變髮記Cutting Hair

回台灣之前去整理個頭髮，似乎已經成了一種習慣…只是十月底出發前太忙，想要空個下午去變髮簡直是不可能，所以就一直延宕到現在。有人也許會問，怎麼不在台灣弄？台灣暨便宜又方便，殊不知以前幫我處理頭髮的設計師在這幾年間早就不知道跑到哪裡去了，而且算來算去花費其實差不多，自從搬來歐洲以後，就索性就地處理了。
Going to the hair salon before leaving for Taiwan seems to become a habit… however, this time I was way too busy before departure and it’s just impossible to spare an afternoon for a haircut, so I didn’t go until yesterday. Someone might ask, why not have it done in Taiwan since it’s convenient and cheap. Well, the stylist I used to go has moved to I-don’t-know-where and after calculating the cost I almost spend same amount of money no matter having it done in Taiwan or Italy. So I started to go to stylist here since I moved to Europe.

美髮師羅芮娜是米奇的朋友。記得我在英國唸書的時候，某次曾經和米奇抱怨英國的沙龍索價昂貴，每個朋友的整髮記都是個慘痛的經驗，可是看著自己超過半年沒有整理的頭髮，心情又奇差無比，不知道該怎麼辦…之後飛到義大利玩耍的時候，米奇就幫我預約，請羅芮娜幫我整理頭髮。嘗試新的設計師總是令人又期待又怕受傷害，不過米奇一再擔保，說羅芮娜技術高明，還曾經到台灣開過講座，絕對不會讓我失望，所以我就硬著頭皮去了…反正我的頭髮長得很快，剪壞了等幾個月又是活龍一尾！
The stylist Lorena is Michele’s friend. When I was studying in UK, one time I was complaining to Michele that the hair salon is very expensive in London and none of my friends had good result out of it. I haven’t been to the stylist for more than six months and I was feeling bad about it… Some time later, I came to Italy for a visit and found that Michele had made an appointment for me with Lorena. It’s an exciting but scary thing to try new stylist, but Michele guaranteed the superiority of Lorena’s technique that she’s even been to Taiwan to give seminars, so I decided to give it a try. In any case, my hair grows very fast and if anything’s wrong with the cut I can have it re-arranged again in a few months.

這一剪下去，就註定了我接下來的命運…在這一帶找到適合的美髮師並不是件容易的事，因為並不是每個美髮師都知道怎麼處理東方人的頭髮，因此即使到巴薩諾要開半小時的車，短輒每兩三個月長輒四五個月我就到羅芮娜那裡報到一次。
The very first appointment with Lorena had decided my “destiny”… It’s not easy to find a stylist who knows how to take care of oriental hair in this area, even though it takes more than a half hour to arrive Bassano, I still go there every few months.

羅芮娜很容易就抓住了我的型，而且好求新求變的她加上很有冒險精神的我，每次總是能夠讓我有煥然一新的感覺。我向來就很喜歡看美髮師巧手變髮，看著鏡子裡的我從原本的樣子變成一個完全不同的自己，真的很神奇，看得也過癮。米奇每次帶我去都戰戰兢兢，因為他很清楚，在三個小時以後走出來的我，一定會推翻他原本的想法和習慣…
It doesn’t take long for Lorena to get my style. We both have kind of adventurous personality. She’s always looking for something new and I’m always willing to take whatever suggestions she gives. I always enjoy watching hair cutting. It’s a miraculous thing to see myself changing. Michele is kind of scared to take me there because he knows it too well that three hours later I’ll overthrow his original thoughts and habits…

前一陣子的大波浪捲也留了將超過半年，昨天去赴約時，本來還在思考到底要變什麼，因為燙髮又留長的關係，分叉乾澀的問題自然無法避免，這是我唯一想要解決的問題，其實當時的我只知道我想剪頭髮而已…洗完頭做完護髮，小姐把厚厚的髮型書遞到我手上，沒兩分鐘羅芮娜就走了過來，一手拿著雜誌，一手正忙著在行動電話的圖庫裡找圖給我看…「你想把捲子留著嗎？不留的話我們就弄這樣…」二話不說，馬上開始動手。
I’ve been keeping my hair wavy and long for quite a while. When I went to the appointment I was thinking what to do. The only problem I was eager to solve is the unavoidable crispiness and bifurcate after I have it permed. I only knew I wanted to have it cut… After washing and treatment, a thick stylebook was handed to me. Lorena came to me a few minutes later, one hand with a magazine, the other fingering on her mobile trying to get the image she needed. ‘Do you want to keep the perm? Otherwise we can do this…’ No more words were wasted and we started the magic.

看著地上越來越多的頭髮，又有了一次全部剪掉的快感！現在的我，心情也跟著頭髮輕鬆了起來…
More and more hair was on the ground; I have had another time of delight seeing my hair being cut. Now, my mood is as light as my hair…

工作去~~~
Time for work~~~