Section your hair in small sections to keep it from getting in your way while curling other sections of your hair. Use hairpins or small scrunchies to keep the other hair in place.

Heat up the curling iron for 10 minutes to get it hot enough for you when you start curling your hair. Find a small curling iron to curl your hair with to allow you to create tighter and better curls.

Start from the front and take 1/2 to 1 inch of hair and place the curling iron in the middle of the piece of hair. Go down the hair to the ends and wrap the hair around the barrel of the curling iron all the way to the roots. Hold it into place for 20 to 30 seconds. Loosen the barrel around the curl gently and slide it away. Keep the curl intact by using hairpins or duck clips.

Work the curling iron through your entire head. Spray your curls lightly with a holding spray. Take the hairpins or duck clips out gently to avoid messing up the curl. Gently finger comb the curls into the desired style that you want. Pin the curls up or let them hang down. Use more styling spray if you need to..

• To prevent the green in your hair from a pool, just put hair conditioner on it before swimming. This works really well.

• Use a clarifying shampoo for chlorine/buildup, such as BEDHEAD REENERGIZE

• Put tomato paste all through your hair and let it sit there for at least 30 minutes, then rinse it out.

• Baking soda. Don’t use it everyday, because it will dry out your hair. But when you take a shower after swimming, just add a tablespoon of baking soda to your handful of your regular shampoo and wash your hair normally, followed by conditioner. It will keep your hair from turning green and stop chlorine buildup.

The main cause of these problems are lack of moisture. Hairs moisture level should be kept at am optimum 8%. However most hair has a moisture level of less than 2%. This is due to chemical or physical abuse. Or living in an arid climate. Naturally curly usually lacks moisture due to the hair cuticle being permanently lifted,

Are there any general products you can recommend? A good quality conditioner, Brazilian Blowout hair treatment or a Keratin Protein hair treatment will help.

What causes dry hair and are there certain kinds of hairstyles that could minimilize the problem?

To minimize the problem, wear a hairstyle that needs little or no maintenance and minimum or no combing. The style will depend on your hair type and texture.

Consider some of these basic tips for preventing unnecessary damage and having great summer hair:

1. Give your tresses a summer shampoo break

Shampoo less often to allow tresses to absorb natural oils. Or switch to more gentle cleansing methods which won’t dry out sun exposed strands. Opt for Conditioner Only (CO) or Diluted Shampoo (DS) washes.

Hair needs to be treated more gently during the summer. Consider switching to a more moisturizing and overall gentle shampoo formulas. When possible, finish with a cool to cold rinse to seal the hair cuticle and impart natural shimmer.

2. Back off heated hair styling tools

If you normally use hot styling tools (blow dryers, hot irons, rollers), give your hair a rest during summer months. Air dry whenever possible or opt for easy chic styles.

Braid damp tresses waves which create natural waves as the hair air dries. Play with half up/half down styles or braids.

If you’re attached to your blow dryer and can’t give it up, use a leave- in conditioner designed to protect your hair against dryer heat. When you do blow dry, dry on high heat.

Why? It’s actually much better to dry with high heat because you expose your hair to heat for a shorter period of time than you would if you used medium heat.

3. Schedule deep conditioning treatments

Hair regularly exposed to the sun needs regular deep conditioning treatments and moisture replenishment.

For extra conditioning treatment apply deep conditioner to tresses (damp or dry) then wrap in plastic wrap or a shower cap. Allow conditioner to soak into damaged hair sections for an extended period or overnight for extra repair and re-moisturizing benefits.

Keep in mind some hair care products designed to add shine, may only add shimmer, but not necessarily add moisture. Be sure to read all ingredients on the hair product labels to understand what benefits the product is designed to provide to your strands.

4. Use protection

Hanging out in the sun without protection for your hair and scalp is the worst thing you can do. Use leave in hair products with SPF protection when you know you will be at the beach if you’re unwilling to wear a hat or a cover-up.

If you don’t have specific leave-in or protective sun care products for your hair and scalp slather a regular SPF product on your tresses. Make sure to concentrate the product onto your scalp as well. Although not a perfect solution, it will help save your tresses from major sun damage.

5. Be religious about trims

Be religious about your trims. Since summer sun can rob moisture from your tresses, make sure you have your ends trimmed every 4-6 weeks during the summer months. When your ends are fizzy, its a sure sign that they are either damaged, split or both.

Hair can get sunburned just like the scalp. The only way to deal with severely burnt hair is by trimming the damaged sections off. Prevention is the safest plan. Frizzy hair is often the result of too much sun time.

• pictures always help, so if you see a picture you like please bring it with you
• show the stylist in your fingers how much length you would like to remove and the same for your bangs
• tell the stylist how much time you are willing to spend with your hairstyle
• let them know what products you are using, as some have chemical reactions when you are receiving color
• with color, let the stylist know what colors you do NOT want to see, along with the colors you would like to see and lastly
• **ASK IF IT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED**?? And if the stylist thinks that it will suit your lifestyle, coloring, face shape, etc.

How does Brazilian Blowout ZERO perform compared to the original Brazilian Blowout?

Brazillian Blowout ZERO is: Same smooth, frizz-free hair in 90 minutes. Same process with zero down time. Same incredible results for up to twelve weeks. Same deep condition and and radiant shine. Same improvement in overall health of the hair.

If you still want to keep your curl and volume, but would like to take the frizz out, then the Zero Brazillian Blowout is for you.  If you would like the frizz and the smoothness and straightness of your hair, then the original Brazillian Blowout is for you.  The process still takes the same amount of time, just 2 different  products by the same company.  It helps having a fume extractor for any fumes that may come from using the product.

What you can expect:

When you arrive at the salon, the process is as follows.

1. Stylist will shampoo your hair with the Brazilian Blowout specially formulated Anti-Residue; Professional Shampoo to prepare your hair for the optimal smoothing result.
2. After towel drying, your certified Brazilian Blowout stylist will divide your hair into sections and begin to comb the Brazilian Blowout Professional Treatment through each section of the hair from root to tip; lightly dusting each section with the solution.
3. Solution will surround each hair shaft with protective protein layers to smooth and flatten the cuticle.
4. Stylist will then blow-dry your hair as straight as possible with a flat or round brush.
5. Once the hair is dry, the Stylist will divide the hair into four sections and begin using a flat iron to further straighten the hair in 2-3 inch sections.
6. Once complete, the Stylist will rinse the hair (no shampoo), towel-dry and apply the Brazilian Blowout Masque to further seal in the professional formulation. After 60 seconds, the stylist will rinse the hair once again and towel dry.
7. The Stylist will then apply the Brazilian Blowout Smoothing Serum to further seal the cuticle and assist in detangling the hair prior to the final blow dry.
8. The Stylist will then blow dry the hair straight one final time and style as desired.

You will leave the salon in approximately 90 minutes with beautiful, smooth, healthy radiant hair