Affairs of the Hair: Betrayal, Scissors and Guilt

Oh you know how it is. You've been with them for years. Things are getting stale and it's all a just bit boring. You're stuck in a rut and you feel taken for granted - you never do anything new together anymore. Plus the conversation's gone. All you ever chat about is where you're going on your holidays. You need a change, so you start looking around for a newer, sexier option.

Yep, we've all gotten sick of our long-term hairdresser at some point or another, there's no doubt about it.

Aphrodite's written about the upset she felt when her stylist left her, but there's no denying it's a guilt-filled experience no matter who does the breakin' up. That's why I recommend a hair affair. Chatting to a mate the other week, she moaned that she wasn't loving the job her regular guy had been doing recently, and wanted a change. She wanted to leave him, but wasn't sure if there was a better prospect out there for her.

It's a common refrain, and it's easy to get complacent and settle for second best, but, y'know, lets not throw the baby out with the bathwater here.

I recommend a few sneaky extra curricular trips elsewhere before you make up your mind.

Go and have a blow-dry or an upstyle, get the feel of the salon you'd like to change to. Chat to staff and see if their ethos is a fit for yours. Then go and break up with your stylist.

Or, you might find, as many do who embark on affairs of the hair (or heart) that the grass really was greener with your old reliable.