Hey – just to follow up, I went to Anthony at Wak Shak today, and he gave me a pretty cut, but it was completely not what I asked for (and not to mention really not my style). I went in wanting just a really well-done little trim to clean up the ends (which might seem odd, but my wedding is in a couple weeks so wanted it extra nice), I described my likes and dislikes with the shape, etc and we agreed he’d cut less than an inch. I had really long, one-length ringlets-at-the-bottom hair, and he was really inspired to do long layers but I insisted I didn’t want anything drastic, and he convinced me that it’d be really subtle and great and I’d love it, and I very hesitantly agreed, but kept reiterating how slowly it grows, how little I wanted cut, the wedding, etc. Anyway, he chopped off a solid 4–5 inches almost all the way around, leaving only a few strands just an inch-ish shorter than the original length. Sure, a great cut (a trendy/mainstream layered deal mostly just below the shoulders)—but easily 3 years worth of hair growing and taking care of to get those beautiful long ringlets (now all gone).... and I was left sobbing this afternoon. BIG bummer and nothing to undo it but wait three years to get my hair back. So not to be a huge negative complainer or super superficial, and I’ll handle it and whatever, but I was pretty pissed that he was so pushy and flippant when obviously it matters to me at the moment.
On the upside, he gave my partner (also with long hair) a gorgeous cut that was just what he wanted (which was layers), and the other woman I saw seemed pleased with her layers. So, it seems he’s certainly great with layers!