wedding hair trial

poppet1

Getting married in June so had my first hair trial last week and it was not an enjoyable experience. My main problem was that I was going for dinner that night (for my birthday) and I wanted to make use of the trial (I was paying 50€) as well as see how it lasted for an evening. The stylist told me this was a terrible idea and that people don't usually wear their hair out on a trial since the hair has been pushed and pulled and can't be expected to stay up. She left me leave the salon with hair that you couldn't go anywhere with (the sponge donut was fully on display). My sister on seeing my hair marched me back down there to have it fixed. The stylist says 'well I told you you shouldn't go out on a trial, what do you want me to do'. On my instruction she took out the donut and pinned it up and actually it looked fine. So after that long rant, my question is this; is it unreasonable to expect to be able to wear your hair trial out for an evening? Is this not commonly done? Am I being unreasonable?

Misticles

poppet1 wrote: »

Getting married in June so had my first hair trial last week and it was not an enjoyable experience. My main problem was that I was going for dinner that night (for my birthday) and I wanted to make use of the trial (I was paying 50€) as well as see how it lasted for an evening. The stylist told me this was a terrible idea and that people don't usually wear their hair out on a trial since the hair has been pushed and pulled and can't be expected to stay up. She left me leave the salon with hair that you couldn't go anywhere with (the sponge donut was fully on display). My sister on seeing my hair marched me back down there to have it fixed. The stylist says 'well I told you you shouldn't go out on a trial, what do you want me to do'. On my instruction she took out the donut and pinned it up and actually it looked fine. So after that long rant, my question is this; is it unreasonable to expect to be able to wear your hair trial out for an evening? Is this not commonly done? Am I being unreasonable?

I don't think you are being unreasonable at all.

That style will have to last you all day and into the night - what difference is going out to dinner going to make it? If you were going to jumping out of a plane then I could see why it would be such a terrible idea but going for dinner no. Bad styling if you could see the sponge part, the hole point is to not see them or does she not know that.

She seems like she has an attitude problem also. I would look into another stylist if its possible.

kandr10

That's crazy! I could understand her saying it might not last as long if she had tried a few different things like curling then straightening. I know for my own trial the girl wasnt as careful or as neat as for the day itself but I wasnt going anywhere and didnt pay as much for the trial. Im pretty sure if you explained you wanted it for a night out most hairdressers would at least make you look presentable even if it didnt look exactly as youd expect for the day. If I were you id go elsewhere. Couldnt be putting up with the attitude!

MIRMIR82

Hi Poppet,

Im getting married myself next saturday :eek: and had a couple of hair trials. The first i got done my hairdresser told me is rough-enough and would be much better on the day- as it worked out i didnt like the style anyway. The second time i loved it - she also said it would be much better on the day. Anyway both times i got it done i could have wore it out that night - it looked very good!! She also didnt charge me for the trials - people dont tend to wear the trial-hair anywhere after so nobody will see it. So this could be why she said and done what she did - 50euro sounds very steep - for just a trial. I'd be looking else-where if i were you.
Enjoy the next few weeks they'll fly!!:)

Sunny Dayz

I think with most hair trials, it is just to give you an idea what the style looks like on the day, if it suits you, the dress etc. Emphasis on the word Trial. I haven't heard of many people being charged for them either, the cost would be factored into the overall price.

I know with mine it was a rough put-together to see if it would suit, we tried out a few difference styles and variations, plenty of clipping uncliping, talking photos. At the end I had to take it down and put in a bun as I was going home to my future husband after it!

However, if she knew you were going out after it, I would imagine she would have done a much better job, it was her skills you were going to be showcasing, obviously people would have asked you were did you get your hair done etc.. Also the fact that you had to pay for it, it costs about that to get a normal upstyle done anyways! I have heard of one or two people using their hair trial for going out on their hen night.

Toto Wolfcastle

My hairdresser didn't just give me a rough idea of what it would look like on the day at my trial. She put a good bit of effort into it and encouraged me to go out to see how well it would last.

I'd be finding a different hairdresser if I were you. Her attitude doesn't seem great.

John Mason

go find another hairdressers.

i got my trial done on a night that i was going out that night and wanted to see if it would last all night.

which it did. your hairdresser sounds really unprofessional

princess-lala

Ive never done a wedding trial that wouldn't last! You need to see what way the hair will last.

If you roughly do the upstyle knowing someone is going home to do nothing thats fine but it still needs to be "done" looking!

As for charging €50 - personally I charge half price if they aren't a client and if they book in for the day Id take that off the amount on the day! There are alot of people who go to loads of different salons for trials so you can't do them all for free.

Gatica

I got a trial for 35 and was really delighted with the result. The only downside is that I liked what she styled for me, so we didn't do several attempts, I just explained the small changes I wanted to the style I had.
She even asked if I'd be going after with it, as she said it would be a shame to waste having the hair done up. So I did! Went out for cocktails and left the hair up til the following day and apart from a few loose strands it still looked fantastic the next morning!

Your hairdresser may have thought you might not want others to see your bridal hairdo pre-wedding, but if she knew you'd be heading out that evening it was so incredibly unprofessional to leave it in a state with a sponge sticking out! Definitely get a different hairdresser. They usually take pride in their work and would not let someone out of their salon looking like a mop. Do not book her! Your sister was right to try to get her to sort out your hair.
Just think how stressed you'd be on the morning of your wedding with such a woman giving you attitude - "well what do you expect" or "I told you so"... Not worth it!

poppet1

Thanks for the replies. It's hard to know if what you're being told is normal since you've never done it before. I had been warned that I would have to pay but it does seem crazy to me to pay so much for a trial and not even be able to wear it. I understand that salons need to charge something or they would spend all their time trying out hairstyles and not getting paid but I don't usually spend that much on my hair so I was certainly going to get something out of it. I'm not really bothered about people seeing my hair before the day. I can't keep a secret anyway so I'll be lucky if I haven't shown the registrar, the chef and everyone else not to mention my husband to be I have booked another trial with another salon and will cancel the first appointment right now. But I hate confrontation so I've been putting it off. .. Must be brave..

Gatica

if it's a salon then you're not necessarily gonna be talking to the same girl that did you hair. If you're a bit worried bout talking to her, could you get your sister to call? She'd just need to say, so and so would like to cancel the booking or she could pretend to be you... She sounds quite brave, as she made you go back to get your hair fixed in the first place, so she may not mind doing that for you.