Comments on: Asian Haircut http://rooymans.webfactional.com/travel/2008/07/17/asian-haircut/ Adventures of a World Traveler... Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:02:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: East Meets West http://rooymans.webfactional.com/travel/2008/07/17/asian-haircut/comment-page-1/#comment-1351 East Meets West Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:22:24 +0000 http://rooymans.webfactional.com/travel/?p=564#comment-1351 I've lived a decade in Paris and I still wait till I return to Singapore for my haircut. $8 (just hair cut) in a salon run in a HDB flat. She knows how to cut Asian hair better than most French hairdressers I've been to, the conversation is more interesting and the scalp massage during the shampoo is great. Don't see why I should pay 40 euros when I can just pay 8 bucks. The men in my family go to this Malay barber in our neighbourhood shopping centre. $10. And the shop's really interesting with vehicle number plates from different parts of the world. Only 2 -3 guys work in the shop and they can trim your nose hair if you want them to. You pay lots of money in posh salons for the location, glassy souless deco and lots of hands doing this and that for you. I’ve lived a decade in Paris and I still wait till I return to Singapore for my haircut. $8 (just hair cut) in a salon run in a HDB flat. She knows how to cut Asian hair better than most French hairdressers I’ve been to, the conversation is more interesting and the scalp massage during the shampoo is great. Don’t see why I should pay 40 euros when I can just pay 8 bucks.

The men in my family go to this Malay barber in our neighbourhood shopping centre. $10. And the shop’s really interesting with vehicle number plates from different parts of the world. Only 2 -3 guys work in the shop and they can trim your nose hair if you want them to.

You pay lots of money in posh salons for the location, glassy souless deco and lots of hands doing this and that for you.

]]> By: ssanyal http://rooymans.webfactional.com/travel/2008/07/17/asian-haircut/comment-page-1/#comment-1301 ssanyal Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:03:24 +0000 http://rooymans.webfactional.com/travel/?p=564#comment-1301 2000$ haircut... hmmm.... I wonder if they could fix my deforestation problem ;-). Back in the days when I needed a hair cut (as opposed to clippers), I'd got to Tony&Guy. Good high street experience. I do enjoy the "barber" experience you get in some posh hotels in India... where they cut your hair.... lather your face with old spice soap.... shave you w/ a straight razor... scalp massage and all that stuff... 2000$ haircut… hmmm…. I wonder if they could fix my deforestation problem ;-) . Back in the days when I needed a hair cut (as opposed to clippers), I’d got to Tony&Guy. Good high street experience. I do enjoy the “barber” experience you get in some posh hotels in India… where they cut your hair…. lather your face with old spice soap…. shave you w/ a straight razor… scalp massage and all that stuff…

]]> By: Joost Rooijmans http://rooymans.webfactional.com/travel/2008/07/17/asian-haircut/comment-page-1/#comment-1300 Joost Rooijmans Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:22:53 +0000 http://rooymans.webfactional.com/travel/?p=564#comment-1300 <a href="#comment-1298" rel="nofollow">@Olivia</a> - True, I have one stylist, one sweeper with a little brush to brush away the hairs in my face, one uber-sweeper for the floor and a washer. Even the payment process involved a troop of people, one to do all calculations, one to take my money, the stylist to shake my hand and give his card and a line of girls to wave me farewell. @Olivia – True, I have one stylist, one sweeper with a little brush to brush away the hairs in my face, one uber-sweeper for the floor and a washer. Even the payment process involved a troop of people, one to do all calculations, one to take my money, the stylist to shake my hand and give his card and a line of girls to wave me farewell.

]]> By: Olivia http://rooymans.webfactional.com/travel/2008/07/17/asian-haircut/comment-page-1/#comment-1298 Olivia Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:11:53 +0000 http://rooymans.webfactional.com/travel/?p=564#comment-1298 I have heard some funny stories too about haircuts..One friend at lunch was telling me about her recent hair cut here on the island...Apparently it is not uncommon to have many people dealing with your hair in the process of getting a cut..I did notice a lot of extra staff standing around at Toni & Guys too...She had a total of 4 people touch her head at various times...1st the Stylist..then someone to run a brush thru her hair and take her to the basin, a 3rd person to wash the hair then a 4th to return her to the basin and comb it out..The 1st-Stylist then returned for the cut and then the 2nd returned to do the blowdry..Interesting..Or pehaps its just the very cheap labour here..A barista at Starbucks makes $5.00 an hour, someone working at Borders makes $6.00 an hour- I can only imagine on this scale that the hair dressers apprentice are on around $2.00 an hour..Scary! I have heard some funny stories too about haircuts..One friend at lunch was telling me about her recent hair cut here on the island…Apparently it is not uncommon to have many people dealing with your hair in the process of getting a cut..I did notice a lot of extra staff standing around at Toni & Guys too…She had a total of 4 people touch her head at various times…1st the Stylist..then someone to run a brush thru her hair and take her to the basin, a 3rd person to wash the hair then a 4th to return her to the basin and comb it out..The 1st-Stylist then returned for the cut and then the 2nd returned to do the blowdry..Interesting..Or pehaps its just the very cheap labour here..A barista at Starbucks makes $5.00 an hour, someone working at Borders makes $6.00 an hour- I can only imagine on this scale that the hair dressers apprentice are on around $2.00 an hour..Scary!

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