
- [Offscreen] Turn around. (Explosion) (gasp)
- Oh, my God! (Upbeat electronic music) - Today we're at Curls OneOnOne, and we're gonna get curl makeovers. So I've been straightening my hair for about 12-13 years. I've just recently started
wearing it naturally curly.
- I think I've been straightening my hair for about 15 years. Kids, they would throw
paperclips, erasers, paper wads. They could just try to
chuck it into my hair. Pretty much just straighten
my hair everyday since then.
- Society definitely
made me feel pressured to wear my hair straight. People would say that my hair was messy, even my own mom would be like, "Brush your hair out, keep it clean," and I was like, "This is my
natural hair, I don't know "what to do with it." - Back then, I just didn't feel confident. I didn't feel like myself because I had to pretend to be somebody else. But now I'm finally ready
to see what it looks like, having my hair curly everyday.
- I'm tired of damaging my hair. I wanna embrace my curls more often. Let's get this haircut on the way. - Hi, I'm Donatela.
- Alexis.
- I'm gonna take care of your curls today. Okay, love, talk to me about your hair. - My goal is to kind of
give more bounce to my curl, get rid of the dead ends and
really give it life again. - Maybe take a couple inches off and 'cause I know it's all dead hair.
- Let me explain to you a
little bit about the haircut. They used to cut your
hair before straight. It's not a bad cut, but
it's not for curly hair because it translates
completely the opposite, because the top is pretty heavy, and it doesn't let the curls bounce back. So I want your hair to look
more fuller in the back, and we'll have more fun on the top.
They'll suggest you to not use
too many oils for your hair. I know curly girls would love oils, but we're gonna stay away
a little bit from the oils. (Upbeat electronic music) Don't use this for your hair. This is the worst thing
you can use for curly hair.
- It's all I use.
- It really, really creates a lot of breakage because it's super thin. The best thing would be something thicker. So we're done with the haircut, and now we're gonna jump to the styling. (Upbeat electronic music) Your best friend for your hair is gonna be water, conditioner, massaging.
Water, conditioner, massaging. - Just got it washed. I look like a wet puppy dog right now. (Upbeat electronic music) - You don't have to do this everyday, but you're gonna go out
and want your hair curly, you're not gonna wait
for hours for to dry.
You can take the diffuser, and you're gonna let the
diffuser do the work for you because usually we do this,
which it creates more frizz. So all you do, pretty
gentle, you put your hair in a diffuser, and let it sit. So the gentle you're gonna be
with your hair when it's wet, the better it's gonna look when it's dry. (Upbeat electronic music) - It's like a spaceship, okay.
I just have to wait for this to dry and the transformation is done. (Acoustic guitar) - Oh, my God! My hair looks unrecognizable. Oh, my God my hair looks so pretty. It looks like it shines.
Oh, my God I'm such a big baby. - So this is... - Oh, my God!
- Surprise! - It's so full and healthy. It's so crazy
- It's shiny - And curly.
My curls were waves, and now I feel like they're actually curls. You worked some magic. - My hair feels like it's me. Dang it.
- I feel like a new woman. I know that's so cliche,
but I feel transformed. - I feel like I'm in a dream. I don't think I've ever imagined my hair was ever gonna look like this.
Now that I've learned all the
things I've learned today, I'm gonna start wearing
my hair more curly, like all the time now. - I think I've just
been doing it all wrong for so many years, and
that's why I've been kinda hesitant to wear it curly. I don't know, Donatela
has some magic hands. - I feel like a queen, and
I am ready to strut out on the streets of LA right
now with all of this.
(Acoustic guitar).