My First Haircut: Toni & Guy
My appointment was last Thursday at Toni & Guy, a high end English speaking hair salon just off of Avenue Louise and the Sablon. Rich made my appointment with a stylist one of his co-workers recommended. My appointment was at 10am: just enough time for me to drop off Elisabeth at ISB at 8:30am, Kate at BEPS at 9am and enjoy a coffee with Rich before I dropped him off at work.
To my surprise, the hairdresser spoke very limited English. I asked her to keep the length and that I wanted a classic bob. She asked me about "layers" and I said no, holding up my fingers to indicate very little. She proceeded to layer my hair quite extensively. It looks like Jennifer Aniston's on the early seasons of Friends! I take an hour to blow it dry in the morning, one layer at a time. All in all it is a great cut, but it is just quite labor intensive!
http://www.toniandguy.be/
Elisabeth & Kate's First Haircut: Olivier Dachkin
I had promised to take Elisabeth and Kate to have their hair cut on the following Saturday. After my experience, I didn't take them to Toni and Guy. I had an anxiety attack. I thought,
"If I couldn't communicate about my own hair, how could I take Elisabeth and Kate and get the cut that I wanted for them?"
Rich's Solution: French/English dictionary.
I looked up the words "layer" and "straight". I drove the girls to their appointments at 9am on Saturday morning - the first appointments of the day. I pointed out the word "straight" to Monique at the Olivier Dachkin salon in Middlebourg. Monique did a great job for both (to my relief!). I think Rich was pleasantly relieved when I brought the girls home on Saturday morning with their hair trimmed!
http://www.olivierdachkin.com/start.html
Getting haircuts in Brussels was laden with anxiety for me. To help my anxiety, I've started to take a French class so that I can communicate better in French. Let's hope I can get by in Paris next week....at least we won't need haircuts!
