What to say to a hairdresser on Snapchat who loves true crime
How to start a Snapchat conversation with a hairdresser who's into true crime podcasts, what to reference, and how to keep it going without sounding like a script.
She's a hairdresser, so she talks to strangers all day and probably has plenty of opinions about people she's never met. Her true crime habit gives you a ready hook: she's spent hours with the same podcast hosts and cases, so there's something specific to ask about. Her job gives you a second hook too, since chairs, clients and salon gossip are things she can talk about without much effort.
Your first message should show you actually looked at her profile and noticed the podcast thing, then ask her one question she can answer in a few words. What she does with that answer tells you whether to keep going. Good replies to her Snaps should match her energy, reference something she said, and hand the thread back to her.
Snapchat is casual. Most people treat it as a lighter channel than texting, so keep the tone loose and skip anything that feels like a job interview.
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Her story is doing the talking for her
A salon photo plus a true crime caption is two signals, and they point the same way. She's sharing something she enjoys in public, which means she wants a reaction. The caption about not sleeping is an invitation to say something about the episode, not a request for a summary of the case. Read what she actually wrote, including the emoji and the time she posted. A 2am caption tells you she's in the middle of a binge and probably wants to talk about it.
Her bio and job tell you she's comfortable being looked at and talked to. Hairdressers are used to small talk with people they barely know, so a casual message won't throw her. What she may be wary of is anyone who turns her interests into a quiz or a pitch. The safe read is that she's open, a bit playful, and will reply to something that shows you paid attention.
Reference the episode, then give her the floor
Your reply needs to do three things. It has to show you noticed the specific thing she posted, so name the episode or the feeling she described rather than just saying 'true crime is cool'. It has to ask her something she can answer from memory and enjoy answering, like what she thought of a host's theory or whether the case gave her nightmares. And it has to leave room for her to bring up her own work or life without you dragging it there.
Keep the message short enough that she can reply in a few seconds on her phone. Match her register. If her caption was dry and funny, be dry and funny back. If she used a skull emoji, one emoji is fine. The aim is a reply that's easy to answer, not one that proves how much you know about crime.
Leave a day between her reply and yours
Snapchat threads move fast when both people are active, but a first message doesn't need an immediate answer to count as a success. Send at a normal hour, roughly late morning to early evening. Sending something at 2am, the same hour she was probably listening to the podcast, reads as trying too hard even if the message is fine.
If she views it and doesn't reply, wait a full day before sending anything else. If you send a second message, make it a continuation of the first, not a repeat. A new question about the podcast or a quick comment on something else she posted works better than 'hey, did you see my message?'. If there's still nothing after two messages across several days, stop. Silence on Snapchat usually means she's not interested or is busy, and pushing past that makes the next attempt harder even on another app.
Why these replies fail
“Hey! Love the new haircut. Are you into true crime?”
She already told you she's into true crime, so this shows you didn't read her story, and the haircut line is a generic compliment.
“Omg same, I've listened to every episode of that show and I think the host is totally wrong about the timeline. What's your take?”
It opens with an argument before she's said anything back, and asking for her take right away puts her on the spot with a debate she didn't ask for.
“Hey gorgeous, saw you're up at 2am with the skull emoji. I'm up too, want to talk about it sometime?”
Commenting on her sleep schedule and using a pet name in a first message is too familiar, and it turns a shared interest into a comment about her.
Common mistakes
- Opening with a compliment on her hair and nothing else, which tells her you saw one photo
- Quizzing her about cases to test whether she knows her stuff
- Sending a long paragraph about your own favourite podcast before she's replied to anything
- Asking whether she's 'into true crime' when her story already says she is
- Treating the hairdresser detail as a joke about her being judgmental or nosy
Questions people ask
- Is it weird to message a girl on Snapchat about a podcast she posted?
- No. People post things they want reactions to, and a podcast is one of the easiest topics to respond to because it's already on her mind. Refer to the specific thing she posted rather than the general topic, and ask a question she can answer in a sentence or two. Keep it short and let her decide how far the conversation goes.
- What if I haven't listened to the podcast she likes?
- You don't need to have listened to it. Say you haven't, and ask what she'd recommend starting with or what made the episode she mentioned so gripping. People who love a show usually enjoy explaining it, and honest curiosity comes across better than pretending you know it.
- Should I mention that she's a hairdresser?
- Yes, if it fits the message. Her job is a natural topic she can talk about easily, and it shows you noticed more than one detail. Ask something specific about her work, like whether clients ever bring up true crime in the chair, rather than a generic question about her day. Don't make it the main focus of your first message.
- How long should I wait before sending a second Snapchat message?
- Wait at least a day if she's viewed your message but hasn't replied. If she has replied, answer that day at a normal hour and keep the thread moving. If she goes quiet after a couple of exchanges, a gap of several days before any follow-up is reasonable, and one more message is usually enough before you let it rest.
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