Bad hair days are making thousands late for work
IT’S a worry that a lot of women have when they get up in the morning – how their hair looks.
And one in ten admits to being late for work because they are having a bad hair day, a survey found.
The nationwide poll of 2,000 women found that 12 per cent confessed that problems with their locks, including blow-drying and styling, had made them turn up late to their place of work.
In the 25-34 age bracket, 20 per cent of those questioned, or one in five, admitted often being late as they tried to get a dodgy hairdo in order. Women from Newcastle and the North East of England were most likely to be late because of styling issues, with 17 per cent saying they were delayed more than once a month. In Scotland, the figure fell to only nine per cent.
Welsh women were least worried about how their hair looked, with just seven per cent saying they had arrived late as a result.
For the South East of England, the figure was 12 per cent and a similar 13 per cent in the South West. In the research by hair care giant
TRESemmé, just eight per cent of women aged 55 and over admitted being late as a result of their hair.
Amazingly, two per cent of the women overall said they had even called in sick due to their troublesome tresses.
Leading stylist Aaron Carlo said: ‘From greasy roots to unwashed and unruly locks, a bad hair day can often determine the kind of day we’re going to have. With so many of us juggling work, social commitments, family and more, a quick and effective hair care range for those days in between when we wash our hair can be a saviour.’