Last week, I was feeling a bit frustrated with my hair. Two weeks prior I had done a self-trim on my already purposely blunt cut, and felt that afterwards I had just accentuated its pyramid shape even more. In addition to my not so great self-trim, my hair was growing out funny. The front started to grow over the back pieces, if that makes sense. Anyway, my hair lost a lot of volume and became sort of flat and shapeless. Not my cup of tea.
I researched a few neighborhood salons (I know... risky.), but actually came across one I felt comfortable enough to make an appointment with. Self Salon is a trendy, Williamsburg (BK!) joint and their "Curly Specialist," Jeff, is Deva-trained and from the reviews seemed to have a lot of experience with, shall I say, different curl types, which definitely made me feel a lot more confident in my decision.
You may ask, why didn't I go back to Devachan? The main factor keeping me away is the cost. Granted, while it was worth the experience and I did love my cut, I was looking for something a tad more reasonable.
Anyway, long story short, I wanted some volume back. I still have the main bulk of my hair as one length, but I spiced it up with a little bit of layers, mainly at the crown. Jeff, my hairstylist, was amazing! Super laid-back and far from a product pusher. I learned so much from him and he gave me great insider tips on the products I'm using, as well as some fun natural remedies. But most importantly, he didn't weigh my hair down with tons of product. I left the salon with BIG and voluminous hair like I wanted. He was even nice enough to e-mail me an after-care guideline of some of the tips he shared with me.
I'm also glad to know that he believes in super low-maintence care (I think I found my hair stylist match from heaven!). While Devachan said I should come back for "maintenance" in 4-5 weeks (and we all know that also means wallet maintenance), Jeff told me that I could possibly hold out to maybe a year or close to it. This was music to my ears! All in all, wonderful experience and I was glad I could find a stylist that I could connect with on the real.
