You may think that beautiful hair is a result of expensive treatments and a lot of time invested. But the truth is that many expensive treatments are done to try to recover hair from accumulated damage caused by bad hair rituals. If you take good care of your hair daily, probably you will need less […]
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Dec
Dec
In the last few years, there has been an overload of communications saying that washing hair is bad and the best way to have beautiful hair is by not using shampoo. With that assumption, many alternative solutions to shampooing have been created. For example, using conditioner to ‘wash’ the hair instead of shampoo, or combinations […]
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Nov
Nov
Hair loss is a growing issue that can be devastating for a woman’s self-image and emotional well-being. Many factors can lead to hair loss. Continuing our talk about simple practices that can transform your hair, let’s talk about one type of hair loss that can be avoided just by the way you practice hair care. […]
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Nov
Nov
Hair Care: a world of possibilities and uniqueness Do you know how many hairs you have in your head? Considering most of the scientific data available, there’s a consensus that, in average, a head has around 100,000 hairs. But the hair density (hair/scalp area) varies by ethnicity, age, scalp region and scalp conditions. As a […]
Hair Care
I read online about certain shampoo ingredients that allegedly cause hair damage/loss (ex. SLS), but do they really pose any dangers?
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Nov
Nov
SLS (Sodium Lauryl Sulfate) is a surfactant widely used in cleaning products due to its high efficacy in cleansing and good foam properties. In most shampoos, instead of SLS, it’s used SLES (Sodium Lauryl Ether Sulfate), that is a milder version of SLS. Due to its strong cleansing properties, SLS can cause significant damage to […]
10
Nov
Nov
The composition of regular conditioners varies significantly, depending on the brand, so it’s difficult to generalize that a product must always be used as a regular conditioner or a leave-in conditioner. In general, it’s not a problem to use a regular conditioner as a leave-in conditioner, but not necessarily the efficacy on hair will be […]
08
Nov
Nov
When growing out a toddler’s hair, many aspects should be considered. The baby hair is thinner and more delicate than kids hair, and the ethnic differences on babies hair in general does not lead to different product needs. From first 2‐3 years of age, hair thickness and length rapidly increases and hair differences start to […]
02
Nov
Nov
Hair grows from the scalp (from a root in the bottom of the follicle). So, contrary to a popular belief, cutting your hair does not affect your hair growth. But trimming the hair helps to remove and prevent split ends. The split ends can hinder hair growth, since the hair breaks easier. To have a […]
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Oct
Oct
Due to the shape of Curly Hair, it tangles easier, breaks easier and has a more irregular distribution of natural sebum, compared to straight hair. Additionally, Curly Hair is known to be more porous than straight hair. Although there is currently a lot of discussion about the frequency that hair has to be washed (and […]
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Oct
Oct
Has it ever happened to you to wash your favorite outfit only once or twice and destroy it? Probably it happened at least once with clothes or anything else. And the reason that it was destroyed was probably a combination of WHAT you used with HOW you washed it! But we know that if things […]
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