Regular trims are necessary!

Remember ladies, trims are paramount to healthy attractive hair!
There is nothing worse than seeing a woman with shiny, silky, lovely locks. Only to look at the entire hair shaft and see rough tangled split ends!
There is nothing attractive about dead ends, and there is nothing, no product, no miracle cure that will heal them. All one can do is remove the threat by having the ends trimmed away.
I recommend doing so every 6 to 8 weeks, but maybe you can go 10 depending on how well you maintain your hair. Natural hair needs frequent trims as well, curly ends seems to rub against each other tearing the ends and spliting faster. It is imporatant to tie a scarf around her head if you ride in a convertable or on a motorcycle, the wind can wreak havoc on your delicate strands. The average amount of hair growth per month is a half of an inch. So in 6 or 8 weeks you should have approximately 3/4 of an inch to 1 inch of new growth every trim cycle. If you regularly trim your ends you will need to only clip close to 1/4 of an inch thus giving you approximately 3/4 to and 1/2 inch of new hair!
Doesn't sound like much? Well over a period of time it will add up. Better to do it in bi-monthly intervals rather than all at one time. This can make you feel cheated and change your look drastically.
Split ends make it impossible for hair to hold a curl. It is also impossible to look neat and well groomed with your hair sticking out like a whisk broom.
Find a stylist that has your best interest at heart, someone that listens to you. Someone that you can have complete confidence in and put your hair and trust in his/her hands.
Happy trimmings and here's to your hair!
Live well....

Permanent Haircolor vs. Semi Permanent Haircolor

Permanent Color color can be tricky. Be it a first time color, color correction or a change be it lighter or darker. It can be disastrous without the proper knowledge. Hair can become green, orange, mousy, too dark or too light.
The trick is knowing what to use and when. What cancels out what and what can add to your color to enhance what you already love.
Ladies I know that some of you are not fans of the salon and prefer to do it yourself, but color can be like opening Pandora's box. You can open it but you never know what you'll get. Or to what degree.

I have had women come to me after trying to color their own hair with a variety of issues. Some have lightened their hair to the degree of being nearly translucent. Some have had their hair melt off in spots. Some have stripes like a glowing orange rainbow. Everyone has seen the three rings of color: lighter at the roots, darker in the center of the hair shaft and drab on the ends. All are consequenses of improper color application. Believe it or not I have even seen someone come in after trying to apply black hair color only to have it turn out blotchy. How is this possible? Black should be the easiest color to apply. Not true, especially if you do it yourself. It is impossible to see the back of your head. How can you distribute the color evenly over the hair shaft if you can't see it?

Sure having color done in the salon can be expensive but it can be more expensive if a stylist has to correct whatever is wrong. After you have achieved the color that you want remember to continue with your stylist, keep up with your treatments in order to keep your hair strong, healthy and with that natural shine, oil moisturizing treatments are a must.
Always use shampoo and conditioner designed to preserve your color. Face the world with beautiful strong hair, not the dull, lifeless boring hair that do it yourself types display.
PS: Don't forget to keep up with your trims, nothing is worse that silky beautiful hair with bushy dead ends. Believe me everyone notices.

Semi-Permanent Color
Most everyone loves hair color. It can be an extension of our personalities, enhance our beauty or just warm our skin. Hair color and also fill holes in the hair shaft making hair appear fuller and in better condition.
One thing about semi-permanent color is it only last for up to 12 shampoos. Sometimes the color can be prolonged if using color enhancing shampoos. I suggest that you always use shampoo and conditioner for color treated hair, they provide the properties needed to give your color longevity.
Color can be vibrant, subtle, or rich. If you love the color that you already have most color companies also offer clear semi-perm color. It can be used to water down (so to speak) a color that is too intense or just add shine to your own natural color as well as condition.
Semi-perm color is great for chemically treated hair as well as natural hair. I don't usually suggest that anyone do they're own color, but semi-perm color is safe and easy to use. If doing your own color, I suggest that if you have product buildup that you use a clarifying shampoo to clean the hair shaft of mineral, calcium or product buildup. Leave it on for 3 to 5 minutes after working it through your hair. Rinse, towel dry well and apply color, using heat will help the color penetrate the hair shaft. Natural as well as chemically treated hair especially if long may have porous ends. To even out color use a porosity controlling spray to even out porosity or use a creme conditioner that will even out porosity before applying color.
If in doubt contact a color professional, he/she will know what to do to give you the results that you want
Live well...

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