Easystraight will destroy your hair

[rowantree]

I had read this a while ago while searching for Mr. Munoz online. I like using Citysearch, found this interesting. Thought I'd post it here after I received an email from Harleymom about him frying women's hair at his own salon, which is what happened to the woman in the first review - His overall rating at Citysearch is a 9.0. There are only 5 ratings at the site. Japanese Straightening is much better Posted by lali1 on 08/16/2003</SPAN> About 2 years ago I went here for the relaxer becuase my hair was highlighted and it was recommended that i could not get the Japanese Straightneing on it with so much color. Despite all the reviews here, the munoz relaxer did not go gentle on my highlighted hair - in fact it kind of fried it. I paid over $500 for the relaxer and the psuedo cut (bad cut) - only to realize that I needed to cut my hair again (which I did at B& B) chin length to make it look less fried. So the relaxer did not nothing for me except made wait even longer for the japanese straigtening - which I have since receive & LOVE!!!!! BTW - staff at munoz was nothing special either. stylishly modern Posted by give52 on 02/05/2003</SPAN> Nothing to correct. Very attentive, personal service. When I am in the chair, I am made to feel like I am the only one there. You can see that Haime connects with each person on a ONE-to-ONE level. Everyone is his number one client, and everyone gets that special, personal touch. "straight" to happiness Posted by gtrin on 01/19/2003</SPAN> Haime Munoz has been relaxing my hair for over 10 years. The amazing thing about this relaxer is that I can have Haime dye my hair as well within a week or two of this process. You would think that two different chemical processes would leave my hair dull and fragile. Quite the contrary ladies! My hair is soft and shiny!!! The texture of my hair has actually improved more and more with each relaxing. The relaxer has also cut my blow drying time in half! What a pleasure! Great Experience Posted by Marcella on 06/04/2002</SPAN> Decided to book an appointment after reading the reviews on this site and seeing that the salon was running a promotion for new customers. My stylist was Edgar, and I couldn't be happier with the results. As a reviwer said below, a lot of people noticed my new 'do and said they loved it. I would definately go back again! Wonderful!!!!! Posted by michelmoba on 05/30/2002</SPAN> I've been going to Haime for over 5 yrs now (I miss the Lex Ave studio!!). He's always listened and has given me a perfect cut every time. The only con is that he has gotten a bit pricey since he's opened his new place-but is worth it! Another mention on his own straightening formula that does wonders....highly recommended.

 

[HarleyMom]

Most of what is written is great about him --
After Easystraight' date=' My hair is still straight and strong. It's wonderful and I tell everyone about it![/QUOTE']

Sure hope ya don't end up with a bunch of people ticked off at'cha, cause I can guarantee that not "everyone" is going to end up feeling that easystraight is so wonderful, also just because 4 positive post about his salon show up on one board, does not mean that most of what is written about Mr. Munoz is positive, I've heard of more than one unhappy customer.

 

[SmartStyle437]

Okay. first off this thread is like the entergizer bunny it just keeps going on and on and on.

As a PROFESSIONAL I would not recommend Easy Straight to nobody!

This products "reguardless of what anyone has said and will say" damages your hair. As a stylist I have seen the things that easy straight and other home relaxing systems can do. And believe me in is so not worth it. And just because this product works well for you the first time around doesn't mean that it will the second time.

Most people that do these types of things to thier hair at home put it on wrong in the first place, so the second time around you will end up over lapping the product which will damage the hair even more or just make it break off right then.

So PLEASE if you are thinking about doing anything to this matter at home talk to a stylist first. Matter of a fact just get it done by a professional, you will be saving money in the long run doing it the right way. No telling how much money and time you will spend if it is not done by a professional tring to get your hair back into a some what normal condition.

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[rowantree]

Most of what is written about H. Munoz are publicity articles. And if you'll re-read the reviews from CitySearch again, you'll notice the reviewers aren't always talking about Munoz himself. Just wondering, but how long did you leave the straightening creme on, Lovemyhair? Did you get a recommended time from EasyStraight before you used it?

 

[Laura]

Originally Posted by SmartStyle437 Okay. first off this thread is like the entergizer bunny it just keeps going on and on and on.
As a PROFESSIONAL I would not recommend Easy Straight to nobody!

This products "reguardless of what anyone has said and will say" damages your hair. As a stylist I have seen the things that easy straight and other home relaxing systems can do. And believe me in is so not worth it. And just because this product works well for you the first time around doesn't mean that it will the second time.

Most people that do these types of things to thier hair at home put it on wrong in the first place, so the second time around you will end up over lapping the product which will damage the hair even more or just make it break off right then.

So PLEASE if you are thinking about doing anything to this matter at home talk to a stylist first. Matter of a fact just get it done by a professional, you will be saving money in the long run doing it the right way. No telling how much money and time you will spend if it is not done by a professional tring to get your hair back into a some what normal condition.

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[Californian]

Originally Posted by Wyndie927 Cali: LisaR from Sharfan & Mosley, P.C., never responded to you about the "veryl little or no cost" to us as the participants did she? No Wyndie, she did not. So I am going to just disregard her message. Sorry about that. I did not hear a word.

 

[rowantree]

Wyndie! I thought my hairdresser made a mistake when she told me my hair was bent! It is bent AND broken. I am assuming that the rest that is just bent right now will break off eventually & join the "spike group" at the top (and back) of my head. My hair broke off at the temple, and like you, I overdosed on that oil that was in the kit. I am wondering if this has happened to anyone else: I had a lot of my hair cut off, but since my hair is damaged from root to end, my hair still looks the same. Still frizzed, still feels crunchy & gross at the ends. I am conditioning like mad & refuse to use the hair dryer, even though the hairdresser told me that my hair had elasticity & it would be ok to use the dryer. If this has happened or is happening to anyone else, what are you doing? I don't want to get a buzz cut, but is that my only option or am I looking at having to wear a baseball cap constantly (and I know a hat is NOT good on the scalp)? And here's the downer for the day - it appears that other companies are trying to get in on the straightening craze. Check out http://www.xenna.com/product_curlaway.html At least with their before & after pictures, you can definitely see for yourself you would NOT want to use this product. I hope everyone here has a good day today!

 

[Californian]

Hi Rowantree,

I am waiting for a judge to get back to me on the EasyStraight case. I think it will take a few days. I asked him about whether you guys should join the class action suit or settle in private, etc.... and I will post or email the results. I will probably email them....

Anyway, I checked out the before and after pics you posted and I must say that some of them look bad while others look good. However.. this is supposed to represent the best of the best straightening jobs! Eeek gads.

Straightening jobs that do not look good:

Before/After

damage!

dry and not healthy looking

No COmment!

almost...

hello?

"NEW Curlaway Curl Relaxer straightens hair and leaves it soft and bouncy without damaging hair with high alkaline ingredients. "

I will let the other girls answer your hair cut question. I only know what I would do, but since I am not an E.S. user, I think their opinions will matter more to you.

 

[Californian]

Dear Harely, Rowantree, and Wyndie, please PM me and give me your emails. I would like to email you professional advice on this case from my father in law who is a judge and was a lawyer.

I do not wish to post this info on the board. You may pass it along to whomever you think it is safe to pass it on to. Thanks guys! I promise that this is top, professional advice. I will give you his name if you wish to look it up.

Sincerely,

Cali

Originally Posted by lovemyhair Most of what is written is great about him --
After Easystraight' date=' My hair is still straight and strong. It's wonderful and I tell everyone about it![/QUOTE']

Sure hope ya don't end up with a bunch of people ticked off at'cha, cause I can guarantee that not "everyone" is going to end up feeling that easystraight is so wonderful, also just because 4 positive post about his salon show up on one board, does not mean that most of what is written about Mr. Munoz is positive, I've heard of more than one unhappy customer.

 

[HarleyMom]

Originally Posted by LaurenDB Did you use EasyStraight the right way? Because I just used it about a week ago and my hair is not wrecked at all... it is actually better than I had imagined it would be. There was no damage to my hair whatsoever. Yes Lauren, all of the women that I know who have had their hair damaged followed the directions, me included, I actually had someone at the easystraight 1-800 number tell me that she didn't think I left it in long enough because even though my hair was fried I still had curl, had I left it in for longer I probably would have a crew cut now, has it is I had 3 inches cut off right away after using easystraight (over 3 months ago) and just went and had the rest of my hair cut off 2 weeks ago because even though I have used about every hair conditioner you can think of, my hair was just too damaged and I could not deal with trying to figure out what to do with it every day. I know now that the company inserts a little green card in the box about using the oil, when I purchased my box there was no card. I am glad that your hair came out OK, if I had it all to do over knowing what I know now about the product and the makers I would avoid easystraight like the plague.

 

[rowantree]

I think we have all made it pretty obvious that we followed the directions perfectly when we used EasyStraight (read the posts!). And I think it's been made pretty obvious that EasyStraight has changed their packaging and perhaps even the formulation of their product. Before that, women who had Haime Munoz himself apply EasyStraight at his salon ended up with fried, damaged hair. Did he apply it correctly? Lauren, I am extremely happy that EasyStraight worked for you. For the rest of us here, who used it months ago, it didn't.

 

[Rouge047]

Yes Lauren if you go back and read the post (all 200+ of them) you will know that we followed directions. We are glad that it worked for you and some of the others - we don't slight any of you for having good luck with this product, but the fact that it ruined our hair does however exist. Why it worked for some and not others we do not understand either, however we would like for the company to stand up and say hey we have a problem here and we need to see that it gets fixed. Any company that sees that their product is ruining the hair of so many needs to have the

's to stand up and admit that something is terribly wrong and see that those damaged are compensated accordingly. Easystraight STOP blaming US for this damaging our hair - after all it was YOUR product that we applied to our hair with disastrous results.

 

[rowantree]

To avoid conflict, maybe we should have two separate EasyStraight forums. One for the victims and one for those who the product worked for. There's a couple EasyStraight threads going right now & it's getting confusing. I think if the ones who are singing the praises could please stay in their own forum & the victims could stay in their own forum, it might be best. Especially since *some* of the ones singing the praises sound right out of the Stepford Wives movie.

Just a thought! Cause I know if I have to read "did you apply it correctly" one more time I am going to go from this

to this

P.S.! Watch 20/20 tonight. Here in the Chicagoland area, it's on ABC, Channel 7, at 9:00 p.m. I emailed them over a month ago requesting they do a story on hair straightening (particularly ES). They told me they don't do those types of stories & now here they are, the pigs. Should be interesting though!

 

[Kage_sCupotea]

I saw that, RowanTree, about 20/20 doing a piece on hair straightening. Maybe they've gotten an abundance of requests! I'll hopefully be watching!!!

We'll try to get the posts taken care of, in the Admin forum. Thanks for the suggestion!

 

[rowantree]

Thanks! And here's the link to the abc website which pretty much sums up the show. EasyStraight isn't mentioned in the article, who knows if it'll be mentioned on tv. It looks like they're just targeting thermal reconditioning. http://abcnews.go.com/sections/2020/..._040813-1.html

 

[Californian]

Originally Posted by rowantree To avoid conflict, maybe we should have two separate EasyStraight forums. One for the victims and one for those who the product worked for. There's a couple EasyStraight threads going right now & it's getting confusing. I think if the ones who are singing the praises could please stay in their own forum & the victims could stay in their own forum, it might be best. Especially since *some* of the ones singing the praises sound right out of the Stepford Wives movie.
Just a thought! Cause I know if I have to read "did you apply it correctly" one more time I am going to go from this

to this

P.S.! Watch 20/20 tonight. Here in the Chicagoland area, it's on ABC, Channel 7, at 9:00 p.m. I emailed them over a month ago requesting they do a story on hair straightening (particularly ES). They told me they don't do those types of stories & now here they are, the pigs. Should be interesting though!

RIght on, Rowantree! I'll e there to watch it if I can find the time that it airs here. And btw, I think your post has excellent ideas and I am going to cut and paste it into the admin board. Thanks

Buncha fickle, tv oinkers!

 

[Californian]

Originally Posted by Californian RIght on, Rowantree! I'll e there to watch it if I can find the time that it airs here. And btw, I think your post has excellent ideas and I am going to cut and paste it into the admin board. Thanks

Buncha fickle, tv oinkers!

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[Shoediva]

Hi Rowantree, thanks for letting us know about 20/20. I'm going to try to get home in time to watch!! PS good suggestion

 

[RuhRoh]

Easystraight destroyed my hair too!

 

[HarleyMom]

Originally Posted by rowantree To avoid conflict, maybe we should have two separate EasyStraight forums. One for the victims and one for those who the product worked for. There's a couple EasyStraight threads going right now & it's getting confusing. I think if the ones who are singing the praises could please stay in their own forum & the victims could stay in their own forum, it might be best. Especially since *some* of the ones singing the praises sound right out of the Stepford Wives movie.
Just a thought! Cause I know if I have to read "did you apply it correctly" one more time I am going to go from this

to this

P.S.! Watch 20/20 tonight. Here in the Chicagoland area, it's on ABC, Channel 7, at 9:00 p.m. I emailed them over a month ago requesting they do a story on hair straightening (particularly ES). They told me they don't do those types of stories & now here they are, the pigs. Should be interesting though!

Darn it! I missed the 20/20 show. I'm in Florida so the only thing on my TV the last couple of days has been the news and weather. Did they by any chance mention Easystraight? I read the article on the ABC web site but it sounded more like they were doing a story on salon straightening/disasters, if so I can't believe they would miss the chance to investigate Easystraight, you know they have probably had women getting in touch with them about it, I know I had sent an email a while back to someone who I think may have posted on one of the boards, asking if anyone had a story to share with them about their experience with hair straightening, if I remember, the email address was for someone at ABC.