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Afro Carribean Hair

9

Im mixed race (half black half white) so my hair is quite frizzy and afro-like.
I really want to get a good hair style and colouring, i want a light brown colour with blonde highlights but i dont know any really good afro hairdressers. does anyone know any, or know if Toni and Guy are able to deal with afro hair? lol

Reply 1

fungirl1234

13

Soz, as a black person i know how important hair is but i'm lucky as my mum does my hair. Cant you ask around your black friends as good hairdressers are like gold dust and usually are known through word of mouth. As for toni and guy i'm not sure. soz for not being that helpful

Reply 2

melissabee

7

I went to toni and guy once, but it was the cheap trainee night thing.
I felt sorry for the hairdresser, she was almost sweating trying to blow dry my hair (and this was when it was relaxed!)
They might be better normally, but I think you'd have to ask.

Reply 3

bubu

try black hair stylist as far as i no they only do english hair
i personally dont go there because there products seem to damage my hair more then pink and mines straight but i have patchs of frizzyness

Reply 4

La Trampa

18

i'm going to assume your hair is dark brown/black. to get it any lighter you have to die it twice to get the desired hair colour! i wanted to get my hair copper-ish,which was a great colour,but the hair dresser (black) told me it'd take two dyes before my hair would get coloured properly.on the first dye,you can see small hints of the new colour but only after you die it the second time,at least 6 weeks later,will you see the full colour change! best to use dark and lovely's dyes :biggrin:

as for blonde,i dare say you'd have to bleach your hair for that,and i don't know how good that is.best bet is to get hair extensions like the clip on type or get someone to put the extension in (not as expensive as extensions for caucasian's because to like sew it to your hair :p:

) and you could get the blonde.
toni and guy and all these popular places don't do afro hair i'm afraid,or anything similar.
goodluck in finding a good person though because it's really hard.
if you're anywhere near finsbury park,manchester,nottingham or birmingham,i know you can find afro salons there :smile:

Reply 5

lilmizzflirtie

OP

9

oooo gosh. im scared now. i really want my hair done before my birthday (30th Jan)
well i bleached my hair a sort of gold before but most of it has grown out now. I just want a medium brown with blonde highlights.
Im gonna search around on the internet for some good salons
thanks for your help!

Reply 6

hmm18

i agree wiv the poster above, if ur in norf london u can go to finsbury park.... hard as nails, they r really good n do all types of hair, if not there are so many places in London u literally have to jus walk around the streets. They r everywhere

Reply 7

Sarky

18

If you're really at a loss as to where to start, try the black hair magazines as well. They often feature certain salons and/or have lots of adverts so you can check some out via that.

I'm trying to sort my hair out. It's a mess. Keeps breaking :frown:

. I was ill for a long time so that has a lot to do with it, but i really want it to grow. There's hardly any black hairdressers in Southampton, and i buy all my products in London.

£4.50 for some D+L hair gel in Southampton. :mad:

Reply 8

bubu

Sarky

If you're really at a loss as to where to start, try the black hair magazines as well. They often feature certain salons and/or have lots of adverts so you can check some out via that.

I'm trying to sort my hair out. It's a mess. Keeps breaking :frown:

. I was ill for a long time so that has a lot to do with it, but i really want it to grow. There's hardly any black hairdressers in Southampton, and i buy all my products in London.

£4.50 for some D+L hair gel in Southampton. :mad:

http://www.afroshack.co.uk/

Try there dont know if its any cheaper but the person is very reliable and get it sent to your door :p:

Reply 9

BeesKnees

16

January Victim

goodluck in finding a good person though because it's really hard.
if you're anywhere near finsbury park,manchester,nottingham or birmingham,i know you can find afro salons there :smile:

One of the reasons I'm hoping to go to a big city uni. Couldn't bear to go to a place with no hair dressers for afro hair, having lived in Birmingham for the last 5 years!

Reply 10

bubu

Birmingham has black hairdressers but not that many shame really

Reply 11

BeesKnees

16

And quite a few of them aren't very good. Although my sister went to a new place today and they did her hair really well so I'll probably go there next time.

Reply 12

Sarky

18

bubu

http://www.afroshack.co.uk/

Try there dont know if its any cheaper but the person is very reliable and get it sent to your door :p:

It only costs £1 to go home on national express which is cool, but thanks i'm gonna check it out and compare prices! :smile:

Reply 13

Miss. B

10

mix raced hair is not like black girls hair or white peoples hair so it's really hard to find anyone suitable. I am assuming your natural colour is dark brown and so it would only take one dye to get it lighter as our hair isn't the same texture as black hair. I think if you went toni and guy then they would prob do a good job as they will def have experienced staff and will have more experience of adding colour, I'm mix race and relax my hair but it's still got wild curls but I have learnt how to cope with it!

Reply 14

mini moi

just go to anywhere in north or east london and ask any black woman and she will tell you where to go. actually just ask any black woman that has her hair done for the nearest hairdressers and she'll tell you :biggrin:

Reply 15

lilmizzflirtie

OP

9

i think i might go to a hairdresser that my aunty goes to. fingers crossed they dont mess up my hair... lol

Reply 16

sheri234

1

I want to get some extentions put in my hair (its relaxed) but it costs £80 here in Leeds! The thing is you dont know whether its going to look good/natural or horrendous/fake. lol. Its so hard to manage "Black" hair, now I see why my aunty opted for the BALD look! *shock*

Reply 17

La Trampa

18

i got mine done,check my facebook pic.
it looks realy.just don't get it wet,coz mine got wet and it got all frizzy so i think i'll have to add some conditioner to it,but it's cool :smile:

you can't wash it though,but it should last between 1.5 - 3 months.
i got mine done for £50.and i know someone who got hers done for less. it shouldn't be really expensive as it's leeds.my aunt got her's made into a wig,and she cut her hair.you wouldn't realize it wasn't her hair,until she took it off! was quite a shock when i woke up one morning and saw her with a men's cut! :eek:

Reply 18

ALLYBEE

La Trampa

i got mine done,check my facebook pic.
it looks realy.just don't get it wet,coz mine got wet and it got all frizzy so i think i'll have to add some conditioner to it,but it's cool :smile:

you can't wash it though,but it should last between 1.5 - 3 months.
i got mine done for £50.and i know someone who got hers done for less. it shouldn't be really expensive as it's leeds.my aunt got her's made into a wig,and she cut her hair.you wouldn't realize it wasn't her hair,until she took it off! was quite a shock when i woke up one morning and saw her with a men's cut! :eek:

Do you know the brand of hair extension she used for the wig?

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