Angelicus
Well-Known Member
My trip to Puerto Rico was great! But to be honest, I only hung with Dominicans. And if you don't know already from reading this board, they are crazy about hair! And everybody thought I was Dominican until they found out that my spanish is limited. They said it was because of how I wore my hair.
My first evening there I met a young lady who was Dominican and her knowledge of english was limited (and so was my spanish). I asked her where I could get some Miss Key 10 en 1 conditioner and she didn't understand
then I realized that in the Hispanic community that Miss Key is pronounced (Miss Kay).
Well the next morning she was nice enough to take me to a shop that had hundreds of brands, all the ones mentioned on this site and even more that I had never seen before. It was a sight for me and I didn't know which conditioner to choose. In fact, the Dominican area is full of these little stores... it sure is a sight to see from someone who doesn't have any dominican stores in her state.
The owner of the store, Diana (Dee-anna) looked at my hair and started feeling in it. She said she was going to make me a special treatment since I couldn't decide on what I wanted. she pulled out all these good conditioners and started mixing:
1. Emergencia
2. (Unsure of brand) Suela y Canela Rinse
3. Miss Key 10 en 1
4. Silicon Mix (never heard of it until I came to the store. It's made by Rivas and is sold on Sickbay.biz)
5. Kuul (I have no idea what it is or where it came from).
As she was mixing and measuring, she was saying, in spanish, that this mix had a good combination of moisture, protein, and oil (good thing my spanish comprehension is really good-- I understood every word). She filled an old 16oz Rysell Aguacate jar past the top with this mixture. We kept talking in spanish about haircare and my new friend pulls me to the side and says in spanish, "I thought you didn't speak spanish. How do you know about all these products and how do you about hair stuff in spanish?"
Whooo, when I put this stuff in my hair, after swimming in the ocean, my hair felt so GOOD... not even my precious Miss Key is better. Half the jar is already gone and I have the feeling I will have to move to NYC to get my Dominican fix
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When I was at a dominican bar, there was an language barrier when it came to me ordering drinks. So to end the confusion and frustration I asked for a Red Bull. A Dominican man comes to me and says, in spanish, that Red Bull is bad for my hair because it contains taurine and caffiene, and that if I really loved my hair that I would not drink it. Wow. Then we had this whole discussion about how fast food is killing American hair and how I should carry fruit with me instead of buying fast food because my hair is precious. (Wow, again). They are truly hair fanatics.
There were a lot of black tourists who were asking me how I kept my hair nice. I just told them about the Dominican area and they RAN to it!
Well that's my PR hair adventure!
My first evening there I met a young lady who was Dominican and her knowledge of english was limited (and so was my spanish). I asked her where I could get some Miss Key 10 en 1 conditioner and she didn't understand
then I realized that in the Hispanic community that Miss Key is pronounced (Miss Kay). Well the next morning she was nice enough to take me to a shop that had hundreds of brands, all the ones mentioned on this site and even more that I had never seen before. It was a sight for me and I didn't know which conditioner to choose. In fact, the Dominican area is full of these little stores... it sure is a sight to see from someone who doesn't have any dominican stores in her state.
The owner of the store, Diana (Dee-anna) looked at my hair and started feeling in it. She said she was going to make me a special treatment since I couldn't decide on what I wanted. she pulled out all these good conditioners and started mixing:
1. Emergencia
2. (Unsure of brand) Suela y Canela Rinse
3. Miss Key 10 en 1
4. Silicon Mix (never heard of it until I came to the store. It's made by Rivas and is sold on Sickbay.biz)
5. Kuul (I have no idea what it is or where it came from).
As she was mixing and measuring, she was saying, in spanish, that this mix had a good combination of moisture, protein, and oil (good thing my spanish comprehension is really good-- I understood every word). She filled an old 16oz Rysell Aguacate jar past the top with this mixture. We kept talking in spanish about haircare and my new friend pulls me to the side and says in spanish, "I thought you didn't speak spanish. How do you know about all these products and how do you about hair stuff in spanish?"
Whooo, when I put this stuff in my hair, after swimming in the ocean, my hair felt so GOOD... not even my precious Miss Key is better. Half the jar is already gone and I have the feeling I will have to move to NYC to get my Dominican fix
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When I was at a dominican bar, there was an language barrier when it came to me ordering drinks. So to end the confusion and frustration I asked for a Red Bull. A Dominican man comes to me and says, in spanish, that Red Bull is bad for my hair because it contains taurine and caffiene, and that if I really loved my hair that I would not drink it. Wow. Then we had this whole discussion about how fast food is killing American hair and how I should carry fruit with me instead of buying fast food because my hair is precious. (Wow, again). They are truly hair fanatics.
There were a lot of black tourists who were asking me how I kept my hair nice. I just told them about the Dominican area and they RAN to it!
Well that's my PR hair adventure!
...I just finished my Alter Ego garlic Oil jar......off I go :creatures ...in the kitchen
The only measurement I remember is 2 heaping tablespoons of Miss Key 10 en 1 Super Conditioner 
