luvlonghair
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O.k., ladies, I’ve heard all the rave about going to a Dominican stylist and wanted to test the waters myself and decided to go undercover to see what all the hype was about.
So I’m searching yesterday for a Dominican salon in my area and found one. I went after I got off from work yesterday. I go in and I’m greeted by two ladies and a couple of AA clients. I had waited no longer than 2 to 3 minutes to be serviced
. I go the chair and the lady just wraps a towel around my neck and puts me in the bowl…… (no cape)
. She tells me that my hair is really dry (I had used to many products on my hair on Sunday). She shampoos my hair meanwhile wetting half of my face…… Anyway, they start talking in spanish, my stylist then goes to a corner and pulls out a little applicator bottle with some light brown liquid in it, (no name or label on bottle) and proceeds to apply it to my scalp. The argument begins……..
They begin to tell me that if I wanted to grow long hair, that I need to come to them every week, I’m like o.k.,………then she says, “if you come and get a deep conditioner every week, your hair will grow and be evenâ€â€¦â€¦WTH
, I tell her that my hair never grows even and that I do get deep conditioning every week, she looks at me like I’m lying
. She then tells me the only way that my hair will grow long is if I get a relaxer every 4 weeks , (You got to be kidding me) is this a joke
erplexed . I know I went in there as a regular client, but that’s ridiculouserplexed . I told her that there is no way that I’m getting a relaxer every 4 weeks, and that I don’t have enough new growth at 4 weeks to warrant a relaxer. She then says “that’s why your hair won’t grow†. Whatever……. , I told them that my hair was up to my ears and now look at the length, “My hair does grow and it grows longâ€. She snarls at me, then says “well it could be longer†, goodness, this is what happens when AA’s don’t know how to take care of their hair and allow a stylist whether their AA or Dominican to convince them otherwise. The she says “you must have been going to AA stylistâ€, I tell her yes, she says “that’s why……. So then my stylist tells me “you can have long hair like me†and proceeds to take her hair clip out to show me her BSL hair. I tell her that’s very nice and that’s the length I’m shooting for. She says “come every week for deep conditionings and get a relaxer every 4 weeks and you can have hair like thisâ€. erplexed UHHHHUUUHH……whatever……..
I don’t think they realized how long my hair was. I had my hair in a phony pony, so my hair was bunned. Even after putting the deep conditioner in……I think when she began to roll my hair, that’s when they really noticed, because all of a sudden, they both got quiet, looking at my hair as she rolled.
I know this is what I get, I went there for the experience and to see them do a blow-out for myself, but it just shows what the Dominicans think about AA’s (whether a client or stylist). Some of us have good reason not to go AA stylist and I understand completely. But as a client, I know that there are a lot of AA stylists who know and care about hair health. As a stylist, I’m pissed off because AA’s are my people and to see how they talk and think about us 1st hand is unbelievable. I think they let loose because I was the only one left in there, I’m glad though.
In conclusion, I was very happy with my hair
. They did a good job except for the water all over my face and that heat on my scalp (it wasn't that bad, but bad enough). They rollerset my hair and blew out my roots because I’ll be 11 weeks post tomorrow, then wrapped my hair. I was going crazy trying to find out what they put on my scalp before placing me under the dryer. It was a light brown liquid, with mo smell or texture. When I got home a did a crazy search on line trying to find this product, the one thing I found out is that she had to lightly shampoo it out. Long story short, I found out that it was the Aveda Sap Moss. This thing cured my shedding dramatically. I had one hair in the comb this morning compare to about 30 in the morning. I’m picking some of this stuff up.Another note, the Dominican don’t do anything different than we do, it’s just the products they use, just in case someone wanted to know.
Sorry for the long thread, but I felt compelled to share.
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