KurlyNinja[/USER];15828233]So... yesterday I let a white lady do my hair...
And it turned out beautifully!!!! Growing up the stigma that black people can only do another black persons hair has always been drilled into my head. But I've been proven wrong! A new hair/nail salon opened up yesterday near where I work and I decided to go in since they were having a raffle for a gift basket full of $250 worth of chi and biosilk products. I never used either one of these products but I wasnt going to pass up anything that has the words "FREE", "HAIR" and "PRODUCT" in it. So I first went in just to get a pedicure and to enter the raffle. But then I saw one of the stylist doing a young girls natural hair. The girl had to have about 3c/4a hair. I sat and watched her do her hair the whole time I was getting a pedicure. Her hair turned out BEAUTIFULLY. So I decided to check her out myself.
I was SO nervous when she started my hair and I think she could tell. The first thing she told me when I sat down in the chair was that my hair was beautiful and she loved my natural curls. She said she could also tell I take really good care of my hair. She think added chi silk infusion onto my hair and detangled it from tip to root. And she wasnt rough AT ALL. I was expecting my 12 year old memories of tenderheadness to creep up on me, but I didnt get that at all. After she detangled my whole head she washed and conditioned with joico products. And gave me the BEST scalp massage ever! She then added more chi silk infusion and blow dried my hair on medium. I was a little scared after this point because I usually have to blow dry on high for my hair to come out as straight as possible, but I kept quiet just to see what she did next. After she blow dried my hair she added a leavin by catwalk for curly hair. She said she always like to add a little bit of leave-in for curly hair even when straightening because it keeps the hair more moisturized. She then started sectioning off my hair about a half inch at a time to flat iron and she added a heat protectant by redken to each section before she flat ironed. And she only flat ironed on 300 degrees.
My hair came out silky straight! I was amazed that this was possible. I then asked her hair my ends looked. And she told me that the front looked very good, but the back could have some taken off. I knew this to be true as well because its hard for me to seek and destroy in the back of my head. Also my hair is natural layers so the back gets it the worst. I think it was great that she consulted me first before she started to cut. Many of my past stylist would just start hacking away before I even noticed. She told me that she was going to do a cutting technique called stacking and that she was going to take off about 2 inches from the very bottom layer so that it would be more even and it would fall a lot better even in its curly state. She also said she was going to take about 1/4 of an inch from everywhere else just to get rid of old ends since I havent done a trim since December. I watched intently on what she was doing to my hair and she did EXACTLY what she said she was going to do. She even gave me a mirror to look at the back of my head while she was cutting. Two inches didnt magically turn into 6 inches. It was TWO inches. After she was done cutting she bumped my ends lightly with the flat iron on 150 degrees and sprayed pure Morracan Argan oil on my hair to add a little shine. My hair has body and is straight. And I'm not scared that I have heat damage or anything. I got out of the chair feeling happy! Even with 2 inches gone and back to above APL, I'm still really happy! My hair looks full and feels great! And it only took an hour and a half.
I think the best part was when I got out the chair and asked her how much it was and she told me $15. NO, not 50, but 15. I almost wanted to hug her and cry tears of joy. A white lady did my hair and shes the best stylist I've ever been to.
I'll be back with pics after I take a shower and unwrap my hair.
You will be BSL by the end of the summer and MBL by the end. It's looking good.
! I would also like to thank you for keeping me on track when I veer off into a tangent 
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I recall feeling a little jealous when I read this too. Is that a special?
