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Roundbrush Hair online order and Review

I post on a message board called Long Hair Care Forum [LHCF.] The owner of Roundbrush Hair also used to be a member; and as I recall, she had GORGEOUS hair. Dominican products are huge in the African American community because they have hair like ours and they seem to really care about hair health. Well, for the most part. Their focus is on moisture, softness and ‘hair sway.’ Hair sway: the way your hair moves in the wind when it’s stick straight. There are some products that I had been dying to try, but I am often reluctant to fork over my hard-earned cash to just anybody online. [These products are super-hard to find in a brick and mortar store.] When my parents went to the D.R. last year I asked for shampoo and conditioner.

So I read a review on LHCF about Roundbrush Hair and how the owner used to post and how reliable she is. So of course, I logged into Paypal and placed my order. This was Monday evening. Today is Wednesday, and my products are HERE! Talk about quick and efficient. Everything was in the box and they are in tip-top condition!

If you’ve ever had a Doobie Wrap aka Dominican Blowout, you will know it’s about heat and products. Honestly, if you have the patience, you can do a blowout at home, save your $30 and probably put more care into it that the salons do. So go ahead and place your order what are you waiting for?! If you are unsure Make your first order the Starter Pack or call, she is delighted to help.

Meet Redken Real Control

Real Control provides supreme texture transformation and ultimate repair, smoothing and conditioning dense, dry, sensitized hair. This versatile, comprehensive range leaves hair disciplined, nourished and controlled. The ultra rich formulas restore locks for a sleek look with luscious shine. Different products in the line cater to different types of high maintenance hair and can address all the needs of women with this hair type.

With Redken’s exclusive Interbond Conditioning System and powerful Care Adjust Complex, Real Control enables women to create a custom regimen that provides the level of moisture, repair and control to fit their specific needs. The line consists of a shampoo, conditioner, Thermal Resist, Intense Renewal, and Crema Care. Additionally, the Real Control range includes an intense, professional in-salon non-chemical texture transforming service where manageability is restored, and hair is repaired and controlled with luscious shine, optimal moisture and intense conditioning. The results? Luscious, manageable locks like never before.

Now, all women can control all aspects of their lives…including their hair! With simple and easy to use products and a quick in-salon treatment, Real Control allows women with frizz-full unruly and unmanageable tresses to have the hair they’ve always wanted day in and out without any worries!

Product line / suggested retail:

Real Control Shampoo $11.95, 10.1 oz

Real Control Conditioner $13.95, 8.5 oz

Real Control Thermal Resist $15.95, 5 oz

Real Control Intense Renewal $14.95, 8.5 oz

Real Control Crema Care $15.95, 8.7 oz

Available: Salons [June 2008]

And exclusively April 2008 only at Warren Tricomi Los Angeles Salon.
(323) 651-4545

To find a salon in your area, visit redken.com or call 1-800-REDKEN8

How I blow dry my natural hair:

*Be sure to check out my flat iron video too.*

From naturallycurly.com

It sounds like some new exercise trend. ‘Plopping’ refers to a method of helping to create curl structure prior to diffusing or air drying that has become a favorite among NaturallyCurly.com members.

As described by a member, after one washes and conditions the hair, you apply product to wet hair and get ready to ‘plop.’ Put a t-shirt or aquis towel down on a chair - some use the toilet with seat down. Leaning over the towel/t-shirt with your head hanging down bent over from your waist, position the wet hair onto towel so the curls are all concentrated on top of the head. Then pull the towel taut against the top and sides of the head, grabbing the 2 sides and twisting them into long sausage rolls near each ear. Take these rolled up towel extensions and pull them to the nape of the neck and secure them by tying them together.

Says one reader, ‘Then I put go about my morning routine — makeup, coffee, etc. The towel helps to absorb excess water while letting the curls ’set’ into clumps. When you take the towel off, gently shake down the curls and diffuse ’s’ shaped, individual curly locks, with some volume at the roots.

If you want extra control, another member suggests spritzing on on some spray gel or scrunch in a bit more gel after you take the towel off.