GinaCurl Curl Reformer for Curls, Kinks and Coils
at Hair's Talent in East Haven, CT

You are not a candidate for the GinaCurl if you have high lift color, highlights, bleach, relaxer or a texturizer. Some smoothing treatments and amino acid treatments may be another reason for not being able to get a successful GinaCurl from roots to ends. We will determine that in your online consultation.

Servicing the GinaCurl on color treated hair is trickier than most people think. This is because the ends are very porous and the roots area is much healthier, so customizing is required. We recommend that only the roots are colored with permanent color and if the ends need to be refreshed, use only a rinse. If you color your hair, please color your hair two weeks before your service. Coloring only the roots at that time. This way we don’t have to deal with virgin roots and then colored hair. If we have only 1 inch of virgin roots we will not be able to address that area with a stronger curl reformer so it will not process completely. Remember peroxide color lifts and semi permanent color deposits. If you want to stay or go dark, there is no need to use peroxide color. To consistently receive fabulous GinaCurls, you must understand the effects of peroxide color with your GinaCurl. Hydrogen peroxide will break some of the internal disulfide bonds found in the cortex of the hair. In a typical hair color process, approximately 10 % of existing disulfide bonds are destroyed. If the hair is damaged because of an over processed color, the hair will be weak, easily broken and gummy or stretchy when wet. This means the client is definitely not a good candidate for GinaCurl. You will need a few protein treatments to mend the cortex layer. We do not recommend highlights with the GinaCurl. There is no way to isolate the hair that is colored from virgin hair. If we do the GinaCurl over highlighted hair we will have to use a weaker formula to protect the colored hair, so the virgin hair will not take a successful curl.

Wait fourteen days for all types of color, including demi, semi and rinse colors. You can risk the chance of the hair reverting if the hair is colored too soon. We also recommend using a lower volume peroxide to color your GinaCurl and using 1-2 shades lighter than before, when choosing an all over color; because hair colors that are lower in peroxide percentage deposit do not lift lighter.

We know you like to leave your options open but our utmost priority will always be safety and the integrity of your hair. We may advise against treating or retreating your hair under certain circumstances. "It is safe to switch from Gina’s Straight Variation to Gina’s Thermal Reconditioning method and vice versa?" It is generally safe to go from a Straight Variation to a GinaCurl as long as no direct heat has been use. It is generally safe to go from a GinaCurl to a Straight Variation or a Thermal Reconditioning. We will not switch you from Gina’s Thermal Reconditioning to a GinaCurl.

Yes, getting a GinaCurl doesn’t appear to be a problem for the health of your baby’s well-being. There are no conclusive studies about the safety during pregnancy of the solution used for the GinaCurl. However, because of the pregnancy hormone changes in the first trimester, we don’t recommend getting the Gina Curl during your first trimester. We also don’t recommend getting the GinaCurl for the first three months of your child’s life, because hormones can cause some client’s hair to be very resistant to chemicals. We caution clients to wait until after nursing. Another thing that most pregnant women are not aware of is, normally the hair sheds quit a bit after birth and sometimes after nursing. It’s generally assumed that the hair does not shed as much during the pregnancy, therefore getting a little thicker. Afterward, the hair returns to its normal thickness, basically shedding off all the hair that didn’t get shed in 9+ months.

Yes, there is no problem servicing the GinaCurl on someone that has Alopecia.

Yes, we can perform the GinaCurl over other curly perms but we'll need at least 4 inches of regrowth. It's important to understand that only the new growth can be treated. The rest of the hair must be left as is and cannot be manipulated. We will do what we can to liven up the ends but we cannot guarantee the results on the previously treated hair. "Can I get a curly perm after a GinaCurl?" We never recommend touching up your GinaCurl with a curly perm of any kind. Our focus is on safety and our technique won't sacrifice health and length. Don't just take our word for it. We had one of our clients touch up her GinaCurl with a curly perm at a different salon. “It’s not all that it’s cracked up to be.”  She was hoping to save some money but ended up with breakage and her GinaCurl ends became stringy and spongy from over-processing.

No. The GinaCurl will not process over a relaxer or a texlax, and you can’t preform a texlax or a relaxer over a GinaCurl. The two chemicals should not be mixed. The end results will be damaged, over-processed hair with no curl.