daviine
Well-Known Member
I arrived at my appointment maybe 10-15 minutes early. I didn't see Marvin but that was okay becasue I was trying to shove some french fries down my throat. His asssistant walked up to me and introduced herself to me as Liz (different assistant than last time). She told me to come over to the chair when I was ready and I went after I ate a few more fries. She based my scalp and when I looked at the time, it wasn't even 2 yet. (It was probably like 1:55--it may have even been 1:59). My appointment was for 2 so I thought this must be a good sign.
Marvin walked in, asked me how I was doing and left again. I saw him over by his chair finishing up a customer. I sat there with my scalp based until approximately 2:30 (2:29 if you want to be specific). There was another woman followmg Marvin around. She seemed to be important but she wasn't getting her hair done. He was showing her a book of photos (perhaps his work?). He was tryign to speak to her in between clients.
Anyways, I was about 14 weeks post relaxer so I was waiting to hear what kind of comments he would make. First thing out of his mouth--You need a trim bad.
He said its been a while since I came--where was I? I told him that I didn't have any time or money to come sooner (I'm on vacation and got paid this week). He thought I was holding out until Easter. Anyways, he told me that 2 months is pushing it and then I should come for a touchup every 6 weeks (at $100--no thank you--do I look like Ms. MoneyBags?).
Anyways, I could hear my new growth snapping as he applied the relaxer, I timed him and it took him 10 minutes from start to finish to apply. I remembered to wear contacts today but I was not seated in front of a mirror to see all that he was doing during the touchup. I did notice a fine tooth comb (like a rat tail) in his hand with relaxer and hairs coming out. I was not happy about that but just chalked it up to waiting so long before a touchup.
His assistant rinsed the relaxer out of my hair then applied Moisturefuse to my hair. I'm not sure how long the Moisturefuse was in my hair but I was able to watch him apply relaxer to another client's hair from where I was sitting. Her hair wasn't long at all and it seemed to me that he was slapping relaxer in. It seemed sloppily apllied and it seemed to me that in some areas the relaxer covered most of her short strands.....(Disclaimer: I'm not an expert. This is what it looked like to me and I never imagined that chemicals were to be applied like that). I wondered if he had applied it to my hair in the same manner. I hope not.
The assistant came back and rinsed the Moisturefuse out of my hair, and shampooed it. She applied Joico K-Pak leave in conditioner and a plastic cap and sat me in Marvin's chair.
Marvin comes over to me and with the scissors in his hand asks me if there's anything that I DON'RT wnat him to do to my hair. At first I was like no---but then I was like what do you mean...what do you think I might object to--he said a very thorough trim....I said if I need a trim then do it..
He starts trimming my hair and then said something about "slight layers". I almost freaked out. I asked him why the layers. He explained and I was okay with it but I'm not looking forward to trying to grow out layers. Hopefully they're slight just as he had said. I think he cut off of 1-2 in different areas. I wasn't expecting so much off but I guess its all for the best. Unfortunately, according to him, I have hairs that are damaged that he can't get to becasue they're in between regular long strands of hair but he said I could work with what I have. He also mentioned that the trim wasn't a trim but more of a cut but he wasn't charging me for it. I didn't really like the way he said it but I'm not about to argue with anyone who has scissors in their hand! I just said thanks.
He starts to rollerset my hair, and I'm watching closely in case there's anything I've missed as far as my own rollersetting techniques goes. I asked him what are end papers for----and he said--"Exactly what they say they're for--to hold the ends". I went on to explain to him what I meant by my question and he still didn't answer it to my satisfaction so I gave up....(Men don't listen
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I realize this is getting long so to make a long story short..Marvin is not the stlyist for me. If I'm paying $100 to get my hair done, I don't expect to wait 30 minutes while you finish up clients. In fact--I expect to be your only client during that time slot. I'm not sure if I am hypersensitive but I just felt at times that he was talking down to me. Maybe that's the way he is but I don't need to pay $100 to feel less than thrilled when I leave a hair shop--I could pay $40 and feel the same way. I appreciate his scientific way of explaining things but that's about it.
I'm sure he knows a lot about hair but that doesn't make him an expert on my hair. He kept trying to tell me that I needed to take care of my hair by washing, conditioning, and rollersetiing. What makes him think I don't do that? That's all I do....
He makes it seem as though my hair is severely damaged or something. Maybe it is--he can see things that I can't. But if it is--I will attribute it to things---improperly applied relaxers over the years and/or diet. Don't tell me I need to condition my hair dude. At any rate, I can't afford him anyway.
So..thanks for reading my long post. Sorry it was so long. I think my hair is shorter than when I began my challenge but that's okay. I'm not usre about posting pics yet. I'm going to go back on my vitamins to play catch up and see what happens from there.
Marvin walked in, asked me how I was doing and left again. I saw him over by his chair finishing up a customer. I sat there with my scalp based until approximately 2:30 (2:29 if you want to be specific). There was another woman followmg Marvin around. She seemed to be important but she wasn't getting her hair done. He was showing her a book of photos (perhaps his work?). He was tryign to speak to her in between clients.
Anyways, I was about 14 weeks post relaxer so I was waiting to hear what kind of comments he would make. First thing out of his mouth--You need a trim bad.
He said its been a while since I came--where was I? I told him that I didn't have any time or money to come sooner (I'm on vacation and got paid this week). He thought I was holding out until Easter. Anyways, he told me that 2 months is pushing it and then I should come for a touchup every 6 weeks (at $100--no thank you--do I look like Ms. MoneyBags?).
Anyways, I could hear my new growth snapping as he applied the relaxer, I timed him and it took him 10 minutes from start to finish to apply. I remembered to wear contacts today but I was not seated in front of a mirror to see all that he was doing during the touchup. I did notice a fine tooth comb (like a rat tail) in his hand with relaxer and hairs coming out. I was not happy about that but just chalked it up to waiting so long before a touchup.
His assistant rinsed the relaxer out of my hair then applied Moisturefuse to my hair. I'm not sure how long the Moisturefuse was in my hair but I was able to watch him apply relaxer to another client's hair from where I was sitting. Her hair wasn't long at all and it seemed to me that he was slapping relaxer in. It seemed sloppily apllied and it seemed to me that in some areas the relaxer covered most of her short strands.....(Disclaimer: I'm not an expert. This is what it looked like to me and I never imagined that chemicals were to be applied like that). I wondered if he had applied it to my hair in the same manner. I hope not.
The assistant came back and rinsed the Moisturefuse out of my hair, and shampooed it. She applied Joico K-Pak leave in conditioner and a plastic cap and sat me in Marvin's chair.
Marvin comes over to me and with the scissors in his hand asks me if there's anything that I DON'RT wnat him to do to my hair. At first I was like no---but then I was like what do you mean...what do you think I might object to--he said a very thorough trim....I said if I need a trim then do it..
He starts trimming my hair and then said something about "slight layers". I almost freaked out. I asked him why the layers. He explained and I was okay with it but I'm not looking forward to trying to grow out layers. Hopefully they're slight just as he had said. I think he cut off of 1-2 in different areas. I wasn't expecting so much off but I guess its all for the best. Unfortunately, according to him, I have hairs that are damaged that he can't get to becasue they're in between regular long strands of hair but he said I could work with what I have. He also mentioned that the trim wasn't a trim but more of a cut but he wasn't charging me for it. I didn't really like the way he said it but I'm not about to argue with anyone who has scissors in their hand! I just said thanks.
He starts to rollerset my hair, and I'm watching closely in case there's anything I've missed as far as my own rollersetting techniques goes. I asked him what are end papers for----and he said--"Exactly what they say they're for--to hold the ends". I went on to explain to him what I meant by my question and he still didn't answer it to my satisfaction so I gave up....(Men don't listen
I realize this is getting long so to make a long story short..Marvin is not the stlyist for me. If I'm paying $100 to get my hair done, I don't expect to wait 30 minutes while you finish up clients. In fact--I expect to be your only client during that time slot. I'm not sure if I am hypersensitive but I just felt at times that he was talking down to me. Maybe that's the way he is but I don't need to pay $100 to feel less than thrilled when I leave a hair shop--I could pay $40 and feel the same way. I appreciate his scientific way of explaining things but that's about it.
I'm sure he knows a lot about hair but that doesn't make him an expert on my hair. He kept trying to tell me that I needed to take care of my hair by washing, conditioning, and rollersetiing. What makes him think I don't do that? That's all I do....
So..thanks for reading my long post. Sorry it was so long. I think my hair is shorter than when I began my challenge but that's okay. I'm not usre about posting pics yet. I'm going to go back on my vitamins to play catch up and see what happens from there.
