Curltopia

I went to Curltopia today to get my hair colored because I needed a change. Well it was very professional, my appointment was at 1:00 and I was about 15 minutes early and was seated very promptly. I was able to research the person doing my hair online and I chose her because she is a color specialist or whatever. I assumed that because it was called curltopia that it was a hair salon for Black women but I was surprised to see a lot of Caucasian women there which got me nervous. Now I knew my stylist was a white lady before I went but when I saw that most of her clients were white as well I was thinking "Oh gosh what if she doesn't know what to do with my type hair". Well I did not express my concerns because after all it is a "curly hair boutique" and I'm sure she wouldn't be working there if she couldn't deal with all hair types so I sat in her chair and explained to her what I wanted.

I told her I wanted light-brown-honey-blondish- hair in the front and a darker brown color in the back but it should be a gradual change. Then I tried to talk in terms of weave, "OK I want 27/30 in the front and 4 in the back" she looked at me crazy then showed me pictures and I pointed out exactly what I wanted. The color came out exactly how I wanted but next time I want to go a little lighter in the front or maybe just add some highlights. The brown color in the back is so close to my natural hair color that I'm kinda mad (but not really) that I paid extra for a third color cause she could have just done the two light colors and it would have looked the same I think...

Anyway to make a long story short I really loved the technique she used to style my hair. They call it a finger style which I kinda do but not as well as she. She used Miss Jessie's Curly Meringue on my hair which just put my curls on a-whole-nother level. She sectioned my hair off and using only her fingers detangled and separated my hair. She then put me under the dryer and let all but the roots of my hair dry, then stretched the roots with a blow dryer. Super cute I must say, I am going to have to get me some Miss Jessie's stuff and try those techniques.

Prices were regular salon prices, I paid $110, which included a small tip, for three colors.