If you are not a regular product user eg. mousse, gel, spray; maybe you just use it for date night. You should clarify your hair after each sporadic use. If you use it daily, you should clarify weekly.
Paul Mitchell has a clarifying shampoo called Shampoo 3. Or you can make your own.
#1 Mix ½ cup of vinegar to 1 quart of warm water. Pour the vinegar cleanse into a cup, container, or even a clean old shampoo bottle. Shake it to make sure that the vinegar is distributed evenly.
#2 For normal hair, shampoo as normal. Before you use your conditioner, apply the vinegar solution. Make sure to penetrate down to the roots. Rinse the vinegar solution out of your hair. This will clarify your hair. Apply conditioner as normal.
#3 To clarify oily hair, shampoo and condition the hair as normal. After removing all the conditioner, apply the vinegar solution. Make sure to massage down to the roots. Rinse like a regular shampoo and remove excess.
#4 Dry and style your hair as normal. You will not have to do anything additional to see results in your hair. You will notice your hair more shine and body than normal. You will be surprised with how clean your hair is.
#5 Repeat the treatment weekly. Repeating it weekly allows your hair to stay looking its best.
I have heard of people changing their shampoos from "time to time, because they stop working". Clarifying weekly will make it so that is not necessary.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Up-do's
Well prom is coming up, and we have some hair to do.
A classic all over curl up-do can be accomplished fairly easily. If your hair is already curly, wash it and let it air dry with some gel or moose or you can dry it with a diffuser. Now the directions are the same straight or curly. Imagine putting a crown on your head-think Miss America. Where the crown would sit- take all of that hair and put it in a pony tail(binder). You can create height here by back combing(ratting) this section before or after. This is when you start to curl your hair if it is naturally straight. So, curl everything the section up and the section down. Once your hair is curled, start pinning (think flower arrangement). you want a balanced feminine curly crown on top of your head. keep it circular / ball shaped. leave some loose or pin it all up- really personal preference. The important part here is to give your self the base to anchor to, so you can dance the night away.
A classic all over curl up-do can be accomplished fairly easily. If your hair is already curly, wash it and let it air dry with some gel or moose or you can dry it with a diffuser. Now the directions are the same straight or curly. Imagine putting a crown on your head-think Miss America. Where the crown would sit- take all of that hair and put it in a pony tail(binder). You can create height here by back combing(ratting) this section before or after. This is when you start to curl your hair if it is naturally straight. So, curl everything the section up and the section down. Once your hair is curled, start pinning (think flower arrangement). you want a balanced feminine curly crown on top of your head. keep it circular / ball shaped. leave some loose or pin it all up- really personal preference. The important part here is to give your self the base to anchor to, so you can dance the night away.
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Dandruff
As far as dandruff goes- it is something I have had for as long as I can remember. Though the only times I am able to get a handle on it is when I use Melaluca "original shampoo". Some thing I learned in beauty school is that the store brands of dandruff shampoo actually contain tar. The tar acts as a sealent to the dandruff creating symptoms very similar to a babies "craddle cap".
A lot of times people don't have dandruff, but product build up instead. Melaluca or "tea tree oil" is a natural solvent that disolves the build up. It is also moisturizer, anti-bacterial, and anti-fungal. Eucalyptus and any of the mint oils help with dandruff. Melaluca the company sells a product called Original Shampoo. I buy it in the 32 oz size- just the most economical. It is 24.50 for people who aren't members and $16.99 for people who are (about $30 for a membership fee- I can show you how to sign up if your interested). It really is the best thing I have ever found. Then, when you get this shampoo, If you think its not working- you can go to a co-op and purchase a good quality eucalyptus and mint oil and add them to your shampoo. The only thing that I have found that comes close to Melalucas shampoo is Paul Mitchells Tea Tree shampoo(economy size 17 oz for $30). It is not as good, but it is the closest second I have ever found. I have tried every store shampoo with tea tree and never found one that works.
A lot of times people don't have dandruff, but product build up instead. Melaluca or "tea tree oil" is a natural solvent that disolves the build up. It is also moisturizer, anti-bacterial, and anti-fungal. Eucalyptus and any of the mint oils help with dandruff. Melaluca the company sells a product called Original Shampoo. I buy it in the 32 oz size- just the most economical. It is 24.50 for people who aren't members and $16.99 for people who are (about $30 for a membership fee- I can show you how to sign up if your interested). It really is the best thing I have ever found. Then, when you get this shampoo, If you think its not working- you can go to a co-op and purchase a good quality eucalyptus and mint oil and add them to your shampoo. The only thing that I have found that comes close to Melalucas shampoo is Paul Mitchells Tea Tree shampoo(economy size 17 oz for $30). It is not as good, but it is the closest second I have ever found. I have tried every store shampoo with tea tree and never found one that works.
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