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Just a little thank you for all that support my visits back to Virginia every 8-10 weeks!You are the best, I really enjoy helping you with your hair!
My next visit will be July 10-12 followed by the last weekend in Aug. My Aug. date will be on the books at the salon by July 9th. Call the salon to make your appointment! 703-437-6444
I look forward to seeing you all soon!
Friday, June 12, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Project Pink!
This month I am headed to Arizona to be apart of an exciting new campaign!
It's called Project Pink...www.projectpink411.blogspot.com
It will be a collection of motivational speakers, artists, and works shops. Sponsors are attending to help women of all ages to love themselves just the way they are.
To celebrate you!
I encourage all to check out the web site and show your support by getting a t-shirt if you think it's a good cause!
I will be educating on curly hair (of coarse!) It will be a curly hair workshop! It is free to the public and it will be a great day of inspiration and girl power!
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Sulfates...what's the big deal?
For starters I'll give a little back ground. I have never been a big believer in product making a difference in my hair. I grew up on local grocery store brand shampoo and conditioner. My hair always worked. My mom permed my hair since Iwas say 7 years old. She said it was because it made it easier. I didn't like to brush my hair so a perm was the solution. All I needed to do was to "pick" it after I washed it. That's easy.
Moving into high school my sister (older sister) always went to the salon to get her hair done. Always spent good money on hair product and tried tirelessly to get me to see how much better my hair would be if I used her great shampoo too! Iwas fine with the grocery store brand that smelt like green apples!
I became a stylist 13 years ago and LOVE what I do! That is when I became a salon product jukie like my sisiter. Only I got most of it for a lot less than she. Perks of the trade you could say! So for the last 11 years I have used many different shampoos, conditioners and styling aids. I still perm my hair and now highlight. Needless to say my hair was pretty dry. That shouldn't matter though, I was using really good products. The products should be countering the effects of all the chemical processing I do to my hair. At least that is what the products claim they would do. After spending way to much money on these, so called great salon products I had enough. If I was going to spend any money at all on product, my hair better be the better for it.
When attending an industry trade show in New York two years ago, I received some information that changed my way of looking at hair product and changed my hair for the better. So from that day on I started an experiment on myself. I only used this product for 3 months. I wanted to give this experiment a good shot. So, I stopped using my ususal styling aids. My hair care regimen consisted of clenser, conditioner, leave-in conditioner and a water soluable hair gel if I wore my hair curly. If I blew it straight I just used the leave-in conditioner. I usually wash my hair 2 maybe 3 times a week.
The first week of using this product my hair was really curly! I was excited. Then, by week two my hair went back to its normal wave. This is where it stayed. A month or so after using the product the bounce and shine in my hair was better than ever. I did not need the after styling shine product to control the frizz and fly aways. I was previously over using! Perfect!I have been using this product for 2 years now and love it I have since started looking at products in a different way... looking at the ingredient in products, instead of following the marketing idea for a product.
Hair needs a balance of moisture and protein. Every head of hair is different. Some may need more moisture than another, but all need a combination of both. When your hair has the moisture and protein balance it needs it will be stronger, shinier and less frizzy.
When I attended the hair show I was introducted to a product that does not use sodium laurel sulfate in the ingredients. I had heard of this before but never really thought much of it. After the show I decided to look into it more. Especially since I was going to do this experiment on myself. This is what I found... Sodium Laurel Sulfate is a cheap filler among other things. It is usually at the beginning of an ingredient list because that is what fills the bottle up. Usually you'll find water first than a sulfate. Whether it is sodium laureth, ammonia laurel sulfate thay are all cheep fillers. They all are a little different from the other. They fill the bottle up to ceate the coveted and addictive bubbles in your shampoos, soaps, body wash. Although the bubbles do help move the product around your head and slighty break down the oils they are not nessicary to clean the hair. But, the beauty marketing industry did a good job at selling bubbles. People now feel they need bubbles in order to be clean.
Let's see what else you may get with those so called clean bubbles...
Potential for hair loss: Sodium laurel sulfates have been prove to damage hair follicle.
Skin Sensitivity: The SLS ingredient was actually creaed to irritate the skin. Depending on the % of concentration. If your head is itchy or you have sensitive skin, the sulfates in your product my be a factor for you. It takes moisture out of the skin and in my opinion out of the hair too. How tangled is your hair after you shampoo?
Damage to eyes: When the concentration % is high.
Suspect hormone disruptors,beacause of the oesrgen mimicking activity: Once the SLS molecule is in the skin it attaches to the oestragen receptors, then, mimics the effects of the hormone in other body systems.
Possibly Carcinogenic: This is up for debate becasue there is no proven evidence. The theory is SLS has a tendency t react with other ingredients. Thus, becoming carcinogenic.
After readng this I am sure some of you are a little dumbfounded, like I was, to learn that something you use everyday could be harmful. Especially something we associate with as "taking care" of our body like soap. It is suppose to be cleaning our skin not polluting it. We have to remember unlike the medical profesion the beauty industry does not have the same regulations to adhere to . We need to be a little more self reliant and investigate things that might not "sit well" with us.
Moving into high school my sister (older sister) always went to the salon to get her hair done. Always spent good money on hair product and tried tirelessly to get me to see how much better my hair would be if I used her great shampoo too! Iwas fine with the grocery store brand that smelt like green apples!
I became a stylist 13 years ago and LOVE what I do! That is when I became a salon product jukie like my sisiter. Only I got most of it for a lot less than she. Perks of the trade you could say! So for the last 11 years I have used many different shampoos, conditioners and styling aids. I still perm my hair and now highlight. Needless to say my hair was pretty dry. That shouldn't matter though, I was using really good products. The products should be countering the effects of all the chemical processing I do to my hair. At least that is what the products claim they would do. After spending way to much money on these, so called great salon products I had enough. If I was going to spend any money at all on product, my hair better be the better for it.
When attending an industry trade show in New York two years ago, I received some information that changed my way of looking at hair product and changed my hair for the better. So from that day on I started an experiment on myself. I only used this product for 3 months. I wanted to give this experiment a good shot. So, I stopped using my ususal styling aids. My hair care regimen consisted of clenser, conditioner, leave-in conditioner and a water soluable hair gel if I wore my hair curly. If I blew it straight I just used the leave-in conditioner. I usually wash my hair 2 maybe 3 times a week.
The first week of using this product my hair was really curly! I was excited. Then, by week two my hair went back to its normal wave. This is where it stayed. A month or so after using the product the bounce and shine in my hair was better than ever. I did not need the after styling shine product to control the frizz and fly aways. I was previously over using! Perfect!I have been using this product for 2 years now and love it I have since started looking at products in a different way... looking at the ingredient in products, instead of following the marketing idea for a product.
Hair needs a balance of moisture and protein. Every head of hair is different. Some may need more moisture than another, but all need a combination of both. When your hair has the moisture and protein balance it needs it will be stronger, shinier and less frizzy.
When I attended the hair show I was introducted to a product that does not use sodium laurel sulfate in the ingredients. I had heard of this before but never really thought much of it. After the show I decided to look into it more. Especially since I was going to do this experiment on myself. This is what I found... Sodium Laurel Sulfate is a cheap filler among other things. It is usually at the beginning of an ingredient list because that is what fills the bottle up. Usually you'll find water first than a sulfate. Whether it is sodium laureth, ammonia laurel sulfate thay are all cheep fillers. They all are a little different from the other. They fill the bottle up to ceate the coveted and addictive bubbles in your shampoos, soaps, body wash. Although the bubbles do help move the product around your head and slighty break down the oils they are not nessicary to clean the hair. But, the beauty marketing industry did a good job at selling bubbles. People now feel they need bubbles in order to be clean.
Let's see what else you may get with those so called clean bubbles...
Potential for hair loss: Sodium laurel sulfates have been prove to damage hair follicle.
Skin Sensitivity: The SLS ingredient was actually creaed to irritate the skin. Depending on the % of concentration. If your head is itchy or you have sensitive skin, the sulfates in your product my be a factor for you. It takes moisture out of the skin and in my opinion out of the hair too. How tangled is your hair after you shampoo?
Damage to eyes: When the concentration % is high.
Suspect hormone disruptors,beacause of the oesrgen mimicking activity: Once the SLS molecule is in the skin it attaches to the oestragen receptors, then, mimics the effects of the hormone in other body systems.
Possibly Carcinogenic: This is up for debate becasue there is no proven evidence. The theory is SLS has a tendency t react with other ingredients. Thus, becoming carcinogenic.
After readng this I am sure some of you are a little dumbfounded, like I was, to learn that something you use everyday could be harmful. Especially something we associate with as "taking care" of our body like soap. It is suppose to be cleaning our skin not polluting it. We have to remember unlike the medical profesion the beauty industry does not have the same regulations to adhere to . We need to be a little more self reliant and investigate things that might not "sit well" with us.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Seattle is BEAUTIFUL! Looks like all this rain is good for something!
We are all settled and adjusting! Funny how good news spreads fast. My daughters, friends mom's friend has curly hair.(did you follow that) They were talking and found out about my specialty and about the Curl Gala. What do you know... The friend of the daughters friends mom(Carol Ann) decided she would host a Curl Gala in her home with 10 of her friends!!! It was great!
Carol Ann was a great host, she had lunch set up. Had a great house with plenty of room and all the necessities for educating on curly styles.
Thanks to all who attended and to Carol Ann for her efforts in making it happen! In addtion to learning some new things and raised $110 for Locks of Love bringing our total donation for 2008 to $220!! Happy days!
We are all settled and adjusting! Funny how good news spreads fast. My daughters, friends mom's friend has curly hair.(did you follow that) They were talking and found out about my specialty and about the Curl Gala. What do you know... The friend of the daughters friends mom(Carol Ann) decided she would host a Curl Gala in her home with 10 of her friends!!! It was great!
Carol Ann was a great host, she had lunch set up. Had a great house with plenty of room and all the necessities for educating on curly styles.
Thanks to all who attended and to Carol Ann for her efforts in making it happen! In addtion to learning some new things and raised $110 for Locks of Love bringing our total donation for 2008 to $220!! Happy days!
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Steps to Styling Curly hair
For those of you who may have misplaced the "steps to styling" your curly hair down, here you go!
1. Section hair
2. Quarter size gel in each section
3. Rake gel in, while holding on to the ends of the raked section; shake the hair.
4.Clip and dry
5. De-crunch
MOVING
I have mixed emotion on this... My husband is being re-located to Seattle Wshington we will be moving in a matter of weeks. I am excited for the new adventure and to meet new curly's on that side o f the conitient! But, I will miss all of those who have been a part of my life here in Virginia.
I will be coming back to virginia every 10 weeks to do haircuts!!! I can't leave my curly's stranded. For some of my clients it has been 7+ years and I truely would miss not seeing them. Plus, our move west is suppose to be short term 2-3 year deal?! Then potentially be back.
I already have my return date of Nov. 7-9 IF things turn out, I will have a curl gala on the 7th. Otherwise, I'll be working in the salon on the 8 and 9th. I am in search of an assistant. If anyone knows of someone interested in curly hair and assisting; I'd love to meet her/him.
Once I get settled in our new place I will post my views on Sodium Laurel Sulfate and other such ingredients in products that are not so good for the hair.
From one Washington area to the next!! Here we come!
I will be coming back to virginia every 10 weeks to do haircuts!!! I can't leave my curly's stranded. For some of my clients it has been 7+ years and I truely would miss not seeing them. Plus, our move west is suppose to be short term 2-3 year deal?! Then potentially be back.
I already have my return date of Nov. 7-9 IF things turn out, I will have a curl gala on the 7th. Otherwise, I'll be working in the salon on the 8 and 9th. I am in search of an assistant. If anyone knows of someone interested in curly hair and assisting; I'd love to meet her/him.
Once I get settled in our new place I will post my views on Sodium Laurel Sulfate and other such ingredients in products that are not so good for the hair.
From one Washington area to the next!! Here we come!
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Curl Gala ...Prep- work
model Maria
Maria was a great Model!
waiting to start
trish
To start off the night I chose an audience member to teach product application and styling curly hair down. Trish was the lucky participant!
trish after
No more frizz! "It's so curly"
Allison
Next, I had audience members look threw Strictly Curls and pick a style they wanted to see preformed. Alllison tried the twistd'doodle up style
maria modeling
playing with Maria's curl!
Maria up style
Then, I showed the Hestia and Aphrodite looks. Giving different options of placement.
audience
great "curly girls" showing their support!
Mop Top hair product for Raffle gifts!
check out more photos by Jenny Schomaker at: Jschomaker.com