HAIR RAISING DECISION
My 16 year old daughter wanted a “different” haircut this time and refused to go to our regular parlour for a haircut. She wanted to go to a “hair stylist” instead of an all-service beauty parlour that we normally go to.
At first I balked at the thought of the big bucks I would have to spend for a 16 year old’s haircut, but then I finally acquiesced as she was soon going to start college.
But getting one’s hair cut or rather “styled” in Bandra can prove to be a problem of plenty.
I can’t comment authoritatively about other parts of Bombay, but Bandra seems to be teeming with hairstylists. Every other lane has a reputed, well-known salon. There are our home-grown brands competing with imported, phoren salons.
As is wont with teenagers, my daughter started calling up her friends for their recommendations. One suggested Juice, and the other swore by Tony & Guy. One friend had had a fabulous haircut at Haleem’s Alim, and the other had loved the styling at Mad O Wot. Then there was this girl who always went Nalini & Yasmin and another who never went anywhere but Frank Provost Salon. One friend had always wanted to try Jean Claude Biguine and the other had adored the hairstyling done at Bottle Green.
I also added to the poor girl’s confusion and gave her a list of my own like Glory, Chi Kaba, Kit N Sam and Freda. She almost tore her hair apart trying to come to a decision.
So if you now see a young, slip of a girl with long, overgrown hair which badly needs a hair stylist’s attention, you know who she is. She is my daughter who faced the multiple-choice question and then decided to omit it as she didn’t know the answer.
Sangeeta Almieda
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