laurend085
Well-Known Member
I went to my stylist yesterday to get my first sew-in and some things came and I had some realizations and slight disappointments. Some of my questions are bolded.
She knows that I'm trying to grow out my perm to be natural, so she suggested that I use this product called "New Era" that some of her clients use to help them transition. I asked her what it was and she said that basically it was what white women use for a perm so that they will have their naturally curly hair but can still wear it straight so they can wear it either way. She then mentioned to me that she would be using it on my 7 year old niece (today). She said it wasn't like a perm, it didn't have all those harsh chemicals etc. My sister ended up letting her put it on my nieces hair. I asked my mom what it was and she told me it was a texturizer. ?? So pretty much she got a tex-lax? Isn't still pretty much changing her natural hair texture? My other questions are
Has anyone heard of/used New Era or know anything?
Would you put this product on a 7 year old?
Then she asked me what I'd been using to shampoo my hair with. I thought for a minute as I've been trying different things and I told her Suave. Before I could say anything else she said this loud "NUH UH!!!" and a "girl that's nothing you want to use on your hair it will make it dry and unmanageable."
Ummm this isn't true it?
Don't some of you use this product?
Then she was on the phone with a client who had never had any kind of weave before but was getting a few tracks put in to make her hair thicker or something. My stylist told me that the lady had long hair, the back of it was to her bra strap. She said the lady had still been going to her original stlyist for color. My stylist thought the other stylist was damaging her hair because of the color. The reason being was he was using CLAIROL hair dye and that "it's not for US". Then she told that she thought the lady was going too far with her perm. I thought she meant the application like putting the perm on too much of her hair so I asked her what she meant. She said "12 weeks you can't go that long without a relaxer". Something about the top being thick and dry when the new growth comes in. She said she finally talked her into going less time between her relaxer and now she's coming every 6 weeks.
Isn't stretching good for the hair?
AND LAST when she was finished with my sew-in she was telling me the basics of caring for it, which I pretty much knew from this board. I was getting up to the bathroom and she kinda laughed and said "DON'T USE SUAVE it'll tangle the hair". She also said "don't condition the corn rows cause it'll make it gunky".
Will suave really tangle the sewn in hair?
Shouldn't you condition the corn rows since your hair is in them?
The positives: I won't knock everything....
She did LISTEN to what I wanted. She offered suggestions but ultimately it was my decisionon what I wanted to do with my hair.
She left my edges out before I even asked her too and didn't braid too tight.
She said that the one good thing about me going natural is that my nape has grown out some.
COMMENTS?????
She knows that I'm trying to grow out my perm to be natural, so she suggested that I use this product called "New Era" that some of her clients use to help them transition. I asked her what it was and she said that basically it was what white women use for a perm so that they will have their naturally curly hair but can still wear it straight so they can wear it either way. She then mentioned to me that she would be using it on my 7 year old niece (today). She said it wasn't like a perm, it didn't have all those harsh chemicals etc. My sister ended up letting her put it on my nieces hair. I asked my mom what it was and she told me it was a texturizer. ?? So pretty much she got a tex-lax? Isn't still pretty much changing her natural hair texture? My other questions are
Has anyone heard of/used New Era or know anything?
Would you put this product on a 7 year old?
Then she asked me what I'd been using to shampoo my hair with. I thought for a minute as I've been trying different things and I told her Suave. Before I could say anything else she said this loud "NUH UH!!!" and a "girl that's nothing you want to use on your hair it will make it dry and unmanageable."
Ummm this isn't true it?
Don't some of you use this product?
Then she was on the phone with a client who had never had any kind of weave before but was getting a few tracks put in to make her hair thicker or something. My stylist told me that the lady had long hair, the back of it was to her bra strap. She said the lady had still been going to her original stlyist for color. My stylist thought the other stylist was damaging her hair because of the color. The reason being was he was using CLAIROL hair dye and that "it's not for US". Then she told that she thought the lady was going too far with her perm. I thought she meant the application like putting the perm on too much of her hair so I asked her what she meant. She said "12 weeks you can't go that long without a relaxer". Something about the top being thick and dry when the new growth comes in. She said she finally talked her into going less time between her relaxer and now she's coming every 6 weeks.
Isn't stretching good for the hair?
AND LAST when she was finished with my sew-in she was telling me the basics of caring for it, which I pretty much knew from this board. I was getting up to the bathroom and she kinda laughed and said "DON'T USE SUAVE it'll tangle the hair". She also said "don't condition the corn rows cause it'll make it gunky".
Will suave really tangle the sewn in hair?
Shouldn't you condition the corn rows since your hair is in them?
The positives: I won't knock everything....
She did LISTEN to what I wanted. She offered suggestions but ultimately it was my decisionon what I wanted to do with my hair.
She left my edges out before I even asked her too and didn't braid too tight.
She said that the one good thing about me going natural is that my nape has grown out some.
COMMENTS?????