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  • Where does your grandmother get her hair done?

    – Dec 11, 2019
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    My elderly mother has moved in with us here in Berkeley and I'm trying to find someone who can give her a nice cut and style. I would like to find someone who has experience doing hair for ladies over 80.  My mother currently has the same hairstyle she had in the 1950's, which requires getting a perm every few months, putting rollers in, and sleeping in a silk cap so it doesn't get mussed. She is ready for something shorter now and easier to maintain! She would hate the fancy salon I go to, and she mistakenly believes she can still get a cut, perm, and set for $25. Is there a homey salon you know of where elderly ladies go? Or even better, do you know a stylist who can come to our home? 

    Dec 11, 2019
    RE: Where does your grandmother get her hair done? ()

    C C salon in Moraga, if you are willing to travel.  It is really not that far, about 20 min from South Side.  They cater somewhat to the elderly ladies from the 2 retirement homes here, I am told.  Then you could eat lunch at the nearby Ranch House Cafe, another throwback establishment. 

    RE: Where does your grandmother get her hair done? ()

    My MIL used to go to Empress Hair Styling on Park Blvd. Sounds like the right speed for you mom.

    RE: Where does your grandmother get her hair done? ()

    Try Jan Snidow at Mane Alley, 1859A Solano Ave., Berkeley; the shop is located at the top of Solano Ave. behind the Oaks theater.  Her phone number is (510) 528-6889.

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