You all know the feeling of a rollercoaster, one minute you
are high up in the air, the next your stomach drops and you are falling towards
the ground. Does anyone else feel like when you get a hair cut, whether it’s
just a trim or cutting off a lifetime’s worth of hair, it sends you on an
uncontrollable emotional rollercoaster?
Recently, while getting my hair cut, a fair amount of hair
was cut off I might add, I realised there are 7 very clear stages that my mind
goes through so I thought I’d share them with you and see who else feels the
same.
Stage 1: Naïve
Optimism
This is the stage where you sit down and explain to the hair
dresser EXACTLY what you want, positive that they understand. Hate to break it
to you guys but sometimes… they can’t actually read your mind. Never the less,
at this point you are always full of hope that it will be the best hair cut of
your life, you will actually want to have your photo taken, and it is going to
be life changing.
Stage 2:
Somersaulting Butterflies
This is where you are so excited but at the same time your
brain is freaking out, and you keep thinking about all the possible things that
could go wrong. What if they cut it too short? What if the colour isn’t right?
What if they don’t part my hair right? All these endless questions that just
keep on going on inside your head. Meanwhile you have to keep smiling, and look
presentable for the hair dresser. Anyone else get this feeling?
Stage 3: Exciting
Times
Now as you start to relax, the hair dresser washes and dries
your hair. You’ve probably been waiting a while for this hair cut, and now your
excitement has caught up with you. Your doubts start to slip away as you look
in the mirror and tell yourself everything will be fine.
Stage 4: Desperate
Longing
This seems to occur as the hairdresser picks up the
scissors, and you have to stop yourself from closing your eyes and covering
your face with your hands. The relaxation from a few minutes ago is completely gone.
This absolutely desperate longing that they get it right comes over you, and it’s
all you can think about. Slowly you hair the scissors snip, and feel your hair
falling away and hit the ground.
Stage 5: Shock Horror
Now if you’re anything like me, you weren’t able to stop
yourself from covering your face with your hands or closing your eyes. So when
you finally open them, your first response is always just complete shock. Even
if the hair cut is exactly what you wanted, it’s always a shock to see your
hair completely changed, and you have to fight with everything in you to not
let the surprise show on your face. It’s always a lot worse if its’s not what
you wanted, and it’s even harder to hide the shock and disappointment from the
person who has cut your hair.
Stage 6: Final
Acceptance
This normally occurs after a good night’s sleep with your
new hair. After possibly falling asleep with tears running down your face as
you remember all the things you won’t be able to do now with your hair, you
finally wake up and look in the mirror and smile. You start to like it, and
start to realise that it won’t be so bad. You actually might be able to live
with hair that doesn’t travel half way down your back after all.
Stage 7: Instagram
Session
Now, once you’ve finally accepted it, it’s time to show your
fabulous new hair cut to the world. (Although a little hard when your blog's anonymous
to show it to everyone). As the comments start to load, you finally feel completely
happy with your hair cut, ‘Wow it looks great’, ‘I can’t believe you cut your
hair, it looks beautiful’ and others of that sort. At least I’m hoping this is
the response everyone gets because no one should be commenting something on your photo that isn't nice.
And that’s it guys, my 7 stages of getting a hair cut.
Thanks for reading anyone and everyone that has. Let me know if any of you have
ever experienced anything like this before, or if I’ve forgotten a stage.
Tinkertwinklebell, flying off xx
