1. Most women know this one but I still need to put it out there... You should NOT be washing your hair everyday. Every other, or every couple of days is good. If you wash everyday you are stripping your hair of all its natural oils which are its BEST conditioner... this one is extra important if you are a "chemical blonde" like me... you have NO moisture left in your hair! I can go two sometimes three days without washing.
2. Not washing does not mean you cannot restyle your hair... on my second day after washing I will refresh my hair with Bumble and Bumble Tonic it is a water based product with vitamins and tea tree oil. I lightly mist my hair with it and focus more on my scalp the tea tree oil in this product helps to refresh the smell if any in my hair the vitamins help repair damage caused by the elements (this product is great for post workout) and the moisture in the product softens my hair just enough without soaking it down that I can actually restyle my blow dry, take out all the wrinkles and any funky bumps I might have from sleeping on it the night before. Watch out to not over use this product though being that it has tea tree oil in it if you use too much it will make your hair feel almost like you left your conditioner in.
3. Have you ever wondered where the name "Toe Head" came from? Well I never thought twice about it until one day I was at a Vidal Sassoon class in Santa Monica we were on our lunch break and a man came up to my friend and I and he asked us that exact question. I then of course came home and googled it! :) What kind of Hairstylist does not know where this name came from? lol. So, now I know, and I can share with you! Toe in definition actually means lack of pigment. Before we knew all we know about color people assumed that blonde was not a color but rather lack of color! So instead of being called blonde you were referred to as "toe head"! I thought that was so cool when I learned that! :D I know I am such a hair nerd!!
4. Wash your scalp! Condition your ends! Thats right... Wash your SCALP! Focus all your shampoo time on your scalp, think about it... when your hair is oily where is it the most oily? Your scalp, this is because it is NOT your hair producing the oil it happens to be your scalp. So why are your washing your hair? Condition your ends! If your scalp is full of oil and you just washed it to get rid of the oil tell me then why you would dump the oil right back on your scalp? The only part of your hair that needs conditioner is the part too far away from your scalp that the natural oils cannot reach. About 3 inches away from your scalp and down to those nasty things we call split ends!
5. When applying product the most common mistake made is to DUMP it in your hand! If you are using professional product it is super concentrated medium length hair should start out with about a dime size of product in your hand and add more as needed. I have bottles of product that last me years and I use it on clients daily. The second most common mistake is to take all that product and starting in the front slide your fingers through your hair to the back. This will deposit the majority of the product in your bangs where you do not need it. Instead you want to rub it in your hands like lotion and starting at your ends in the back where you have the most hair apply the product and as you run out of product on your hands work your way into the areas of your hair where you have the least amount you temples and fringe aka bang. This will distribute the right amount of product evenly throughout the hair which will also help the product to do its job correctly!
6. Maybe I should have said this before number five. Ever wonder why your Blow Dry never comes out the way it did in the salon? There is only one factor missing! PRODUCT! Ladies we do not use product just for the fun of it! Product works... this is why when you go home and don't have it your blow dry never feels the same! Everyone should use at very least two styling products...first some sort of root boost whether it be moose, gel or my personal fav styling lotion by Bumble and Bumble leaves no build up but does it's job and lasts forever! Even if you are only doing a flatiron style and not looking for volume a root boosting product will help counteract any oil producing your scalp does which in turn will help your style last a few days without shampoo! The second product every women should use is a silicone or "frizz control" product for your ends. Now these go a long way! I use Bumble and Bumble defrizz or for my flat iron style I use Bumble and Bumble straight both are silicone products meant to do two things, first it protects your precious fragile ends (you know the ones you try so desperately to hang on to) and two it controls frizz leaving hair looking smooth controlled and shining. All of which make it look and feel healthy!
7. Brushing your hair 1000 strokes a day will NOT help it to grow longer. This myth came about because what is actually happening when you brush your hair is that you are stimulating blood flow to your scalp and if you did not know it your hair follicles are nourished by your blood which in turn helps them to produce "hair". Brushing too much and too often can actually do more damage then good to your hair. The trick is scalp stimulation, so go get a massage and ask them to also massage your scalp or if you are grossed out by the thought of someone rubbing your head then do it yourself it just wont be as relaxing. But do not brush your hair 1000 strokes a day you will be causing major split ends!
8. Which brings me to my next point. Prenatal vitamins do not help your hair to grow either! If anything it can help strengthen your hair by adding vitamins into your body which in turn your blood will feed to your follicles and help strengthen but not speed up the growing process! Women who are pregnant have a lot of extra everything going on! This is why some women experience extra hair growth during pregnancy. It is not because they started to take a vitamin.
9. Professional products are better then store bought! Not only are the ingredients of higher quality but like I stated earlier if you are using a professional product it is more concentrated which means you use a lot less of it to get the job done. So reality is yeah you spend an few extra dollars and in some cases usually when the case involves Bumble and Bumble more then a few extra dollars you are getting your money worth because this bottle of product will last you much longer then the 5 dollar bottle of cha cha net (aka AquaNet) you bought at Stater Bros. If you do not believe me then have your daughter do a science experiment!! Which lasts longer Bb Does it all or Stater Bros. AquaNet? ;)
10. Box Color or dare I say it going to Sally's and having the cashier aka beauty school drop out formulate a color for you will not and never will be the same as going to the salon! AND In some cases when the box lies to you or the cashier really had no clue what she was talking about... this option can cost you more then just going straight to the salon. Why? you ask well here is the deal... First a box cannot look at your hair and say oh yes I see you have coarse textured hair or oh right your hair is less dense then most, "thinner" , a box color is formulated for the "average" women HELLO have you EVER met an average women? NO because there isn't one!!!!! We are all unique, all beautiful and special in our own way all the way down to our hair!! So when you buy a box that says if you are an average women and you put this product on your hair it will turn this color... you will soon find out like all other women that you are NOT an average women and your hair is not average either! Most box color has a 20 volume developer and with out getting into detail this is the product responsible for "lightening" your hair or breaking up the natural melanin. If you are a dark blonde or darker you have a lot of natural melanin 20 volume is not strong enough to break it all up this is why you turn red or orange when using box color! I am not sure I need to explain in any further detail why asking the clerk at sally's is a bad idea other then most are beauty school drop outs and once again do not have any clue how to look at you hair texture, density. natural pigment, amount of grey, and knowing your target color be able to give you a map on how to get there. So in the end this will cost you more because when you walk in to the salon with blue red or orange hair wanting to be blonde you have just turned a 2 hour color and highlight in to a 6 to 8 hour color correction and trust you me it will cost you! the only other option is to go buy a box color dark brown or black and cover the mess up! But remember this when you choose that option covering it up does not make it go away it only makes the problem even worse when you want to be light again!!
LOL! Sorry if it felt like I got on a little bit of a tangent on that last one but oh man do I get fired up when it comes to comparing Professional to anything else! Don't get me wrong I know women who have found luck in the sally's and box situations department but let me stress to you this is NOT a normal occurrence! All too often I get calls or texts from friends asking why it all went so wrong! I hope that this was helpful and I hope you can take at least one new tidbit from this blog! Thanks for reading! :)
4. Wash your scalp! Condition your ends! Thats right... Wash your SCALP! Focus all your shampoo time on your scalp, think about it... when your hair is oily where is it the most oily? Your scalp, this is because it is NOT your hair producing the oil it happens to be your scalp. So why are your washing your hair? Condition your ends! If your scalp is full of oil and you just washed it to get rid of the oil tell me then why you would dump the oil right back on your scalp? The only part of your hair that needs conditioner is the part too far away from your scalp that the natural oils cannot reach. About 3 inches away from your scalp and down to those nasty things we call split ends!
5. When applying product the most common mistake made is to DUMP it in your hand! If you are using professional product it is super concentrated medium length hair should start out with about a dime size of product in your hand and add more as needed. I have bottles of product that last me years and I use it on clients daily. The second most common mistake is to take all that product and starting in the front slide your fingers through your hair to the back. This will deposit the majority of the product in your bangs where you do not need it. Instead you want to rub it in your hands like lotion and starting at your ends in the back where you have the most hair apply the product and as you run out of product on your hands work your way into the areas of your hair where you have the least amount you temples and fringe aka bang. This will distribute the right amount of product evenly throughout the hair which will also help the product to do its job correctly!
6. Maybe I should have said this before number five. Ever wonder why your Blow Dry never comes out the way it did in the salon? There is only one factor missing! PRODUCT! Ladies we do not use product just for the fun of it! Product works... this is why when you go home and don't have it your blow dry never feels the same! Everyone should use at very least two styling products...first some sort of root boost whether it be moose, gel or my personal fav styling lotion by Bumble and Bumble leaves no build up but does it's job and lasts forever! Even if you are only doing a flatiron style and not looking for volume a root boosting product will help counteract any oil producing your scalp does which in turn will help your style last a few days without shampoo! The second product every women should use is a silicone or "frizz control" product for your ends. Now these go a long way! I use Bumble and Bumble defrizz or for my flat iron style I use Bumble and Bumble straight both are silicone products meant to do two things, first it protects your precious fragile ends (you know the ones you try so desperately to hang on to) and two it controls frizz leaving hair looking smooth controlled and shining. All of which make it look and feel healthy!
7. Brushing your hair 1000 strokes a day will NOT help it to grow longer. This myth came about because what is actually happening when you brush your hair is that you are stimulating blood flow to your scalp and if you did not know it your hair follicles are nourished by your blood which in turn helps them to produce "hair". Brushing too much and too often can actually do more damage then good to your hair. The trick is scalp stimulation, so go get a massage and ask them to also massage your scalp or if you are grossed out by the thought of someone rubbing your head then do it yourself it just wont be as relaxing. But do not brush your hair 1000 strokes a day you will be causing major split ends!
8. Which brings me to my next point. Prenatal vitamins do not help your hair to grow either! If anything it can help strengthen your hair by adding vitamins into your body which in turn your blood will feed to your follicles and help strengthen but not speed up the growing process! Women who are pregnant have a lot of extra everything going on! This is why some women experience extra hair growth during pregnancy. It is not because they started to take a vitamin.
9. Professional products are better then store bought! Not only are the ingredients of higher quality but like I stated earlier if you are using a professional product it is more concentrated which means you use a lot less of it to get the job done. So reality is yeah you spend an few extra dollars and in some cases usually when the case involves Bumble and Bumble more then a few extra dollars you are getting your money worth because this bottle of product will last you much longer then the 5 dollar bottle of cha cha net (aka AquaNet) you bought at Stater Bros. If you do not believe me then have your daughter do a science experiment!! Which lasts longer Bb Does it all or Stater Bros. AquaNet? ;)
10. Box Color or dare I say it going to Sally's and having the cashier aka beauty school drop out formulate a color for you will not and never will be the same as going to the salon! AND In some cases when the box lies to you or the cashier really had no clue what she was talking about... this option can cost you more then just going straight to the salon. Why? you ask well here is the deal... First a box cannot look at your hair and say oh yes I see you have coarse textured hair or oh right your hair is less dense then most, "thinner" , a box color is formulated for the "average" women HELLO have you EVER met an average women? NO because there isn't one!!!!! We are all unique, all beautiful and special in our own way all the way down to our hair!! So when you buy a box that says if you are an average women and you put this product on your hair it will turn this color... you will soon find out like all other women that you are NOT an average women and your hair is not average either! Most box color has a 20 volume developer and with out getting into detail this is the product responsible for "lightening" your hair or breaking up the natural melanin. If you are a dark blonde or darker you have a lot of natural melanin 20 volume is not strong enough to break it all up this is why you turn red or orange when using box color! I am not sure I need to explain in any further detail why asking the clerk at sally's is a bad idea other then most are beauty school drop outs and once again do not have any clue how to look at you hair texture, density. natural pigment, amount of grey, and knowing your target color be able to give you a map on how to get there. So in the end this will cost you more because when you walk in to the salon with blue red or orange hair wanting to be blonde you have just turned a 2 hour color and highlight in to a 6 to 8 hour color correction and trust you me it will cost you! the only other option is to go buy a box color dark brown or black and cover the mess up! But remember this when you choose that option covering it up does not make it go away it only makes the problem even worse when you want to be light again!!
LOL! Sorry if it felt like I got on a little bit of a tangent on that last one but oh man do I get fired up when it comes to comparing Professional to anything else! Don't get me wrong I know women who have found luck in the sally's and box situations department but let me stress to you this is NOT a normal occurrence! All too often I get calls or texts from friends asking why it all went so wrong! I hope that this was helpful and I hope you can take at least one new tidbit from this blog! Thanks for reading! :)
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