<p>Quick q about prom:</p>
<p>When you (girl) go to get your hair styled at a salon, do you normally go in there with wet hair, or do the stylists re-wash your hair and then style?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>It depends on what the stylist is going to do with the hair.</p>
<p>For an updo, the people that have done my daugthers hair want it dry, clean, but not washed that day. If you use a flat iron, you can’t have used it after you washed it.</p>
<p>So for a Sat appt, wash and dry the hair on friday. Do not curl or flat iron it and don’t put any product in it.</p>
<p>If you are going in for just a blow out. They will wash the hair for you.</p>
<p>Fewer girls did updos in our area this year - more were wearing hair down or half up (either straight or curled) . But yes, we got the same instructions as mercedesfilles had she opted for the updo.</p>
<p>don’t go in with wet hair, and don’t wash your hair before going, even. having extra oils in your hair from the day before will actually help your updo hold its shape better.</p>
<p>It is such a fun atmosphere in the salon watching all the girls get transformed into Cinderella.</p>
<p>Agree with washing the day prior but styling products would be OK.</p>
<p>Thank you for the responses. I’m not going to get an updo. So the norm for a blowout is that the stylist will wash it?</p>
<p>Here you go with clean, dry hair. They will wet it if you are just getting a blowout.</p>
<p>You would typically go in and the stylist would wash it for you there.</p>