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As Hari?s opens in Lebury Road, the famed hairdresser offers hair counselling to Absolutely readers

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At last, a place for us to speak frankly about our hair: the trends worth talking about, noteworthy science as it breaks, those cutting conundrums and the real reason behind your good and bad hair days. Say what you will about the British, while we may have good-getting-better hair, we?re afraid to speak out in the salon chair. How many times have you looked at your less-than-lovely new ?do, only to murmur, ?it?s perfect?"
My name is Hari, and I am here to help. I have been cutting hair for over 35 years, watching the exciting evolution of styling, from my early days at Leonard?s salon cutting Twiggy?s hair to today?s modern manes created at my four eponymous London-based salons, the latest of which opened up in Notting Hill this month. But reader, we?ve left you behind, and I?m sorry. You see, I?ve noticed the one thing that has fallen behind the cutting curve is a British women?s confidence in her own hair. And it?s not surprising, because the world of tresses can be stressful at the best of times. With that in mind, this blog, aptly named ?Ask Hari?, is your monthly forum to speak up and out, all in pursuit of hirsute perfection ? it?s time to let our best hair down.
Think of #AskHari as a two-way conversation, between you and me. This is the backwash chat before you get to the salon chair, arming you wi...