Thanks Turbo

I am so excited to get under 200. SOOOO excited! It is such a big deal to me. My plan at 199 was to reward myself with a new drasticly different hairstyle. So i went around to different places this week since i am getting close now, and want to see who can do it for me. I havent really ever gone to a salon before (my mom usually does my hair for me). so i dont know what to expect. How do i choose a stylist? how do i know they are any good? I went into this one place, and it was a posh salon... the girl at the front counter had this freakish color scheme going on. It was horrible... bright red streaks with some orange color and even shades of pink here and there> it wasnt nice :O
She told me, hold on... and went to get the "Color specialist". So out walks this woman with this bleach blonde marilyn monroe styled hair, except her roots were as black as ever and about an inch and a half long and looked ridiculous. That coupled with the fact that she had chin hairs about an inch long. as she spoke, the were waggin all over the place, i coudnt help but stare. Sooo... there's me thinking, ok. If the "color specialists" hair looks like that and she doesnt look very well kept, then... why would i wanna trust her with my hair.

So now i dont know what to do. Can i ask for a portfolio or something? that place quoted me over 400$ to do the hairstyle i wanted. Which included dying the hair, highlights, special color on the highlights, cut, wash etc. I was a little put off by that place.