I've been trying to grow my hair out from a very short style since February last year. I had it shaped once in April last year but not cut at all since.
My hair is very fine, but I have a ton of it, and the ends for about 2" were so dry, that even conditioning wasn't doing much anymore.
So since Thursday was my 50th birthday I decided to treat myself today to a manicure and pedicure and a hair cut/style. After my mani/pedi I went to a salon that I'd never been before.
I walked in and all of the staff were men and women of colour, and all of the pictures on the walls featured women and men of colour with various "black hair" styles.
I know that some salons who cater to the black community won't cut any types of hair because they specialize in the treatment of "black hair". But I thought I'd ask if they could give my hair a good trim and some shape. One of the girls said that she would. I got some funny looks from some of the other customers because I was the only "white" face in there, hehe.
My hair was washed and treated with an extra moisturizing conditioner, and the girl cut my hair and then straightened it with a flat iron! My hair is very fine but I have alot of hair. My hair isn't exactly curly, but it has some hefty big waves in places, and in other places not so much. It drives me crazy because it doesn't hold curl very well, at least not at the length it was (I don't think it was layered enough) and it looks terrible if left alone to dry naturally.
I'm so thrilled with my hair cut! It's nicely layered and because I have so much hair she kind of thinned it out a bit after she did the layering. And I can't believe how shiney my hair is! I could be in one of those shampoo commercials! It's soft and silky and very shiney!!! I just love it.
I'm definitely going back. It's closer to my home than the other salon I had been going to, and so far as the cut/style is concerned, comparible in price.
The girl also confirmed what a girl at work told me. If you have curls in your hair, it needs to be cut a certain way to maximize the curls. If you cut it the wrong direction, the curls tend to not look so nice. So I'll see how it looks tomorrow when I wash it and let it dry naturally.
Anyway, gotta go. My brother is picking me up for my birthday party!!!
My hair is very fine, but I have a ton of it, and the ends for about 2" were so dry, that even conditioning wasn't doing much anymore.
So since Thursday was my 50th birthday I decided to treat myself today to a manicure and pedicure and a hair cut/style. After my mani/pedi I went to a salon that I'd never been before.
I walked in and all of the staff were men and women of colour, and all of the pictures on the walls featured women and men of colour with various "black hair" styles.
I know that some salons who cater to the black community won't cut any types of hair because they specialize in the treatment of "black hair". But I thought I'd ask if they could give my hair a good trim and some shape. One of the girls said that she would. I got some funny looks from some of the other customers because I was the only "white" face in there, hehe.
My hair was washed and treated with an extra moisturizing conditioner, and the girl cut my hair and then straightened it with a flat iron! My hair is very fine but I have alot of hair. My hair isn't exactly curly, but it has some hefty big waves in places, and in other places not so much. It drives me crazy because it doesn't hold curl very well, at least not at the length it was (I don't think it was layered enough) and it looks terrible if left alone to dry naturally.
I'm so thrilled with my hair cut! It's nicely layered and because I have so much hair she kind of thinned it out a bit after she did the layering. And I can't believe how shiney my hair is! I could be in one of those shampoo commercials! It's soft and silky and very shiney!!! I just love it.
I'm definitely going back. It's closer to my home than the other salon I had been going to, and so far as the cut/style is concerned, comparible in price.
The girl also confirmed what a girl at work told me. If you have curls in your hair, it needs to be cut a certain way to maximize the curls. If you cut it the wrong direction, the curls tend to not look so nice. So I'll see how it looks tomorrow when I wash it and let it dry naturally.
Anyway, gotta go. My brother is picking me up for my birthday party!!!