Would it be rude to ask my hair stylist this question?

How about “since it took us so long to come up with the color equation for my hair, can I get a copy of it just in case you leave, I leave or whatever”?
Think of it this way, when you get a prescription from your eye doctor, they give it you so you can buy your contacts or glasses anywhere.

You can ask – since you’re going to leave her anyway, the worst that happens is that she gets pissed at you, but you’re dumping her anyway.

However, she may not want to tell you, and she doesn’t have to. She could call it a ‘professional secret’ and not tell you a thing.

Well, my hair stylist made a big point of letting me know that he’d given his color formula for me to someone else once when she had to fill in for him on short notice. He made it clear that it was proprietary.

I don’t think it’s like asking for your medical chart to be shared with another doctor. I think it’s like asking a professional chef for a recipe so you can have his dish made somewhere else instead of patronizing his restaurant.

She might be reluctant to give it to you.

I have had two hair stylist who happily game me the information for what they used on my hair, they offered without me asking. One, knew I was visiting from out of town, and when I gushed over the color she wrote it on a card for me. The other knew I moved out of town, and she told me the concoction for in between when I get to see her. I still go back to her about once a year.

Obviously, what’s in common in both situations is not living in the local area.

Different hair stylists could produce their own “color equation” for you that will work just as good, that ability is not exclusive to your hairstylist alone. I say don’t ask, get the new one, it’s free and part of the hair coloring service.

I don’t envy the hoops you women must jump through on life’s obstacle course. The risks of the draft or prostrate cancer are almost attractive compared to the load confronting you.

You would not believe how many stylist assured me they “understood” about hair that pulled red and knew how to stay away from that——put on color and dried it and there it was RED! I wouldn’t think it was “rocket science” but I don’t have piles of money to give stylist who say they know how to get around this then don’t. Then say “we will do better next time..” BULL! Guess I will stay with this stylist…or work up the courage to ask her,

^^I believe it! Don’t you worry. Plenty of us have had bad dye experiences.

@stanleybmanly, when you have to face serious chronic illnesses in family members or oneself, death of friends, and other major personal crises, never mind social and economic chaos around you, it can be very comforting to worry for a little while about something like hair color. Too bad some of us don’t have the head for it.

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