Lisa23, this is such a timely subject for me. I have been to a stylist only once since I have moved and that was for a touch-up. I was not particularly pleased with how my hair was treated. She used a fine-tooth comb to comb through my new growth before applying the relaxer
. When I asked her is she had a wide-toothed comb, the stylist told me that I had too much new growth (4b/a-9 weeks post) and that none of my hair had broken. Sister, then showed me the comb. While no hair was broken (I have pretty resilient strands), I was about to cry because I am tenderheaded beyond belief. The worse thing is that she applied the relaxer to my 4a nape (leaning more towards 3) when I asked her to apply it to my 4b front first. I was hot
.
Now, to get to my point
There was another stylist there who was using better techniques and her customer had thick APL hair. I would love to switch, but I was concerned about the drama. If I choose another salon, it is going to be at least an hour away whereas as this one is just twenty minutes away. (I live in a predominately white and Asian area and I most definitely miss having 50-11 beauty salons, nooks, crannies on every block
)