crazyabouthair
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Two weeks ago I went to get a touch up after waiting 11 weeks. My hairdresser was booked for the day and I was going out of town the next day so she recommended another hair dresser that worked at the salon. I was kind of anxious about letting someone else do my hair but at the same time I was desperate so I made an appointment with the other hair dresser. Based on her appearance I got even more nervous, she didn't look as professional as my hairdresser usually look but still I decided to let her do my hair. I told her I wanted to try Mizani this time (I usually use dudley's) and she said ok.
As she proceeded I got more comfortable with her. First of all she brought out the tub of Mizani relaxer so I was sure she was using what I asked for. She based my scalp better than my hairdresser and she also used a protecter on the rest of my hair, my hairdresser never does that. Aside from the base and the protecter, and some foam lotion she used at the end everything else that she used was from mizani. She did a good job relaxing, and after she smoothed it she set a timer for 10 more minutes and rinsed the relaxer out as soon as time was up. My hairdresser just let you sit there until it takes or until you tell her it's burning. She rinsed the relaxer out, applied the hydraphuse conditioner (not sure if she mixed it with keraphuse) then she sat me under the dryer for about 15-20 minutes, then she rinsed out the conditioner and shampooed with the neutralizing shampoo. She didn't use any rinse out conditioner after the shampoo though, just leave ins. I liked the fact that she conditioned right after the relaxer.
Here is the bad part. She tells me that my ends need clipping and asked me if she could clip. I like a dumb fool gave her permission. I knew my ends were damaged and it has been almost three months since my last trim so I figured I needed one. I made sure to enforce that I only wanted a trim cause I got my hair cut in december. Well, she had me turned away from the mirror while she "trimmed" my hair and by the time she turned me back around and I saw what she was doing it was way too late. I was screaming on the inside cause she was taking inches off my hair. I've been so upset about this that I'm just now able to write about it. I had so much newgrowths in the last three months, especially since I've been using the capilong. I was so looking foward to the new length and to give you ladies an update on the capilong but now my hair is only maybe half an inch longer than when I got it cut in december.
I went back to the salon the next morning to buy products and ran into my regular hairdresser and she was talking about my how nice my hair looked and she said "You got it cut too." I explained to her what happened and she said she felt bad that she forgot to warn me. She knew this lady had a reputation for cutting instead of trimming and that's why she didn't have a lot of clients. Thanks for the late warning. Anyway just wanted to vent thanks for listening.
As she proceeded I got more comfortable with her. First of all she brought out the tub of Mizani relaxer so I was sure she was using what I asked for. She based my scalp better than my hairdresser and she also used a protecter on the rest of my hair, my hairdresser never does that. Aside from the base and the protecter, and some foam lotion she used at the end everything else that she used was from mizani. She did a good job relaxing, and after she smoothed it she set a timer for 10 more minutes and rinsed the relaxer out as soon as time was up. My hairdresser just let you sit there until it takes or until you tell her it's burning. She rinsed the relaxer out, applied the hydraphuse conditioner (not sure if she mixed it with keraphuse) then she sat me under the dryer for about 15-20 minutes, then she rinsed out the conditioner and shampooed with the neutralizing shampoo. She didn't use any rinse out conditioner after the shampoo though, just leave ins. I liked the fact that she conditioned right after the relaxer.
Here is the bad part. She tells me that my ends need clipping and asked me if she could clip. I like a dumb fool gave her permission. I knew my ends were damaged and it has been almost three months since my last trim so I figured I needed one. I made sure to enforce that I only wanted a trim cause I got my hair cut in december. Well, she had me turned away from the mirror while she "trimmed" my hair and by the time she turned me back around and I saw what she was doing it was way too late. I was screaming on the inside cause she was taking inches off my hair. I've been so upset about this that I'm just now able to write about it. I had so much newgrowths in the last three months, especially since I've been using the capilong. I was so looking foward to the new length and to give you ladies an update on the capilong but now my hair is only maybe half an inch longer than when I got it cut in december.
I went back to the salon the next morning to buy products and ran into my regular hairdresser and she was talking about my how nice my hair looked and she said "You got it cut too." I explained to her what happened and she said she felt bad that she forgot to warn me. She knew this lady had a reputation for cutting instead of trimming and that's why she didn't have a lot of clients. Thanks for the late warning. Anyway just wanted to vent thanks for listening.
Suffice it to say I will NOT Be going back there again.
I was really nervous for the first time trimming my hair. So Carlie gave me the hook-up on the "Trimming Your Own Hair" technique. It had great results. 
From now on I trim my own ends. You go Carlie. 
