Chapter 15 - 015: The New Mother

It was just Monday in the morning, The Kejoro had just opened her shop and sweeping with a broom when a young lady entered my shop. She seems to be just 28, her hair was pinned in a bun with a rubber band, and she was wearing a yellow top and a long skirt.The Kejoro as she her saw her greeted

She approached Miss Kejoro with a smile and asked, "Can you trim my hair?"

Miss Kejoro answered back, "Yes, I can cut your hair, but the shop opens at 8:30, so you have to wait"

She answered back, "well, I am in a hurry"

Kejoro glanced at her.

She started undoing her hair and continued, "my baby would wake up by 8, so you see I have to get a haircut, and then bath before he wakes up…or there would be violent tantrums home"

The Kejoro sighed and said, "Okay, but this time only. Only because you are a new mom okay?"

She had opened her hair now, and without even asking she took a comb standing near the barber's chair. She started combing it.

It was very long, past her waist, thick at first, then very thin at ends with untidy ends.

"That's a lot of hair?" questioned the Kejoro

She turned to her and said, "Yeah, that's about a year of hair growth"

As she was bout to enter the Kejoro stopped her, "you won't need that, unless you want a very short above shoulder haircut"

She replied, "Well I just need it up to my midback, so yeah no chair"

The Kejoro went near her and took the comb from her, and inserted into her hair, and started combing it. Then asked her, "How much you want me to remove off"

She replied, "Well I had it till waist…so now cut it till midback

Miss Kejoro then picked up the mist sprayer, and started spraying on her hair from her shoulders. Then massaged it and then again combed it, and then placed her right hand at her hair below her breasts and asked her if she should cut.

She felt the touch and replied, "Well that was my length before, go little above"

The Kejoro now placed her fingers at bra strap length and brought her hair in front so that she could check the length, she nodded in affirmation.

She then removed her hand and then combed her hair one last time signal not to move and inserted the scissor at her left and snipped.

Her chopped strands slide to floor. She saw her reflection at the mirror, she had a strange smile and kept her eyes tightly closed. Then continues to gave the another cut and her hair was cut till middle.

Then took the comb, and adjusted her hair little, and then again continued. Miss Kejoro then made the hair even snipping some more hair on left side, then took a comb and combed her hair to make sure it is even. She then dusted her back with a dry cloth to remove any stray hair which attached with her cloth.

The floor behind her was covered with her black hair now. Kejoy signaled her to check it. She started seeing her hair from her reflection. She then moved all her in front through her left. At last she saw her chopped locks on the floor

"I can use thinning scissor to reduce the volume if you want"

She thought for a minute and the said, "Not today…I will be late, later maybe?"

She left the paying and tied her hair in a pony which just reach her mid back now.

Kejoro thought that would be her last visit, she saw she was extremely desperate…and that doesn't happens very often.

After four months, the new mother who had her hair trimmed last time came into the shop.

She walked towards the shop, and her hair was held in a pony which reached below her mid back now.

She removed her clip as she said to cut in middle, "Yeah, the regular one please, not like last time"

Kejoro replied, "Two inches off, okay?"

She agreed turning her hair towards me.

Kejoro picked the comb and inserting it in her hair combed it thoroughly. Then marking with the finger at her breast length. She nodded in agreement.

After combing for last time, she took the scissor and kept it little above her ends and started cutting it. she cut it quite ruthlessly taking no break from left to right.

Then again combed her hair and then tuned her towards mirror. She acknowledged it. She then dusted her clothes and asked for her clip.

She passed it to her. She combed her hair one last time, then collected the hair in a pony at her neck…for tying it with clip.

Her hair was very thick at top and heavy growth to which Kejoro could see in her nape and asked her, "Do you want me to reduce the volume?"

She was confused to answer it and Kejoro explained, "Don't worry your length would not be reduced, I will be using thinning scissor"

She agreed hesitantly, "Yeah… I have time for it…yeah okay do it"

Kejoro told her, "You have to sit in chair for it"

She smiled as she took the seat. It was big chair for her.

Kejoro searched for the thinning scissors in cabinet and was searching for the thinning scissor. then signaled her to sit comfortably.

Then turning the wheels slowly, She bent the support of chair .She was distressed, but didn't said anything. she bent her as much as possible, so she was almost in lying position, her hair hanged loosed from the chair.

She said slowly again, "Never knew, thinning is done like this in shop"

Kejoro replied, "Well actually nobody gets their volume reduced here, everybody gets a haircut"

The Kejoro then collected her hair in pony at her base of neck with left hand and sat on the floor for better grip, then touching the thinning shears at her pony base applied pressure to the scissor. Few strands fell. She again changed her grip and ran it at different place.

Kejoro continued doing that till she was satisfied. The floor below was covered with not much of hair, if she would have combed a lady with hair fall problem, She would think same amount of hair would be collected.

She then straightened the chair to normal sitting position, and then with a comb spread her hair, as if she am going to cut it. She then put a towel on her shoulders, and then sectioned her hair from front to back in five sections. Taking the first section from back, she then inserted the thinning scissor near her scalp, and cut it and did the same with four sections, and then I moved to front doing the same, but she asked, "Can you do bangs?"

She replied, "Yes" as she just kept the thinning scissor and picked comb, brought some more hair to front section and combed it straight across her face, such that her face got covered.

She then picked regular scissors and asked, "Short bang or long?"

She replied, "Medium"

She then placed the scissor just above her eyebrows which were well threaded and dniper, her hair went down to her lap and continued cutting, as she chopped more, her face revealed, eyes tightly closed and an expression of excitement.

After the scissors passed through she opened her eyes. She smiled seeing her face and then the hair on her lap.

She said, "I should have used the cape…" as she combed her hair to remove cut locks from her hair.

She then put her hair in a pony then a bun and said, "Thanks for reducing the volume, its look nice now"

Kejoro said, taking control her hair from her, holding her hair high at top of her head, "your nape should be shaved…"

She didn't replied and Kejoro continued, "clean nape makes ponies look beautiful you know…"

She didn't waited for her reply, but started adjusting the towel on her shoulder. Then collected all the hair in my fist and made a bun at the top of her head and then sprinkled water on her nape, bending her head forward, and then massaged it.

She then took a razor and started attaching new blade to it and asked, "Ever had nape shave before?"

She replied in a sad tone, "Yeah, when I was in college…I had done it"

Kejoro placed the razor where her hairline ends and told her not to move, and then ran the razor from top to back of nape. She again adjusted the razor and did it again. By my fourth run, her nape was cleared and checked her sides, she didn't had much of sideburns, so left them.

She agreed and then keeping the razor at her front ranthen kept the razor and removed the towel and wiped her nape with it, then ran some alum to it, and told her, "It's over"

She got down while touching her nape. She said, "Wow! A complete makeover…"

She thanked the Kejoro for her makeover and promised that she would return soon and requested a Bob cut in her next visit.