Bethesda Drybar

[Anonymous]

A good blow out will even survive bed hair. You can use dry shampoo if you feel your hair is too oily.

This all depends on your hair type of course, but generally, you shouldn't be washing your hair every day.

If I get a blow out today (wishful thinking), it should last me until Monday. I would use dry shampoo on Saturday, maybe wash some front pieces and dry them. I would blow dry my hair briefly after a shower (like maybe a minute or two) to make sure all the dry shampoo is out.

Honestly, sometimes blowouts look better a few days out as they look more natural.

Some people think wrapping your hair in a towel during a shower keeps the style longer as shower caps hold in humidity. And as everyone in the DC area knows, humidity makes your hair frizz. I either clip it up and keep my hair out of the direct stream of water (and blowdry briefly), or put on a hilariously ugly shower cap I bought at like safeway for 99 cents.

I'll sprinkle on some dry shampoo before my shower and leave it in my hair during my shower. I keep my showers brief during this time (no hiding from the kids while the husband is on duty, haha). Once I'm out of the shower, I leave the shower as soon as possible to avoid as much humidity as I can. I then brush my hair, and then will briefly blow it out, making sure the last of the dry shampoo is out and it's nice and straight again. This process sounds like it takes a long time, but it maybe takes 5 minutes.

Just my two cents. Hope it helps.

These are great tips-- thank you so much!

[Anonymous]

Can you walk in or do you need to make an appt?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can you walk in or do you need to make an appt?

Make an appointment unless your going in the middle of the day on a weekday. You can do it online, super easy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm curious to know who uses this type of service. Are you a working professional getting a blow out during lunch break? A SAHWife?

There was already a thread on this. And if you really cannot figure out why someone whether its a teen, working mom, or SAHM would want this service thats ridiculous.

It's not ridiculous. Does one have a party tonight and need to get their hair styled? I can understand that. If not, once you go to bed tonight, won't the style get ruined?

I find when I take the time to blow out my own hair, I can go a day or two without washing it, depedning on my activities (clearly swimming would ruin it).

But I still can't imagine going to just get it blown out. Mainly because I've never had a stylist blow my hair out so I like it. They always make it look weird. I can never tell if I like my haircut until after I go home and redo it.

[Anonymous]

I would think that a good stylist would want to do more than blowouts for a living. Therefore, I'm guessing that the drybar wouldn't attract as talented a staff as a full service hair salon. If I were to get a blowout, I would just go to a full service place for the blowout. Regular salons will do just a blowout if that is what you want.

[Anonymous]

i went once and had to wait 45 minutes even though i had an appointment. just fyi.

[Anonymous]

I got a blow out at hair cuttery for $16 last week and was very happy with it. I've done dry bar too- not worth the $$$.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

But I still can't imagine going to just get it blown out. Mainly because I've never had a stylist blow my hair out so I like it. They always make it look weird. I can never tell if I like my haircut until after I go home and redo it.

I am very curly hair that is a frizz nightmare in DC humidity. I go to salons to get blowouts all the time because I can never do it as well myself.

[Anonymous]

to pp with great advice- what dry shampoo do you use/recommend?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:to pp with great advice- what dry shampoo do you use/recommend?

Not PP but I bought a small can of Pssst....at Ulta and I like it. It's the only type of dry shampoo that I have ever tried though.

[Anonymous]

Not PP either but I am the OP and I love Oscar Blandi dry shampoo, bought at Sephora.

[NYC2DC]

I'm glad you liked the tips!

I use both psssst and oscar biandi. Oscar Biandi smells better (lemoney) but pssst is easier to apply as it is a spray. Both work great!

[Anonymous]

I always had really good experiences with drybar! I'll usually go before work if I have something going on that evening, or on Friday/Saturday nights. OR if I'm going out of town for the weekend, a blowout before the flight is the best because I can make it last all weekend. The best experiences I've had is when I've been specific about what I wanted...it really helps to bring in a picture of what you like, specify what kind of products work on your hair, etc. instead of letting the stylist just go to town. After I started doing that, I've never had a bad experience!

PS--I used to LOVE pssst, but I recently bought drybar's brand of dry shampoo and it's literally the best I've ever used...smells good and lasts all day! would highly recommend!

[Anonymous]

I have a friend that swears by Dry Bar and her hair looks great when she has an appointment.

I get frequent blow outs and have found that the Hair Cuttery does a pretty good job! My hair is very thick, wavy/curly, and long so it is quite the process and they do charge me more but it is still quite reasonable at $26.

I also recently purchased a straightener from a mall kiosk and I love it! I NEVER would have given it a chance but I happen to use a friend's one day and that is where she purchased it. I checked it out myself, loved what the sales person was able to do, and have been able to easily recreate the same look.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a friend that swears by Dry Bar and her hair looks great when she has an appointment.

I get frequent blow outs and have found that the Hair Cuttery does a pretty good job! My hair is very thick, wavy/curly, and long so it is quite the process and they do charge me more but it is still quite reasonable at $26.

I also recently purchased a straightener from a mall kiosk and I love it! I NEVER would have given it a chance but I happen to use a friend's one day and that is where she purchased it. I checked it out myself, loved what the sales person was able to do, and have been able to easily recreate the same look.

Which hair cuttery do you go to and who do you see? I have curly, thick middle eastern hair and so many people cannot handle it.