Dominican Hair Preservation

Hi girls,
How are you ladies? A couple of you have inquired about my annual fall product roundup, and I just wanted to let you know it's totally coming! I'm just waiting on a few more products from hot-stuff companies to come in before I officially bring you the best of the best. Only the most informed sweeping generalizations for my girls! In the meantime, though, I had a total epiphany on Sunday, courtesty of my alma mater, Lucky magazine (I so wish this was my idea). So, those of you who frequent Dominican salons are well aware of their love of heat...which results in epic blowouts, but also can also, over time, leave your hair a ravaged mess of split ends. Well, in Lucky's "Hair Diaries" section, a deeply mediagenic TV medical correspondent, Holly Phillips, MD, revealed her secret for Dominican hair preservation. Before going to the salon, she shampoos and conditions her hair--and doesn't wash out the conditioner. Instead, she puts on a shower cap, layers on a scarf over that, and heads to the salon. In the half hour or so it takes to get there, she's treated her hair to a luxurious deep conditioning treatment, which works wonders to protect her delicate 'do from blowout hell (and she only has to pay for a roller set and blowout...loving that). Oh, I thought this idea was GENIUS. So, on Sunday I decided to try it out for myself. But I put a little "twist de Tia" on the whole mission. Instead of using a deep conditioner, I slapped in one of the new, supposedly excellent pre-shampoo treatments. I've been so curious about this stuff, since they're hair-softening properties are sort of the talk of the industry. On dry, unwashed hair, I massaged in a quarter-sized amount of Philosophy Shear Splendor "Marinating" Oil for Chemically Treated, Chronically Dry Hair ($20). After I coated my hair with the stuff, I slicked it into a low bun and hit the road (I can't quite get behind jumping on the subway with a be-scarfed shower cap. Sorry). Anyway, after my precious Adelina shampooed and conditioned my hair, she was RAVING about how shockingly soft it was. Now, my hair is many things, but "soft" is definitely NOT one of them...so her awe was a total revelation! Long story short, after the blowout, my hair was glossier and silkier than ever. Seriously, I've never seen it so LUXURIOUS! You must, must try it. Even if you don't go to salons every week, Philosophy's pre-shampoo treatment is absolutely necessary for hair that's regularly beat down by relaxers, haircolor, and heat tools. Let me know what you think!
Yours in Shiny Hair,
Tia

PS..In case you didn't know, more than 1 million people are wearing black today as a sort of collective stand against the Jena 6 hideousness. I know this is a lighthearted beauty blog, but this situation is too gross to ignore. So rock your chicest black outfit, and remember that, no matter whether you're black, white, Asian, Latina, or whatever, this injustice truly effects us all.
Peace!!