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Antoine Salah checks out
Reisa Shanaman’s curly
hair, her Jewish “hairitage.”
Inset: Hair Botox treatment
is applied.

Taming Of The Frizz

Even Jewish curls stand up to this product test.

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s someone of Jewish “hairitage,”
my mane has never been the easi-
est to manage. It probably didn’t
help matters that — before the proliferation
of products like pomades, sprays, gels and
mousses — I would head into haircuts want-
ing Sarah-Michelle-Gellar-straight strands. I
flat-ironed it incessantly as a teenager, only
learning to love my crazy, unruly locks as I
got older — and better-versed in the won-
derful world of curly hair-care confections.
Seeing how Metro Detroit has seemed as
swelteringly humid as a Masada sunrise late-
ly, I jumped at the opportunity to try Hair
Botox at Antoine Salon in Troy, the Midwest
distributor of the RG Cosmetics Hair B line.
Where Keratin treatments are employed to
semi-permanently straighten hair, I was told
Hair Botox would merely loosen my curls,
while making them silky, smooth and frizz-
free for up to three months. The products —
free of chemicals and formaldehyde — are
full of organic ingredients like coconut oil

and amino acids. This made the 90-minute
process, painless, odorless and pleasant.
When I arrived at the salon for my
appointment, I was led to a seat, where the
owner, Antoine Saleh, gave me an overview
of the procedure, which costs $200 and up.
“It adds collagen back to the hair, really
nourishes it and makes the hair wonderful,”
he said.
My thick ringlets were washed with a
special shampoo before the “botox” was
run through them with a comb. It was
similar to a color treatment, only without
the unhealthy fumes and tin foil. I spent 30
minutes under a dryer while it worked its
way through my tresses after which I was led
back to my seat to have it “pulled through” to
ensure it reached all the way to the roots.
The creamy treatment felt cool and
refreshing as it was massaged onto my scalp.
Once it was washed out, a hair mask was
applied and left on for five minutes. My
mane was blown out and flat-ironed to com-

plete the procedure.
I immediately saw — and felt — a dif-
ference. As promised, my tresses were silky
and smooth without losing any of the body.
It was around 90 degrees outside with more
than 50 percent humidity when I left the
salon. Ordinarily, such conditions would
result in instantaneously looking as if an
unfortunate furry critter had crawled atop
my crown. Not today.
I walked around my neighborhood; no
frizz. I even got caught in a rainstorm. Still
no frizz. I never thought it possible to main-
tain a straightened mop amidst even the
slightest amount of moisture. I could hardly
keep a ponytail elastic in; my hair was so
sleek it kept sliding out.
After enjoying my professional blow-out
for a few days, with relatively minor tou-
chups required, I finally washed my hair at
home. I have to admit I was a bit bummed
that my ringlets weren’t quite as tight as
they were before the Hair Botox treatment.

Makeup by Amanda Douglas / Photos by Drasnin-Reuben Photography

Reisa Shanaman | Special to the Jewish News

Voila! Jewish “hairitage” hair is tamed.

However, if ever there was a climate in which
to wage a war on frizz, Motown’s muggy late
summer could be considered prime. Besides,
my corkscrew curls will be back, in all their
poof-prone glory, just in time for fall.

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Call Antoine’s Salon at (248) 822-8115.

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