What is the stupidest thing a stylist has said to you??

[Imani]

I was just thinking about this the other day...

When i was in college (i just graduated), i was going to this guy on a regular basis. he had a really good roller setting technique- as good as, if not better than the dominicans. But i think the products and relaxer he was using on my hair just weren't the best for me. My hair wasn't doing horrible, but it wasn't improving either.

So he says "i just don't understand, you have been coming here for a while, your hair should be longer than this. i think it just grows slow"

But then in the next breath says "I think you need weekly care at this
point (i would come somewhat sporadically; depending on how my money was looking). We could do weekly roller sets and then do a mild relaxer every four weeks"

To me, this sounds stupid. you tell me my hair grows slow, but you want to put some chemicals on my hair every four weeks??? that doesn't make any sense, i don't care if it is mild- plus he was talking about using affirm mild which is still pretty strong for my hair.

There are other stupid things beauticians have said to me, but i can't think of them right now.

Anybody else have anything a beauticians has said to them that just didn't make any sense?

 

[shoelover1972]

One scissor happy stylist informed me that I have 'good' hair but on the other hand it's 'bad' hair. No sure what she meant by that.

 

[Artemis]

Once a while back, I went to a Great Clips once for a small trim, and just wanted to ask the stylist about my breakage spot in my crown just to see what she would say. I knew already why it was there (I used cheap box color and wasn't maintaining like I do now). But this woman said that I needed a relaxer more often (I already relax every 8 wks!!) and that I shouldn't wash my hair so often (every 4-5 days) Mind you just before I had even brought up my little breakage spot she was drooling over how soft and shiny and healthy my hair was...

Needless to say I never went back, AND I learned how to trim my own hair

 

[Imani]

Once a while back, I went to a Great Clips once for a small trim, and just wanted to ask the stylist about my breakage spot in my crown just to see what she would say. I knew already why it was there (I used cheap box color and wasn't maintaining like I do now). But this woman said that I needed a relaxer more often (I already relax every 8 wks!!) and that I shouldn't wash my hair so often (every 4-5 days) Mind you just before I had even brought up my little breakage spot she was drooling over how soft and shiny and healthy my hair was...

Needless to say I never went back, AND I learned how to trim my own hair

I just don't understand why some stylists think getting a relaxer is going to magically correct every hair problem. I have been like only 3-4 weeks post and someone will tell me my hair is dry, breaking, or whatever is going on bc its almost time for a relaxererplexed They won't admit that they either don't know what to do or that they are too lazy to do whatever extra steps needs to be done.

 

[ChocalateDiva]

A stylist once told me that if i sip on a Sprite during a relaxer application- it wont burn my head. WTF????!!!!

 

[Artemis]

A stylist once told me that if i sip on a Sprite during a relaxer application- it wont burn my head. WTF????!!!!

OMG!!

That stylist clearly was on crack

 

[Imani]

A stylist once told me that if i sip on a Sprite during a relaxer application- it wont burn my head. WTF????!!!!

OMG!!! People used to say that when i was younger back in my hometown too! i totally forgot about that. I'm from a small city in Alabama. My stylist would be telling everybody that came in to get a water instead of soda from the machine if they were getting a relaxer that day. i guess it was a good thing though in a way, at least they were making a healthier beverage choice that day.

 

[fluffylocks]

If i dont get my hair trimmed it wont grow

I had a spot of breakage becuase i use a no-lye relaxer (It was actually a spot of my hair that i had been neglecting in the begenning of my hair journey)

I NEED to grease my scalp 1-2x weekly

Dont do anything to my hair but wrap it on the days i dont go to the salon

Your hair will grow because i have "magic hands"

Its time for a touchup....you really really need a touchup (but she knows it's only been 3 weeks since the last one)


^^^^
Those are some of the reason i quit going to the salons.

 

[Bublin]

Me: I am going to grow out my relaxer and go natural.

Hairdresser: Why do you wanna do that and who's gonna do your hair?

 

[rabs77]

Some stylist told me,"some people's hair just don't go past shoulder length, or APL, its genetic". She was refering to me This was about 5 years ago. I was relaxed at the time and was not taking care of my hair. Thank God for LHCF

 

[rabs77]

Another one...about a year ago, before I decided to stop using hairstylists completely, I walked into a salon for a consultation. I asked the lady if she could press my hair. My hair had just been washed and I was rocking a fro. She TUGGED at a section of my hair and said " People with hair like ours cant just press from natural. You have to get it at least texturised, otherwise it CAN NOT get straight." I said thanks and walked out of her shop. She hasn't seen me since

 

[Imani]

Some stylist told me,"some people's hair just don't go past shoulder length, or APL, its genetic". She was refering to me This was about 5 years ago. I was relaxed at the time and was not taking care of my hair. Thank God for LHCF

I've also had several stylists tell me this as well. the same stylist i mentioned in the OP said that everybody hair can't be long and if i've never had long hair before in my life i shouldn't expect for it to get but so long now. i told him its been SL before in high school and he says well MAYBE it can get back to that.

i want to get to APL and then slang my hair in his face when i go back down there for homecoming or something.

 

[Imani]

Another one...about a year ago, before I decided to stop using hairstylists completely, I walked into a salon for a consultation. I asked the lady if she could press my hair. My hair had just been washed and I was rocking a fro. She TUGGED at a section of my hair and said " People with hair like ours cant just press from natural. You have to get it at least texturised, otherwise it CAN NOT get straight." I said thanks and walked out of her shop. She hasn't seen me since

Now thats just ridiculous.

 

[lejardinier]

l. 'You don't mind if I leave you and do her hair. Since she was late I just want to do her head and get her out of here because her hair is shorter than yours. Here - just put this towel on so it doesn't dry out too much.'

2. 'No, no...I remember you told me you wanted to switch to no-lye!'

3. 'If you don't let me touch this up and trim every 6 weeks, your hair is going to fall out.'

4. 'Who did your hair while you were away? I know you didn't. It's too long now, doesn't have any shape - we're going to have to cut it.'

5. 'Just use any kind of shampoo and conditioner, it doesn't matter.'

6. 'I never heard of using a satin pillow case.'

7. 'I don't know who told you not to use too much heat, look how shiny and healthy this flat iron makes your hair.'

After 15 years of this kind of crap I left. Luckily he had an assistant who was the only person there that I could trust. When she left; so did I. And a lot of his regular customers did also. When I went to him; my hair NEVER gained any length. It's healthy now. I do it myself. APL as of 10/1/2007.

 

[MissFallon]

My stylist told me that my hair was thin because I only relaxed it every 6 months. Then she told me I should let her flat iron and wash my hair every week and get a relaxer every 3-5 weeks. When I asked her why she told me my hair grew too fast to relax it that seldom and when I get an inch of ng I should get a relaxer immediately.

 

[senimoni]

My stylist had me drink water too but it made sense to me at the time :shrug: she wanted me to cool down b/c the hotter/warmer the scalp the faster it will process. Maybe she should have turned the air on...haha.

 

[Jade Feria]

I got a relaxer by this "celebrity stylist" and she said, "You HAVE to come back again for a touch-up in 4 weeks" ......Right. Needless to say, I never went back to her

 

[caribeandiva]

"your hair's not growing cause you don't come to me often enough. Instead of coming every 2 weeks come every week instead."

"you have very thick hair. For it to grow it needs to be relaxed every 4 weeks and trimmed with every relaxer." <-- needless to say everytime i went to her my hair got shorter so i stopped going and haven't been back since.

 

[Peaches75]

My former stylist told me when I took my daughter in for a touch up that her hair was too strong and I need to stop whatever I am doing because she has too much new growth (which is everything I learned on LHCF) she told me not to wash her hair for a month so she can give her another relaxer since her hair was too strong. So I waited 8 weeks, but I still washed it regularly and then when I took her for a touch up she burned her trying to leave the relaxer on ... she calls herself a master cosmetologist.

 

[HoneyA]

"Your own hair is never going to be as long as the weave"
It was a weave that reached BSL on me by the way.

"You wash your hair twice a week?!! That's too much, your killing your hair. You should only wash once every two weeks" .

 

[growinstrong]

while at a salon getting my hair detangled, 6 weeks post, with DRC treatment:

stylist: look at all this shedding (it was about 200-250 strands total if I had to guess)
me: well, I've had my hair up in a style (protective) for 2 weeks and therefore, it hasnt been combed
stylist: well, you know, you are supposed to lose 100 strands a day/ but this looks like its breaking off. See, look at the bulds on the root of the strands. And why are you not combing your hair?
me: (me just ingnoring the stupid comment about the bulbs on the roots) if you're supposed to lose that much hair a day, shouldnt it be a lot more than that, like a total of 1400 strands for 2 weeks?
Stylist: Yeah, but this is too much and not from not combing. You need a trim, so when I comb thru, it wont shed so much
me: I wait until I relax to get trims, ONLY
stylist: oooook, but you need to get this problem taken care of

This **** didnt even take the leave in conditioner I tried to hand her before she started detangling. She said, I dont know what that is and I dont want to mess up what I'm doing here. Needless to say, I havent been back, but I gotta admit, my hair was on point .

Why she gonna comment on how long and gorgeous my hair was when she was finished?

Dang, why she gotta be so stupid and so uneducated about hair?

 

[sexyeyes3616]

I have had a few stylists say if you dont trim your hair its will split all the way up to the top of your hair strand. Do not know how true that is.

 

[NYAmicas]

Some of ya telling some horrific campfire tales for sure.
I cant think of any right now since its been a while since Ive been in a salon but I may think of some later on.
Oh, well when I was younger my dad took me to a salon and I had a lot of new growth but my hair was very tangled. When they finished relaxing it I had a lot of length which the stylist admired and then told me she couldnt curl it unless I let her cut it, I tried to refuse but she insisted. Well she didnt curl my hair and I told my dad how the stylist complained about having to comb it and he was like, "isnt that her job?". When I went to a salon about a month later and another stylist wanted to "trim" my hair again but I had had enough.

 

[sunshinebeautiful]

You need to cut your hair to make it grow. Huh?

 

[klb120475]

You need to cut your hair to make it grow. Huh?

Yeah, I've heard that one several times.

 

[wheezy807]

"You see, if you had let me give you a trim your hair would lay better than this." I heard that so many times, is it true?

 

[dillard]

One scissor happy stylist informed me that I have 'good' hair but on the other hand it's 'bad' hair. No sure what she meant by that.

uhhh, ok!

 

[Imani]

Also, when i went to this lady for a shampoo at about 5 weeks post, she put affirm 5 in 1 in my hair. i told her, "i just did a protein treatment recently, i think i need something more moisturizing". she says, "well, with this much new growth, this is the only conditioner that will really work on your hair". So, fine, i go with it.

Then, when she is combing (ripping) my wet hair starting FROM ROOT TO TIP WITH A SMALL TOOTH COMB with no leave in or detangler, she says "You see, with this type of hair, you should be relaxing every 4 to 5 weeks, because trying to comb it with all this new growth is damaging. i can barely comb your hair right now". I also have a weak spot in my hair that i actually saw some improvement with from stretching and she says "not getting your relaxer on time is probably why you have this breakage spot back here"

My hair was really cute for my night out once she finished. But it was VERY dry to the touch, and even if i just ran my fingers through it or lightly touched it, it would break .

 

[Ntrlmystik]

Back in my relaxer days the most stupid thing several hair dressers have said to me "Is it burning yet?" That is not how you know if a relaxer has fully processed.

I only deal with hairdressers once in a whle to get presses and trims and I am so direct that I do not leave room for any dumb comments. Besides the people that I go to are cool.

 

[Britt]

A stylist once told me that if i sip on a Sprite during a relaxer application- it wont burn my head. WTF????!!!!

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