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Re: True story!

silrana
2008-12-16 11:13 pm UTC (link)

Yeah, I've had that conversation, too. Being a lifelong cheapass shopper (my children think of name brands as luxury products) I've had the occassional snarky go-round with hair cutters. I usually shut them down when I tell them that the one time I broke down and tried salon shampoo I had to take a second shower later in the day and scrub it out with dish detergent to get the horrible, horrible slimy feeling off my head.

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	Re: True story! phosfate 2008-12-16 11:23 pm UTC (link)
	Oh hells yeah. "Why does my hair feel like birthday candles?" (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: True story! adevyish 2008-12-17 01:36 am UTC (link)
	I go to $10/cut hair-cut places, which obviously don't have anything to sell me. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: True story! silrana 2008-12-17 02:20 am UTC (link)
	Nowadays I pay about $12 (plua tip - the one thing I am never cheap about anywhere is tips), but around here even the cheap places are stuffed to the rafters with things they want to sell you. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: True story! catmoran 2008-12-17 08:40 pm UTC (link)
	Same price and stock condition where I work -- but at least they're too damn busy to try selling the junk to me. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: True story! ecchaniz0r 2008-12-17 05:09 am UTC (link)
	D: Ohgahd. I hear you. Also! Salon shampoo usually has an ass-tonne of perfume in it, which gives me a horrid itchfest or headache or both. I use Head and Shoulders on account of having scalp akin to ARRAKIS; my stylist has never once dissed it, because she Gets Such Things. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: True story!

silrana
2008-12-17 06:04 am UTC (link)

Even a lot of store brands are just too much. My family uses Suave. It's cheap and it does what I want it to - clean my hair.

I do product testing on and off, and once I did one for an upper crust store brand shampoo and conditioner set. It was the hardest time I have ever had following the rules of a test, because I had to use the conditioner a certain number of times a week. Everyone kept asking me if I was feeling all right because my hair hung in greasy strands even though I was using the bare minimum for the test. I think a couple of coworkers were afraid I had developed mental problems because my hair made it look like I wasn't showering.

I remember on the report I said that the shampoo was not too bad used alone, and the fragrance was pleasant, but that it felt strange to clean my hair then dump lard in it.

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	Re: True story! ecchaniz0r 2008-12-17 01:53 pm UTC (link)
	Gaaaaah. Just - GAAAAHAHHH. That would have made me go completely, flailingly nuts. I dislike heavy feeling stuff on my hair. I am one of those mad hypersensitive people and GAAAHHH. But that is the best comment ever there XD (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: True story! frequentmouse 2008-12-17 09:23 pm UTC (link)
	This. I've been driven to cutting my own hair because the stuff at salons triggers migraine/asthma/sinus symptoms. The last time I broke down and had a pro cut my hair I ended up miserable for a week AND my bangs stuck out in ridiculous directions which are as yet uncorrectable except with hats. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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