My first haircut in LA...

Ok. Getting a haircut may not seem like it qualifies as an adventure.  But I have had my hair cut by the same person for years and finding someone new was going to be terrifying.  I hadn't had a haircut in months, so it was time.  At first I didn't know where to even look.  But I have discovered that yelp.com comes in handy a lot down here.  Those of you unfamiliar, yelp.com is basically a site where people review things in your city.  They have reviews on everything! So I looked at several barber shops and salons and in the end, just ended up picking the Forme Salon because it had good reviews and it was within walking distance to work.

So I arrive for my appointment and I am already intimidated.  The salon is huge and very modern looking.  I am used to a few chairs in a tiny shop.  A friendly lady with a British accent checked me in on a shiny mac computer.  She offered me coffee, tea, cookies, candy...and probably a few other things while I waited on a plush sofa.

Soon, Christina came for me.  I hadn't had my haircut by a woman since I was a little kid, so this was going to be a new experience.  Christina led me to a changing room and instructed me to go in and put on a robe.

Put on a robe?  I walked into the changing room and saw a black robe on a hanger.  I looked around the room for some instructions.  There were none.  Was I supposed to take my clothes off? I knew enough not to take my pants off, but what about my shirt? I decided to take the shirt off, but when I put the robe on, I noticed a significant amount of my chest was showing.  I considered putting my shirt back on, but realized I was taking a really long time and Christina probably thought I was some kind of freak.  So I covered myself as best I could and strolled out.  I glanced around the large salon and noticed the other guys had all kept their shirts on. Great.

But I needn't have worried, because the rest of the experience was great.  I told Christina I was looking to do something a little different, maybe even try some product and she took it from there.  I got a really great shampoo/head message which really relaxed me.  Then came the haircut.  I was waiting for something disastrous to happen, but it never did.  It came out the right length and I was even shown how to apply some product.    This was worlds away from your average barbershop or super cuts, and so was the price, but I think it was worth every penny.

http://www.formesalon.com/ 

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