The Mullet

by Georgie
(England)

Well, it all started when i was going through an 'emo' phase. I decided to have a decent amount of hair off to be adventurous and exciting as all my other haircuts had been roughly the same and boring. I looked in a hair-style magazine and found the perfect one - not too short, layered, not a full fringe and easy to style - great! After about a week of building up my confidence (i had not had short hair since i was about two so i was going to have to be confident!) i decided to go through with it - what could possibly go wrong?

I was sitting in the chair, bracing myself for the change. She said "so we're looking for a shorter look hmm?" i said "yes, like the picture in this." showing her the magazine. She nodded and got to work - commenting on the usual things of 'ooh, your hair is soo thick!' and 'i think this will really suit you!'. She razored my hair (ow) and made it nice and choppy. But then she put in the fringe... a full and nastily thin and razored fringe that was about 4cm long. I wondered what she was doing but decided to trust her - she's the hairdresser after all...

She slowly built it up and asked "Now this model has it quite short on top - is that ok?" to which i answered 'yes' as it wasn't really very short - just choppy. She grabbed the top hair and snipped - i held my breath... as she dried it and straightened it, i was fighting back tears. What on earth had she done? I LOOKED LIKE A MAN!!!

Picture this: fluffy, choppy and sticking up on top with extremely long, thin and razored under hair building up to a full and gappy fringe. Thats right ladies and gentleman - she had given me a mullet. "Um...is it not a little...boyish? i asked in a small voice.

OMG Georgie! I hope your hair has grown back out now. How terrible for you. You poor baby! There are few things worse than 'the mullet'. I can only imagine how you felt. Some hairdressers just don't have a clue! I had my hair very short after the ladies in the beauty school got through experimenting (and ruining) my hair. Its the shortest it's ever been in my adult life and I hated it. Of course I did meet my last husband when I had my hair short. Since things didn't work out well with my marriage, I don't think I'll be trying it again either. lol Stay sweet lady!