Dominican Salons....is Dominican the new black?

[milamonster]

I m glad you posted this because I need to get to one. I HATE hot combs, the leave my natural hair permanently straight in some spots. Many Black people have told me that Dominican salons do a great job straightening hair. It all makes sense considering that many Dominicans are of African heritage

 

[madamepink78]

I love the Dominican salons.....even though I only go get a Doobie (as it is called) about once every 3 months....the products are really excellent ...had me ordering some for my home stash off line...Also you don't always have to sit under the dryer and get your hair blown afterwards. I just let the roll it then I have then wrap it around with a million and one pins LOL then I am out the door. Usually when the blow dry a heat protectant (sp) is always used. And for 10 or 15 bucks my hair and my pockets are def smiling.

 

[Twinkle_Twinkle]

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Originally Posted by MACaholic76 I got my hair permed ONCE and NEVER again. My curls were gone and it took me years to get the healthy, ringlet look back!!! It was just like what Twinkle Twinkle described! I hated it!

Yeah, I had a Dominican friend in high school who had a love hate battle with perms/relaxers. She would always try to stop using them, but couldn't handle the texture difference between her new growth and the permed hair. It was a shame too, because she never wore her hair straight, and her curls were sad and droopy, so she had to scrunch and scrunch and scrunch to get it to look right...

 

[lunalight7]

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Originally Posted by L281173 I prefer to patronize my own people. I am African-American. I find that the Dominican Salons apply to much heat to the hair. The African-American salons put more of an emphasis on the ideal of caring for the hair and they use upscale products where the Dominican salons normally do not.

Interesting....I guess it depends on where you're from b/c my experiece has been the opposite: African-American salons seem to focus on STYLE which often involves a lotta gelled-up, sprayed-up, micro-hot-curled up styling that looks pretty upon leaving the salon but disasterous the next morning, thereby requiring that I apply more heat to my gooped hair, eventually resulting in damage and breakage (queen of the run-on sentence!

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I have been patronizing Dominican salons for the past 8 years or so and my hair has THRIVED. Yes, the blow out is definitely Mr. Heat Miser BUT....somehow my chewed up dull hair has morphed into shoulder-length, shiny, healthy, swinging hair w/ no split ends or breakage. I find that they actually use few products on the hair, allowing it to be light and swingy. The look lasts until my next visit (every 2 weeks).

I have found, however, that they do NOT secialize in style CUTS. If I want a cut, I'll go somewhere else and then back to my Dominican sistahs for maintanence.

I pay $17 for a wash and set and blow out. $5 more for a deep condit under a steamer, which I adore.

I live in Bronx, NY. PM me for details if interested.

 

[MsCocoa]

I wish they had Dominican salons in the UK but next time I'm back the US I'll definately check one out, I'm natural too and I find that black hair salons insist on pressing the hell out my hair aswell as shellacking it with grease to make it sleek; I end up with bone straight hair, but the catch is it doesn't move!

 

[Stephy171]

NIceee threadd lol.... i am 100% dominican born and razed lol.... yes there is a craze with these salons!! Im from NY... washinggton heights or little dr as they call it where you can find one in every corner.... I love these ladies i have never relaxed or permed my hair that stuff scares me so its 100% natrual.... i have extremly tight curls and if a want straight hair better believe i have to go to a GOOD dominican salon {cuz they arent all good} but i find that they do my hair the best without damaging or burning my hair... also lasts the longest without curling up or frizzing up lol even after a famous night of clubbing... etc i have been to a black person but i had to get up mid hair dew and leave cuz she was doing all kinds of weird things.... But then again everyones hair is different so its justt whatever works for you!

 

[nicoleh619]

I am african american and my hair is very wavy curly. I relax my hair 3 times a year and it's past mid back length. I LOVE Dominican Hair Salons...I dont get my entire head blown out ever (maybe like 2x a yr for a special event) I usually get just my "roots" blown and get the doobie wrap. I also bring my own conditioners, shampoos and etc. I find that they are crowded always (my least favorite part of my visit). Also I dont like how they charge by the length of your hair even though I understand...sometimes it will say wash and set $10 or $15 dollars but I ALWAYS pay $25 or more just for my wash and set not including deep conditioners and leave in treatments thats why I started to buy my own products and take them in with me. I've been going to dominicans since I was a teen in HS and now I'm mid thirties so it's all I know. I also agree with some people who have said black salons do use alot of heat, gel, and greasy products to tame the hair and I dont prefer that but again its about what works for you.

 

[TISH1124]

I personally cannot go to a Black Hair Salon...I have never been to a Dominican one so I can't speak on that...My hair is so fine and breaks easily. I do not perm it...and I can not do holding gels or sprays, super hot professional flat irons that sit in that oven type thing, freeze curls etc...because my hair will fall on the floor within days. My hairdresser just washes, blow dries it on cool heat and then he flat irons my hair on medium to low heat ...I pretty much keep my hair cuts simple and maintenance free because it grows so fast. I never wrap my hair before bed, I used to have to when it was treated with a lot of oils, gels etc...
I comb it the way I wear it before bed and all I have to do is light touch ups with the flat iron in the morning

 

[HeavenLeiBlu]

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Originally Posted by L281173 I prefer to patronize my own people. I am African-American. I find that the Dominican Salons apply to much heat to the hair. The African-American salons put more of an emphasis on the ideal of caring for the hair and they use upscale products where the Dominican salons normally do not.

It's funny that you feel that way, because I think that of all types of salons, traditional Black salons tend to care more about style and appearance than the actual health of hair, and that they only reach for premium products if it is a high end salon, which is why I haven't been to one since i was in high school which was something teen tears ago, LOL. Of course I can't speak on them all, because I haven't been to them all. I do have two shining examples of ones whose main focus is hair health, but I'm biased because they are run by my friends. They focus more on natural hair, but do perform other services just as well.


My daughter happens to have the ideal hair type to that seems to looks good via Dominican blow out methods; it's very thick and coarse; however, she gets her hair blown out at a Black salon, or her cousins do it. My daughter and her cousins seem to have a similar hair type and don't have relaxed hair. They do her hair with a ceramic ion flatiron ( so does my daughter's salon stylist), and I swear getting them all together after they've had their hair done is like a Pantene commercial. If my hair wasn't locked, I'd entrust them with my hair for sure.

 

[j4lyphe]

Dominicans are the only ones who touch my hair here in the US (I'm from Jamaica)...I go to school in Gainesville, FL which is Hicksville so I don't go to any salons here both black or white. Even though my hair is relaxed, my hair seems to be too thick/long for black hairdressers and they always want to do weird stuff to me like line my hairline up (lol i'm not a boy) or apply massive amts of gel or hair oil to my hair (eww) so not unless someone of Caribbean descent (who'll understand my hair) opens a salon here in Gainesville then I shall continue driving all the way to Orlando to my girl Belgica of Salon Dominicano. And they do speak English there but thats not really a problem since I'm of Cuban (father) descent also...Yeah they use alot of heat but since it's so far I only go every 3 months when I go relax my hair and my hair looks AMAZING afterwards

 

[aziajs]

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Originally Posted by HeavenLeiBlu It's funny that you feel that way, because I think that of all types of salons, traditional Black salons tend to care more about style and appearance than the actual health of hair, and that they only reach for premium products if it is a high end salon...

I was thinking the same thing.

 

[mizzbeba]

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Originally Posted by j4lyphe Dominicans are the only ones who touch my hair here in the US (I'm from Jamaica)...I go to school in Gainesville, FL which is Hicksville so I don't go to any salons here both black or white. Even though my hair is relaxed, my hair seems to be too thick/long for black hairdressers and they always want to do weird stuff to me like line my hairline up (lol i'm not a boy) or apply massive amts of gel or hair oil to my hair (eww) so not unless someone of Caribbean descent (who'll understand my hair) opens a salon here in Gainesville then I shall continue driving all the way to Orlando to my girl Belgica of Salon Dominicano. And they do speak English there but thats not really a problem since I'm of Cuban (father) descent also...Yeah they use alot of heat but since it's so far I only go every 3 months when I go relax my hair and my hair looks AMAZING afterwards

If you're ever in Jacksonville check out Reflexion Salon! It's the only place I go to and I've referred several lovely ladies there who have also continued to go. It's a Latina owned and run. I've learned my lesson of letting just any hairdresser mess with my curls.

 

[j4lyphe]

Thanx Mizzbeba, if I'm ever up that way I will definetely give Reflexion Salon a try

 

[TISH1124]

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Originally Posted by HeavenLeiBlu It's funny that you feel that way, because I think that of all types of salons, traditional Black salons tend to care more about style and appearance than the actual health of hair

My past experience exactly....After I left the style was one of those hang your head off the bed to maintain styles...and you had to wash it to even be able to comb it because there was so much gel action goin on

 

[User67]

The salon I have been going to for the past few years has 2 black girls & 1 Dominican. The Dominican lady is the one that I always go to to get my hair done & I find that she has a huge following & most of the customers there seem to go to her. Which sucks for me because even when I make an appt. I always am waiting. I remember one day I swore I would never go back there, because I actually spent half a day there getting my hair done because she had so many people she was working on. I tried a few other salons after that. Then I went right back to my Dominican lady because she just does such an amazing job. I just try to go really early in the morning when they first open, that usually helps me to get out faster. I also like that they use very little products so my hair, after she is finished with my blow dry & flat iron, all she puts is in my hair is some Biosilk & I am out the door.

 

[minni4bebe]

I'm half dominican and went every week for 20 years. They were able to make my tight curly hair perfectly straight. i stopped going because I eventually learned how to do it on my own and have been able to save the 100 dollars a month I used to spend. They are also generally alot cheaper.

 

[stronqerx]

I have the weirdest hair texture ever ! It's so thick and coarse but it's not like african american hair. Everytime i go to a hair salon or a typical regular spanish hair salon, even when they blow out my hair it's still looks frizzy and they complain about how much hair i have and how thick it is and charge me a crap load of extra money for that. I gave up and went to a dominican hair salon they opened around my way, and let me tell you, although smoke was coming out of my head as they straightened it the results were amazing ! and i was surprised wen i realized i got a wash, cut, and blow dry for less then 60$. Them dominicans know whats up lol, and i've seen all diff type of ppl walk in there and they leave lookin great. They can basically handle any type of hair texture.

 

[MorenitaBarbie]

I don't like dominican salons. My first problem is the language barrier. My second problem is the fact that majority of the ones i've been to hide the products they use on your hair so you cant see them. I won't even buy products that don't have the ingredient label on them, let alone have someone put something in my hair and I don't know what it is.. I know good and darn well that is not tresemme' in those tresemme' bottles..

 

[raphdiaz]

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Originally Posted by L281173 I prefer to patronize my own people. I am African-American. I find that the Dominican Salons apply to much heat to the hair. The African-American salons put more of an emphasis on the ideal of caring for the hair and they use upscale products where the Dominican salons normally do not.

do you prefer to patronize your own people based on nationality?because most dominicans are just as black as AA.yeah some don't admit to this and some hate that we look alike but the only difference is culturally and language.

for this reason they need our support just as much as a black salon does.imo.

 

[LilyD0m]

Well, I'm 150% dominican and i totally luv the way my girl from the salon takes care of my hair. She does an amazing work