Don’t put salad dressing on your hair!

In my early 20’s , I used to put Henna on my hair to strengthen it and warm up my coloring. Now seeing that I’m starting to have grey hairs, I thought it would be a good idea to revert to that habit. However, my delicate and capricious Parisian plumbing would never survive the gloopy, grainy and botanical consistency of Henna.

I decided to go to a hairdresser in my neighborhood who happens to be Lebanese, thinking they might be used to working with more traditional products. Of course, I was wrong. I enter the shop and find two young gentleman of the «cool » variety, dressed in stylish sweatpants, one had a Batman tattoo on his neck, the other had his eyebrows shaved off.

-Henna ?

- Yes Henna, I’ll mix it myself, you just have to put it on and rinse it off.

-How will you make this Henna?

-You mix it with vinegar, water and olive oil, some people add other things, you leave it over night for the color to develop and then apply it.

The cool gentlemen look at me in silent shock and then said:

- Madame, I work with Schwarzkopf, I work with l’oréal, I work with Kerastase and you want me to put vinegar, oil and leaves on your head ? You know in Lebanon my neighbor played with Henna because she listened to her aunt and all her hair fell off.

- I’ve done it before, I assure you it’s fine.

Seeing me getting annoyed, the cool gentlemen reverted to the renowned Lebanese courteous customer service.

-Look Madame, come back tomorrow when the owner of the store comes, he can do whatever it is you want. As for me, I have a store in the 8ème arrondissement, I’ll give you a great haircut and an unbeatable price and I won’t even touch the length (a major selling point for me which the cool gentleman brilliantly guessed). However, I won’t put salad dressing on your hair, not when I have such great products. I have Kerastase I tell you! Do you know how expensive Kerastase is in Lebanon ?