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!

Sep

21

2009

HAIRSPRAY…. What’s It Good For?

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Category : Hair care, easy, hair styling

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Whenever in doubt use hairspray!

Why you ask, when there are so many other styling products to style, lift and smooth our hair? I’d be silly not to admit that there are a plethora of “styling” products. But let’s cut to the chase. If you were on a deserted island and this handsome sailor came to rescue you and you only had one “all purpose” styling product to use what would it be? Hairspray!

Replace pen w/ fancy chopstick and hairspray!

Replace pen w/ fancy chopstick and hairspray!

Yep, that’s right. Yes, even in lieu of a de-frizz product, on occasion. Hair spray could help you to smooth, arrange a style and hold it. Isn’t that what you are looking for in all the other products we use. We just cannot use hair spray on wet hair without making it feel gummy. Aly Walansky at Splendicity just told us about how Phillip Pelusi, for Fashion Week, used hairspray to smooth a model’s pony tail prior to wrapping it in a bun. That’s great! Phillip smoothed the hair, gave it form, strength and grip. In a big way made the pony tail hair malleable. When the bun style was complete, to hold it through all the clothing changes he sprayed a layer over the hair to hold the style and to smooth any fly aways (little frizzies).

What does this mean for us?

1. Hairspray is not just for “Helmut Spraying”. Yes it is the last thing we spray on our hair for hold.

2. The other areas of our style needs lift and hold too. You can spray under your bangs to give them lift.

Pick up curls spray inside

Pick up curls spray inside

3. Say you have a flat spot where you want some lift. Lightly pick up the area to add volume and lightly spray inside the area. Arrange the hair where you want it to rest. In my DVD’s the model demonstrates how to use hairspray.

4. Updo’s or braids. Lightly spray the hair to be worked with, but only comb through the hair prior to spraying it. To comb through  means we disturb the web of hold, unless there has been a lacquer amount of spray applied.

5. Hairspry can be used to separate and hold curl in hair. Spray below and between curls to hold them.

What kind of Hair Sprays to use?

Aerosol sprays. Pump sprays are too wet and slow to dry. Also try to chose a spray that can go from sheer to lacquer hold if need be. The hairspray should also impart a a finishing shine.  Don’t be afraid to use Hairspray!

There are 2 hairsprays I like. One from Shu Uemura Sheer Lacquer ( go from sheer to lacquer hold) and the other Oribe’s Royal Blowout ( fabulously fine mist). Both sprays have micro fine mist, that do not allow watery clumping.

You spray girl!