I wanted to post a more thorough recap of my salon experience.
When I first showed up I was asked to go to the restroom and wash my hands. A teenager was in the second chair getting her haircut polished. I was about 10 minutes early so I didn’t mind waiting. Her hair was SO CUTE. I overheard when her mom paid that she was a “quarterly client.” She had tight coils that were Uber defined and I immediately felt at ease.
I had a second day wash and go with a middle part. Mona asked what I was looking for. I explained my lifestyle, that I rarely wear my hair curly but I wanted to, that I exercise 5-6 days a week and I wash my hair every 2 days, but would love to stretch that to 3-4 days. I said I didn’t care at all how my hair was parted, but I did not want bangs and my long term goal is to grow my hair out further.
I felt like she truly understood. She actually told me I should keep using the Doux foam and she would have used that to style my hair in the salon but they were out. She thought I could get 3-4 days out of my hair and I would dry quickly and wouldn’t have to sit under a dryer the way I will have to with the gel.
She gave me my initial shape and it was fascinating to wash. My hair got bigger and bigger as she cut my hair and it was actually super cute?
Her assistant then took over my washing and styling. I signed up for the “detox” and cut so he put some sort of powder that turned into foam on my hair to remove all the products, then he shampooed and deep conditioned my hair at the sink. He used... an Alikay Naturals DC and detangled my hair in sections with a ouidad comb.
Then it came to applying product. He sectioned my hair into much smaller sections than I use, and then with each section he further sectioned. The uncle funky’s daughter definitely elongated my hair, and the foam on top he said he used to make the gel less sticky.
I had to sit under the dryer for about an hour and even then my hair was not dry.They used the dyson diffuser to dry my ends and then took the diffuser attachment off to blow heat directly on my scalp. They did not stretch the hair at all while drying.
Once I was dry, Mona perfected my cut. What I found most interesting is that she parted the front of my hair on the left and right sides, and kept cutting, so that I can part either way and my hair will fall nicely.
She suggests her clients come back every 4 months, and I’ll definitely do that. I can trust she won’t take off too much length, and it was so nice to have someone else wash and style my hair with care.