The haircut is finished. You are not.
You've checked the baseline.
Then checked it again.
Then turned the chair around, tilted your head slightly, narrowed your eyes and discovered a single hair that has personally offended you.
Your client thinks you're finished.
Your next client thinks you're finished.
The receptionist has been standing at the desk holding your next appointment card for seven minutes.
But you?
You're just going to check one more thing.
And then one more thing after that.
You have been known to blow-dry an entire head of hair, stand back to admire your work, and then pick up the scissors again because something approximately half a millimetre long has been bothering you.
Nobody else can see it.
BUT YOU CAN.
You've rearranged the products on your station so the labels face forward.
You've cleaned your scissors while they're already clean.
You've spent 20 minutes getting a fringe to sit perfectly, only for the client to immediately run their fingers through it.
And somehow, you managed not to scream.
You don't understand how people can say, "That'll do."
What the fuck does that'll do mean?
You're not trying to make everyone's life difficult.
You genuinely care.
You notice the little things because the little things matter to you.
And while your standards can occasionally drive you absolutely insane, they're also the reason people trust you with their hair.
You don't want it to be good enough. You want it to be right.
This mug is for the hairdresser who can spot an uneven section from three metres away, who has a complicated relationship with the word "finished", and who has probably already noticed that the handle on this mug isn't facing the same direction as the others.
11 oz ceramic mug
Height: 3.79″ (9.6 cm)
Diameter: 3.25″ (8.3 cm)
Coloured rim, handle and inside
Original Hairdresser DNA personality design
Made to order
Part of the Hairdresser DNA Collection by Sair Zee.
Because perfection might not exist.
But you're going to have one more fucking look anyway.
The haircut is finished. You are not.
You've checked the baseline.
Then checked it again.
Then turned the chair around, tilted your head slightly, narrowed your eyes and discovered a single hair that has personally offended you.
Your client thinks you're finished.
Your next client thinks you're finished.
The receptionist has been standing at the desk holding your next appointment card for seven minutes.
But you?
You're just going to check one more thing.
And then one more thing after that.
You have been known to blow-dry an entire head of hair, stand back to admire your work, and then pick up the scissors again because something approximately half a millimetre long has been bothering you.
Nobody else can see it.
BUT YOU CAN.
You've rearranged the products on your station so the labels face forward.
You've cleaned your scissors while they're already clean.
You've spent 20 minutes getting a fringe to sit perfectly, only for the client to immediately run their fingers through it.
And somehow, you managed not to scream.
You don't understand how people can say, "That'll do."
What the fuck does that'll do mean?
You're not trying to make everyone's life difficult.
You genuinely care.
You notice the little things because the little things matter to you.
And while your standards can occasionally drive you absolutely insane, they're also the reason people trust you with their hair.
You don't want it to be good enough. You want it to be right.
This mug is for the hairdresser who can spot an uneven section from three metres away, who has a complicated relationship with the word "finished", and who has probably already noticed that the handle on this mug isn't facing the same direction as the others.
11 oz ceramic mug
Height: 3.79″ (9.6 cm)
Diameter: 3.25″ (8.3 cm)
Coloured rim, handle and inside
Original Hairdresser DNA personality design
Made to order
Part of the Hairdresser DNA Collection by Sair Zee.
Because perfection might not exist.
But you're going to have one more fucking look anyway.