Good Day:
I write this review for others who hopefully will find this helpful before they get their dreads in the wrong style as I did. I don't want this to happen to ANYONE else EVER. I wanted to give a 2 star at least, because the manager of the store was so kind, washing my hair so well and the energy of the place was nice. But I'll start by addressing that I am a White female with Dreadlocks (only mention color in this review bc hair texture is so important with Locks). I Live on South Beach, had to rent a car and drive an hour to get my dreads done, seeing how I couldn't find anyone closer who knew how to do the CROCHET METHOD ON WHITE HAIR. I did this because I was refered to her by a male friend Af Am. & called ahead to speak the young woman to ask plenty time if she knew how to do the 'Crochet Method on White Girl Hair Dreadlocks'?? She repeatedly said yes yes yes she did and has done before several time (a lie).
Now mind you I needed maintenance for one month of growth but as my Dreads were about 5-6 months in, I really did need help separating and so on. ANYWHO, She was pleasant and we got along just fine the entire time. However, she did the INTERLOCKING Method. Which is ONLY DONE on African American Hair or if you are going for that African American style look as a diff Race person. I told her so many time, I have been looking for someone who does the CROCHET METHOD for so long and cant find anyone.
I hadn't at that time learned how to Crochet Maintenance my own Dreads yet, as I do now, so I didn't really know the technique myself good enough to catch her doing it wrong the entire time. SO, she had me placed alongside the the mirror, like parallel and to far in front of mirror to even see my hair or what she was doing. Therefore, I couldn't see, not one minute, what she was doing to my hair to stop her. She worked for at least 2 hours. All good vibes. In the last 5 minutes of the hair work, I asked to see how she was doing the last dread because she kept mentioning INTERLOCKING for the next client. She was looping and looping my hair and INTERLOCKING IT!! I was so horrified I didn't want her to get in trouble and it was already done. She wanted to put it half up for me or 'style' it & I let her (she did in 3 min, which I immediately shook out as I got in my car, not wanting to hurt her feelings).
I just wanted to cry I was so embarrassed. This Dread Journey for me is LIFESTYLE not a STYLE so I now know not to go to a 'Stying Salon' because me nah style my hair-its Natural. (Just my personal choice). As in natural, crochet method only dreads. The first year requires maintenance in this crochet method often. She had shortened my locks at least HALF WAY THEIR LENGTH WHEN I WENT IN. And I had to go home and wash 5 times with shampoo to get it even looking able to leave the house and all the product she put in it OUT.
I asked her a few days later via text if she did the CROCHET METHOD and any pointers to fix it because it was done wrong. Explaining to her nicely & privatley how horrified I was. I was such in a state I was considering chopping them off and starting over. Now there is a 3 inch chunk of interlocked bumpy hair in the top/middle of all my dreads that will always be there. Completely not matching the rest of all my dreads (Crochet Method). Not to mention the 6 months it took for me to grow that length is GONE and my hair is so short I couldn't even put in a hair-tie. (Still cant). As we chatted via text and I told her she did the WRONG METHOD, she was so cruel and mean and nasty. Her Ego or something made her get nasty, refusing to learn. I let it go but my entire family and friends are horrified at how short my dreads are and what the heck happened to them. Everyone I know to this day asks me why I cut my Dreads so short. Smh. I've never let a scissors touch them.
I share my Dread Journey on IG for others that might be on their own Dread Journey as well. Because the journey has been hard lol to say the least. She went on my Instagram page and wrote a comment so mean and nasty. I took a pic, erased it and blocked her immediately. This is extremely unprofessional. She wrote "I'm a fake Rasta, and fake wanna be" re re re.. and a whole paragraph of a nasty, cruel bashing, attack toward me. Literally I was dumbfounded, seeing if I told her boss, I'm sure she would be fired.
I've taken a long time to review bc I try to keep my mental peace & had this on my to-do list for 5 months now. I've never written a yelp review before. But I cant stress it enough THIS GIRL DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO DO THE CROCHET METHOD OR CAUCASIAN DREADS. She didn't even know that the two diff races have two diff textures so obviously there is 2 diff ways to do the Dreads.
Please steer clear of this girl. Young..long braids, cant recall her name; but if I come across it I'll write it. This is a STYLING FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN HAIR Salon. Not a lifestyle, White Hair, Rasta Dread place. Blessings ya'll. Peace and Light. read more