It is now day 3 after having the Original Brazilian Blowdry treatment at Shine Salon with Vanessa Ashworth in Vredehoek, Cape Town (email me if you want her details).Vanessa is a wonderful hairdresser who believes that ripping people off just isn’t an option. Unlike most Salons, especially some of the bigger franchises, she is reasonably [...]

It has been over a year since the ash cloud caused havoc in the Northern Hemisphere and over a years since I first had a Brazilian Blowdry. Ok, so the two don’t really equate or link at all, but topical is topical. Winter is here along with woolly socks, big jerseys and the ability to [...]

I often hear, through stories or movies etc, about the relationships that people used to have with the store owners and service providers in their area and I’m sure that in small towns this still happens. You know the kind where the butcher knows your weekly order and you have a tab running with them, [...]

I have been overwhelmed by the number of hits that I get on my site for this treatment. It seems that there just isn’t enough information out there to satisfy people with a healthy dose of cynicism. There are some major horror stories of chemical burns on the scalp going around as well as very [...]

So I’m a third of the way through how long the effects of the Original Brazilian Blow-dry should last. I have worn my hair down more in the last 3 weeks than I have in the last 3 years…it’s just so easy. Sometimes I blow-dry my hair either to just get it dry quickly (rough [...]

Our connotations of a Brazilian do not immediately bring to mind something to do with the hair on your head! But the exhibitor at the recent Women’s Show in Cape Town was the Canal Walk Carlton Hair Salon and they were advertising this new hair treatment. Most of us want straight hair at some stage [...]