Should I go into a different race owned hair salon?
Well some Black people have Asian hair type. You should go to a Dominican hair salon. They are good at doing Black people’s hair. Most Latin people have from nappy and very fine hair. So they have a lot of experience in making all hair types look good. Just try a place out, they will get your hair looking nice.
I work in the entertainment industry where talented hair stylists can do every kind of hair well, regardless of race. I’ve seen white men do black hair better than black women. Bottom line, you want the best hair stylist you can afford. Forget about convenient. Forget about cheap. You’re talking about the hair on your head — the only head that you have. When you walk into a room, your hair is one of the first things people will notice about you. It’s worth the extra money to go to a great high end hair stylist. Trust me, I’m a man, we appreciate these things (more than most of us would ever admit to). Take your time, ask around in your town, stop women in the mall with great hairstyles similar to the look you want and ask them who does their hair. Find out who the best stylist in your town is (get proof) and beg, borrow, and/or steal to get an appointment. That stylist might be a black woman, might be an Asian man. Who knows. Greatness has no color.
Just ask the stylist if they’re familiar with your kind of hair. As much as I like to assume that all hair stylists are trained to work with all hair types and that means they can, the truth is that hairstylists that don’t often do ethnic hair usually aren’t very good at it. I go to a hair salon in the mall, and when I asked the woman if she does ethnic hair (I’m black, my hair is relaxed and it grows in small waves) she actually said no, and luckily someone who worked their was. However, if your gut tells you the stylists don’t know how to do it, then I wouldn’t risk my hair. Just find a salon that seems to specialize in it and let them handle the stuff that is a little difficult and requires experience. The place you usually visit can still do your styling if you prefer. A perm need to be done correctly, it’s very important.
Bad idea! Listen. Call the salon and ask them to tell you step by step how they apply relaxer. If it sounds right, then you should be fine. DON’T call and ask them if they are familiar with black hair because they’ll say yes just to get a customer (and they may be lying). Even if they do have their license and have been trained, that training means nothing if they rarely use it…and you already said you haven’t seen blacks coming out of that salon. That happened to me at a predominantly white JC penny salon. It was a mess….obvious the guy didn’t know what he was doing. My answer is no, don’t go to a different race salon.
