user3
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Ok. So when I go to my stylist she kept kind of pulling at my hair with the flat iron. She would start close to my roots and go down a few inches but then release the iron and go a litte ways back up my hair but when she did this the down motion changed and she would yank/pull at my hair. Just want to add that she didn't keep the iron closed when she went back up the hair and she did the backup motion a few times on each strand.
About half way through she asked me if it was hurting and she said many of clients complained about other irons pulling on their hair. She was testing a new one out on me. I told her no because it didn't hurt but I thought to myself "well of course the other irons pull because you freaking pulling hard on our hair when you do that weird backtracking".
I asked if that is how you should use a flat iron and she told me YES!
Now I myself have only had my hair flat ironed my me or my mother. I have seen it done on other people and I have seen other people do their own hair. I have also used a flat iron on a friends hair.
Now, I start at the root slide/glide the iron down the bottom of the hair and if needed I go back up to the root and do another slide/glide down the hair. WITHOUT pulling and yanking or doing a repeat motion before I get to the bottom. This is also how I have witnessed it being done by others.
Curious does anyone do it like my stylist does? Am I doing it wrong?
*Side note*
I have a sneaky feeling that she is getting back at me in her own way. I just won't let her color my hair. I just started back coloring it after a few years of not coloring and I like to do it myself unless I changed my mind and want to do a more complicated coloring. She seems to not like the fact that I do it at home. She also seemed a bit taken back when I told her I wanted some layering in the front. When she got done I told her I actually wanted more layers than that but that would be fine for now so I can slowly get use to having layers again in the front.
Now I pay her $34-36 for the cut can't recall which one plus I always give her a $10 tip. I would think she would be happy with me as a client. I have a simple cut and I think I am a pretty good tipper. She seemed POed that day. She didn't seem to really want to Flat iron my hair. Keep in mind I had my hair Thermal reconditioned back in May so really using the flat iron on my hair only makes it less puffy and thick looking. It's not like she had to work through some major curls.
Just thought I'd add in this side note
Sorry for the long post. I just want to make sure I am using the flat iron right and that if my stylist might be "mistreating" my hair. I might just find someone else if that seems to be the case.
About half way through she asked me if it was hurting and she said many of clients complained about other irons pulling on their hair. She was testing a new one out on me. I told her no because it didn't hurt but I thought to myself "well of course the other irons pull because you freaking pulling hard on our hair when you do that weird backtracking".
I asked if that is how you should use a flat iron and she told me YES!
Now I myself have only had my hair flat ironed my me or my mother. I have seen it done on other people and I have seen other people do their own hair. I have also used a flat iron on a friends hair.
Now, I start at the root slide/glide the iron down the bottom of the hair and if needed I go back up to the root and do another slide/glide down the hair. WITHOUT pulling and yanking or doing a repeat motion before I get to the bottom. This is also how I have witnessed it being done by others.
Curious does anyone do it like my stylist does? Am I doing it wrong?
*Side note*
I have a sneaky feeling that she is getting back at me in her own way. I just won't let her color my hair. I just started back coloring it after a few years of not coloring and I like to do it myself unless I changed my mind and want to do a more complicated coloring. She seems to not like the fact that I do it at home. She also seemed a bit taken back when I told her I wanted some layering in the front. When she got done I told her I actually wanted more layers than that but that would be fine for now so I can slowly get use to having layers again in the front.
Now I pay her $34-36 for the cut can't recall which one plus I always give her a $10 tip. I would think she would be happy with me as a client. I have a simple cut and I think I am a pretty good tipper. She seemed POed that day. She didn't seem to really want to Flat iron my hair. Keep in mind I had my hair Thermal reconditioned back in May so really using the flat iron on my hair only makes it less puffy and thick looking. It's not like she had to work through some major curls.
Just thought I'd add in this side note
Sorry for the long post. I just want to make sure I am using the flat iron right and that if my stylist might be "mistreating" my hair. I might just find someone else if that seems to be the case.