Highlights, Curls, and Length Check

Black Hoya Chick

Black Hoya Chick

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Well, here is my very own thread. I got highlights at an Aveda Salon on Thursday. GREAT experience. If anyone is from the DC area, go see Lisa at the Georgetown Aveda. She is natural and is a colorist expert. The whole process took like an hour and 15 minutes. My hair was little dry after, but I hopped in the shower, cowashed and did my thing, and I was A-OK.


I just took these pics now, after going out and napping in this ridiculous weather, but my hair still looks pretty good. I rocked a wash 'n go today with my new beloved products (I'll add at the end). So...here are a multitude of pics!
***oh and happiness, my wash 'n go brushes my shoulders now! GROWTH***

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***Some are without flash so you could see the color in different kinds of lighting. I tried to get as many angles as possible lol.***


Products and Reggie for wash 'n go:

- EVOO for quick oil treatment
- Tresemme Naturals Moisture Conditioner for cowash
- wrap hair in turbie twist and get dressed
- apply Giovanni Direct Leave-In
- apply Carol's Daughter Hair Milk (I may phase this out)
- apply aloe vera gel
- seal whole head with EVOO

***all done in 4-6 sections.***

Sorry this was so long, lol
 
Love it! I've been hemming and hawing over getting highlights for some time. Your hair looks great!
 
$120 (with student discount). $150 straight up. a bit pricey but the service is worth it based on what I researched on Aveda. and my hair is not dry AT ALL
 
your color and hair look great. i think i went to her too. but my experience was not so positive. not sure i'll ever get color again. :-(
 
it looked great until a few days later. apparently she left the color too long. i asked for highlights but it looked like i'd dyed my whole head. all of my hair started breaking off soon after. i was very discouraged b/c i ended up having to cut alot of my hair off(went from apl to sl) which i wasn't too upset about b/c as you can see in my ticker i'm transitioning, so i saw it as a mini chop. but it since you're fully natural, so you may not have that problem. i didnt think i'd have this problem since i was a year post relaxer, didnt use heat except maybe twice a month at the most, and i made sure my hair was healthy before the color.

also b/c she left the color on too long part of my hair in the back are literally blond. i have the same texture hair as op, and my hair is very fine, so i think that also had something to do with it. i asked for the color you have, but ended up with blond streaks in the back, and red in the front. i was upset b/c i specifically went there and paid for someone who was supposidly an expert in color for african american women. she knew i was transitioning and said she knew how to handle it. i felt like i could've just gone to my old stylist for cheaper and better results. sorry for the vent. but that was just my experience. everyone i've read about had positive results.
 
Glamorous_chic said:
it looked great until a few days later. apparently she left the color too long. i asked for highlights but it looked like i'd dyed my whole head. all of my hair started breaking off soon after. i was very discouraged b/c i ended up having to cut alot of my hair off(went from apl to sl) which i wasn't too upset about b/c as you can see in my ticker i'm transitioning, so i saw it as a mini chop. but it since you're fully natural, so you may not have that problem. i didnt think i'd have this problem since i was a year post relaxer, didnt use heat except maybe twice a month at the most, and i made sure my hair was healthy before the color.

also b/c she left the color on too long part of my hair in the back are literally blond. i have the same texture hair as op, and my hair is very fine, so i think that also had something to do with it. i asked for the color you have, but ended up with blond streaks in the back, and red in the front. i was upset b/c i specifically went there and paid for someone who was supposidly an expert in color for african american women. she knew i was transitioning and said she knew how to handle it. i felt like i could've just gone to my old stylist for cheaper and better results. sorry for the vent. but that was just my experience. everyone i've read about had positive results.
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wow...i am so sorry to hear you had a bad experience. I know I waited till I was 100% natural because I was terrified of getting breakage with a relaxer. And as a precaution, I waited till I got to a length I was comfortable with so that IF my hair breaks (which as of now I am confident it will not), I won't mind losing a few inches if need be. I would'nt tell you to go back to someone you had a bad experience with, but you could reconsider the highlights when you are all natural. There is another Aveda salon on U St. called Salon Revive. Its run by Ethiopians and I heard they are real good too.
 
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