On January 26th, I posted a picture of me getting a haircut: I like to go to the fancier salon :-) My husband, Jim, on the other hand, goes to the little Chinese salons on the backstreets. He and Leah usually go out “exploring” on his electric scooter on the weekends. Today, he stopped and got a haircut in Dalang, the town next to us. Even small places like this are generally salons for men or women. In our time in China, we have never yet seen a woman cutting hair, they do the shampooing but not cutting and styling. His haircut cost 20 rmb or just over $3usd. Leah said the name of the shop possibly translates as “Popular Password”? If any Chinese friends can offer a better translation, please do! I thought the picture was a little dull (Jim said that’s because it was!) but, I added some “sparkles”! Thanks to Leah for today’s picture. (Jim is sitting in the chair inside)
Getting a Haircut
Life in China: A Picture a Day 2016, January 26 - Getting a haircut in China is very enjoyable: You lie flat on a table, and while getting your hair washed, with lots of suds, you also get a nice scalp, neck, and upper back massage, lasting about 10 minutes. I pay an extra 25rmb/about $4usd, to have a special ginger hair treatment, which makes my scalp tingle like crazy, but feels good, and gets me another 5 mins of scalp massage :-) Then you get a 10 minute arm, hand, shoulder and back massage, and finally, you are ready for your haircut! In this picture, there is another table on the other side of me, plus 6 on the other side of the room. This is an upscale salon, and to have a senior stylist do my haircut and blow dry, I pay 132rmb/about $20usd, with a VIP card. Standard salons are much lower priced. Thanks to Leah for taking the picture.
