Now for me one of the problems of trying to look reasonably convincing as a woman is my hair. As I am past a "certain age" I am going grey, and more to the point my hair line is try to escape to the top of my head. So far I have been wearing a wig, initially a rather cheap but not too bad grey wig I picked up on e-bay. recently I bought a much better, much more realistic wig from the excellent Mary of Fosters Wigs in Streatham. The trouble is that I am not particularly comfortable, I am always conscious that I am wearing something on my head, and always worried that it is not straight, or that my own hair is showing making it obvious that I am wearing a wig.
I know that with everything else this is a minor point but it worries me. Well while driving home from Cardiff yesterday I decided that it was time for a hair cut, there is something about my hair that means men can't cut it. Well they can cut it just not well. Over the years the good hair cuts I have had have been by women, so as well as deciding to get a hair cut I wanted to make sure that it was cut by a woman, as I was dressed I also decided that I would try a ladies salon. Now I am aware that for a lot of CDs this is no big deal, but for me it was a first. I did not want to go locally so I stopped in Sunbury, and went into the http://www.sunburyx.com/ salon. As they weren't to busy I only had to wait about 15 minutes, while waiting the other customers engaged me in conversation, talking babies all very nice and very relaxed.
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I saw Dionne and explained my problem, i.e. my own hair was too long so I needed it to not stick out under the wig, or if possible to cut it so that it could be styled in a more fem manner so that I didn't have to wear the wig at all.
She decided that there was not enough length or body at the front, and too much at the back, a wash cut and blow dry later she had transformed my hair more than I would have thought possible. I was so pleased that I asked her to take a photo for me, that's it on the left. I liked the look very much and did not put the wig back on before going shopping in Kingston. As I was out and about I was not conscious of getting any more attention than I would have
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So here is the question, which looks better, my own hair styled by the lovely Dionne or the wig? This is not a rhetorical question I would like answers please, either add a comment or e-mail me. I will try to answer every e-mail so feel free.
I like the wig. I think the color better suits you and gives you a softer, more feminine look.
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