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How to tell your hairdresser not to shampoo etc
Hi curlies,
Whenever I got to my stylist, I would really prefer they not shampoo / condish etc my hair, as my hair really doesn't like cones / proteins / sulfates. As you know, most salon products contains these ingredients. I really just want a cut, and not all the products they have to offer.
When I say "you don't need to wash my hair" - she says "oh I like to work with clean and product free hair."
How to you say "don't put your products in my hair" without ...um....sounding....well, like a weirdo?
Any advice?
Whenever I got to my stylist, I would really prefer they not shampoo / condish etc my hair, as my hair really doesn't like cones / proteins / sulfates. As you know, most salon products contains these ingredients. I really just want a cut, and not all the products they have to offer.
When I say "you don't need to wash my hair" - she says "oh I like to work with clean and product free hair."
How to you say "don't put your products in my hair" without ...um....sounding....well, like a weirdo?
Any advice?
2c
My HG products: BSRG, HE Totally Twisted Mousse, Burts Bee's green tea condish, Burts Bee's Super Shiney grapefruit condish
My HG products: BSRG, HE Totally Twisted Mousse, Burts Bee's green tea condish, Burts Bee's Super Shiney grapefruit condish
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You could ask them to cut your hair dry. But who knows, they might have a fit about it because they don't usually know what to do with curly hair.
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I have found, however, that it's good to be vocal with stylists. I would either a.) bring in what I wanted them to use or b.) say that the shampoo has been making your scalp itchy and you think you're allergic to something in it. A little fib, but at least you don't have to feel bad.
I think that sometimes stylist aren't familiar with every product out there (and with so many how could they be?) so they just use what they're used to, what the salon carries, or whatever.
(BTW, my salon sells Deva and some other lines, but the stylist actually suggested Miss Jessie's [buylink=http://www.curlmart.com/Miss-Jessies-Curly-Pudding-p-578.html?utm_source=naturallycurly.com&utm_medium=text-link&utm_content=curltalk-post-text&utm_campaign=miss-jessies-curly-pudding]Curly Pudding[/buylink] and mentioned Jessicurl.)
If it bothers you a lot, speak up.
If he/she seems interested, I'll briefly explain CG, etc.
If there's no interest shown, I'll just leave it at that.
No one has refused. I can't imagine...
That's a really good way to put it.
You can say what you want about the South, but you never hear of anyone retiring and moving North.
This also eliminates them charging you for washing your hair. Why pay for something I can do myself with my own products?
I have done the same thing. I have a good relationship with my hair person and at first she was indulgent of my CG routine but now that she sees how good my hair looks, she is actually considering selling Jessicurl products in her salon! Yeah, I knew she was humoring me at first -- I would bring OneCondition to my appointments and ask that she use it in place of shampoo, and she obliged me -- but after a few visits, she started to realize I was on to something!
Not all salons will be this open-minded, though. I got really lucky, I think. Most of the places I've been to in the past would have made me either feel like a freak or just flat out refused my request...
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I love that! I'm going to have my first haircut since going CG in July, so that is exactly what I'm going to use. Thanks for the tip!