"Couleur Locale"

   Here the girls seem to have a hairdresser at home as they change style as often as I change ... dress ☺

   As my hair was growing, it was either cut them or try to blend in and get the local hair style. There it is in 2 hours tops, I changed head.... and got a lifting along the way what with the tension from the plats. Not sore I have to reassure, but quite tight and a surprising sensation too ! I also find it hard to slide the branches of my sunglasses in too lol ! ...  Not to mention how to rest of the head on the sofa or the bed. Finally, I like it very much and slept fine so it’s a big thumbs up !

   

   This may go quickly, but it’s all an art seeing as:

- Our hair don’t all have the same texture yet the hair dressers can finish a plat without needing an elastic, without anything, just by stopping to braid.

- My hair was too short so she had to add some extensions at the beginning of the plats.

- The nuances of colour need to be reproduced accurately, and well done, it was a success.

   In the 12m x 2m salon… there were 6 people, 3 of whom were doing… well nothing really! Ah wait, one of them was taking photos of the progress. The owner was supervising her (real) daughter who was platting and the 3^rd person was preparing the fine locks to add on. The hairdresser started from the back to give herself an idea of the length (top left)… “but I said short” “yes, no problem, we’ll cut it again later”. Then she does the top of the head, each time with an add-on (big photo) then, more add-ons during the platting. Once the head was finished, she put some stoppers at the end (made of fake hair… at least not my hair – bottom left), heated some water in which to soak the “stoppered” ends (bottom middle – soaking and towel-drying) which gave ringlets at the extremities. To finish, the owner made the lengths into chignons and … sowed the rest to make it hold.

   “So you didn’t cut” “No but you didn’t want them long so I just raised them” Ah yes, I hadn’t envisaged it from that angle! Well, I was still felt as if they were playing doll☺.

  And the result? Very different, surprising, but I like it. I’ll keep it like this then as they do, I’ll let it evolve as the days or weeks go by. The owner said that it holds 1 month and that I would be able to go for a swim without a problem. For the shampoo, you need to be delicate; I think that I’ll put it on a new sponge and dab it, then the heat will do the drying work.