HermioneWeasley
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I am still shaking with anger from what happened this morning. I figure I'll calm down if I get the real scoop here.
I went to the Whole Body store on 25th and Seventh to pick up some Flax Seed and other items. I'm trying to eat and live healthier and I've been seeing great results from the supplements I've been taking. While I was there, I wandered through the beauty products section and saw shelves full of Jason's Naturals shampoos and conditioners. I remember reading mostly positive reviews of this line from the board, so I decided to splurge and try out the Biotin poo and conditioner and also the Sea Kelp. I want to get away from parabens and SLS as much as humanly possible.
So I get to the counter and the cashier is a sista with pretty dreads to about her shoulders. I put my items on the counter and she's ringing up and then picks up one of the Jason's bottles. She looks at me and says "Who are you buying this for?" And I'm like ...
because the way she says it is very weird and almost hostile. I tell her I'm buying it for myself. She then proceeds to TELL ME that this line is for natural hair textures only, not for chemically processed hair. I ask her to show me where it says that on the bottle, because I knew of people with relaxed hair who used it with good results (and also people with natural hair who used it and didn't like it so much). She then starts arguing with me that this line is not for chemically treated hair and that I needed to get Mizani or something (yes, she actually said Mizani or something) for my type of hair. She's getting louder and people are starting to look at us like we're crazy. 
I'm starting to feel embarassed, but I'm heated, too, because it became clear to me that she is one of the natural sistas who believe that the creamy crack has rotted my brain or something.
I asked to speak to her manager, who is an Asian woman, and I told her that I wanted to purchase these products and that the cashier was being belligerent. The cashier told her that the products won't work on my kind of hair because it is a "process" and that she's only trying to keep me from wasting my money. The Asian woman just looked like
erplexed. She rang me up herself and told me that if I don't like the products, I can return them for a refund.
I truly have never experienced anything like this. This woman was adamant that these shampoos aren't for use on relaxed hair. I could see if she was saying that they work better on natural textured or non chemically treated hair, but she said they are not AT ALL for relaxed ladies. I've never heard of anything like this and I'm sort of afraid to try these dang things out now.
I went to the Whole Body store on 25th and Seventh to pick up some Flax Seed and other items. I'm trying to eat and live healthier and I've been seeing great results from the supplements I've been taking. While I was there, I wandered through the beauty products section and saw shelves full of Jason's Naturals shampoos and conditioners. I remember reading mostly positive reviews of this line from the board, so I decided to splurge and try out the Biotin poo and conditioner and also the Sea Kelp. I want to get away from parabens and SLS as much as humanly possible.
So I get to the counter and the cashier is a sista with pretty dreads to about her shoulders. I put my items on the counter and she's ringing up and then picks up one of the Jason's bottles. She looks at me and says "Who are you buying this for?" And I'm like ...
because the way she says it is very weird and almost hostile. I tell her I'm buying it for myself. She then proceeds to TELL ME that this line is for natural hair textures only, not for chemically processed hair. I ask her to show me where it says that on the bottle, because I knew of people with relaxed hair who used it with good results (and also people with natural hair who used it and didn't like it so much). She then starts arguing with me that this line is not for chemically treated hair and that I needed to get Mizani or something (yes, she actually said Mizani or something) for my type of hair. She's getting louder and people are starting to look at us like we're crazy. I'm starting to feel embarassed, but I'm heated, too, because it became clear to me that she is one of the natural sistas who believe that the creamy crack has rotted my brain or something. I asked to speak to her manager, who is an Asian woman, and I told her that I wanted to purchase these products and that the cashier was being belligerent. The cashier told her that the products won't work on my kind of hair because it is a "process" and that she's only trying to keep me from wasting my money. The Asian woman just looked like
erplexed. She rang me up herself and told me that if I don't like the products, I can return them for a refund.I truly have never experienced anything like this. This woman was adamant that these shampoos aren't for use on relaxed hair. I could see if she was saying that they work better on natural textured or non chemically treated hair, but she said they are not AT ALL for relaxed ladies. I've never heard of anything like this and I'm sort of afraid to try these dang things out now.
If anybody finds a product that says 'for naturals only' don't use it. If it harms relaxed hair it will harm natural hair.
Since when do cashiers at the beauty supply store get to force their opinion on customers? And to start an argument . . . definitely signs of someone who is unstable.
