**If you don’t want to see a bunch of selfies of me, then exit this post now (Ollin…) and I will see you tomorrow, maybe..maybe not.**
A few weeks ago, I went on The Great Relaxer Hunt here in Madrid. After two impossibly long weeks of waiting, I FINALLY had my hair done at Corte Cabeza-Huertas. Overall, the experience was enjoyable, the staff was so friendly, and I will be going back!
Location: C/ Prado 12, Huertas 28014, Madrid
Telefono: 915-446-087
Price: 120 Euro + 10 Euro tip (tip is not customary, nor is it expected, but I was (and am) very happy with the results and the hairdresser was so kind, so I left something. I am aware that it’s not much, but I am also not made of money…so…)
Price of my hair per day: 33.3 cents/ day for one year. Haha not a bad investment!
Before:
Step 1: Wash, dry, and comb the nest.
Step 2: Apply the relaxer. (This was the SAME product they use in my salon at home, but that one is over 2x the price. I know that nose-burning smell anywhere!).
Leave product on for about 15-30 minutes.
Step 3: Rinse the relaxer with a special product.
Step 4: Dry the hair and flat iron.
Step 5: Apply a product “to lock in the relaxer”. I taught my hairdresser that phrase and she kept using it hahaha.
Step 6: Wash out said “lock-inducer”. Then re-dry and re-straighten. And take picture with your hairdresser who has become a good friend over the last 4 hours. She is from the North of Spain and is a part-owner of this salon. 
Step 7: LOVE your hair.
Step 8: Drink your coffee outside because the cafeteria smells like fried meat sticks and your hair will absorb this putrid smell.
Overall, the process was almost exactly the same as what they do at home. Except after the relaxer was applied, she starting drying my hair and I asked if she was going to wash it out. She told me she straightens it first and then washes it out, but then she checked the bottle and realized I was right…so…
Also, after rinsing out the relaxer, she straightened it and then washed it again and applied the “lock” and then straightened it again. I don’t think she had to do that first straightening, but whatever. I am happy.
Ok! That’s it. I hope you enjoyed all of those pictures of me haaaaha. I’m off to teach private lessons for two hours and then I am going dancing! 🙂
Have a great night.