DOMINICAN STYLISTS TRAIN BLACK STYLISTS ON THE COVETED DOMINICAN BLOWOUT

 • For years, there's been an unspoken chasm between Black and Dominican hair stylists when it comes to styling hair. Black hair stylists have frowned on the blowout technique Dominicans popularized for clients; saying the heat from powerful blow-dryers causes long-term damage. Licensed Dominican stylists are certain the bad reputation is the result of untrained stylists, not the Dominican technique itself.

RoundBrushHair.com, an online company that specializes in Dominican hair care with its retail of Dominican hair products and directory of Dominican hair salons in the United States, is well aware of the rift regarding the technique. "The popularity of Dominican salons turned out to be a double edged sword. The recognition caused a surge of new salons, many operating with poorly trained and oftentimes non-licensed Dominican stylists" says company founder, Jennifer Drew.

The Dominican blowout is the process of roller setting wet hair and using a round brush to style the hair once dry. The technique is very popular in metropolitan areas with large African American communities. As a result of the popular Dominican blowout, Black stylists experienced a decline in clientele as reported in a 2010 Wall Street Journal article.

In an effort to educate more professionals on the Dominican blowout, RoundBrushHair.com has teamed up with licensed Dominican stylists with more than 20 years of experience to offer a continual education course on the technique. "These classes ensure the technique is preserved and given the proper standard it deserves. This secret isn't worth keeping if it's in jeopardy of falling off from a lack of standardized training," says Drew. The courses are geared to attract any stylists looking to add the Dominican blowout to the services they offer.

RoundBrushHair is an online company specializing in Dominican hair care with an online retail of Dominican hair products and a directory of Dominican hair salons in the United States. For more information, visit www.RoundBrushHair.com

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