What Happens When Your Hairdresser Goes to Albania

You're confused, I know. My hairdresser is Albanian, and every summer she goes home for a month to visit family, etc.. Thats all fine and good, of course. This year, I needed a color fix while she was gone, and in her place I got an appointment with the alleged best stylist in the salon. I had been to this woman before and thought she was great, but as the alleged best stylist in the salon, she also gets paid (read: they charge you) the bigger bucks. So, I like my Albanian hairdresser just fine. ANYWHO. This very nice lady and I get to talking about a zillion things, one of which is the absurd price of salon-line hair products. I mean, I'd love some $40 conditioner, thank you very much, but then again I'd also love a $40 dinner out on the town. SO. That led me to this sneaky little tip she almost whispered to me while I was in the rinsing sink:

Who knew? You would think a lot of us would figure it out, since salons have us running around touting L'Oreal's salon Kerastase line. But nooooo, we think that the pricetag has to be there for it to be worthy. Well, apparently Color Vive is worthy of your showers ladies, and I'll be buying some tomorrow. Check back in a month to find out if I'm right on or right.... um, off, I guess.