- Let me just start by saying
as a black woman, hair is a serious matter,
especially when we travel.
Before we travel, there is serious and meticulous planning
that goes into our vacation hair.
We pick the style,
schedule the appointment weeks in advance,
buy the products and/or hair,
and sometimes slide out of work a little early
just to make that appointment.
All to achieve the most luxurious, gram-worthy hair.
So what happens when you take all that away
and just hop on the plane as is?
Will they know how to do my hair?
Will they have the right comb?
Will it be too expensive?
And will it take all day?
Hysteria is to ensue on this episode
of Sisterhood of the Traveling Flat Iron.
So Essence and I...
Say hey, girl. - Hey!
- We are in Vegas for the week
and basically, we are just trying to figure out
what type of hair salons exist in Vegas
that are for us, that'll do a good job
just in case we're in a pinch
and can't get our hair done before traveling to Vegas.
- And before I come to Vegas,
I did not have time to do my hair, so...
- She's a lady on the move, ladies and gentlemen,
a lady on the move!
- Listen!
So, I'm a little bit nervous because normally,
I have, like, my go-to people like everybody.
You know, and I have people in different places
so I have my person in Jersey, I have my person in New York,
I have my person when I'm home in Georgia.
- I just know that, like, when I'm traveling--
I just know it takes a really long time.
And so when I'm traveling, I wanna be spending time
doing, like, the things that I came to do
and I just know that if I come without my hair done,
that's a whole day gone.
- Yeah.
- Okay, well, I'm excited.
I'll be there cheering you on!
- Thank you, wish me luck!
- Whoo!
- Hey!
(Freddie laughs)
It's really, really cute!
Oh, hey!
- Hey!
- Black girl magic!
- Yes, hi!
How are you?
- I'm good, Danielle!
- Essence?
- Yes, that's me.
- Nice to meet you; welcome.
- Hi, ladies.
- Hi!
- [Danielle] This is Tiara and this is Miori.
- Hi, Miori. Hi, Tiara.
Yes, names.
(all laugh)
- I'm Freddie.
- [Danielle] Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
- [Off Camera] Welcome, you guys!
- So, I detangled my hair.
I just did, like, with conditioner, like a little co-wash.
Like, not a lot of product is in it at all
because I knew I was coming here today.
So it's detangled.
It's pretty dry right now because there's,
like I said, not really anything in it.
I work a lot and I just don't have the time to do it
nor do I have the upper body arm strength.
- Do you deep condition regularly?
- I do not deep condition regularly.
To be quite honest, like, I just kind of shampoo
and put in a leave-in.
If I'm at a salon, like how I am today,
then the stylist will normally deep condition
and that's about as often as I deep condition.
- Okay.
So I'm gonna recommend that, because your hair is dry,
that you do deep condition more often,
at least once a month.
You do have a lot of dryness on the ends
but keep in mind that this is aged hair here.
So it's just older hair and that's why
it tends to look thinner or see-through.
If you're wanting to grow your hair longer,
we usually recommend trims between three to six months.
If you're wanting to maintain shape and style,
we recommend a little bit sooner.
So between two to three months.
So, are you tender headed?
- Um...
Yes. - [Danielle] Okay.
- Do you all do straight styling here at the salon?
- We do.
We definitely recommend
that our guests that want that service
to come in to get it done
versus doing it themselves at home
because at home is where the damage usually happens.
- What are the biggest mistakes curly girls make
when straightening their hair?
- Putting too much product in their hair
that's oil-based or butter-based
that's not a heat protectant and it just sizzles.
So that's permanently straightening your hair.
Another mistake is not using a heat protectant.
Another mistake is not making sure
that the hair is already detangled and smooth
prior to picking up the flat iron.
So let's just say you let your hair air dry and you're like,
"Oh, the flat iron's gonna straighten it."
It's not; you're gonna cause damage that way.
So it's good to try to get it smooth using the paddle brush
to stretch the hair and to smooth it that way first,
then go back in with the heat protectant and the flat iron.
(upbeat music)
- I've never done this during a trim process.
Freddie, have you ever done all this when you got a trim?
- [Freddie] No.
- I'm the only one that does this.
As a hairstylist, we're artists, we're creative,
but you're really sculpting a shape.
So, we're all done with your cut.
So now we're gonna go over.
How does that feel?
How do you like it?
Feel your hair, feel the ends, tell me what you think.
- It feels great.
- Do you like the shape?
- I do like the shape.
- Try to pull it up in poof.
Yeah.
So, we're gonna come over to the shampoo bowl.
All right, so how's that temperature?
If you could feel it yet, let me know.
We're gonna start with warm water and then back off to cool.
- Okay, I think it's fine.
Oh yeah, I just felt it.
The only way I could really detangle it,
I needed it to be, like, wet with some kind of product in it
but I don't really co-wash.
I normally, you know, shampoo and leave it.
- [Danielle] Okay, sounds good.
- In approximately x time, my hair'll be done
and I'll be real cute and ready to hit the town.
- If it feels a little uncomfortable, just let us know.
- ASMR, what's that thing?
SMR?
- [Off Camera] ASMR.
- Can we do S-- what is it called?
(hair is rubbed)
Okay.
(upbeat music)
- So, what we're gonna do next is we're going to
pat the water out of your hair using our microfiber towel.
We're just gonna get the water out gently that way first
and then we're going to moisturize your hair with a butter
to seal your hair, to seal in the moisture,
and then we're going to use a custard
to define your twist-out,
and then we're gonna sit you under the dryer
after we do some big, fat, chunky twist.
Okay, so we're going to hopefully be
fully dry in 20 minutes.
- Okay!
(upbeat music)
- [Danielle] And you ready?
Two, three...
(gasps)
- Oh my gosh!
It looks so--
Can I touch it?
- [Off Camera] Absolutely!
You can make it, stretch it, whatever you want.
- It looks so good!
- [Freddie] The shape is amazing.
- The shape is insane!
This shape looks so, so, so good.
I really love--
(everyone snaps)
Is that what we do?
(everyone laughs)
Snaps!
Thank you so, so, so much!
You're amazing!
- Do you love it?
- I love it so much; it's so...
- And this was all you.
Remember I said I was just the facilitator.
This was all natural; this is all you.
Go slay away!
- Thank you!
- Mimi, flip your hair and toss.
- Flip your hair!
(all laugh)
- [Danielle] Bye!
- All right, y'all, don't look in the background
'cause my room is so junky
but Freddie is helping me.
This is the next morning and we are about to attempt
to take this twist-out out.
I'm a little bit scared 'cause I don't know
but okay, let me see.
- It's the moment of truth.
It's in a big, chunky twist like she said.
- Your twists look cute.
- They look juicy.
- Yeah, very juicy.
- I have my butter.
- [Freddie] Juicy butter.
- Okay, so I'm just gonna take a very little bit.
This is out; this is, like, a twist unraveled.
Nice and plump.
I've done chunky twists before but what I do with mine
is I bantu knot it after it's twisted
so it has even more...
Like, you know, because it can be
the chunkier it is the least definition
but I'm just trying to do this exactly as she said it.
I feel like for me to achieve
a little bit more definition on day two,
I would have had to, like, bantu knot it
which I'll try that tonight and see how it works.
- For me, it looks a little bit more like day four hair.
But I actually kind of feel like this is more of your vibe
than how it came out yesterday.
- Yeah, I feel like this is more my vibe too.
It feels very, like, moisturized which I appreciate
because my hair was so dry going to her.
- Yeah and, like, your ends look really good
'cause you got a nice trim.
- I got a really good trim, a very thorough trim
so my ends look good.
We'll see how it holds up today!
- And then we have an event--
- I know!
- Where you may be doing, like, a little bit of, like,
physical activity, maybe sweating a little bit
so we'll see how it really holds up.
- Yeah, we'll see how it holds up when I, like,
put these muscles to the test.
(big band music)
(audience cheers)
Hey, guys!
I just finished performing.
I'm here to give you an update on my hair.
So, you guys, it looks so good.
Like, it is full-on 70s Diana Ross.
Like, it's just amazing.
It's just bomb hair.
It low-key looks like a wig but it's not.
It's all me, girl.
The chunkier twist and especially as the hair gets older,
like, it just looks so full and it's just, like...
Just look.
Like, it's, like, never ending.
Like, you can't even see my scalp.
It's just hair everywhere.
I also think Danielle and her team
are just really, really good with hair health
because my hair feels so soft, so hydrated, so moisturized.
I wish y'all could touch it.
Maybe come in; maybe you can touch it.
It feels so good and I'm obsessed.
But yeah, it's just super full, super healthy,
no split ends, just all life, all body.
So thank you, Danielle and Radically Curly!
Love you guys and I will see you next time I'm in Vegas!