Asian
Hair Style Tips
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Don't
go to a hairdresser who's under 30 years of age (unless they
are Asian). Because Asian hair defies all rules of hairdressing,
you'll need a hairdresser whose scissors have more than just
a few dye stains. I had a 21 year old hairdresser tell me that
in all his years of experience (what - two?) he's never given
an Asian a perm and that good Asians should go straight (please!).
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Until recently, I did not know that a "real spiral perm"
requires special spiral rods that look like long chopsticks.
Most hairdressers cheat and simply use the smallest perming
rods available. Wrong. Because Asian hair takes a long time
to "take" to a normal perm", you're wasting your
money getting a spiral perm unless your hairdresser has these
special rods. By the way, Asians with spiral perms who have
a fair amount fold above the eye lid will often be mistaken
for Latino. This was quite evident when everyone in Spain spoke
to me in their mother tongue. Que?
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I like to use a hairdresser who's trained at a reputable school
such as Vidal Sassoon, as opposed to some no-name beauty school
who hands out certificates for $100 bucks. Get a recommendation
from an Asian person you know who has a great hairstyle/hair
colour.
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If you sport the typical short bangs and long hair (the typical
Asian look) and never colour or perm your hair, then you won't
need a hairdresser whose Asian certified. So you can go along
your merry way to one of those $6/cut franchises. After all,
it doesn't take a genius to cut a straight line. According
to my mother, all it took was a big soup bowl placed on the
top of my head.
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