June 2011
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Your hair! It has a lovely summer green tint!
There is nothing better on an oppressively hot day than cannon balling into a slightly chilled pool! But now you have to pay the consequences. You have been taxed by the fun police and your hair is GREEN!
Why does this happen? We can once again blame chemicals. Those tricky bastards!
Pools are treated to not grow fuzzies. No one wants to swim in a fuzzy green pool so they add algaecides....
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Ammonia! It's smells bad.
Ammonia stinks. Literally. So why is it in our hair color? Simple. It makes it work. There are many lines out there now that are “ammonia free”. But for any color to really cover and penetrate ammonia is almost always necessary.
So how does it work? If you’ve been following my blog you remember a few posts back when I explained types of hair color. They fall in several...
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Metallic hair dye: Box color and Henna
Again and again with this crap! I feel like a parrot. Let’s get one thing out there before I even BEGIN to get into this. Hair color is CHEMISTRY! Why people feel they are qualified to determine what is “safe” without any knowledge of the chemistry is beyond nieve. I would not DARE give myself botox or minor medical procedures. There’s a reason hair stylists need a...
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Chemicals are Bad, right?!?!?
Okay, I’m a science nerd. I get that. I try to be understanding. But the nerd in me can’t help but get a chill up my spine when someone asks if the organic hair color I’m about to use has chemicals in it. You can ask yourself that question about anything around you right now, including your own body and the answer would be the same. Yes. There are chemicals in EVERYTHING. No,...
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Sulfates and Parabens: What the heck are they?!
I’m sure you’ve all heard the new big claims in hair care “Sulfate and Paraben Free!” and you think well that sounds good because those are scary words! But what are they? And if they are so terrible why have we been using them?
Sulfates:
The word sulfate is a general term for a family of ingredients. They are used in cleansers across the entire beauty market. The reason...
thesalon401 asked: Do you think the Brazilian Blowout (or other keratin treatments) is a "fad" or something that is going to evolve and stick around for a while?
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extensions, extensions. extensions.. Feathers and...
Okay, I totally get it. These are the fun new whimsical thing in hair. But there are many things about them that just rub me the wrong way.
First of all is the large number of stylists doing them. After all, they are a type of extension. I’m sure you’ve heard people say time and time again how “Extensions Ruined my hair!” There are many ways extensions can do this and...
