In with the new…1st appointment with Mizz Ethnicita…and the cherry gets popped

What had happened was… I was walking High St with one of my sisters last week, pointing out various spots along the way including my old salon. Lo and behold, just a few doors down, me eyes spy a lady through the window with hair in a similar color range as mine, of ethnic origin (thought it would be rude to ask if she was biracial or not but that’s my guess), and doing hair!!!! We take an immediate detour into the salon and I ask to speak with her. First impression was that she was very energetic and seemed excited about the chance to do my hair. I said I had stylist drama and was looking for one that would be comfortable working with my hair texture. So, we made an appointment for the following week.

Sunday night, she called to confirm our appointment and to talk through a few things regarding what services I was interested in doing. Kudos to her for taking that extra step as opposed to hearing from the receptionist.

Wednesday, I go to the appointment…

(NOTE: they’re having a competition at the salon, so if you decide to give this place a try, say that Affrodite sent you and that you want to be seen by the Artistic Director or someone on her staff. The offer is buy one service and get your next service for free.)

BEFORE PHOTO 1st hair appointment with Mizz Ethnicita

Mizz Ethnicita is very friendly. Salon is clean, girly-artsy-shortnorthy-lezzbutchie-trendy vibe. I wait no more than 5 minutes for her to call me to her chair. Mizz Ethnicita is definitely along the creative ilk, and further chatter between us confirms my suspicion. She asks lots of questions and we work out all of the details (including price) prior to getting started. Her suggestion was to go a little darker in parts to make the highlights pop more. Makes sense. I shared that Mr. Greek said that highlights didn’t show on my hair because it was curly (I like how they say curly instead of nappy). She said that wasn’t true but that the highlights should be more chunky and I needed that contrast. Makes sense. Still feeling good about the appointment. I gave her creative control on on the cut explaining there were areas that I felt I had no shape like in the back (goes straight down), lacking a bit of height/fullness up top and not framing my face like I’d like. She proposed her solution which included cutting my hair curly since I never wear it straight (I absolutely hate it straight now because it reminds me of the hair conforming me that was such a huge chunk of my life).

She worked her upsell angle too by asking if I want my eyebrows waxed. I initially said no, it’s not my thing, not into makeup and girly stuff. She explains/shows she doesn’t wear makeup either and how it would help complete the look. I’m down for a little adventure and decide to go for it. After all, I like the occasional nudge out of my comfort zone.

She gets right down to work. I don’t think she had any existing clients at the time, but by the end, 2 others had come through but she seemed to have her timing down so that no one felt like they were being robbed of their service.

So here I am after all was said and done. I was there about 3 to 4 hrs which seems like a long day, but it didn’t feel that way. I presume down road, it’ll go a little more quickly as we feel each other out and spend less time getting my style and color in the right place. I was happy with the outcome. The darker parts were darker than I’d like/anticipated, but it quickly grew on me. The cut definitely helped with giving me more of a shape to my style.

AFTER PHOTO 1st hair appointment with Mizz Ethnicita

Thoughts?? So far, she’s a two thumbs up. Easy conversation, comfy with my hair, made product suggestions, worked her upsell. More posts to come down the road… including reviews of Aveda products that I bought today.

cut $55, color $120ish (for 3 colors), eyebrow wax $15, total was $181ish (my bad math is from not remembering the exact pricing for the color). Cost was the only thing that was a definite dissatisfier, but I’m willing to pay to get this dern hair thing right and to maintain my city gal stance of being able to walk to my hairdresser. I’m feeling so-so about the eyebrow waxing. Just not my thing but decided to give it a try in the name of trying something new. I still fear my hair growing back like an eyebrow beard, but they all say the same thing about how the hair should grow back finer. I just know that I did not have pubic hair as far down as I do now until I started getting bikini waxes which throws that “scientific” theory completely out… Sorry… gross story… but it was important to share… maybe you can relate…