Jul

16

2010

6 Tips for Gorgeous Easy Care Hair

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#1. Paddle Brush your hair/scalp prior to shampooing.

Reason: A great way of stimulating blood flow, hair growth and massaging/relaxing to your scalp. Go in different directions.20 times. Could help with flaky/itchy scalp.

DO NOT BRUSH SCALP OR SHAMPOO PRIOR TO HAIR COLOR. You remove the acid mantle that protects the scalp, when you shampoo or brush your hair prior to coloring your hair.

#2. When you get out of the shower, do not wrap your hair in a towel or turban  for more than 5 minutes.

Reason: Your hair has just been conditioned and the towel/turban will open the newly closed (conditioned) cuticle and create hair roughness (draw out the moisture). Thus the hair could be more difficult to style and will not dry smooth and will have a dull frizzy look.

#3. After towel drying your hair take the same towel or a paper towel and blot or wring your hair again.

By doing this additional drying will pull out more moisture without roughing up the cuticle. This will also ensure that your hair will dry faster and with less heat and increase strength and shine.

#4. Prior to drying your hair apply a serum that helps the cuticle to remain closed, thus allowing better  detangling. Secret: 3 pumps of serum in hand, rub hands together and apply in downward strokes from mid-shaft to ends. Use less for shorter hair. DO NOT APPLY TO SCALP. 2pumps when hair is almost dry or before flat ironing. 1 pump as a shine finish, downward motion from mid-shaft to ends.

Brazilian Blowout or the right styling products

Brazilian Blowout or the right styling products

#5. Only shampoo your hair maximum every other day, minimum every third day.

Hair is a fiber just like your cotton T-shirt. Imagine washing that T-shirt every day. It would fade and disintegrate in a matter of months. Just think, now you can afford a more luxurious shampoo and conditioner.

#6. This is a great suggestion for the use of those unused shower caps from all of your vacations. Next day after you have shampooed and conditioned/moisturized your hair, you may have Bed Head. Turn your shower on and stick your hands in the water. Rub them through your hair where you have BH. Only a little moisture is needed. Put the shower cap on. The heat from the shower and the moisture inside the cap will help to reconfigure your hair. When you go to blow dry it will be easier to get rid of the BH and be able to aerate your hair at the scalp. The moisture in and on your hair reinvigorates the hair styling products and should allow for easier styling with just the tiniest amount of additional product.

Try these suggestions and let me know!

May

19

2010

3 product Events That Changed Our Lives since the Late 1990’s “PART 2″

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Category : Hair care, Ping.fm, Rejoice in our abilities, Style Like A Pro DVD Series, easy, hair styling

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What I missed in 3 Products “Part 1″, Brazilian Blowout……

The review! Ok, you saw Maryanne’s hair before and after the Brazilian Blowout. She had soft but very frizzy hair, with a strong wave pattern on front hairline. To say the least Maryanne had perfect hair for the BB.  The PWBE president of our local chapter told me that Maryanne walked into the PWBE meeting looking beautiful and confident. I have to agree with with the assessment of looking beautiful and confident, as I have felt that way after having my BB.

What’s cool about getting a BB  is that after each consecutive treatment you can wait even longer to get the next one. The clincher is , is that you basically have to wear your hair in a similar long length each time you have the Brazilian Blowout. Don’t always surmise that the BB is a conditioning treatment if your hair is tinted, highlighted or sun-drenched, etc. You still need to do a conditioning treatment after the 2nd BB.  The way to tell is if you get tiny little frizzies after the BB. A conditioning by you or your stylist should do the trick. Even if the B Blowout does not seem to take the first time and it’s redone, just do a conditioning treatment after for a longer lasting and silkier look.

The stylist can flat iron your hair either straight from the roots down or bump it up from the scalp and curve the length for a fuller finish, less stick straight. That’s the way I like it, the hair then has more volume, though the swinginess is the same.

After 1st BB, I was able to bump bangs and curve ends.

After 1st BB, I was able to bump bangs and curve ends.

I say get a BB. The competing Keratin Process has a small amount of Formaldehyde in it and you cannot tie it back, put clips in it or wash your hair for 3 days. I have never used this treatment, but I have seen that it makes the hair “stick straight” for longer than the BB, if that’s what you want. Remember that the Brazilian Blowout is a SMOOTHING treatment. Enjoy.

PS. Style Like A Pro DVDs DO teach you how to improve your hairstyling skills. Consider ordering now. I’m here to help!

Nov

30

2009

Featured DVD for Cost of Shipping and Handling

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Category : Hair care, Rejoice in our abilities, Style Like A Pro DVD Series, Uncategorized, drying hair, easy, hair styling

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Looking outrageously great on your own can be a breeze.  Style Like a Pro DVD series empowers women to easily create the looks they want—and the simple techniques on this video will turn hours of trying into a few minutes to succeeding.

1 of 8 DVDs

This DVD captures Michelle Obama's style!

Most importantly, everything is shown the way you’ll see it in the mirror, eliminating that often-confusing extra step of translation from the Salon. Great for ALL lengths of hair!

Jul

14

2009

Why Do I Have So Much Hair Breakage?

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Where is your hair breaking?

Is it at the ends, the midshaft, or at the root of your hair? Is it around you hairline?

Could she have some hair breakage

Could she have some hair breakage? YES!

Ends…

If it’s at the ends, perhaps you have not had a hair cut in over 6 weeks. Get a haircut and a moisture treatment and then condition your hair appropriately at home. Condition from midshaft through the ends. Rinse only for 10-15 seconds. Always blow dry at the scalp first before even attempting to dry the ends.

Midshaft….

If your hair is breaking at the midshaft, perhaps you went through some severe stress or… Do you wear ponytails alot? The stress from the band on your tail could cause hairs to break.

Scalp….

Lastly, is your hair breaking at the scalp? Again, personal stress could be the culprit. Poorly applied hair color or lightner could stress the hair. Also if you are drying your hair with a high powered T3 type dryer, concentrating the nozzle in one area could cause extreme bleaching and weakening of the hair. I did it to my own hair and I am a professional. Be extremely careful!

If you have hairline breakage, that hair tends to be finer, thus perhaps weaker and maybe the type of brush and dryer you use are too strong for that hair. Sometimes using a fine boar bristle brush and low heat and air strength is the best for the hair line.

Other recommendations……

Don’t shampoo your hair every day. If you must try this…Get a shower cap. In the morning, before you get into the shower dampen your hands from the shower rub them in your hair (where you have bed head) put on the cap. The heat while you shower and the moisture from inside the shower cap will reinvigorate your hair. Then, when you go to rearrange your style the hair will respond almost like you had just washed it.

As far as a styling product for stressed out hair ends, apply a serum to the ends. 3 pumps into the palm of your

All long or short ends need moisture reinforcement!

All long or short ends need moisture reinforcement!

hand while the hair is wet, 2 pumps prior to ironing your hair and 1 pump to protect the ends from our drying environment.

Hope this helps
sandy [at] stylelikeapro [dot] com
and at Phoenix Salon and Day Spa

Jul

06

2009

What is the Best Shampoo?

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In my experience as a Hair Colorist

for the past 20 years, there is no such thing as THE Best Shampoo for everyone. There are a number of factors that make a shampoo the best shampoo for you. Even all the brand names up and down the price point spectrum have many different shampoos to chose from, depending on your hair/scalp needs. Personally, how I chose a shampoo for my hair are these…

Recommendations:

1. Recommendation from my stylist or a friend who has similar hair texture or hair needs(ex. dry versus oily scalp)
2. Scent of the shampoo.
3. Cost of the shampoo. Generally speaking, the higher the price point the more luxurious the shampoo. This translates into using a lesser amount to get the same result. By using less you actually can get more shampoos out of one bottle. This way the cost per shampoo has gone down.
When all the recommendations are taken into consideration, only you can decide what is the best shampoo for your scalp/hair needs.

Below are some shampooing guidelines I state in Style Like A Pro DVD’s.

Shampoo and conditioning guide inside

Shampoo and conditioning guide inside

Shampooing Guidelines:

a. After applying shampoo to your hair, only scrub your scalp and massage the rest of the shampoo through the ends of your hair. Never scrub the ends of long hair, this motion roughens the hair cuticle. In turn you will have to use more conditioner than generally needed or have difficulty combing your hair.
b. In conditioning your hair only apply the product to the mid shaft through the ends of your hair. Scalp hair does not need conditioner. Rinse only for 10 seconds. Rinsing longer only conditions your drain. You be the judge, remember the towel, your hands, the hair tools and dryer all pull moisture from your hair, so don’t be afraid to rinse less.
The more moisture that remains inside the hair shaft the easier it will be to style your hair.