vevster
Well-Known Member
My Marvin Experience.. lol!!
First off I have to say Jelani’s is the nicest black salon I have ever been to. Clean, neat and Quiet… no loud music, talking or GOSSIP.
I arrived at 10am and the place was already humming. The salon has a consultation / relaxer / colouring area with sinks, then a main area with stylist’s stations and dryers.
I just went for a wash / set and trim but the first thing that M said was that I needed a touch up. I gulped, “are you sure??!!” He said I had an inch and a half of new growth. I saw this also and agreed to the relaxer.
I filled out a client card while he based my scalp and did my relaxer. He was very fast. I must add here that I asked him if the relaxer was lye and he was nice enough to actually show me the tub of relaxer to assure me it was lye(sodium hydroxide). I thought that was great; no ‘I am the stylist let me do my job’ crap.
I asked him what condition my hair was in and he said an 8 out of 10(thumbs up!) /images/graemlins/grin.gif
His assistant rinsed out my relaxer then applied a LHC forum favorite <font color="purple">Mizani Moisturfuse </font color> and let that sink in for a while. She then applied the neutralizer shampoo and final post relaxer conditioner.
I sat in Marvin’s chair and we discussed what I wanted. He gave me long layers. I maintained my length and have a bit more fullness. His assistant set my hair in wire rollers and I sat under the drier for about 45-50 minutes.
Just like Pumpkin, after my set had dried, he wrapped me and put me back under the dryer for 15 minutes. He then combed me out and I LOVED the way it looked. The only sad thing is that it was raining terribly in NY and I didn’t have a hat soooo my style is gone right now /images/graemlins/frown.gif I wanted to cry cause Marvin is NOT CHEAP. Never again: next time I will be ghetto fab and wear a clean plastic conditioning cap over my hair to protect it from the rain.
Ok, enough pleasantries I know you want to hear the product recs…
My hair is very fine so he said I had to watch it with the oils. He recced BioSilk serum as a hair dressing for me.
Hairline: ORS Temple Balm
Shampoo: Aveda Shampure
Conditioners: Aveda Shampure, ORS hair mayonnaise(of course!), Motions CPR
Leave ins: Wella Reconstructor or Sebastian Potion #9
Marvin on Cellophanes: He said he hadn’t used cellophanes since 1992. He says cellophanes leach when wet. He uses a similar product by Joico.
Marvin on relaxers: He really likes Mizani. He also uses Affirm but only on 10% of his clients. He hates Motions(which I had been using) :-O
That’s it, guys... Hope I wasn’t too windy…..
First off I have to say Jelani’s is the nicest black salon I have ever been to. Clean, neat and Quiet… no loud music, talking or GOSSIP.
I arrived at 10am and the place was already humming. The salon has a consultation / relaxer / colouring area with sinks, then a main area with stylist’s stations and dryers.
I just went for a wash / set and trim but the first thing that M said was that I needed a touch up. I gulped, “are you sure??!!” He said I had an inch and a half of new growth. I saw this also and agreed to the relaxer.
I filled out a client card while he based my scalp and did my relaxer. He was very fast. I must add here that I asked him if the relaxer was lye and he was nice enough to actually show me the tub of relaxer to assure me it was lye(sodium hydroxide). I thought that was great; no ‘I am the stylist let me do my job’ crap.
I asked him what condition my hair was in and he said an 8 out of 10(thumbs up!) /images/graemlins/grin.gif
His assistant rinsed out my relaxer then applied a LHC forum favorite <font color="purple">Mizani Moisturfuse </font color> and let that sink in for a while. She then applied the neutralizer shampoo and final post relaxer conditioner.
I sat in Marvin’s chair and we discussed what I wanted. He gave me long layers. I maintained my length and have a bit more fullness. His assistant set my hair in wire rollers and I sat under the drier for about 45-50 minutes.
Just like Pumpkin, after my set had dried, he wrapped me and put me back under the dryer for 15 minutes. He then combed me out and I LOVED the way it looked. The only sad thing is that it was raining terribly in NY and I didn’t have a hat soooo my style is gone right now /images/graemlins/frown.gif I wanted to cry cause Marvin is NOT CHEAP. Never again: next time I will be ghetto fab and wear a clean plastic conditioning cap over my hair to protect it from the rain.
Ok, enough pleasantries I know you want to hear the product recs…
My hair is very fine so he said I had to watch it with the oils. He recced BioSilk serum as a hair dressing for me.
Hairline: ORS Temple Balm
Shampoo: Aveda Shampure
Conditioners: Aveda Shampure, ORS hair mayonnaise(of course!), Motions CPR
Leave ins: Wella Reconstructor or Sebastian Potion #9
Marvin on Cellophanes: He said he hadn’t used cellophanes since 1992. He says cellophanes leach when wet. He uses a similar product by Joico.
Marvin on relaxers: He really likes Mizani. He also uses Affirm but only on 10% of his clients. He hates Motions(which I had been using) :-O
That’s it, guys... Hope I wasn’t too windy…..
