Before (left) and after (right)...
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Eric Paris once had a virtual monopoly of my hairstyling budget. For five years, no other establishment in Beijing touched my cascading curls, my spiraling split ends, my devil-may-care do. And demand little I did: Every few months I would arrive, inform the staff I had a maximum of 30 minutes, and get a speedy haircut for ~RMB235, making me a high kuai-per-minute customer. But after several mediocre trims that saw my hair within a week or two looking like an untamed chia pet, and the closing of the Sanlitun shop for renovations, I wandered…
My last two cuts have come at Julie’s Salon (map) in the southeast corner of Workers Stadium. The place is close to my apartment, the owner (Julie) speaks English, the atmosphere is laid back, and a haircut costs ~RMB50 (honestly, there is not much you can do with my squirrel’s nest of a mop other than square it and round the corners, and this place does it fine). That is a nearly RMB200 difference that I can now to put to use on drinks and food nearby…
Dude you have been getting killed. You need to just roll down to a Chinese place and tell them jian tou fa….and you should pay 20 max….and you should get your hair washed (twice) a neck and shoulder massage for that price. If you are particularly worried about them being able to handle laowai hair take a picture of what you want it to look like it’s worked fine for me for three years. I am definitely not telling you how to get things done….you clearly got this town figured out better than me, but even at 50 you are still getting taken.
@kc,
The thing with Eric Paris is it became habit for me to get a haircut whenever I found myself getting shaggy and in Sanlitun in the afternoon with time between two meetings. Plus I knew the owners.
The thing about Julie’ is it is close to my apartment and the staff is friendly. Walking there and getting a hair cut only takes about 30 minutes in total.
Cheers, boyce