Shower?

As you may know, we moved the salon a few weeks ago, and with that, got some new toys to play with.

One of these "toys" are new shampoo bowls. Now, this might not sound like much, but let me tell you about these shampoo bowls. You get to lay down in them. And relax. Maybe even nap. These shampoo bowls will blow your mind... get it?

The new shampoo bowls are also the kind where WE get to stand behind the client, not next to them. Now, I know it doesn't sound like much, but we as hairstylists are highly trained shampoo ninjas, knowing how to tilt and lift your head just so, so that it keeps the water on your hair, and not on your neighbor. These new shampoo bowls made me slightly nervous the first few days, because my entire body angle was now different, and I had to hold the nozzle in a new way, the client's head in a new way, all the while trying to not hose anybody down. As the days passed it got easier and easier, and by day four, that shampoo bowl was once again my bitch. I should have known it was only a matter of time.

I like to think that I'm a pretty focused individual when I'm doing my job. I keep time in my head, know who is getting shampooed at what time, and what's going on their head. When toning someone, I never lose myself in the conversation, and know exactly what's going on at all times. So... I'm just going to blame this completely on someone else.

I'm not sure if someone lifted their head at the same moment I tilted the nozzle, or what, but that water went EVERYWHERE, and I will never again question the fact that we have some great water pressure in that new place. Lucky for me, the chair directly next to me was empty, and the client two chairs over only got what I like to call a "light mist" on her face.

End scene.