Hair Service at Air Plus Hair Salon

It's Friday! It's Friday the 13th oh my! so update on my Japanese Hair Straightening service on tuesday...this was a service of a total of 4 hours I was there from 4-8pm with a master stylist of course. so basically this is how it works: 


-you get your hair washed (she was great with the head massage the best I had so far) and I had 4 I believe in total
-a protein conditioner is applied in my hair
-a cream based thio relaxer is then applied. This will soften the hair and disassociate the sulfur bonds inside the hair shaft.
-After a period of time (15-20mins) the stylist would do a test to see if the hair has broken down to the right degree
-Once the proper amount of sulfer bonds have been disassociated the stylist will rinse the hair
-The hair is then dried into the style you would normally wear it in.
-The stylist will then take small sections and apply some degree of tension to get your hair as straight as possible. (combing and flat ironing took place)
-once the neutralizer has been on the hair for the proper amount of time it will be rinsed from the hair
-after the hair is rinsed it will be dried again and ironed into the style you wish to wear.
-the neutralizing chemical only begins to re-associate the sulfer bonds. The hair still needs to absorb more oxygen and will do so naturally through the air.
-the stylist will then instruct me not to shampoo, wet or style my hair for 2-3 days (this is really uncomfortable for me cause I still haven't washed my hair till now...and it feels really gross)
apparently this helps it to allow it to complete neutralize into the current shape.
-my stylist also advises me to use special after care products and this lasts around 6 months. Basically until your hair regrows from the top and you see that unstraightened areas...that's when you go get your roots done

Air Salon at Metrotown
Stylist: Angel (master stylist)


Today, I'm trying a new place for a facial at Merle Norman at Metrotown it's $65 for a deep cleansing facial because I wanted to have extractions done....hopefully they would do a great job update of experience to follow.