Non-Black stylist and our hair

[toocute]

Originally posted by lovelyivy84
At the most I go to the Dominican ladies- but a lot of them are racially black anyway so it's not a stretch.

Me too and you can't beat a $16 doobie (CT4 remember that word ?)

I did have a white stylist for a minute. There was a Cosmetics Plus by the World Trade Center that had a hair salon. A white dude did my hair a few times. My only complaint was he was a bit scissor happy when I asked for a trim.

[nachural]

Well my sis and her mom have been going to the same white hair salon since her first relaxer at like 6 or 7. I think he does an ok job but honestly I wish she would go somewhere else like my salon where it's half the price and looks 100 times better. Now that my hair is relaxed again I've been going to the Dominicans anf they hook the isht out of my hair. When she gets back from the salon her hair is way too curly and her ends look way too thin and need to be cut. But I think/know she has a complex with cutting her hair since it's kinda long and she is Miss AKA but the ends are too too thin it looks really silly to me. I mean it doesnt make sense to have long hair if only 3 strands are long you know? Also it doesnt have the jermach (bounce) like mine because he uses a lot of curling irons but he doesnt comb it out so it looks curly and a bit stiff when it really needs to be smoother so if she wanted to comb it out it would still look the same or if she got a gush of wind she could shake her a head a few times and it would come back..... like mine lol.

Now mom is a different story. Her hair is thinning and has been for a while. The last time she went he told her he wouldnt be perming the top anymore and I said to my self "umm he should have stopped years ago." If you blow dry the roots straight enuff you dont have to use perm. and when she gets back from the salon it's a hot mess but she likes it. [like flipped ends here a curl there it's just crazy] I keep telling her to come with me to mine just once she'd like it so much better. But she's attached to him and she likes to spend more money on a style that's not worth it. I honestly believe her hair looks better after she;s put rollers in it one night and then combs it out.

I dont understand how people can be in denial for soo long I mean everytime I get my hair done she;s like "oh my god it looks soo good" but she still wont come. When my sis cam back from school for fall break and saw my hair (I had just relaxed it) she was like wow but she still doesnt want to come. I told her why dont you cut a little bit off so it looks thicker but no. Watch by the summer my hair will be as long as hers but thicker and healthier.

Sorry but the long and the short of my story is if you go to a white salon make sure you are not tricking yourself into thinking it looks good and if you if you see someone's hair that looks good or better than yours and it's cheaper umm dont waste you money any more.

[lovelyivy84]

Originally posted by nachural
When she gets back from the salon her hair is way too curly and her ends look way too thin and need to be cut. But I think/know she has a complex with cutting her hair since it's kinda long and she is Miss AKA but the ends are too too thin it looks really silly to me.

When I crossed I had a very nice short cut. Looking at the Look At Me thread many Sorors are short and lovely.

Just felt like pointing out that hair doesn't really have much to do with AKA.

[Honeykiss1974]

Originally posted by Dionysus


I would've left at that moment. That is just gross.

LOL, girrrrrl, who are you telling.

Right now, I am doing my own hair, but I wouldn't mind having someone else fool with it for a change.

[Steeltrap]

In Las Vegas during the 1990s, I had non-AA students do my hair. I'm a very engaged client, so I was watching them like a hawk. And my relaxers turned out well.

Right now, my biological sister does my hair except when I am up here in "the O.C." When that happens, I go to Long Beach to a beauty school where nearly all the students are of color. I've had Chicanas do my hair, and they've done a good job.

And as an aside, right now much of my sister's clientele is non-AA. Now, she's starting to get more because of soror referrals.

[ClassyLady]

I have never gone to a non-black hair stylist before. I have always kind of been scared that they would not know how to get my hair straight or how to detangle it and other little things like that.

The stylist I go to now co-owns the salon with a hispanic woman. If I was to go to a non-AA stylist, she would be the only one. I have seen her to relaxers and have girls' hair looking good. She can also hook up the razor cut. I think I might let her give me a cute little cut and then let my stylist do my hair.

[WenD08]

i went to a white female stylist for years before she went and made some...changes in her life i liked her and half of her clientele was Black (many were sorors). when i lived in Dallas, i went to a white male stylist and he was great. the Latina he worked w/could also style some hair. if i moved back i'd look him up.
the most problems i've ever had were from Blacks. my thing race isn't the issue when it comes to doing my hair but technique is

[Ideal08]

Never have and never will.

[Choo-ChooAKA]

I went to a white stylist once for a wash, cut, and style (I had a fresh relaxer already). She did the bomb cut, but her tools weren't meant for our hair, so after the wash and cut things went a little south.

I went home, re-blow dried with my power-blower, flat-ironed my whole head, and then bumped the ends. That's when I found out the cut was fabulous. I didn't go back because I wanted a short haircut (this is back when the Halle Berry style was all the rage) and I was referred to a Black woman who gave me the best short-cut (and continued to give me the best until I moved) I've ever had in my life. So much for the white girl!

[Prissfit1908]

You know, it's funny because I have been to a white stylist and she jacked me the hayle up! However, I've been to SEVERAL sistahs who made me look like a dayum clown. I think it all boils down to experience, techinique and listening to what the heck I say! If I tell the stylist I want a trim, I'm not asking for a cut. I can't stand scissor happy stylists! My hair tends to grow very fast and it's thick. I think I have had some stylists who purposely cut off more than I asked them to. Heffas...

I just want someone who can do what I ask them to do, man! I don't ask for magic, but I know what I want. It's so hard to find a good stylist who is professional in Cleveland. Seems like most of the folks specialize in quick weaves and that AIN'T FO' ME!

I guess my take on it is if you can do my type of hair and do it well, we're cool whatever your race. It then becomes an issue of trust. Who wants to be a guinea pig? Coming out the salon in tears....

[Steeltrap]

Originally posted by bitsy196
I've never been to a white stylist before, but a Domincan hairdresser will hook you up quite nicely! My hair has grown a lot in the months that I've been going to this particular salon. You can go in there in need of a wash and set (which is only $10 Monday-Wednesday), and come out looking like you've just gotten a fresh perm. Unlike the black salon where I used to get my hair done, I don't have to wait for hours, and my perm lasts more than 2 weeks. I can honestly say, with a few wash 'n sets, my perm can look good for three months (and my hair is very thick).

When I find my way to New York (if I can stop shopping for a few months), I plan to try a Dominican salon. I've heard tons about them, and we're rather Dominican-salon-deficient out here in Kollyfornia.

[Sugar_N_Spice]

Originally posted by exquizit
Yup, I have honestly found a few white stylists that can layer the hayle outta my hair. THAT's IT though, I don't let them do anything but the cut.

Yeah, I agree with that one. They can do some cute cuts, but let one of them even attmept t puck up a pressing comb and give you a good, hard press, ,for ex., and you'll be asking for too much, IMHO...

Sometimes it's best to stay within our "own"

[NOWorNEVER]

Originally posted by exquizit
Yup, I have honestly found a few white stylists that can layer the hayle outta my hair. THAT's IT though, I don't let them do anything but the cut.

Just co-signing along with everyone else. I never went, but a good friend of mine always went to great clips or the hair cuttery after a relaxer and the white people over there always did an awesome job with layers. IF I ever go back to a permie, I'd have one of them give me some layers.

[rho4life]

I was maid of honnor [ i hate that term ] in a friend's wedding this past summer. she's white and basically, I'm the only black person she knows well [and the only one in the wedding party]. She was trying to be nice by setting up appointments for all of the bridesmaids, and her mom and his mom and herself to get our hair done at the same salon on the day of the wedding. I use the term salon loosely! Itwas this little place run by some white women who had BAD hair themselves - frizzy, overblowdried and bad color jobs.

Well, the girls who had long [past their shoulders] relatively straight hair got up-dos and looked ok. The mom of the groom had short hair and got this helmet head thing that looked BAD. There was an asian girl w/ short curly hair, and it didn't look like they did anything.

With me, I wear my hair naturally curly, about chin length. the woman doing my hair had no ideas on what to do w/ shorter and/or curly hair. Thankfully, I had thought ahead and brought some of my own products with me. I had to suggest to her that she spritz my curls w/ water to eliminate frizz and define the curls.

She tried to do twists, and then she pinned the back of it.

Thankfully the bride wasn't around to see it. I HATED IT, IT LOOKED TERRIBLE. The other women who saw it agreed. The twists were too loose, and the back was just a mess. I ended up taking the back down and fixing it b4 the bride saw it. One of my sands will do hair on the side for her friends, and I should have had her on standby, b/c I know I would have looked better.

I found out later the bride had paid $70 per person for our hairdos!!

NONE of them were that cute. The bride's looked ok b/c it was hidden by a veil.

[Choo-ChooAKA]

Too bad the bride went to so much expense to do something nice and it turned out badly. Well, at least you know how to do your own hair so that it looks good.