I called this salon in advanced to ask if they are able to do a silk press on kinky black hair, and they said they could. I asked and explained to the receptionist what I meant, and that my hair is a kinky texture, and that I have 4C hair. She assured me they would be able to do a silk press, and she even put me on hold to go ask the stylist if he could do it, and he said yes as well.
When I got there, only after I had sat in the chair and taken out the style I had when I came in, and was about to wash my hair, the stylist told me he could not do a silk press on my hair. He apologized and said he knows that’s what I came in for, but that he doesn’t have experience working with my hair texture. I didn’t have a lot of options at this point since I’d taken out my style, and I figured he could surely blow dry and flat iron my hair.
Even this was challenging for the stylist, he didn’t section my hair (which I assumed till then you would do when blow drying any type of hair, no matter the texture), and I basically had to show him what to do and tell him which brush to use. It was like he was afraid of my hair the whole time. He did an okay job flat ironing it, but it was nothing close to a silk press.
He was very sorry afterwards and could tell I was upset, and recommended a stylist at Chatters Heartland that can do silk presses, but there’s no way I’ll be visiting another branch of the salon. Maybe it’s my fault for assuming a regular salon could do black hair properly, I thought times had changed but I guess not. If you have black hair or 3B or so and above, stay clear of this salon, they will not be able to take care of your hair properly.