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Big Hair, Don't Care
Today I went to PURE salon in Portland Oregon in order to have a salon consultation. More specifically I walked into a salon lined with Aveda products because I wanted to window shop then decided on the spur of the moment I might as well have a consultation. While waiting for the stylist I eyeballed their products. This decision though was based on an issue I have had a long time coming.
My hair is taking up too much of my life. I have whittled my routine down to a one day process, and that is only with the assistance of heat use. I hear about people who take an hour to untangle their hair. It takes me three. Others take a half an hour to wash their hair. It takes me an hour. Others still who take a half an hour to blow dry. It takes me one to two hours because of how small the sections have to be to actually dry to the root. If you include my 30 minute to 1 hour pre-poo process that is 5 hours I spend on wash day doing my hair. This does not include styling because since I don't blow dry my hair straight, I normally put it in twists. My high buns no longer fit in any hoods or hats that I own, so I must turn to twisting. I have grown tired of the section by section untangling that is a drain on my time whenever I care to do it.
In any case I am not sure that seeking a stylist is really the answer. I get a lot of retention and that is because of gentle care. Frankly most people are probably not going to be that careful for the aforementioned reason, it would be too much of a time drain.
Cut to today's consultation. The stylist was very kind, sweet and willing to listen. She also assured me that she only performs trims if they are needed and that she is a conservative trimmer. She has one other client with curly hair who from what I can gather probably has looser curls, so my head will be the first head of hair she has had to deal with that has my texture. I asked if she could do a basic wash, deep condition, blow dry and french braid. She replied that she could do that and was very pleasant and attentive. However, while I liked that she actually wanted to "play" in my hair I didn't know how I felt about me being her volunteer (paying) guinea pig.
Her price point was 75 dollars per visit, while using a generous amount of AVEDA products and allotting 1 to 2 hours to do my hair.
I took her card and both her and the receptionist seemed a little disappointed that I didn't make an appointment right away. However, I really felt I needed to sleep on it. My hair is the longest it has ever been, and incidentally this is the longest in my life it has ever gone without someone else putting their hands in it.
Ladies, please weigh in.
ETA: I did not leave without getting the AVEDA dry remedy deep treatment.
My hair is taking up too much of my life. I have whittled my routine down to a one day process, and that is only with the assistance of heat use. I hear about people who take an hour to untangle their hair. It takes me three. Others take a half an hour to wash their hair. It takes me an hour. Others still who take a half an hour to blow dry. It takes me one to two hours because of how small the sections have to be to actually dry to the root. If you include my 30 minute to 1 hour pre-poo process that is 5 hours I spend on wash day doing my hair. This does not include styling because since I don't blow dry my hair straight, I normally put it in twists. My high buns no longer fit in any hoods or hats that I own, so I must turn to twisting. I have grown tired of the section by section untangling that is a drain on my time whenever I care to do it.
In any case I am not sure that seeking a stylist is really the answer. I get a lot of retention and that is because of gentle care. Frankly most people are probably not going to be that careful for the aforementioned reason, it would be too much of a time drain.
Cut to today's consultation. The stylist was very kind, sweet and willing to listen. She also assured me that she only performs trims if they are needed and that she is a conservative trimmer. She has one other client with curly hair who from what I can gather probably has looser curls, so my head will be the first head of hair she has had to deal with that has my texture. I asked if she could do a basic wash, deep condition, blow dry and french braid. She replied that she could do that and was very pleasant and attentive. However, while I liked that she actually wanted to "play" in my hair I didn't know how I felt about me being her volunteer (paying) guinea pig.
Her price point was 75 dollars per visit, while using a generous amount of AVEDA products and allotting 1 to 2 hours to do my hair.
I took her card and both her and the receptionist seemed a little disappointed that I didn't make an appointment right away. However, I really felt I needed to sleep on it. My hair is the longest it has ever been, and incidentally this is the longest in my life it has ever gone without someone else putting their hands in it.
Ladies, please weigh in.
ETA: I did not leave without getting the AVEDA dry remedy deep treatment.
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then in 20 minutes its like "
Oh wow! You really thought you were doing something didn't you! How are you going to forget who you dealing with? The dominicans couldn't even get me straight AFTER the heat damage! Oh you funny
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. I don't use heat regularly anymore. I was a heat natural but my hair couldn't take it and my retention went down the drain. The last I blowdried, it took about an hour. I use the tension technique, and med/low setting (I think) and cool shot on my ends. I use bigger sections b/c I find there is safety in numbers. If I flat iron or blowdry these days, its always big bite sized - to hand sized chunks.
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