Hi Jayem,jayem wrote:Marg, I noticed on the last DVD that Rob had his hair cut but a fellow traveller but what do you do about yours? BTW, your hair always looks well maintained! It is not so easy for women to get a reasonable hair cut first time round with a hairdresser so I have been intrigued by what you and other travellers do when away from your own hairdresser for extended periods of time.
It can be difficult! The main problem I have is that I usually have colour streaks added via foils, and even if there's a hairdresser in the caravan park, like Yvonne who cut Rob's hair, they mostly don't do colour.
So I usually ask around. The tip I got from a hairdresser was this: "Ask someone local who has a good haircut or who has it in a style that you like: where do THEY get their hair cut?" (I found out the hard way not to ask someone with long hair who they recommend.)
Still, I haven't always found someone who's good with scissors, and when you have hair as short as mine it needs cutting every 6-8 weeks. And when you're going around Australia for a year, that's a lot of haircuts!
My hairdresser back home took a photo of the last haircut/colour I had before I left home, with my digital camera, and said to give that to a hairdresser and say 'this is the style and colour I want'. Of course, I never got around to having the photo printed: it's still on my computer!
I do Rob's hair every so often with a home haircut thingy... No. 2 all over; that's easy! (Occasionally he'll go to a barber because he says it's safer. Humph.)
Someone I met on the road said she found one of those haircut things (what DO you call them?) that had a special attachment that allowed a somewhat longer cut, and her husband uses it to cut her hair, because she likes it fairly short (and it suits her). Can't remember the brand, but I'll ask her if you're interested.
Cheers
Marg