Looking for gift ideas for massage therapist and hairdresser -
Posted By: mtgal on 2006-10-28
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I see the massage therapist every week (my treat to myself!) and the hairdresser about every 6 weeks for a cut. I really want them to know how important they are to my well-being, especially my massage therapist. You all have the best ideas. Thank you so much! 
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I need opinions, please. I have pretty heavy blonde highlights and go for a hair touch up last night (normally I just get hightlights and nothing else, no toners, etc. because it blends great with my hair). I say I need a few more hightlights at my root to brighten it up a little, you know for the holidays and all. This probably would have cost me around 40 and did the job. Well, she starts telling me that the root is much darker than the rest ? Well, yeah, usually is. She said that I should do a *color* at the root that will be close to my natural hair color but brighten it up AND some lowlites that same color AND some highlights stating that this way it will be more blended. Okay..whatever you say. This was only my 2nd time with this girl and the last time she did a good job. So I go for it thinking she is the hairdresser, right? Well she leaves it all on an hour and a half (apparently the lady before me who just came in for a cut ended up being talked into a whole new color too!) Hmmm. So, close to 2 hours later, the regrowth and lowlites are red and I see very little highlight or blonde! Hello, doesn't *blend* at all and in fact my husband thought I went auburn! Of course with the salon lighting you really can't tell until you get home and see it in different lighting. I normally have neutral blonde hair but now with these very noticeable streaks and roots of strawberry blonde. The kicker is it cost me 135 because it was a double process. So my question is, do you think they sometimes do things just to up the price so they make more money even if they know it is not the best thing to do? I know in my heart if she did what I asked it would have been fine. I am going back today for a *toner* to cut some of the red but I am really MAD because I know now it will appear darker overall which sort of defeats the whole reason I went in the first place! Not to mention what all these processes are doing to my hair. What do I say/do? I know what I'd like to do but I'm pretty sure that I'd end up in jail. Thanks for any advice/opinions.
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What Not To Wear has curly hair. He has lots of tips when somebody with curly hair is on. He uses certain products afterward to let it curl, but smoothly and in an organized fashion.
With the wide-toothed comb, look for one where the teeth are rounded or even sort of squared off (in a rounded sort of way). That makes it more comfy when you get close to the scalp.
I do have one area at the nape of my neck where my fine hair tangles terribly.
I have gotten so good at it that I don't want a hairdresser (sm)
to color my hair. I am never happy with what they do. Are you wanting to keep the light brown and have highlights but just a different color highlights? Because if you put anything on it is going to change all of your hair color of course, not just the highlights. In my experiences with toners they have made my hair look the color of say, a nice car floor mat LOL! If you put a golden blonde color on your hair, it is going to lighten all of your hair, so you would have golden blonde hair, with slightly lighter highlights. Your best bet if you do not want to go spend a lot of money at the hairdresser and don't want to change your entire hair color is to try to find a temporary wash-in color that will darken up your highlights a little. I like Garnier products a lot.
Kris Novoselic's (Nirvana) mom was my hairdresser.
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I asked my mom, who is a hairdresser, and she said the best way is to use pure acetone. sm
Soak a cotton ball in acetone, hold the hair on a towel, then put the soaked cotton ball on top of the hair and hold for a few seconds. Then keep wiping hair with wet, acetone-soaked cotton ball until the product comes off. This may take several times, depending on how much glue she's got in her hair. Then wash hair.
Hope this works helps!
I loved my speech therapist.
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In addition to a gift card or whatever you decide, have your son make a card for her. You could also write a letter to her supervisor about her work with your son.
I've been working with a therapist for over 6 months
about her tendency to sympathize or empathize with me the way a friend would - like rolling her eyes if I complain about something, or laughing about the same thing I'm saying is ridiculous.
I realize she's probably trying to create the 'therapeutic alliance' and a comfortable atmosphere. But I'm suddenly really troubled that I'm paying money I can barely afford for someone to act basically like a friend. Last week I said I worked in a horrible, tacky part of city and she said "That area really is awful."
Later I wondered, why didn't she remain neutral and maybe point out that I see all neighborhoods I have to work in as hideous, depriving landscapes? That maybe it isn't a rational perception?
Do you think I'm right to mistrust this approach?
I think that is an awesome idea for a speach therapist! NM
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Have you spoken with a counselor, therapist, or your minister?
It would probably help if you could express your feelings out loud and get some feedback from someone who is trained to deal with emotional dilemmas like you are experiencing. I would strongly encourage it, especially since you have had thoughts of suicide.
Sometimes it takes a little while to find the right "fit" in a therapist or counselor. If the first one doesn't seem to be helping, try someone else.
I had similar feelings when my son was finishing up high school and getting ready to go on to college. The so-called "empty nest syndrome," I guess. But there are a lot of components to it. It's like redefining yourself as a person, because for so long you have been meeting everyone else's needs, and now you are starting to realize that you have needs of your own.
So what you need to figure out is what fulfills you as a person. What do you want to do with the rest of your life? Literally. Five years from now, what would you like to be doing? When you figure that out, start figuring out how to make it happen.
The best of luck to you, and please feel free to email me if you like. I'm still working on some aspects of my "mid-life crisis," but I have worked through a lot of it. I would be happy to provide a sympathetic ear. 
Sounds like you found a good therapist sm
we went through a horrible spell last year - daughter 17 wanted to get married a month before she turned 18, my husband supported this idea - she just graduated in May, no job, no license, no means of support and husband to be was just graduating, etc. They are good kids but very young. Husband supported her all the way and I was the bad guy for making her think things through hoping she would slow down a bit, etc. Therapist made her dad get more involved but they did marry and now she rarely if ever speaks to me - she looks at me as nonsupportive. Does not matter I busted my butt to see she had the wedding she wanted,etc. I'm just numb at this point with her - she'll come around some day. In the mean time the ocnflicts between me and DH have stopped but his nonsupport will hurt for a logn time also. I believe parents should always be a team.
I think you do have to go all out. A therapist and drug screen would be first priority nm
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Maybe joint counseling with his therapist for starters since his meds don't seem to be working. A
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Massage...
My DH got me a gift certificate for Hanukkah for a one hour massage package. I've never had one and I'm kind of nervous about it. What do you do? Do you keep anything on like your undies or are you all out there under the towel?
The appointment is for Friday morning. Also with the message I'm getting a one hour facial and a parafin hand treatment.
Any pointers you guys may have would be very helpful.
Massage
It will be great!! I have had a couple and completly undress. You have a sheet that covers you the whole time.
How about a massage?
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Now I want a massage!
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Massage critic sm
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:)
book a massage - I had one not that
long ago, and I felt like a new woman, but that only lasted for a couple days :(
Try massage therapy - sm
It can do wonders. Tell them exactly what your complaints are. Best of luck! 
Massage therapy!
 I try to treat myself every 3 weeks or so. PLUS i play a lot of online Jeopardy...
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Be careful of what type of massage too!
I got my husband a massage for a gift once...what a disaster! We knew nothing about them...I thought it would be relaxing. NOT! Apparently it was for something called a "deep tissue massage." What the heck did we know--a massage is a massage. We almost had to call the ambulance to get him off the table because the lady just totally messed up his back, even though on the "getting to know you sheet" I had specifically wrote down that he had degenerative disk disease. So here was this poor grown man, in tears, extreme pain, and completely embarassed that he couldn't move. The massage lady was freaking out saying she had never had anything like that happen to her. The total kicker was no money was ever refunded to us, and we never even got a call at home to check on him. I was just so preoccupied with getting him safely into our pickup truck with minimal embarassment to him and getting him home.
Thinking back, he says he wouldn't have minded the whole ordeal at all if there was a "happy ending" to his massage, but alas, this was a "legit" place
Men.
As a frequent massage recipient....sm
You'll more than likely love the massage and how relaxed you'll feel afterwards. They'll find sore muscles that you had no idea were sore - but having the kinks worked out will make you feel tons better. Be sure to drink a lot of water after the massage to help flush out the impurities they release from the muscles.
I do leave my undies on.
Gym membership? A massage? Weekend away for
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Me too, the detachable shower massage comes in handy! nm
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What's your best gift
Dh totally outdid himself this year by getting me a Kodak Easy Share digital camera and printing dock, and a new cordless phone with answering machine so he can leave me messages when he needs to.
Well, we know you were definitely given one gift....
stupidity.
LOL
re: gift
I don't think there would be anything wrong with giving them a nice gift! So what if they're distantly related to you! You enjoyed their company and you could write that in whatever card you send with the gift. I don't see anything wrong with wanting to bless someone with a gift because they touched your heart!
God bless!
Gift
What a wonderful, thoughtful gift. It will mean so much to them.
Lilly
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