Well I learnt an awful lot on my trip to Hair Organics Notting Hill. I learnt that shops like Harry Enfield's "I Saw You Coming" really exist. I also learnt that Tom Jones faked his spectacular....um...silhouette with a sock full of rice. All this came courtesy of Rachel, who is not only an excellent hairdresser but extremely entertaining company. If you're after cooing adoration then she's probably not the stylist for you. "You've got a bit of a mullet going on there, haven't you?" was her opening (and entirely deserved) gambit to me, and "Let's chop into this and make you a bit less Krusty the Klown" was her suggestion to the adoring Swedish teenage boy who was having his curly locks chopped in the next chair.
The other important bit about the salon is that they are genuinely committed to organics - the lightener is taken from seaweed, the conditioner they used on me was an avocado product which smelled divine and my hair is still very soft and shiny ten days on, the Daniel Field colour is all organic and the whole place has a very happy vibe. Rachel gave me a great cut and rather than moaning at me when I confessed to rarely even blow drying my hair, never mind getting round to any form of styling, she suggested a style that did not require me to force it to do anything it didn't fancy. Up until then I had always asked for a certain style that required it to behave unnaturally and then complaining bitterly when it didn't do it and blaming myself for not being sufficiently dedicated. So; organic and pragmatic. What more could you want? And don't forget to ask about the rice.....
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