WEDDINGS bring out the worst in people, especially when an anxious bride morphs into a bridezilla.
One hairdresser recounted her exchange with a bride who insisted on going short for her wedding day and refused to heed the expert’s warnings.
Texas-based stylist China Allred has 511.4k followers on TikTok, where she recounts and sometimes dramatizes the confounding exchanges she has with clients.
In a recent skit, Allred recreated the pre- and post-haircut conversations she had with a bride who was looking for something “different” ahead of her wedding.
“So, I’m getting married in a month, and I just want a really big change to my hair,” the bride reportedly told Allred when she walked into the salon.
Allred assessed the client’s long hair and pretty blonde highlights, then asked what the bride was envisioning.
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That’s when things took a turn. The bride said she wanted to cut her hair to her shoulders – about 10 inches of hair.
“My fiance will have no idea,” the bride-to-be said. “He’ll be shocked!”
Allred was gentle with the bride at first.
“You’re getting married in a month,” she reminded her. Making a drastic hair change a year before the wedding is okay, but only weeks before is a big mistake, Allred warned.
“I want to be completely honest with you and tell you, you’re probably going to regret it if you cut it,” she added.
The bride grew frustrated and insistent.
“I’ve done this before four years ago and I loved it,” she argued. “It will be fine. It’s just hair! It grows back.”
The bride insisted on the massive chop, even after Allred walked to the back of the salon and gave the customer ten minutes to think it over.
When the bridezilla became angry and demanded her haircut immediately, Allred gave in. She cut, washed, and styled the bride’s hair, and then it was time for the big reveal.
Allred said the bride was immediately upset.
“What have you done to my hair?” the bride said, bursting into tears. “It’s so short! This looks bad, can you put it back on?”
It didn’t take long for the client to turn the blame on her stylist, Allred said.
“I’m getting married in a month!” she shouted at Allred. “Why would you let me do this to my hair?”
Allred reassured her customer that she looked beautiful, but the client wasn’t convinced.
“I want a refund and I want free hair extensions,” the bride demanded.
In the comments section, mortified viewers begged Allred to tell them what happened next.
“We didn’t charge her because she was so distraught,” Allred revealed. “She cried so much and the owner didn’t know what to do with her.”
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The stylist also added that cutting the woman’s hair was an early-career mistake – and not one she’ll replicate again.
“This was like five years ago,” she wrote. “Now if someone asked me this I would refuse.”
