JuicesN'Berries
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Hello ladies, wanted to let you guys know about my trip to the Hair Club for Men/Women today. Well I took my grandmother to the hair dresser this afternoon and little did I know......we were going to the Hair Club (You know the one you see on T.V). So we get there and it doesn't even look like they do hair there but then you go back into these individual rooms that are set up like a salon. I liked the fact that they are discreet and they also use an acronym for the name on the outside of the building HCM/HCW. So anyway the lady washes my grandmothers "piece" while on her head.......Blow Drys it........and then proceeds to lather the back of her head with a clear substance (what I assumed was glue)
and reapplys the parts of the "piece" that was lifting. SO she curls it and then shes done.........nothing to special.
Ok so let me skip to the parts I thought were extremely disturbing..
1. The rubber cement that she put on the back of my Grandma's head.......I would have said something but my grandma has been going there for three years and she doesn't even have any hair to pull out......So basically it really would not have made a difference. However I do wonder if they do the same thing to women who have a chance of growing their hair back.......I think they do. Which in my opinion is Horrific!
2. The lady kept referring to the "piece" as a "system" which was pissin' me off because they make it seem like its some elaborate hairpiece when it really is a glammed up lacefront.........really it ain't even glammed up....its just a lacefront.
3. We got on the subject of my hair.......ya'll know I wanted to see if she knew what she was talking about. Welllll....she proceeded to tell me that my 9 week stretch (I'm aiming for six months) was entirely to long to go without a relaxer.......and then proceeded to say to me......."Don't you want your hair to grow?"..........."You know its not gonna grow unless you relax it....you need to relax every six weeks for growth!" She was kindly dismissed.......after I gave her the 411. I'm like where do these people get there license from Chuck E. Cheese! People like her are the reason why women like my grandmother are paying top dollar for an overpriced wig! Which brings me to my next point....
4. So you know I had to get the prices..........My grandmother pays $289 a month for a year for three "installments" of a new "system" during the year (approximately $3600/year). This does not include any wash and sets or anything else. Today my grandmother got a wash and press which was like $25.......and she gets her hair washed like 3 times/month.....which adds an additional $900.....I'm sure some of ya'll pj's spend this amount every year as well but DAMMMMMNNN, thats alot of money!!! Lastly they con her into buying these products....which I can't even say are overpriced because they have some great ingredients (a line called Maxxam) but for a 76 yr old women to pay $25 per bottle to wash hair that isn't her own.....I find it to be ridiculous. If you go in my grandma's, I mean my nana's (its weird calling her grandma) closet she has the clarifying shampoo, scalp mender, weekly reconstructor, moist. conditioner, Sun-Block for Hair Spray, Scalp Cleaner, and a Split end Mender the list goes on (all at $20 + a pop)......Now why the hell does she need a split end mender??? Things that make you say hmmmmm!!!!
Well my take on the place.....two thumbs down! but I don't want to go ranting and raving because there might be some people who go there and are more than satisfied.....like my grandma but in my opinion....they are STRAIGHT TRIPPIN!!!!
Sorry SO long.....I know some of ya'll wanted to know what goes on inside that place.
and reapplys the parts of the "piece" that was lifting. SO she curls it and then shes done.........nothing to special.Ok so let me skip to the parts I thought were extremely disturbing..
1. The rubber cement that she put on the back of my Grandma's head.......I would have said something but my grandma has been going there for three years and she doesn't even have any hair to pull out......So basically it really would not have made a difference. However I do wonder if they do the same thing to women who have a chance of growing their hair back.......I think they do. Which in my opinion is Horrific!
2. The lady kept referring to the "piece" as a "system" which was pissin' me off because they make it seem like its some elaborate hairpiece when it really is a glammed up lacefront.........really it ain't even glammed up....its just a lacefront.
3. We got on the subject of my hair.......ya'll know I wanted to see if she knew what she was talking about. Welllll....she proceeded to tell me that my 9 week stretch (I'm aiming for six months) was entirely to long to go without a relaxer.......and then proceeded to say to me......."Don't you want your hair to grow?"..........."You know its not gonna grow unless you relax it....you need to relax every six weeks for growth!" She was kindly dismissed.......after I gave her the 411. I'm like where do these people get there license from Chuck E. Cheese! People like her are the reason why women like my grandmother are paying top dollar for an overpriced wig! Which brings me to my next point....
4. So you know I had to get the prices..........My grandmother pays $289 a month for a year for three "installments" of a new "system" during the year (approximately $3600/year). This does not include any wash and sets or anything else. Today my grandmother got a wash and press which was like $25.......and she gets her hair washed like 3 times/month.....which adds an additional $900.....I'm sure some of ya'll pj's spend this amount every year as well but DAMMMMMNNN, thats alot of money!!! Lastly they con her into buying these products....which I can't even say are overpriced because they have some great ingredients (a line called Maxxam) but for a 76 yr old women to pay $25 per bottle to wash hair that isn't her own.....I find it to be ridiculous. If you go in my grandma's, I mean my nana's (its weird calling her grandma) closet she has the clarifying shampoo, scalp mender, weekly reconstructor, moist. conditioner, Sun-Block for Hair Spray, Scalp Cleaner, and a Split end Mender the list goes on (all at $20 + a pop)......Now why the hell does she need a split end mender??? Things that make you say hmmmmm!!!!
Well my take on the place.....two thumbs down! but I don't want to go ranting and raving because there might be some people who go there and are more than satisfied.....like my grandma but in my opinion....they are STRAIGHT TRIPPIN!!!!
Sorry SO long.....I know some of ya'll wanted to know what goes on inside that place.
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