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Post by sistereurope on Dec 13, 2007 10:36:51 GMT -5
My mom and I are thinking of treating ourselves to a visit to a Parisian hair salon. I just want a trim, nothing drastic, and I want to have my hair dried and straigtened. How would I ask for that: just a trim, and a blow dry and straighten?
Also, I was thinking of doing this on NY eve. I know that most places will be either closed or booked...what area do you think we'd have the most luck finding an open salon? (Phread?) Merci encore !
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Post by Anne on Dec 14, 2007 12:10:02 GMT -5
As far as I know, hair salons are very much opened on the 31st because this is an over-busy day for them . Not sure about this year though, since the 31st is a Monday which is normally the closing day for most salons, at least the rather small ones . But I bet that many will be opened to provide their faithful customers with a last minute blow dry or elaborate chignon or whatever . Which brings me to possible problems : booking ahead absolutely necessary, then if the salons are overbusy they may not accept bookings from non-regular customers, and then I know that at least my hairdresser is too busy on the 31st to accept to do any haircut : only hairdressing . Of course, I am talking here about provincial hairdressers, maybe things are different in Paris ? If not, two solutions IMO : either Phread fixes you an appointment with her own hairdresser , or you can also go to some chain hairdressers (rather cheap) which advertise no-appointments care . Not sure about their quality though ... a trim = une coupe a blow dry = un brushing straighten = lisser ?? What I don't understand here is that if you have a blow dry then you don't need to have your hair straighten (with a special dedicated apparel) too ? Help Phread ! I must be wrong somewhere in my translations !
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Post by andi on Dec 14, 2007 13:36:16 GMT -5
Hello girls, speaking as a former hairdresser myself, the blowdry/straighten issue is a big thing these days. You can get your hair dry and styled with the blow dry, then you smooth out and finish with the straightening irons. This gives a fabulous sleek finish and believe it or not, sometimes extra body and lift. Straighteners are not only used for making the hair poker straight, you can now buy them with edges that will put barrel curls into your hair! ;D
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Post by sistereurope on Dec 14, 2007 15:46:48 GMT -5
Thanks for the translation Anne, and thanks Andi for the professional clarification. Yes, I do mean straightening with an iron. My hair is crazy...it curls nicely in the summer (when it's humid) so I can just wash and go, but in the winter I usually blow it dry and straighten it with an iron. It's a lot of work so I wasn't going to bother to bring my iron to Paris, but I thought it would be nice to treat myself and my Mom to a professional style. If I get a cut I'd only get the ends trimmed so I'm not really worried about getting a "bad" cut (as long as they can cut straight!). I didn't really want to have to bother with making an appointment...if we do it I want it to be spontaneous, so yes, Phread, if you have any suggestions of places to look I'd be very appreciative!
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Post by Anne on Dec 15, 2007 3:00:10 GMT -5
OK, then straighten = lisser indeed
As for the trim, you don't want "une coupe" (which is the full thing), say that you just want to "couper les pointes" or "égaliser" .
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Post by phread on Dec 15, 2007 16:09:45 GMT -5
There are tons of walk-in salons in Paris. Beguine on rue du Bac is where I take my girls. You want une coupe (this will include the brushing). When they ask how you want the coupe, you ask for "juste les pointes". For the brushing, they will again ask and you reply "lisse".
Right now it is stylish to have the hair curl a bit at the ends. You can use sign language to show if you'd like there to be a slight curl in or out.
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Post by sistereurope on Dec 16, 2007 11:23:54 GMT -5
Thanks all...! I'll let you know how our salon experience turns out!
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