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16/01/2009Excessive Hairdressers?

Our blogger Michelle Willis shares the sumptuous experience of visiting a Swiss salon.

Practical French: Chez le coiffeur

Like my new hair-do? No, just joking!

So, is it just me or has anyone else noticed the seemingly excessive number of hairdressing salons here in Switzerland? They are on every corner. Actually, from our apartment walking into Aarau I pass SEVEN hairdressers (in about 400m).

I went to get my hair cut a couple of weeks ago and the hairdresser tells me there are 50 hairdressers in Aarau alone. That is catering to a population of 16,000. In Manukau, New Zealand, for a population of 360,000, there are 140 hairdressers. So that’s about eight times more hairdressers per capita here than in Manukau. Wow!

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But then, have you seen the haircuts people have here? They are perfect and everyone looks stylish and good. And you pay too, about CHF 72 (NZD 120) for a women’s haircut in Aarau which seems to be about the average. Back home I was paying about NZD 40 (about CHF 25) for a haircut.

But the service is perfect. And they take more than 10 minutes to cut hair too! On arrival, they open the door for you, take your coat (which they do give back!), ask if you would like tea, coffee, juice, or water (with or without bubbles!). I was even offered fancy Christmas herbal tea and biscuits.

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They take you to a chair and talk for five minutes about what you would like to have done and give advice/tips. After washing your hair and massaging, they cut it. And boy, they cut so well. Like every hair is in place and with such attention to detail.

Anyway, perhaps enough babbling. I had my hair cut twice since being in Switzerland by different salons and both were incredible and professional and friendly.

I love my Swiss haircuts.

Text: Michelle Willis

1 reaction to this article

Regina posted: 2009-08-06 21:58:34

As a recent graduate cosmetologist, and a “health nut”, I have been concerned about the toxic chemicals in a lot of the products I handle daily. After searching the internet, I was even more alarmed to learn that these chemicals could be potentially hazard to my unborn children! Through another cosmetologist, I discovered a daily supplemental that cleanses the body of these harmful chemicals safely and naturally. I thought others might feel the same concern. I can give you the link to the organic medicine I take if you want.

Thanks,
Regina

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