Hairstyles

 
August 30 2007

Shampoo Chair Confessions

by Ashley Laurier

 

The shampoo chair elicits many confessions. Sometimes on topics as innocent as the latest gardening tips, sometimes on who the shampoo–ee is having an illicit fling with. The hairdresser nods and gives neutral, professional comments. What is it about that chair, that causes lips to part with such innermost feelings? Is it the intimacy of the hands in the hair, the “doctor–patient“ relationship, the knowledge that hairdressers see their clients in a most vulnerable, sensitive way––in need of maintenance or tender loving care?

Let‘s listen in on some voices, historical and contemporary, on the subject of hair and hairdressers, for in them we just may hear echoes of our own:

I don‘t make women beautiful, I show them they already are.––Jose Eber, celebrity hairstylist.

I think that the most important thing a woman can have–next to talent, of course–is her hairdresser.––Joan Crawford, actress.

The hair is the richest ornament of women.––Martin Luther.

Come on now, be honest! Which one of you wouldn‘t rather listen to his hairdresser than Hercules?––Mozart in Amadeus.

Hair brings one‘s self–image into focus; it is vanity‘s proving ground. Hair is terribly personal, a tangle of mysterious prejudices.––Shana Alexander.

Not only is it okay to be a hairdresser, it is actually kind of cool – even for blokes.––Unknown

Life is an endless struggle full of frustrations and challenges, but eventually you find a hair stylist you like.––Unknown.

I asked my hairdresser what would look good on me. She says a Los Angeles Rams football helmet.––Phyllis Diller, comedienne.

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.––Kahlil Gibran.

Raquel has never forgiven me for preferring her hairdresser to her.––Oliver Reed, actor, referring to actress Raquel Welch.

Hair style is the final tip–off whether or not a woman really knows herself.––Hubert de Givenchy, Vogue, July 1985.

You know how doctors take the Hippocratic oath: “First of all, to do no harm.“ But have you heard of the Hairdresser‘s oath? “First of all, to harm no ‘do‘.“––Andy Hartzell.

Women.... Who made ‘em? God must have been a… genius. Their hair. They say that the hair is everything, you know? Have you ever buried your nose in a mountain of curls, and just wanted to go to sleep forever?––Bo Goldman, “The Start of an Education,“ made popular by the movie Scent of a Woman.

I was going to become a Hairdresser, but my Mother told me it was a dyeing trade.––Robert Paul, British computer scientist, humorist.

When red headed people are above a certain social grade their hair is auburn.––Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur‘s Court

Have you seen his hair? His hairdresser should use an alias.––David Letterman on Gary Condit‘s hair during the Chandra Levy scandal.

Hair is vitally personal to children. They weep vigorously when it is cut for the first time; no matter how it grows, bushy, straight or curly, they feel they are being shorn of a part of their personality.––Charles Chaplin, My Autobiography, 1964.

Girls are always getting mad at each other and they tell their hairdresser to purposely mess up another girl‘s hair.–– Tasha, supermodel.

I feel old when I see mousse in my opponent‘s hair.––Andre Agassi.

The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.––Vidal Sassoon

I know that I‘ve got big ears and a big forehead and that my hair sticks up. But I‘m happy with myself. I‘m not necessarily trying to win a beauty pageant here.––Clay Aiken.

For three days after death, hair and fingernails continue to grow but phone calls taper off.––Johnny Carson.

I‘m undaunted in my quest to amuse myself by constantly changing my hair.––Hilary Rodham Clinton.

Gray hair is God‘s graffiti.––Bill Cosby.

Growing up, I was the plain one. I had no style. I was the tough kid with the comb in the back pocket and the feathered hair.––Cameron Diaz.

My real hair color is kind of a dark blonde. Now I just have mood hair.––Julia Roberts.

If they ever do my life story, whoever plays me needs lots of hair color and high heels.––Charlize Theron.

If there‘s another Tammy Wynette left in America, she‘s performing tonight –– curling somebody‘s hair in a whistle–stop gossip salon, while the LeAnn Rimeses trail tinsel stars through the stratosphere above her.––Gavin McNett, Salon.com

I‘m not offended by all the dumb–blonde jokes because I know that I‘m not dumb. I also know I‘m not blonde.––Dolly Parton.

The feminist movement of the ‘90‘s is going off in more directions than Don King‘s hair in an electrical storm.––Dennis Miller.

Beware of her fair hair, for she excels All women in the magic of her locks; And when she winds them round a young man‘s neck, She will not ever set him free again.––Goethe.

At least now, in this wind, people are gonna realize I have my own hair––Donald Trump.

I expect this year to be a feast of glamour.––Celebrity stylist Enzo Angileri to “Toronto Sun“ – about 2004 Hair – February 27, 2004.

But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.––King James Bible, Matthew 10:30.

Babies haven‘t any hair; old men‘s heads are just as bare; Between the cradle and the grave lies a haircut and a shave.––Samuel Hoffrenstein.

This year on the red carpet, big, bold and beautiful hair is back, reminiscent of the ‘20s and ‘30s. Waves and finger curls that have been revamped & updated, combining rock & roll and retro in a feminine soft way.––Hollywood hairstylist Frederic Fekkai.
“Toronto Sun“ – February 27, 2004.

People get real comfortable with their features. Nobody gets comfortable with their hair. Hair trauma. It‘s the universal thing.––Jamie Lee Curtis.

I WANTED to do my hair like that. Sometimes people just don‘t get things until months later.––Jennifer Lopez, on her curly hair at the Oscars.

I‘ve been trying to grow it, but someone came up to me and asked if I was Enya. I was so shocked, I shaved all my hair off.––Sinead O‘Connor.

My hair is so unmanageable.––Justin Timberlake.

I‘m not bald… I‘m just taller than my hair.––Clive Anderson.

I can‘t towel–dry my hair, because it‘ll tangle. So I put a towel on the bed and smack my head on the bed, like, ten times, so all the water will drain out.––Alanis Morissette.

Too bad all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxi cabs and cutting hair.––George Burns.