Four weeks into my arrival I was due for a "touch-up" and desperately needed to find someone to do that for me. With the help of my boss (god bless her soul) she helped me find a hair salon in the city that carried a product similar to what I was used to in Toronto. The days leading up to my hair appointment I was very nervous and was thinking only bad things. I thought for sure that my hair would fall off if not immediately shortly after.
One thing to remember that in Italy there is a hair salon or two on every street, there are no shortage of hair salons here. Woman in Italy love to pass time at the hair salon talking "ish" about their neighbours....lol. The problem I knew I would have is finding a hair salon that was capable of doing a black woman’s hair. Our hair is VERY different than white woman's hair, the care and the maintenance calls for different measures. So the fear, nervousness and anxiety leading up to the appointment day was all called for.
On the day of the appointment the BF accompanied me to the salon as the stylist spoke NO English and me very little Italian. I decided to go the salon with my hair air dried so that the stylist could see the natural texture of my hair. After 2hrs in the hair salon, I was SATISFIED with the end result. He was able to give me a good blow dry but when it came to using the flat iron he was not sure how to use it.
Since the visit two months ago I have not gone back and probably will not go back. I have been doing my hair myself and when it comes time for a "touch up" I will just let my hair grow out until I arrive back in Toronto.
Here are the before and after pics....enjoy!
Hair today, hair tomorrow
Ciao
4 comments:
nice job please e-mail his info i know there is a black hairdresser in Padova just waiting on gtting tht information for you. i hear there is a ton of black hairdressers by the Termini station they are nigerian any truth to this anyone ???
Natasha
You can look in the beighbours of Padova with a lot of African immigrants to look for hairdressers that can do your air. But since you want them straight and flat, why don't you just buy a hairstraightner from T3 or anyway throught the web? Just look for some English website so that you will just need a plug adapter (from the US/CA you would need also a voltage and/or frequency converter). I use T3 tourmaline wet-to-dry, which goes up to 210°C (I use it on 180°C because I have very thick hair, but I am white). I bought it thru eBay and I am very very happy with it.
Plus, just use a nice moisturizing cream, antifrizz lotion and so on and you'll get very silky air.
If you want to go carefree, buy them at your hairdresser's. They're more expensive than in the supermarket, but are professional products.
Ok, I found my hairdresser and luckily its int he same piazza as my office. She is Brazilan so she understands our hair. I ordered the professionals size (1 litre) line of shampoos, conditioners, leave in, etc from the states (found also a good store in the UK) and I bring my own products. I go twice a week (it costs 14 euro each time) and I dont put any heat on my hair the other days. I wrap my hair with a silk scarf at night and so far the results are quite nice. So look around for a Brazilian hair dresser if you cant find any black ones, and bring your own products, because our hair needs specific stuff.
anonymous, not sure about the hair salons in Rome.
Pola, if it was that easy. Our hair texture is different so the caring and maintenance is different too. Thanks for the suggestions though.
Mads, good idea. I know the Cuban woman in NYC know how to do hair. So I am sure the Brazilian woman do too. I think I might have to go that route. Thanks for the idea.
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