MO'S Hair — Local services in Waitematā

I have to say, getting my hair cut here caused me a lot of grief. Not only was it expensive, it was the worst haircut I have ever gotten. Not the style I wanted and way shorter than requested. Very different type of bangs than requested too. Since then, every day has been a bad hair day.

The request was a sort of shag/wolfcut, a bit shorter in the back than it was but mostly fixing my current cut and adding curtain bangs. I showed a whole folder of pictures of inspiration, but he looked at it only very briefly.

The stylist was quite intense and I found it a bit rude how he “tested” me on how I would style my hair.

I was also a bit uneasy with the overall atmosphere in the salon and did not feel like I could honestly express how I felt during and after the cut.

The result was nothing like the pictures I had shown or what I had described. It was more like a short pixie.

Aftermath: One week hiding my hair from everyone and myself in the mirror by using cloths. Then hats. Now, almost two months later, still very discontent with my hair every single day. When I wake up, I have to wash it for it to fall in an okay way and even then I have almost always messy hair in the back (like the few strands of the hair that relentlessly stand up on the top of the head). When I went to get my hair cut, I specifically said I do not style and do not want to style my hair. I want something very easy and natural.

Worst haircut and haircutting experience I have...

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