Simple. Have a look to the right on the categories, I'm adding some Buenos Aires contacts for various other helpful people you may have been looking for. If you have some you'd recommend, please share them with us. If you cannot find them here try www.BAEXPATSITE.COM Today, REIKI Wil Alpass (England) For a long time many dreamt of a smooth long haired look as impossible. After hours of using the hair irons even sometimes the clothes iron, like the cat, the curl comes back. Smoothing techniques nowadays are more durable and less aggressive. Or are they? Japanese systems do not use Formol, Brasillian shock treatments do. For the bargain hunting hairbies the Japanese ionic system's are cost prohibitive, five years ago I was charging them at 400-700 dollars Bio Ionics and though they may have come down a bit in price they are also very difficult to source for English speaking hairdressers in Buenos Aires and those of us that are left do not use them (so far as I know). There is one salon that does it but I cannot recall its name or the barrio. Funnily, hairdressers using these Formol services wear safty protective gear such as goggles, mask and gloves, yet I have never seen them worn by clients. Not so funny things to look out for are burning sensations in the throat and eyes, perhaps if you meditate you may even sense yourself straightening from the outside in... There are products which have less Formol but obviously they do not last as long. For those wanting a home DIY options maybe an alkaline shampoo 10-15 minutes followed with a very good acidic conditioning treatment may work. Any hairdressers reading this might chime in with their thoughts. DIY at your own risk. Decisions decisions, long smooth hair or a shorter life. Worth it? Well curly frizzy haired people seem to be voting yes in the tens of thousands and let's face it, as a species we are not prone to doing things that prolong our own or other's lives anyway. Recently, many businesses have been disguising the use of "Formaldehyde" on their packaging with less harsh names like methylene glycol which is a compound that when leased with heat, is released in the air as the same name they are attempting to substitute! Hairdressers have been doing this for years, remember when your hairdresser used to BLEACH your hair? Now they only use powder lighteners, (same same, love you long time, bye bye). Importance of a good professional English speaking hairdresser in Buenos Aires or to find a professional who is expert in this type of system when choosing a smoothing technique cannot be stressed enough. It should be borne in mind also that in some hair salons price is given by the length of the hair which can increase the cost Initial cost. BAD EXPERIENCES? The results you possibly experienced are not because of the chemicals, it is most likely because the stylist did not use them properly. Consultation and stylist experience are the most important factors when performing these procedures. Japanese straightening This technique consists of applying various chemicals which react with heat treatment and change the base structure smoothing the hair. The hair must be in the best possible condition, though there are solutions for normal, coloured or highlighted hair. Your English speaking hairdresser in Buenos Aires or other competent professional will analyze each case individually and it's always advisable to make a strand test to see the response of the hair. Japanese straightening specialists requires about 5 hours making it an expensive treatment, salon cost of the Bio Ionics packs was from memory 120 dollars cost, and then you have salon charge on top of that. The result is permanent and only needs doing again when your regrowth comes through. Lady Gaga Shock (advertisement) Brazilian Keratin Smoothing This technique is not as durable as the Japanese system is keratin based and in most cases contains formaldehyde or Formol for changing the structure of the hair. In some cases the formaldehyde in Brazilian keratin straightening is replaced by other types of chemicals and lasts for 4-6 months. The keratin fuses with the formol leaving the hair permanently restructured. The progressive Brazilian keratin straightening is sometimes confused with the keratin smoothing but there are ig differences between the techniques and results. The former is a permanent system, which has to be repeated as the hair grows, the other doesn't because it does not change the structure of the hair. This type of technique is beneficial for hair condition and getting rid volume, frizz and even hair waves. It naturally eliminates wave movement without achieving the results of the smoothing with Brazilian keratin service. P.S. After trying twice to post this on BAexpats.org I tried to add this as a truncated post but I've been disallowed or banned, again. Don't know why... again, what ever. They, the moderators, (it's a given that there are the usual handful of bitchy trolls on any forum), but the moderators are a bit sensitive and wierd there. I recommend www.baexpatsite.com please support this forum where people can speak freely. If you are into design cancel all of your other magazine subscriptions and get Italian Vogue at least twice a year. Thought he same price as ten magazines it has always been 6 to 9 months ahead of trends, if you can learn to detect where things are headed you will stream ahead in the design stakes whether in textiles or hair texture. Your English speaking hairdresser in Buenos Aires reads it even when between gigs. You can make the effort to get to the magazine shop near Palacio Alvear to scan the pages and get the skinny on where and what will be "at", "it" and "in" in the coming year(s). For example the trending haircuts of the moment high undercut with mod moppis locks on the top was haute couture style almost two years ago now (maybe more) and finally the ripple effect has it washing up over the teenage hairsytles of the (almost up-to-the-minute) youth and fashionistas. Trash punk-glam is back, think Joan Collins meets Ru Paul for breakfast at Tiffany´s.... ? Did I really just write that? Someone please stop me. Don't panic! Your English speaking hairdresser in Buenos Aires isn't jumping ship. So here's my rant for the month. OK Dorothy, whilst it may be true that there's no place like home, we all know that after a few days there (usually at christmas) the sheen wears off quicker than a nun can wear soap in a bath. The grass is genetically modified on the other side of the fence too and the best you can do to survive is to KNOW THYSELF. If you are a lemming with 'awareness' you can always elect not too surge over the cliff, if you are a sheep, you too can have a cognitive epihany that your collective name is plural for a reason. Whether you stay or go, I wish you peace, don't believe the hype, the scare mongers out there are scary for sure but without your empowerment they are just another Vegas magic show. War is over. All this is to say that your English speaking hairdresser is still in Buenos Aires and unless deported will be here for the next couple of years. Enjoy your Buenos Aires Primavera! My fingers lost their feeling, not a great thing for a hairdresser. A day later, though I have feeling in them again, today they are still shrivelled and wrinkled like I've been in the bath too long. Why? Ironically, it was the Botox (for hair), not really the products fault as I didn't wear gloves (duh!) Samantha had an afro and our mission was to ease out the tightness of the mega mini ringlets, we achieved this and some! With a large dose of humor and patients, the hours rolled away and her newest change of style emerged. See photos. Samantha tells me that in the USA it is common for afro headed travelers to have their hair searched for contraband and of a woman who found a rock in her hair once that didn't know how it got there! It's interesting the conversations that pop up. Back in the days when thatched rooves were the usual option, of wigs and lead-based makeup, the less wealthy would at times awaken to find birds,snakes, spiders or even vermin nesting in their coiffured locks. Someone came up with the bright idea of placing four posts to the corner of the bed and draping fabric across the top to catch the wildlife that would fall at night. These days four poster beds are still catching wildlife... In Buenos Aires today you need to watch out for "landmines" on the sidewalk, back in those days though they would open the windows and throw out buckets of shit. Kind of puts the trash throwing bad habits of the average Argentine into perspective, yes? Thanks Samantha Sent from my Windows Phone More to come on the results of this shoot but even though we were running to catch the light the spread for the NYC magazine launch should work out OK! NOTE!!! This is a snap from my phone and is NOT Patricio´s finished product Francesca Fiorentini21 hours ago near Buenos Aires ·
The Brazilian Keratin Blowout Exposed Report You have already read my views on The Brazilian Keratin Treatment and so now it´s time for you to do your own further due diligence, this is a payper view report on this Highly Controversial, Even Damaging Expose, On The Most Prolific Cover-ups The Hair And Beauty Industry Has Ever Seen. Even if you don´t read the report, the videos are of interest to anyone regularly shocking and blowing out their hair and body. What do you think? is Juliette on the mark or full of formol? Before. Jo has had treatments of varying success when it comes to defrizzing her hair, so I invited her to a workshop where another hair expert Gustavo was extolling the benefits and features of BOTOX for your hair... Ok, this all happened on a cold Monday morning in Buenos Aires, I met Jo the week before to discuss our options and when I was doing a search for the right products for her hair on Saturday afternoon, my friend Gustavo suggested she be his model. Well, I don´t have a huge clientele here like I did back home, but I didn´t hesitate and said yes on her behalf and scratched my Monday afternoon out so as to watch another hairdresser perform the straightening service on my newest client. . . and am sharing it now with you all, Is that cool? If so, please clike my button below here, and show me some love! Did you do it? Ok proceed to learn more about the day! |
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