- [Offscreen] Turn around.
(explosion)
(gasp) - Oh, my God!
(upbeat electronic music)
- Today we're at Curls OneOnOne,
and we're gonna get curl makeovers.
So I've been straightening my hair
for about 12-13 years.
I've just recently started wearing it naturally curly.
- I think I've been straightening my hair
for about 15 years.
Kids, they would throw paperclips, erasers, paper wads.
They could just try to chuck it into my hair.
Pretty much just straighten my hair everyday since then.
- Society definitely made me feel pressured
to wear my hair straight.
People would say that my hair was messy,
even my own mom would be like,
"Brush your hair out, keep it clean,"
and I was like, "This is my natural hair, I don't know
"what to do with it."
- Back then, I just didn't feel confident.
I didn't feel like myself because I had to
pretend to be somebody else.
But now I'm finally ready to see what it looks like,
having my hair curly everyday.
- I'm tired of damaging my hair.
I wanna embrace my curls more often.
Let's get this haircut on the way.
- Hi, I'm Donatela. - Alexis.
- I'm gonna take care of your curls today.
Okay, love, talk to me about your hair.
- My goal is to kind of give more bounce to my curl,
get rid of the dead ends and really give it life again.
- Maybe take a couple inches off
and 'cause I know it's all dead hair.
- Let me explain to you a little bit about the haircut.
They used to cut your hair before straight.
It's not a bad cut, but it's not for curly hair
because it translates completely the opposite,
because the top is pretty heavy,
and it doesn't let the curls bounce back.
So I want your hair to look more fuller in the back,
and we'll have more fun on the top.
They'll suggest you to not use too many oils for your hair.
I know curly girls would love oils,
but we're gonna stay away a little bit from the oils.
(upbeat electronic music)
Don't use this for your hair.
This is the worst thing you can use for curly hair.
- It's all I use. - It really, really creates
a lot of breakage because it's super thin.
The best thing would be something thicker.
So we're done with the haircut,
and now we're gonna jump to the styling.
(upbeat electronic music)
Your best friend for your hair is gonna be
water, conditioner, massaging.
Water, conditioner, massaging.
- Just got it washed.
I look like a wet puppy dog right now.
(upbeat electronic music)
- You don't have to do this everyday,
but you're gonna go out and want your hair curly,
you're not gonna wait for hours for to dry.
You can take the diffuser,
and you're gonna let the diffuser do the work for you
because usually we do this, which it creates more frizz.
So all you do, pretty gentle, you put your hair
in a diffuser, and let it sit.
So the gentle you're gonna be with your hair when it's wet,
the better it's gonna look when it's dry.
(upbeat electronic music)
- It's like a spaceship, okay.
I just have to wait for this to dry
and the transformation is done.
(acoustic guitar)
- Oh, my God!
My hair looks unrecognizable.
Oh, my God my hair looks so pretty.
It looks like it shines.
Oh, my God I'm such a big baby.
- So this is...
- Oh, my God! - Surprise!
- It's so full and healthy.
It's so crazy - It's shiny
- And curly.
My curls were waves, and now I feel like
they're actually curls.
You worked some magic.
- My hair feels like it's me.
Dang it.
- I feel like a new woman.
I know that's so cliche, but I feel transformed.
- I feel like I'm in a dream.
I don't think I've ever imagined my hair
was ever gonna look like this.
Now that I've learned all the things I've learned today,
I'm gonna start wearing my hair more curly,
like all the time now.
- I think I've just been doing it all wrong
for so many years, and that's why I've been
kinda hesitant to wear it curly.
I don't know, Donatela has some magic hands.
- I feel like a queen, and I am ready to strut out
on the streets of LA right now with all of this.
(acoustic guitar)