Hair Stylists in Riyadh?

Well yes.. but I think there is quite a difference between what Western women want done to their hair and what Saudi women want done. 

Best to go to a stylist who is familiar with the kind of cut you might want.

I think men don't understand the importance of this!

Oh, I have no problem trying local TAILORS, Salman ... because if you don't like what they've done, you don't have to wear the clothes they have made.

HOWEVER.. when it comes to hair ?!?  Have you ever tried walking around for weeks (months) waiting for a bad haircut to grow in??

Okay.. here's a funny story, a bit off the track but it's my thread so I think I'm entitled.  One time in the States, I was at one of the many nail salons staffed by Vietnamese women and when she finished my manicure, the girl asked me if I wanted my rather full eyebrows waxed.

Well, classic scenario of mis-communication.  I agreed, assuming (yes, the 'ass' word!) she'd realize I liked them fuller and just wanted a bit of a clean up.

However she, the one with pencil-thin brows, had different ideas!

So I leaned back in the chair, eyes closed, and felt the warm wax being applied.  Then RIPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPp!  And she gleefully shows me the cloth .. which looks as though there is a big catepillar flattened on in.  In horror I realize that the big flattened catepillar is MY EYEBROW!

Well, at this point it was too late to stop.  When she finished and I looked in the mirror, I was horrified.  My brows were pencil lines and I resembled Bette Davis!

Well the girl was all smiling and proud of the 'good' job she had done and I managed to muster up a smile and thank her.

Now.. fast forward a week or two.  The brow hairs are beginning to sprout here and there and I am looking very unkept but I can't  pluck them because I want to get my eyebrows back again!  So, I go out and buy eyebrow 'filler' and carefully brush it on, thinking it will hide the wayward hairs.  I step  back to admire my handiwork.. and NOW I resemble Joan Crawford!

So .. in the space of just a few weeks, I have become the two characters in 'Whatever Happened to Baby Jane' !!!!!!!!!

What to do, what to do??  The outcome was that I just bit the bullet, tolerated the sprouting hairs, and eventually (a couple months!!) was back to normal.  But obviously it was a lesson I have never forgotten!

Last edited by Alliecat (2009-10-16 10:03:52)

Hey Salman,

How bout you let me give that beard of yours a little trim?  (wahhhhhhhhhhh.. there is no devil graphic on this site!)

You aren't familiar with the little laughing devil face in yahoo??  It's the perfect emoticon at times

EXACTLY, Dodee!

See, Salman?  Dodee understands!

Basically I just want a good trim but I need somebody with up-to-date skills; for instance, a hair stylist who knows how to 'texturize' when cutting.

I take a haircut once a month at the local barber sa,loon close to my place on exit 7. he uses a No 4 blade on the machine and runs it all over my head and in just 3 minutes my head looks like a nicely trimmed tennis ball similar to the US marines. makes me happy the whole month through.

no drying worries
no combing or brushing headaches
no bad hair days during snadstorms
...and it feels so good when i hit my cool pillow at nite

Why cant the ladies be cool n simple like us men?

ROFL ..

yes yes .. of course.. that's what we all say, isn't it?

HAIR UPDATE:  Okay, I went to the hair stylist last night, she was only a little bit backed up, and did a superior job cutting my hair (I actually went with a new look as opposed to just a trim and am very pleased with what she did).

Plus, an unexpected bonus:  the girl who does the wash gives a 15 minute scalp massage!  I could have fallen asleep it was so incredibly relaxing!

btw.. where have you been ?!?

Saudi adventure? *perk*  What's the plan?

Well, peeps, Salman seems convinced that mixed company is okay (and he's the one who'll get the 300 lashes, anyway hehe) so I am game but there's got to be other females so it appears to be a group of colleagues.

And, I vote for the Steak House (do they have prime rib?!).

oops... it might be good to get this OUT of my 'hairstylist' thread and into your meetup thread, Salman!

Last edited by Alliecat (2009-11-01 05:03:16)

Time's a wastin' !

Is this a go?  Or is it a 'no' ?

noooooooooooooo.. I want a big fat steak!

Salman,

Get this into your 'expat club' thread!!  We need to attract more people!  Where's the those who were saying they were so gung-ho to meet?  We need another female or two!

LOL!

Musicman will be accused of murder if he keeps making me laugh like that


ok ok, I'll put something in that thread as well.

Hey u all....i just joined few min ago, so not sure how to use this page yet....anyway, i might relocate to jeddah as a hairstylist. I been in Dubai last 8yrs working as a freelancer and just got offer few days ago. i am meeting the spa peeps tomorrow, so will have more detail....as for now, i would like to find out bout me as a single woman moving there.....not so sure how it would be.....