This is my favorite new thing so far.  I had the opportunity to try a new hair stylist at a new (to me) salon.  A few weeks ago, Amanda tweeted that she had a few FREE haircut cards from her stylist to give out.  (cue birds singing)  She was sweet enough to mail me one of the cards and I wasted no time making an appointment.

I was a smidge giddy when Saturday arrived and I left hubby and kids at home and drove to the salon.  Well, I drove all around Vestavia Hills first, then drove to the salon.  (Attention Business Owners:  If you change locations, the first thing you should do is change it on your website.  Just saying.)

The Salon: dL Salon, Vestavia Hills

The Stylist: Lindsie  Lindsie was so nice.  I had no clue how to describe what I wanted my hair to look like, so I ended up just rambling on and on about how I didn’t want boring.  I’d like to think she was intuitive enough to see my inner edgy, rock goddess-ness and ran with it.  Lindsie is also weeks away from giving birth to her first child, which gave us lots to talk about.  She also didn’t try to sell me hair product, which I love.  The downside of that, though, is that I have no clue what she put on my hair that made it look so awesome, so now I don’t know what to go buy.

The experience:  Obviously, I was late, so it did feel kind of hurried.  And Lindsie cut my hair dry, so I did miss the shampooing, which is my favorite part of a salon visit.  (I could let someone else shampoo my hair for DAYS on end.)  She did ask if it needed shampooing, which is didn’t since I’d done it that morning, so I couldn’t very well lie to someone I just met.  Now, whether she did a dry cut because I was late or because I wasn’t a paying customer I can’t say.  But I cannot argue with the fact that it is a GREAT cut.  Great, I tell you.

The Cut:

I really don’t do before and after pics well because I am so unphotogenic, but HH snapped this shot of me and Wog playing with his new clown disguise and you can kind of see the choppy, layery, rock-n-roll goodness that was my hair when she fixed it.  Well, you really can’t see it much at all since it was taken with his phone.  But aren’t we entertaining?

Bottom line:  I had a really good experience even though I was late and not a paying customer.  I got an awesome cut that I can easily style.  After she gets back from maternity leave, Lindsie has a new regular.  Happy hair = happy Brandi!

Big big thanks to Amanda for the freebie!  (Which if you are not reading her blog or following her on Twitter, you should.  She’s hilarious!)  ** SEE AMANDA’S COMMENT BELOW (it’s the first one)– GREAT CHANCE FOR ANY BIRMINGHAM-AREA READERS TO GIVE LINDSIE A TRY FOR FREE, TOO!

Now, what new did you do?

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