How do you keep your Dominican Blowout fresh?
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FashionistaNY
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A Dominican Blowout (origins hence Dominican Republic) a hair styling process made popular in Washington Heights Dominican women would go through to get "our" hair extremely straight as if freshly relaxed.
From what I know, to retain the body and bounce of a "Dominican Blowout" dominican women like to use pin curls. Take LARGE sections of hair and use your finger like an imaginary roller, pin curl to head with a bobby pin.
An alternative for an ultra sleek smooth look, wrap your hair. A method you can use to wrap your hair, comb your hair down as if you were going to wear a "mushroom" hair style. Part the hair as if making a center part (from crown to hairline). Depending on the direction your comfortable with (I prefer clockwise), take a wide tooth comb and comb hair around hair in a clockwise (or counterclockwise) manner. Tie down with a satin/silk scarf.
From what I know, to retain the body and bounce of a "Dominican Blowout" dominican women like to use pin curls. Take LARGE sections of hair and use your finger like an imaginary roller, pin curl to head with a bobby pin.
An alternative for an ultra sleek smooth look, wrap your hair. A method you can use to wrap your hair, comb your hair down as if you were going to wear a "mushroom" hair style. Part the hair as if making a center part (from crown to hairline). Depending on the direction your comfortable with (I prefer clockwise), take a wide tooth comb and comb hair around hair in a clockwise (or counterclockwise) manner. Tie down with a satin/silk scarf.
It will last for a bout a week or so, unless I work out at the gym a lot, then it puffs up if I have a lot of new growth Shariracquel
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I get dominican blow outs on a regular basis, and my way of maintaining my do is to wrap it. Ask them to show you how to wrap your hair when you get it done okay.
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Chichi
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I do a variation of what chelee suggested.
I take a medium sized roller and just roll the hair in my crown area then I wrap the rest of my hair around.
If you don't know how to wrap, still use the roller in the crown area. This will leave you with two sections of hair. Take the hair on your right and pin it to the left (with several pins). Then take your hair on the left and pin it to the right. (hope this makes sense!) After I do this I spray a light oil sheen then cover with a satin cap. This will leave you with sraight hair that has bounce.
Chichi
I take a medium sized roller and just roll the hair in my crown area then I wrap the rest of my hair around.
If you don't know how to wrap, still use the roller in the crown area. This will leave you with two sections of hair. Take the hair on your right and pin it to the left (with several pins). Then take your hair on the left and pin it to the right. (hope this makes sense!) After I do this I spray a light oil sheen then cover with a satin cap. This will leave you with sraight hair that has bounce.
Chichi
Ashee
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A Dominican Blowout is not a wrap...sky_blu said:
It's where they blow out your roots real straight where it looks as though you just got a relaxer & you're really 12 weeks post-touch up!!
The wrap is what they do to help keep the hair straight from the humidity or the wheather as a whole!
DatJerseyDyme
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I would do 3/5 rollers at the crown of my head like a mohawk. That makes the style last longer and look better than wrapping to me.
DatJerseyDyme
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Hey! It's in this album: http://public.fotki.com/datjerseydyme and it's in the 2004 folder. (NO pw needed). I believe it's the next to the last picture.
Hope that helps!
Hope that helps!
DatJerseyDyme
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MissJ said:
Thank you
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