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DD is having a professonal hair consultation at a really good hair salon......

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Katymac · 05/04/2006 19:36

...and it's free as long as I buy the products they suggest!!!!

As I live in rural Norfolk and have as much chance of buying suitable products for her hair at Asda or Tescos as I do of flying - I think it's a really good deal

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MadameDeMars · 05/04/2006 19:43

Let me know what they suggest and what you get.

I find Tresomme really good for washing and conditioning the children's hair.

Sounds like a good deal as long as the products aren't over priced or rubbish lol.

Thinking about you!

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Katymac · 05/04/2006 19:46

It's just so hard to find stuff and then have to try and guess if it will work on DD

The Urban Therapy Stuff was fab - but Asda stopped doing it

Washing and conditioning seem OK - but keeping it nice between washes is hard - it's either oily, or crispy, or frizzy - so I know I'm doing something wrong

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Katymac · 05/04/2006 21:16

I could cry

Poor little sausage is upset about going as "her hair is so ugly that they will laugh"

Couldn't you just kill other children - they are so cruel

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MadameDeMars · 06/04/2006 18:15

Hiya Katymac

Sorry not to have been about last night. I was on my way out when I posted.

If you have a large town near you Motions is a good product to get.

Are you sure you don't want to move in with me? Wish I could make it better.

4kids · 06/04/2006 19:59

Hi Katymac as a afro stylist i was taught in collage that a hair consultation should always take place before anything is done to the hair but this is a process that should automatically take place not one that is done if you buy products.This also applies for european hairdressers too the reason why many salons dont do this is because they are slack & just damn to lazee or they were not taught properly & i am ashamed to say many Afro salon stylists are not pro trained but something they have learned over the years through family & friends ect.
Its a shame the salon is trying to con you into buying products as you wont know if the products you buy or they suggest will be any good for the hair you have to try the products first to know wot it is like. Like Mars said Motions is good & i rave about Motions but even this product might not suit.But in my experiance it is the best product i have come across for mixed race hair.

4kids · 06/04/2006 20:06

Katymac have they explained wot they are gonna do in this consultation? i'm intrigued to know wots so special about this consultation that they only perform it if you buy the suggested products.

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Katymac · 06/04/2006 21:03

It's not really like that 4kids

Where I live you cannot find products for afro hair (nowhere in the city or out)

They think they are the only place around where I could get any products (unless I travel) It's more a case that the only place I'll get the products is from them - but they did say depending on her hair type there might be websites I can buy off

They are doing it as a favour for my hairdresser (who comes to the house) who says she can cut DD's hair (and she does beautifully) but has difficulty recommending products...they aren't going to cut or style it...just mess around with stuff

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4kids · 06/04/2006 22:10

I understand wot u r saying but even though a consultation can still take place without obligation to buy.Maybe its diffo in london we have so many salons catering for diffo hair & we are easily accessable when it comes to buying products.Good luck with your dd's consultation i hope they can recommend some good products.

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Katymac · 06/04/2006 22:13

I just wish she was a bit more excited about it - she is really not looking forward to it

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Katymac · 07/04/2006 17:19

Gee what a waste of time

Consultation was not free £15
They would not sell me any products

I got a piece of paper with (badly spelt)
Moisturizing Shampoo
Moisturizing conditioner
Leave in moisturizing lotion or spray
Once a month use a mask

Refused to name a brand and only gave me a company when forced to - so off to a shop about 20miles from here to see if they can do any better

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pussycatmomma · 07/04/2006 17:49

aaah what a shame for your dd katymac, i have just read this thread.

im sorry not to be able to offer any words of wisdom , i just wanted to sympathise with your dd. although i dont have "mixed-race hair" as someone put it (!), i have the most tremendously freakishly curly hair, which when i was growing up was at best frizzy, huge and unstyled. It was the bain of my whole existence!! especially as my sister had beautiful perfectly straight hair . However skip forward 20 yrs and i love my hair, not only can i actually tame it but have learnt to work with it, and thanks to ghd straighteners can wear it straight most of the time.
i just wanted to send good smooth haired vibes to your dd, and to tell her she hasnt ugly hair, and that she is BEAUTIFUL...........
btw my best friends son is mixed race and hated his hair, now hes making all his friends envious by growing a huge fro
good luck with the product searching x x x x

MadameDeMars · 07/04/2006 17:58

if you are going 20miles km, is it possible to see if you could find a shop with black hair products?

Also, a friend used frizz ease on her DD's hair and said that that worked.

It's a shame our kids can't see into the future where straight haired girls (and even some curly haired girls) would kill for their mixed hair.

me23 · 07/04/2006 18:08

hi, my dd is mixed race but astill a baby just havent had to deal with the hair issue yet, im sorry you are having just trouble i did a search on goolge and came up with a few website that might be of interest this one sells prosucts for afro hair\link{http://www.rootsandsculpture.co.uk/default.asp\here}
this one lists a few good products for children
\link{http://www.blackbeautyandhair.com/html/display/features.asp?ID=9&bypass=\here
and this one sells products for mixed race childrens hair
\link{http://www.naturalfrizz.co.uk/here}
hope this helps

me23 · 07/04/2006 18:10

whoops left the last one out the one for mixed race childrens hair \link{http://www.naturalfrizz.co.uk/\here}

MadameDeMars · 07/04/2006 18:18

they seem quite interesting.

The only thing that gets my goat is the hair relaxing products for children. Grrr... they have lovely hair that shouldn't be altered (sorry personal bugbear there!)

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Katymac · 07/04/2006 20:26

That article from Black Beauty is just what I need

I got told that relaxing is completely different from perming - is that true (as my hair dresser - not this lot says its all the same chemicals) and you wouldn't perm an 8yo's hair - would you?

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MadameDeMars · 07/04/2006 20:38

it's a straight perm. It's a chemical to straighten hair.

I'm NOT a fan of this in kids!

Will do some online research for you.

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Katymac · 07/04/2006 21:15

That's what I thought - & you wouldn't get me perming a child's hair.....it's not nice

My SIL wants me to do DD's but I said "no way"

But I'll look up some of this stuff on the net and see what I can find

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