Thanks ladies! Never could have done it without the support and inspiration of my LHCF folk (most of whom are on this thread! LOL)
wavezncurlz - yes they twirled it in the sink. I had no idea what was going on LOL. Luckily, while I was under the hood dryer I read the Curly Girl book on their complimentary iPad (yeah, you're not paying for the cut, necessarily) LOL. I got a good sense of the method. Again, I don't know if I have the skillz to replicate the results, but I will try. Of course, right now I want to run out and try every curly product on the market! A lot of people were just meh about Deva Curl products, but I liked how they worked on my hair. I suspect that the amount and technique the salon uses makes all the difference, but I may actually buy them (from Ricky's where they're cheaper)