BRAD MONDO CALLED ME A LIAR... LET'S TALK ABOUT IT

Research shows that air drying can be more damaging than blow-drying. How could this be, right? Well, @BradMondo is calling cap on my recent TikTok and called me out for spreading misinformation, I thought I'd share my reaction and talk about it! Keep watching as I explain all the nitty-gritty scientiffy and share all the facts to back me up, including sharing my own professional perspective on the topic as someone with lived experiences of having curly textured hair as a textured hair specialist. Thank you for sharing your insight and opinion on this one Brad, I think we can respectfully agree to disagree. Also, I’m very aware that Brad’s video was mostly for entertainment purposes, he is great at creating these reaction videos and creating discourse on a variety of hair-related topics, and I think this was really fun! No harm, no foul, no hard feelings Brad! But if you do want to learn more about curly hair...

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References📚

-The effect of various cosmetic pretreatments on protecting hair from thermal damage by hot flat ironing J. Cosmet. Sci., 62, 265–282 (March/April 2011)


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-The Beauty Brains Podcast (shout out my favourite cosmetic chemists Perry and Valerie!)
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DISCLAIMER: I am a professional licensed hairstylist with a specialty in curly/textured hair and studying to become a trichologist but – I only know what I know, what I've learned, and what I've been told by reputable sources such as scientists, doctors, and other trusted professionals. I almost always fact-check my information and if you want to check out this research for your own learning to form your own opinion as you should, find my references above.
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Chapters

BRAD MONDO CALLED ME A LIAR… LET’S TALK ABOUT IT 0:00
REACTING TO BRAD MONDO CALLING CAP ON MY TIKTOK 1:29
IS AIR DRYING MORE DAMAGING THAN BLOWDRYING YOUR HAIR? 6:12
WHAT TEMPERATURE WILL CREATE HEAT DAMAGE ON YOUR HAIR? 9:42
CAN BLOW-DRYING CAUSE THE SAME HEAT DAMAGE AS FLAT IRONING? 10:47
HOW TO SAFELY BLOW DRY / DIFFUSE CURLY HAIR WITHOUT DAMAGE 11:48
FINAL THOUGHTS AND BLOOPERS 13:41

[jenhall]

And this is why I don’t let non-curly haired people touch my hair. No matter how much “research” they claim to have done they almost never know how to handle curly hair

[draganfaee_rae]

Brad: “Nobody walks around with wet hair all day.”

Curly hair people: 👁👄👁

[dumbgenious]

People need to realize how vast hairstylists can expertise in. Brads expertise seems to be in colouring, especially bleaching. Nothing near taking care of curly hair

[katelynhoger]

This has the same energy as Elle Woods pulling out the receipts about washing hair after a perm and solving a murder. This would hold up in court✊

[estefanibowen]

Girl trust me when I say…I’m not listening to a GODDAMN thing BRAD MONDO SAYS about my curly hair 😂

[sakaom]

can i be honest? im a hairdresser too, and i never thought this guy was famous because he is a good hairdresser. he is a good entertainer who happens to be a hairdresser, and uses that to his favor, but a lot of the "tips" he gives are straight up bullshit. since hair is so subjective and different to every person, his tips makes it look like a one size fits all

[theacaban]

She said, “Professional, licensed hair stylist— AS WELL as a curly hair specialist!”

Thank you and goodbye. 🤗😌✨♥️

[Amira_Jessa]

Im a cat groomer... and this feels like when dog groomers try to tell me how to groom a cat... sure we dabble in the same field but we are certainly not playing the same game.

[mochamimi]

This is absolutely hilarious because a few weeks ago a girl at my job (who is taking cosmetology school btw) asked if I was gonna straighten my curly hair before bleaching so the roots would be lightened??? I was like no way! And yet she told me I was gonna ruin my hair by dying it at home. I’ve done all my haircuts, big chops and styles at home and people always ask if I got it professionally done. Never trusting a person with straight hair (and with 0 curly hair knowledge) to tell me how to do my hair.

[trshkitty]

His reply was actually embarrassing. You gave a detailed, scientific explanation and he was just like, "no because come on?" Good one, Brad. Really well thought out there.

[shanelbryant]

“No one walks around with dripping wet hair ALL day”

Mel and every curly girl on the planet: Who’s gonna tell him?

[crazylawyerlady]

University lecturer and lifelong curly-haired person here.

1. I'm so here for people on social media who make reference to scientific studies in order to support their views. Thank you for doing this response!

2. I am so here for people who have curly hair sharing knowledge on curly hair. I don't even go to a hairdresser anymore because they never know how to handle my curly hair - they either treat it like straight hair or else they offer to straighten it for me (which is more than a little offensive to be honest). I'm 33 and I've never left a hairdresser feeling like my hair looks better than it would've done if I'd styled it myself.

3. I am so here for people who advocate keeping the hairdryer about 15cm away from the hair while blow-drying it with a heat protectant and continuous movement. Anecdotally, I've been doing that since I moved to Scotland in 2016 and could no longer let my hair air-dry like I did when I lived in Africa (because - despite what Brad says - thick, curly hair will take FOREVER to air-dry in a country like Scotland). My hair is so much healthier now.

[adi]

Brad absolutely refuses to take in information about curly hair and it bums me tf out. Very reflective of the majority of the professional hair dresser community. The reason we have to pay those who actually learn about it 200+ for a curly dedicated cut, and STILL have the fear of having our hair ruined lol.

[magnolia]

A guy with straight hair really tried to come for a CURLY haired professional. Hilarious.🤣

[KatBlaque]

This video helped me understand why my scalp was on fire. Thank you!!!

[ladyofthemoonflower]

As someone who prides herself on being an academic, I’m gonna go with the person who has not just textured hair but an entire reference list for all to look into for themselves.

[angelamonahan]

Notice how Brad said he did "so much research", but then didn't give us a single fact?? 😄 This is why I watch Mell for curly hair and I watch Brad for bleach fails. 💜

[emmettler]

this is why i have a childhood fear of hair salons bc it was just these straight haired stylists lookin at me like an experiment. the FACECRACK of him asking who has wet hair all day.

[nicoleespinal]

Love how Mell talks and defends herself with proof, also it is obvious that Brad Doesn't has a lot of knowlege about curly hair based in some of his opinions in previous videos.

[amberfrazier]

I already knew Brad couldn’t be trusted when it came to the curly/kinky community based on his last video and the fact that he so confidently claimed that NO ONE walked around with wet hair all day just destroyed any and all credibility he had. Good lord. How dismissive can someone be. 🙄