War of the Worlds
Eventually, they basically asked, what exactly did I want them to do? All I wanted was for them to take my shrunken coils and give me some height. Okay, they would see what they could do, they said. Enter, the head stylist. I was told to please not bite the head stylist or zap him into ashes like the aliens from “War of the Worlds”, because he was going to try his best without doing a full blow-out service with a shampoo.
Thankfully my manager produced a wide toothed comb from her purse and assured them that we could give directions for what to do. Throughout the styling process, the head stylist was good enough to ask questions about what he should do and how he should do it, instead of pretending he already knew. Here’s what he did per my instructions:
- Wet my hair with water from a spray bottle and a detangling spray.
- Used a wide toothed comb and eventually hair dryer to comb out my fro and make it bigger.
- Added some oil to finish the style.
The result was lumpier, but taller hair, that would not be worth paying for if it hadn’t been complimentary. If it’s possible to give them any credit, I can say that they did try to do something to my hair as opposed to actually kicking me out of the styling chair. At some point, before they offered up their head stylist as a sacrifice to the alien life-form in the styling chair, my manager mentioned that we were there as press for NaturallyCurly.com. I can’t really say if that turned the tables for them or not, but while I was getting my hair mussed, I also received a gift card so I could come back for a full blow-out service. Quick, get a big mixing bowl to catch the following sarcasm drip! How nice of them, right?
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The hair before again. Just so you can see the “dramatic difference”. »
The hair after…Why am I still grinning? Because I really liked the false eyelashes! »
Later at home. I have so much more length than this! »
