28   I can talk to a hairdresser

I'd like to have my hair cut / have a haircut.

I'm letting it grow long, so just trim it / give it a trim, please. I'd like to keep the fringe and the parting on the left.

What would you like?

I want to keep the same hairstyle, please. I'd like a cut and blow-dry (=dry with a hairdryer).

I want to have it permed / I'd like a perm, please.

Could you colour it for me, please?

Glossary

let  allow sth to happen without trying to stop it.

trim sth  cut sth a little so that it is shorter and tidier. SYN give sth a trim. trim N.

keep sth  make sth stay in a particular state or condition and not change.

hairstyle  the way your hair is cut and arranged.

 

spotlight  have/get sth done

If you have sth done or get sth done, you pay sb to do sth for you. Compare:

I have my hair cut every month. (I go to the hairdresser’s.)

I colour my hair every month. (I do it myself.)

2     Put the words in order, and add one more word.

1     going / I’m / hair / to / cut / have  I’m going to have my hair cut.

1     could / colour / you / me / for / please?   ________________

2     Sasha / her / letting / is / hair  ________________

3     fringe / like / a / parting / I’d / and / a / right / the  ________________

4     please / blow-dry / like / a / and / I’d  ________________

5     want / please / hairstyle / same / I / to / the  ________________

6     to / she’s / her / trimmed / going / hair  ________________

1     Could you colour it for me, please?

2     Sasha is letting her hair grow.

3     I’d like a fringe and a parting on the right.

4     I’d like a cut and blow-dry, please.

5     I want to keep the same hairstyle, please.

6     She’s going to have her hair trimmed.

3     ABOUT YOU Write your answers, or ask another student.

1     Are you letting your hair grow at the moment? ________________

2     When did you last have your hair cut? ________________

3     Have you got a fringe or a parting? ________________

4     Where do you get your hair cut? ________________

5     In your family, who has their hair permed or coloured? ________________

Answers from a Spanish person

1     Yes, I’m letting my hair grow longer.

2     I had my hair cut about two months ago.

3     I don’t have a fringe. I have a parting in the middle.

4     I go to a different hairdresser’s every time.

5     My mum and my sister have their hair coloured.