What led me to this walk?

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When you search for something, it is good to pay attention to the signs. Let's see:

Latin food.

Cocktails.

Live music.

Dance.

Billard.

This is all nice and good, activities that can bring us fun and try to forget some harsh facts everyone is facing these days. Or just middle troubles, or even completely insignificant worries and needs. Listening to music, or dancing, yes, all this can help a lot.

But all I needed this morning was a hairdresser. A simple and common hairdresser. That's why I ventured myself into that task, to go through my little neighbourhood and try to find some of the magicians that could do wonders to my hair. I don't want to cut it much, although it is now quite long, which is not really practical in summer and the upcoming heat. I just want to shape it a bit and cut off the damaged tips of my hair. My previous hairdresser doesn't work anymore at the place he used to, so I need to find a new one.

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This search needed walking a bit around the small streets near my place. As it is already so warm, I tried to find shade and avoid the sun that was heating so generously from the beginning of the day. Trees, bushes and buildings can provide shade, but the first beauty saloon I saw was on the other side of the street. Let's go there.

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Wonderland!

Is it a place that offers wonders? A land where we enter and wonders are made to our body? Unfortunately, no haircut that I could receive there just different treatments like lifting, body shaping and slimming, HIFU (high-intensity focused ultrasound) cosmetic treatment for skin tightening or similar. I should just continue with my search.

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The next place I found was:

LookZ Beauty

The whole list of offered services made me decided not even to try to ask for a simple haircut. Some of these things I don't even know what they are:

Microblading.

Plasmalift.

Permanent make-up.

Eyebrows - Lips - Eyeliner.

Eyelift.

Hyaluron Fillers.

Volume lips.

Tatoo removal.

OPI nails.

Pedicure.

Massage.

Carbon peeling.

I suppose that beauty is not my forte and all these treatments would not even help me. I am just a walker this Wednesday who needs to find a place where to cut her hair.

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So, you imagine, I continued. Passed by several cafés, veterinary clinics, small groceries, real estate offices, and restaurants... Passed by the golf court, the park, bakery, a few dentists, shops with nice dresses, laundry and cleaning services, pharmacy... Everything that a small neighbourhood needs.

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The park was the best as there was shade and no traffic, people or other distraction. However, that calm and deserted place was not my goal, because I could not find a hairdresser in the park either.
What we can do in this park is play petanque. There are a few petanque courts that people can use them, but there are some rules. They even have schedules when they can play, and the right to use the courts has to be requested. The permission is given by the council officers.
I thought that it is not that well organized and that everyone can use this place to play, but according to the rules I read on the board, it is not how I thought.

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The rules on how to use the petanque courts in the park:

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But as we know from my previous paragraphs, this is not what I was searching for. Maybe I just had to have patience as later I found a bunch of salons where I could cut my hair. In the end, I found four hairdressers, I think one Norwegian, one Dutch, one Italian and one Spanish.
Perfect. But here comes the question of a million: What do all these hair salons have in common?

I can help with the answer... They were all booked and had no free slot for today.

Well, this means that now, after finishing this post I will not be at home probably, as I will go for another walk and continue my searching.

But somehow, I doubt I will come back with a shorter hair... We will see :))

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I can feel your pain already. I have my hairdresser for more than 15 years and don't even want to imagine what would happen if she would retire or move.

Two years ago the salon was closed for two months due to covid, then she fractured her arm and I had no hairdresser for half a year. Terrible doesn't even begin to describe how I felt. The problem is my hairdye contains 5 colors, so I can't do it at home, nor go to the next one.

There are a few things a woman would not change in life and one is the hairdresser 😂

Anyway, I hope you can find a new one that understands your needs 💗

Wow, 5 colours? That sounds complicated. Does it have to be mixed? I am just guessing, as I have to confess, I have never dyed my hair 😂🙈

Lol, a few things a woman should never change and the hairdresser among them :D

During covid and lockdown we were all with rebellious haircuts :D

P.S. I am right now at one that I found... waiting to receive the cut hahaha. They are very slow 🙄 I can even be around here instead of reading some awful magazine I was offered...
Well, I am already scared 🤣 but no escape now from the chair with the hair washed and combed. The scissors will say the last word. 😬

Maybe I had to experiment and cut it by myself at home 😁

My hair is copper red and that is why so many colors, to make a mix. I know, it's not easy :)

I hope you got your haircut and like it 😛 Why were you afraid? 😯

Copper red sounds exciting :))

I was afraid of how it will come out hahaha, first time in that hair salon, and the time I waited made me start to doubt even more :D

But I really liked the final result, maybe I didn't want it to cut that much, but still, it seems as if I didn't even cut it 😆

At least, I am not bald 😜

I know what you mean 🙁

I have wavy hair, which means when dry, it's much shorter than when it's wet. Therefore you have to know how much to cut and there are hairdressers that don't listen to the client as they think they know it all 🥴

But I'm glad you like the outcome and you don't have to go through the torture again for a few months 😄

Wavy hair, oh, then you have to have a good hairdresser who knows your hair and you trust in. Didn't think about this, as my hair is just straight...

We will see how many months :) as after summer maybe I would need a bit of correction, sun and all can damage a bit the hair 😇

P.S. Don't count how many days passed from the comment lol 😂

I am sorry you had to go through all that stress to have your haircut. The ones you found have no free slot. Hopefully you find one soon but looking at the bright side, it was a refreshing walk for you...at least.

It's ok, it was not that big stress, but yes a bit annoying everyone was fully booked hahaha

And yes, you are right, looking from the bright side, as I am already looking to this searching day! I also needed to move around, to go out and take a walk at least here in the neighbourhoods. :)

I'm glad it wasn't a wasted day afterall and I am sure you will find a place soon. Treat us to the one you find and how it goes when you finally get one 😊

Found one but at the moment I am not sure how this will finish 😂

😂😂🤣🤣😂😂 how did it go? Did you go through with it?

Survived :D

I like how it turned out, though the hairdresser had no mercy 😆

Hahahaha. I am glad you loved how it turned out. I hope you will grace us with the finished work 😍

Oh no! All the hairdressers are booked out for a week, and if you want to throw some balls around in the park you need to ask the council for permission. What does that tell us about this - otherwise very beautiful place, according to your photos? There apparently is a high demand for barbers and hardly enough space for playing petanque, that it needs to be so strictly regulated.

Hahaha, what a cool resume of my post. Fully booked hairdressers and not enough strictly regulated space for petanque people 😁
Excellent! I will hire you for making resumes for my posts 😋😎👌
Thanks, @stortebeker for reading this small nonsense of my post!

Thank you! The next step would be doing something about the situation... Maybe invite some hairdressers to fill that gap in the supply? But who knows what kind of regulatory hurdles they'll have to pass before they can open a hair salon, in a place that has such strict petanque rules!
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Yeah, if that rules for even play petanque, imagine for barbers or hairdressers...😂

Maybe I should move off-grid and then, no need for a hairdresser 😂

Or just wear dreadlocks.

That's the solution!

Once, while I was still studying, I made from my whole hair braids. Those really thin ones. It was cool, and I wore it for some time. Never did it again, but now when I mention it...

Hmmm... I was just gonna mention a buzz-cut or a full head shave. But if you did that you couldn't do those braids any more. A-ha, now I'm sure you have even more reason to tie your hair in many little braids! Also, when you finally took your braids out, did all your hair curl up in a big afro? (Two cool hairstyles in one, virtually for free.)

A full head shave? 😂

I would never allow my boys to do it hahaha, how would I do it for myself?

btw, the other day my son came from the school and told us a story. Some boys in his class accepted a challenge. If a friend passes math, five friends have to shave their hair.
The boy in question has passed the subject hahaha, so the next day 5 boys went with no hair to school LOL. 🤣

when you finally took your braids out, did all your hair curl up in a big afro?

Yes, it was a bit of that afro look, and I wanted to have curly hair when I was young. But I didn't enjoy that sight for a long time as after the first hair washing the curly hair disappeared.

Well, the nice thing about hair is that it always grows back. What makes this nice part interesting is that it takes time.

Why don't you allow your boys to shave their heads? By the way, I agree that it looks horrible, especially if you adopt that look and keep shaving it. But doing it once for experimentation... or for a bet (particularly to support studying) it may be not that bad. Can you imagine using this as a motivational device to get your boys to do something they would never do otherwise? (Hahaha, and if they produce that 110% result, even mom would join their bald look! 🤣)

My sister shaved her head when she was a teenager. I'm sure my parents would have been shocked, but that's how she ended a couple of years of dreadlocks, so I bet they were secretly glad about it.

Oh, wow, your sister's reason was cool then. I mean both the dreads and the shaving of her head because of the dreadlocks. Yeah, I bet your parents were secretly happy ;D

Good question, why I wouldn't be very pleased if my boys shave their heads. My husb, once still in the role of a boyfriend had long blond hair 😍 And when it reached the length of shoulders or so, he cut it, to very short 😑 His hair never got back that blond colour.
The same with my son, same long blond hair for years, and once when he cut it, the colour changed to much darker. So enough reasons I don't like it when they cut the hair 😂

But for a bet or a challenge, hmm, you are right, it would be fun 😁

That's too bad after all that searching you couldn't find a free appointment. That second location with all of the strange services sounds like a plastic surgeon or cosmetic surgeon would be the more accurate term I think.

I see many places now that concentrate on these services. Though, there is one (well, maybe even more) special place where cosmetic surgeons can be done. I am not sure, maybe it is cheaper than in Norway, NL, UK or else.

Anyway, for me, all these cosmetic treatments seem so expensive, I took one booklet from one of the places. Look.

Reversive antiaging treatment - 180€
Intensive facial lifting treatment - 110€
Collagen veil treatment - 145€
Cellcosmet treatment with bandage - 150€

I don't even know what these treatments are 😂
But I had fun copying it from the booklet 🤣

Haha yeah they sound pretty wild. I think you would come out a whole different person or one of those cat-like creatures that you see on television. 😼

I imagine, so no thanks, we will skip these things 😂

Shorter hair? WHY!? OH WHYYY?

OH WHYYY?

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Not a lot shorter, no. Just the ends :D
It was last November if I remember well that I cut my hair, also just a little bit. Now it screams to be better shaped, believe me 😇

Hello dear friend @mipiano good afternoon
I am very sorry that your hairdresser has changed places and you have to do a great search to replace him
You live in a very beautiful place, which makes it ideal for a walk
enjoy the afternoon

Thanks @jlufer
I agree that this is a beautiful place. One of the reasons I live here :)
Well, it's ok, I will find something. If not, well it was not the moment to change the look now, maybe later in summer. 😎

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Wow, nice to see this!

Thank @hivebuzz for bringing always some cool news :D

This is so much something you should bother about tho but I hope you get a better one soon

Well, it was ok, not that much stress about it :)
It was a fun day 😅

Wao! I knew you must have had a fun day also. But next time you can take me along side you😊😊😁😆😆

It is what I did in this post :)

Alright then. So you won't enjoy the fun alone😃😃

signs for everything but hair dressers but your walk found a few a pity none that had openings or suited your needs

good luck in finding one

Thanks for joining Wednesday Walk :), I truly enjoy exploring the world virtually each Wednesday seeing walks from all around the globe and feeling I am there and experiencing it all myself, such as I did in your post just now :)

At least the walk was enjoyable :))

Thanks for your wish, I am sure I will find something but maybe not when I need it haha.

well as long as you enjoyed the walk its not to bad

Bad? Not at all :))

Just the opposite, as everything can be fun, even the search for a hairdresser 😎

thats the right attitude to have :)

Indeedy :D

The streets in your neighborhood are very nice @mipiano 😍 the next steps I consider convenient would be to cut her hair and then go have fun, a couple of cocktails while listening to live music and eat some Latin food, I recommend the arepa 😂 just kidding! There are better dishes. Anyway, I hope you find a hairdresser where they cut your hair very well but don't cut it too much 😄

Thanks, @dimascastillo90, it is nice for now until the real summer starts. Then we like to escape from here for a month or more. The nicest is during the winter or spring. When spring started and all the trees became green, I was so amazed by the sight. All that nice green... later it dries up quickly.
Haha, that would be cool, I would gladly go for some cocktail, be sure of that :D

But first, I would have to cut that hair. So far, no luck 😂

I had to search for arepa, I have never tried it and don't know what it is. Now I saw it and it seems delicious, isn't it?

Yeah, just the ends of hair, nothing else 😎

Ok then the fun will have to wait too hehe cheers dear be well 🤗

yes, fun will wait, maybe not that long time :))

thanks 😇 🥂🥂🥂

I need to applaud the surrounding, it is very beautiful and very designed...I was low-key hoping that you find a place that is good to cut your hair.. Changing to a new hair dresser can go good or bad but I am sure one of them would have done a good work..Oops you are still searching but it is fun tho

It is nicely organized, indeed. The whole part of the town didn't exist some 50 years ago, just much later the construction started. Tourism...
No, I didn't find any, so will see if tomorrow I visit the neighbour town and find any :D
If not, well I stay as I am then 😇

Jajaja... De momento yo leyendo las reglas para usar las pistas de la petanca. Te pasas... Jajaja. Y dije: esto es una distracción. Mira que tú eres graciosa, mipiano. Pero además dando opiniones de que según tu parecer, eso no está bien organizado. 🤣😂
Pero reserva antes de ir a la peluquería. Y lo de los tratamientos aquellos, están rarísimos... Hay cosas ahí que jamás he visto.

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Yo tampoco sé que eran todos aquellos tratamientos. Solamente buscaba una peluquería hahaha. Igual como hoy 😅

(Tenía que leer mi post, para acordarme de los detalles 😂)

Oh, and thanks for the nice walk 😊

You are welcome and thank you for walking with me 👣 🙂

The rest of the story you know from the other comment :D

What a fun task to search for a hairdresser in this heat ☀️😎 and all were booked up. Sorry to hear that.
Hope you do find one that can help you cut a little of the hair @mipiano 🤞🏻🤓
Beautiful walk through the neighbourhood. Love shaded areas, now we cross to find the shade. It is just so hot lately. A bit early…
Have fun today and enjoy 😉👋🏻😁

Yeah, it was fun.

Walk done.
Sunbathing done.
Long hair - still on :D

If I don't find any available tomorrow morning, in the other town, well my hair will stay as it is. a little secret - my students have tomorrow and Friday concerts, so the teacher wanted to be pretty too 😂

It is a calm place where I live, at the moment. When the season starts, it will not be any more this calm, but full of people, garbage around the bins and all the joy that comes with it.

Hot - it is, you see... Maybe the summer will be mild... hahaha, what a joke, it will be 10 degrees more than now, or more than that. 😅

Good to hear you did do a lot, just not cutting the hair. 😉

I understand, of course the teacher wanted to get her hair done for such a special occasion 🤩
Hope you will find something. Isn’t their a mobile hairdresser? Here in some areas there is, they are advertising in local news papers or info booklets. Maybe worth looking into. They come to you to do the hair.

Looks like where I am it is always buzzy hahaha with tourists and visitors from other places in Spain.
Yep… the temperature will only be rising 🥵🥵 and it is already rather hot.

We will survive… bring it on sun… we can handle it hahaha 🤣 😂🤣😂🤣😂 I hope.
Have a wonderful evening @mipiano ☀️😊

Special occasion, indeed, but will see if special or not special hair will decorate my head :D

Mobile hairdresser. Hmm, yes, I suppose they can be found around. Maybe they are a bit more expensive if they have to come to your home? I have never checked so I don't really know.

We will survive… bring it on sun… we can handle it hahaha 🤣 😂🤣😂🤣😂 I hope.

Please, please, please, think twice about that wish hahaha. The sun can hide some days and let us breathe 😂
At least during the night.

Oh, you know, the nights in summer... when the temperatures don't go below twenty-something during the night, for about two months are difficult to survive.

I am wondering, how I am still here now? 🤣

As far as I know the mobile hairdressers are less expensive than the salon ones.

I know… it’s already unbearable in the bedroom under the roof. I can’t get the temperature down… during the day it is now 31 degrees, downstairs 27 degrees. Our air conditioner systems are very old and hardly work. Landlord doesn’t want to fix it…

Yes, how do we survive… it is crazy hot 🥵 I won’t say anything… maybe I wish for colder nights everywhere in Spain. 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻😁

Good evening @mipiano 👋🏻😎

As far as I know the mobile hairdressers are less expensive than the salon ones.

Seriously? I didn't know that.

And how bad from your landlord that he doesn't want to fix the air conditioner!! 😤

I don't like to sleep with the air con on, however, during the day it is many times inevitable.

Truly worth looking into it.

Yep… but soon, one day… we move out anyway. Luckily he did agree that we could continue month to month after the contract ends in august. It doesn’t look like our move is soon. More delays, next update is end of July… we are still patient. Hehehe 🤓😉

I know, it is just hot 🥵 we have fans blowing now… maybe we move downstairs where it is cooler in the next week(s) to sleep.

Well, I would definitely move downstairs, if I could. Unfortunately, I live in an apartment, where I can't go downstairs or upstairs 😂
And we are kind of upstairs always as we are on the last floor in the building. I have just the roof above me. Which is not the best option for the summer, but good for the winter. I guess we can't have everything in this life 😂

Good night @littlebee4 👋

It is never fun having to find a new hairdresser to learn to trust.

I have long hair too and I trim the back of it myself. It is all one length except around my face and I learned how from a video on youtube.... or was it Pinterest. I start at the middle of my forehead with a comb and part it across the center of the top and all the way down the back to my neck. Then I pull each half of my hair around to the front and bring it together under my chin, where I put a band to hold it together like a ponytail under my chin... funny sounding... right? Then I can trim across the ends right on the front where I can see it clearly and it will be even when I am done. It has worked pretty well. Sometimes just a slight trim, but sometimes about three inches as the back grows longer than the sides.

I do admit I had a hard time being brave about it the first time, but it ended up working good for me.

I hope you found someone to help you today.

Ow, you learned how to cut your hair by yourself??

I really appreciate your effort to explain this here. It seems complicated, however, I guess when you do it for the first time it is the most difficult. Probably I would get used to it too and every next time is easier.

The little detail why I don't want to experiment right now with this is that tomorrow I have an event and on Friday too. My students have their concerts, so if I show up with some crazy, self-made haircut, maybe the parents would think twice to send their children to piano lessons in the future 😂😂

Thanks for your tips, I indeed appreciate it 🙌

ha ha.... I think it is more simple than my explanation makes it sound, but of course, I would never totally suggest someone do it on my recommendation exactly. You'd definitely want to see the "how to" for yourself and then I also understand when many would never take a pair of scissors to their own hair. I did buy a pair of "hair cutting" scissors to make sure I was using something very sharp.

When my hair was many layers instead of all one length, I would not have attempted to work on it then either.

I do have bangs and I do cut them myself as well. LOL... Of course, I have no big event to attend if it should all go wrong. 😄

Oh yes, the scissors are also important, to be sharp.
And maybe I should experiment indeed once, tough not this time before the student's concerts :D

My grandparents were hairdressers 😇 Maybe I have some talent for haircuts 😊😊