Customers express their wishes at the hairdresser, be it the smart short haircut or the trendy color. A professional would advise against some of them – but he doesn't. Why?
Munich \u2012 As a rule, customers leave the hairdressing salon with happy faces and well-styled hair. No yellow tint in the blonde or a delicate pink tone in the slightly graying top coat. Even if a small discoloration could look good or the customer's short hairstyle might look better – the customer is king. There are some sentences that hairdressers would like to say to their clientele, but never do.
Phrases from hairdressers: Honesty lasts the longest – except in the beauty salon
Will this honesty resonate with customers? Only very few customers would go to a hairdresser who pours them pure wine. Who wants to hear that after the two- to three-hour treatment, you don't look like the 20-year-old model you brought to the template? Women also don't really want to hear about the fact that their own hair is simply too thin for the stylist to conjure up every hairstyle with it.
You probably don't want to know that your own hair is sick with split ends. However, the hairdresser prefers to discreetly conceal the fact that this sometimes entails a more extensive change than "just cutting the tips", because otherwise a visit to the hairdresser is not worthwhile in the first place. And follows the customer's wish not to set the scissors higher than one centimeter. Instead of Tacheles, I prefer small talk, and in some places not even that.
Please just cut it off a bit. The hairdresser can see pretty well that much more would have to be done to make the hair look healthy again. (Symbolic image) © imago
Absolute classic at the hairdresser: When women separate, they often have their hair cut off
If the hairdresser were to express the following thoughts out loud, the customer would only feel exposed: "Just because you go to the hairdresser doesn't mean you don't have to take care of your hair beforehand". Although it would certainly be true from time to time. On the other hand, a bit clearer would be: "You buy a hair wash, but that doesn't mean that you couldn't have washed your hair after the pub visit the night before," but according to wunderweib.de, it should probably go through the heads of many a stylist.
The stylist connoisseurs also do away with old clichés. If a woman is heartbroken, she often has to change her stylish type. Preferably cut off and recolor. But apparently a hairdresser will not necessarily warn the customer about this either. No matter how daring the project is, reports the women's magazine maxima.at. For the simple reason that you don't want to reduce the customer's self-esteem, which is certainly cracked.
And hand on heart: Actually, one is glad about the benevolent secrecy of the hairdressers. After all, well-being is also a matter of the mind. If you still need a topic of conversation, you can let your hairdresser tell you about the colored stripes that are often found in front of saloons.