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| - So, you might think that it's exceptionally brazen for a girl with a pixie cut and pretty mediocre French to go get her hair cut at a Francophone hair school, right? Well, listen, my friend, sometimes a free haircut will make you do crazy things.
You heard me, free. A friend had mentioned Tornade to me, and I signed up for their email promo list. As a thank-you gesture, they sent me a coupon for a COUPE GRATUITE. Hellooo dolly. I figured, at that price I couldn't say no. Worst case scenario, I have to shave my head, or I have to pay $$ for a different cut elsewhere. Nothing to lose but my pride, right? Well, or my cute hair. Whatever.
So, I book my appointment. On the phone, in French. The receptionist is patient with me, and I get a booking for a few weeks out, at "treize heures". I was especially proud of myself, clueless American as I am, for knowing that meant 1pm without having to double check.
I show up, and have a seat in their cramped little "waiting area", which is really just a few seats along the wall. My stylist comes up and I explain that I want the same cut I have, just shorter. I ask if she speaks English, and she explains that she understands it well enough, but doesn't speak it. No problem, that's where I'm at in French, so we've at least got some means of communication.
At every stage of the process, my stylist consulted with her instructor (Julie?). Before doing anything, she had Julie check it out, and often let her take the first steps. While this might have irritated some, for the extra time spent, I greatly appreciated knowing that although a student was doing the dirty work, the instructor had my back. And, Julie was the one who did the tricky parts - shaping sideburns, razor work at the nape of the neck, final overall tweaking of my cowlick.
The whole cut, including shampoo, took just under an hour, which I found totally reasonable compared to the other Montreal haircut I got not long ago. The resulting haircut was totally fab. I probably would be more critical of it if I'd spent $60+ on it, but for $7 or for free, it's amazing. Just what I wanted.
That said, I wouldn't recommend the experience unless you know what you want the end result of your haircut to be, and unless you're good at explaining anything tricky about your hair. In my case, I know the places where my hair poufs out strangely, and I know that you need to trim them just a little thinner than the rest. And the rest was straightforward, pretty much just a solid half-inch off the whole thing from my last cut, and some shaping in the back, 'burns, and bangs.
If I had gone in without a lick of French, and with the vague hopes that the stylist could figure out something nice to do with my hair, I probably would have been disappointed by the results. These are students, after all, and you're reminded of that fact by the way they handle your hair cautiously, the way they hold the scissors, the lack of overall gusto that stylists often have. But, hey, less gusto, more cheap haircuts? Yes please. Sign me up for more.
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