If you have Hair Type 3 or 4 and looking for the straight “blowout” look with a cheap price tag, then YES! Dominican salons typically does a wash and set. Then they straighten the hair with a super hot blow dryer.

Dominicans have a lot of experience with curly hair

Ninety percent of the population of the Dominican Republic are blacks or mulattoes. Mulatto is the South American term for a person who is mixed African and Caucasian or Indian. They may speak Spanish, but it is undeniable that the expertise of a Dominican Salon is with ethnic hair types.

Dominican Salons offer better results for half the price

You will typically pay less than $50 for a visit. The salon visit usually consists of a shampoo and deep conditioner soak under a dryer. The hair is then set in rollers, you choose the size, then dried again under a very hot hooded dryer. The rollers are removed and the hair is combed out with a hot blow and round brush applied with practiced technique. The result is soft and set curls that will keep for as long as two weeks.

Dominican salons use hair products that you will only find in their salons

Dominican salons favour shampoos and conditioners that have been used in the Dominican Republic for decades, and they bring these products to their stores. They are usually put in unlabelled bottles and you will not find them in retail or outlet stores. Dominican salons also favour natural products like avocado, coconut oil, cinnamon oils, garlic, aloe, olive oil and wheat germ.

Dominican salons specialize in curly and “kinky” hair

Dominican stylists developed their techniques in a climate that is very hot and humid. Imagine what heat and humidity can do to curly hair. Dominicans have found ways to work in these conditions and have come up with methods to set curly and kinky hair that withstand heat and humidity. They do not resort to hot irons or strong chemicals to straighten hair because those techniques will only destroy hair faster in hot and humid climates.