I just had to share this. I've just had my hair ( blonde, dyed, dry and frizzy ) done at a salon in Birmingham where the stylist was trained in New York by the woman who wrote the Curly Hair handbook!
My hair looks amazing,he cut my hair dry and the method he used to dry it was so different to how I normally do it. I was so impressed with both the stylist and the colourist, they both spent about ten mins talking to me about my hair, examining it and have both done a brilliant job! Ok it wasn't cheap but it was so worth it!
When I was leaving, another client said to me, your hair looks amazing, I saw you when you came in ( when it was a dry, frizzy mess..)
He talked to me about why silicone is so bad for curly hair ( basically cos its like coating your hair in plastic and then doesn't allow your hair to absorb moisture so over time your hair gets more dry), advised me on what products to use in the future and how to dry and style it. Am so impressed and am a total convert!
Very happy to share details with anyone who is interested... (Don't want to be seen to be advertising anything here but have learnt so much already about care of curly hair, I just wanted to pass it on!) :)