn to thrush cream to treat bad dandruff.