I've noticed that when I walk out of the salon, unless I've specifically asked for "no style, just cut and dry" I end up with a style that looks very similar to the style that the stylist wears. I guess they do their own hair every day, they just do that to mine out of habit.
Which is why I have gotten to the point that I specifically ask for no mousse, no curling iron, very little drying. Just trim it. I've even told my current stylist, "Don't bother with a style. I'll just go home and wash it out."

I have yet to leave my stylist’s salon with a style that makes me cringe in fear. Seriously, if I wanted to look like every other A&F fag on the street, I would seek out a chi-chi salon and ask for the ducktail flip on the front. Thank God for my stylist and her hatred for A&F.

HA! This is a universal salon styling rule. For me, I always walk out of the salon with an overly dramatic, ultra-styled 'do.' I call it my "90210" hair -- a la the cast of Beverly Hills 90210's talent-starved vixens. It's that overly-sassified style and it just isn't "me." And every time I come home from the salon, Shawn says, "God, why does she DOOOOO that to you???" Hehe.

I'm telling you -- come to NJ and have my friend Kathy do your hair. She's got two lesbian sisters!!! In the 3 years she's been doing my hair, she's only once made it too foofy, and then she was able to correct it. (Really!!) She's a freaking goddess. If you give her free reign, she'll go foofy on ya, but she has this amazing ability to channel that part of you that is envisioning how you want your hair.

I feel for you. Because I have very thick full hair, they have this NEED to play with it. ooh let's make it big. Since when does having body mean I want to look like I'm ready for the country circuit.

Tess Tess Tess. You have to move out of Foofland if you want to avoid foofiness. My fabulous stylist here in a Real City wouldn't dream of letting someone leave his salon looking like a poodle.

Jodi, I think you should fly me out to NY in your personal jet and have your stylist cut my hair, for the first time ever, exactly as I have requested it. Please????

And the rest of you girls (Zuly excluded)... it's nice to know I'm not alone. Zuly, you're a lucky girl.

The fun was not in the mastering for the hairdresser maybe?

Dammit...you made me wet my pants.

This is precisely the reason I will not pay to have my haircut! And precisely the reason I make Holley do it. She ab-so-freakin-lutely hates cutting my hair, so I'm guaranteed to get my favorite "two minute haircut".
No wash, No dry, No talk...just "That's it dammit!" :)

Girl! We gots to finds you a proper poofter to bang your hair. Come to Boston and I'll take you to one of the fabulous boys on Newbury Street.

Personally, I go to Vinnie the barber and just get a boy's regular when I'm not shaving my head.

Actually, I'd LOVE to have a gay guy cut my hair, and there's a really talented one at the same salon but that's the problem... he's at the same salon and I don't want to hurt my hairdresser's feelings by going to him. Why am I so NICE all the time??? ;)

Hey Tess, I'm back reading blogs again. It's been a while.

I think we need a cool TV News-style graphic, demonstrating the Three Lesbian Haircuts.

One of the coffee houses I stop at whilst walking the dogs, is run by these two women, one of whom sports a classic lesbian haircut, the other of whom sports what can best be described as "Vanilla Ice's haircut". Both are more butch than me.

Is the Vanilla Ice cut one of the Holy Trinity of Sapphic Hairdo's? I hope not for all your sakes.

Incidentally, these ladies make damn fine coffee drinks, have a 2-for-1 happy hour every day, and have the BIGGEST free dog biscuits I've encountered in any coffee house so far!

Sigh. You are all making it too complicated.

It is a known fact that lesbians can only get away with a mullet. Hell, even the Bush Administration has a "Save our Lesbian Hairstyles" Day planned.

Now I've never read it, but there is The History of Lesbian Hair by Mary Dugger. I bet is says femullets are the only legit hairstyle and must be saved from extinction by foo-foo ness.

I quote... from the official classification of mullets..." there are many varieties of the femullet--and contrary to popular belief, not all femullets are dykemullets, but all dykemullets are definitely femullets."

Stick with the classics. Nary a chance of "foo foo" or "poofy" ever being associated with the mullett.

:-)

The only thing big about me is my hair (okay, and my ass), so I'm a hairsylist's dream! But I've asked for the simple "wash and cut, no style" for years now, and haven't had to deal with the pounds of mouse and super-foofy teasing that used to happen every single time. I've gotta find a picture...you'll laugh :]

>>I'm telling you -- come to NJ and have my friend Kathy do your hair. She's got two lesbian sisters!!! In the 3 years she's been doing my hair, she's only once made it too foofy, and then she was able to correct it. (Really!!) She's a freaking goddess. If you give her free reign, she'll go foofy on ya, but she has this amazing ability to channel that part of you that is envisioning how you want your hair.

sorry to *Zuly* i didnt mean to copy your post over like it appears here. I screwed up. i didnt mean for it to look like i wrote it or nething like that.i'm just a spazoid thats all :p What i did mean to do was ask where in NJ this salon is and whats the name of it ? if its reasonable from MontClaire, NJ i'd really like to check it out !
I've been trying to find someplace where i can feel confident enough to put my trust in them that i am in good hands. I wanna get my long brown hair cut kinda like ooh whats her name, the actor in the movie *your friends and neighbors* the womyn who in the movie is married to ben stiller's character and leaves him for the art gallery chick. Dont remember her name but shes got short dark hair. well NEway,somehitng like that i think portrays my vision . so if you could let me know the name of the place and adress i'd appreciate it bundels !

I agree with Zuly. Come to Jersey. After being here 7 yrs, I FINALLY found the "perfect" hairdresser. She is gay. Mind you, I have thick, but beautiful hair. Okay, it used to be long, but now it is very short (also completely buzzed) and spiked. Oh and purple. She is the only one who has repeatedly cur mine and my kids hair to same way (the way we want it) when we go.