Behind the Chair: A Hairstylist’s Chronicle of Salon Life

Behind the Chair: A Hairstylist’s Chronicle of Salon Life is a series of short fictional stories based upon years of working as a hairstylist. These are excerpts from a soon-to-be book comprised of comical, erotic, and serious stories that have been heard and then embellished to depict the often humorous side of salon life.

He Showed me his Junk

I love working from home, but always feel as if my privacy has been invaded once a guest enters my corridor. It is a reaction I have learned to mask through a warm, inviting, yet fake smile and a cheery hello as I greet my clients. You learn after a while who is emphatically late, who arrives early and who is so punctual that if they pull up five minutes before appointment time, they will sit in their vehicle until the precise scheduled moment.Continue reading