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Dry, damaged hair? Top 5 hair repairing solutions
Wednesday August 1st, 2012
Is your hair beginning to resemble something of a haystack? Or maybe a bird’s nest? Are you noticing breakage after combing or styling? If your hair is in serious need of a hydration overhaul, these products are for you! (Not in any particular order)
1. Redken All Soft Heavy Cream Super Treatment
This rich treatment is made with argan oil and keratin complex to deeply moisturize and soften hair. Use twice per week to maintain healthy, hydrated hair.
2. Joico K-Pak Revitaluxe Bio-Advanced Restorative Treatment
Joico’s newest addition to the K-Pak line is formulated with a keratin peptide complex to strengthen damaged hair making it 2x more resistant to breakage. Also contains jojoba oil for hydration, softness, and shine.
3. Macadamia Deep Repair Masque
This rich creamy hair masque hydrates and repairs brittle, dry hair with magical ingredients like macadamia nut oil and argan oil. For best results use twice per week and leave on for 5-10 minutes.
4. Schwarzkopf BC Bonacure Repair Rescue Treatment
A protein-infused treatment that restructures and strengthens damaged hair. Also contains deeply moisturizing panthenol.
5. Black 15in1 Miracle Hair Treatment
Silk proteins, keratin, vitamin b5, and antioxidants are just a few ingredients in this ‘miracle’ cocktail that benefits your hair in 15 ways!
Have you tried any of these hair treatments? What’s your favorite hair repair remedy?
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Posted in Hair, Reviews and Product Features
Black 15in1 – This miracle hair treatment does fifteen things at once!
Thursday May 24th, 2012
Whether your hair is dry, damaged, curly, frizzy, straight, wavy, flat, or has split ends – this new hair treatment can help! It’s known as the Black 15in1 Miracle Hair Treatment and it was made to replace all of those other hair products that are taking up space on our washroom counter. Here are the 15 things that it has become famous for:
- adds shine
- softens and smoothes
- detangles
- prevents frizz and fly-aways
- moisturizes
- protects against humidity
- repairs dry, damaged hair
- protects against heat styling
- enhances natural body
- seals & protects hair color
- protects from UV light
- strengthens hair
- adds volume
- soothes dry scalp
- works instantly
This hair treatment moisturizes, strengthens, softens and smooths with silk proteins and keratin. Aloe Vera and Guta Kola (an Asian herbal extract) nourish not only the hair itself, but the scalp as well. Hair is protected from environmental aggressors with antioxidants like Green Tea and Pro-vitamin B5 seals the hair shaft to retain the maximum benefits.
It comes in 2 sizes (30ml & 100ml) and is spritzed onto damp or dry hair before or after styling as needed. It’s very affordable at $10-$20 (depending on size). Black 15in1 also has a Twice A Week Shampoo and Conditioner (containing many of the same natural and nourishing ingredients found in the treatment) that are sulphate and paraben free!
What’s more, the Black 15in1 Miracle Hair Treatment has been awarded the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval, making it the second brand ever in the professional hair care industry to achieve the honor! It’s also been featured in countless magazines and has turned many celebrities into Black 15in1 addicts!
We would love to hear your thoughts on the topic of this blog. As special offer just for being a follower of our blog enter coupon code BLOG10 for 10% off your next purchase! Also, remember to follow us @spaboutique on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and check out our boards on Pinterest! You could be the lucky winner of one of our many contests!
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Posted in Beauty Tips
Moroccan Oil vs. Macadamia Oil: An Argan Oil Duel!
Tuesday May 22nd, 2012
One of the biggest trends in hair styling at the moment is the use of argan oil hair products. Two of the most popular argan oil-based products are Moroccan Oil Treatment by Moroccan Oil and Macadamia Healing Oil Treatment by Macadamia Natural Oil. We previously carried both of these lines at Spa Boutique, but unfortunately we are no longer carrying the Moroccan Oil line because Moroccan Oil prefers their products to be sold in salon (by professional) only and not online.
As a Spa Boutique Esthetician, I am constantly exposed to the latest and greatest hair, skin, body, and nail products which is why I have tried many different argan oil products including both Moroccan and Macadamia Oil. So, is there a difference? In terms of performance, I found them to be exactly the same. They are both excellent at hydrating, smoothing, and adding shine to my hair. There was just one small difference which made me a lover of one over the other – the smell! The Macadamia Healing Oil Treatment has the most amazing smell (reminds me of vanilla) and I wasn’t that fond of the smell of the Moroccan Oil Treatment (although some co-workers loved the smell – personal preference). Here is a breakdown of the differences between the two oil treatments:
Moroccan Oil Treatment
Key Ingredient: Argan oil (fatty acids, omega-3, vitamins, and antioxidants)
Macadamia Healing Oil Treatment
Key Ingredients: Macadamia nut oil and argan oil (fatty acids, omega-9, vitamins, and antioxidants)
The benefits and usage of both treatments are the same:
Benefits: Instantly absorbs, nourishes hair, smooths, adds shine, controls frizz, protects from UV exposure, and reduces drying time.
Usage: Apply a small amount to damp or dry hair and comb through or work through with hands.
Both Macadamia Healing Oil and Moroccan Oil treatments can be applied to hair before coloring to seal in the hair cuticle and allow for an even application. They also help to protect hair from damaging chemicals. Both oils can also be added directly into the hair color mixture for protection and increased shine and manageability. Moroccan Oil has a lighter oil treatment made for fine or light colored hair called ‘Moroccan Oil Treatment Light’ and Macadamia Oil has one as well called ‘Macadamia Healing Oil Treatment Spray‘.
Have you tried either of these treatment oils? We would love to hear your thoughts on these products or any other argan oil products you’ve tried. As special offer just for being a follower of our blog enter coupon code BLOG10 for 10% off your next purchase! Also, remember to follow us @spaboutique on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and check out our boards on Pinterest! You could be the lucky winner of one of our many contests!
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Posted in Beauty Tips
How to Prevent and Protect Your Hair From Split Ends
Monday May 19th, 2008
A split end is when the hair-shaft splits or flays due to excessive heat and misuse. They happen when the protective cuticle has been stripped away from the ends of hair fibers. Split ends are more likely to develop in dry or brittle hair. Typically the hair splits into two or three strands, and can be as long or two to three centimeters in length. There is no way to repair split ends; when they occur, the hair must be trimmed.
- Vigorous brushing.
- Excessive usage of hot styling tools and drying (irons, blow dryers, hot rollers).
- Overuse of chemical treatments (perms, hair color and highlighting).
- Use of inferior styling tools that rip or snag hair (cheap synthetic brushes or combs, brush rollers, etc.,).
- Environmental damage from heat, cold, wind and other climate issues.
- Lack of routine maintenance such as regular trimming.
- Trimming with inferior scissors.
- Improper de-tangling techniques.
- Excessive use of low quality styling products such as gels, waxes and sprays.
- Over washing.
What Split Ends Can Look Like:
Types of Split Ends
a. Start out to look like this – the classic split end.
b. If the classic split (a) is not stopped it continues to split along the shaft
c. Multiple Splits – worse case when classic (a) and (b) is not stopped
d. The Dot looks like a piece of fluff, but doesn’t brush off
e. The Dot bends at a straight angle. This is not really a split thought, it is Trichorrexis Nodosa and is actually caused by an explosion of the cortex (2nd layer) of the hair in a single spot.
f. The hole is the most difficult split end to find. The hair shaft has developed a split in the middle. To find this one, look for a small section that is lighter.
g. When you take the hole split strand and push them together, it pushes the split apart and creates and hole.
Avoiding Split Ends – 8 Tips and Techniques:
- Get your hair cut or trimmed regularly – (at least every 6 weeks). Not trimming your hair regularly is possibly the main cause of split ends. Prevention is better than a cure! After each visit I personally set up a reminder in Outlook in 5 weeks to remind myself to make an appointment the following week.
- Use professional hair care productsthat are designed to seal the splits temporarily in order to catch any splits that are shorter than the length you want to cut your hair to and to allow your hair to grow a little longer before you trim.
- Deep condition your hair every week, if possible and especially if your hair is prone to splitting, chemically treated or treated by ceramic straighteners. Conditioning is mandatory every time you have a chemical. I recommend Redken Nature’s Rescue Cooling Deep Conditioner
- Shampoo your hair after a workout or strenuous exercise. The salt from perspiration will erode your hair. If you work out a few times per week, consult your stylist for your particular needs.
- Protect your hair from extreme weather. Wear a hat on sunny days and keep hair well moisturized in the dry winter months.
- Avoid using heated hair appliances as much as possible! If you are using them anyway, make sure to protect your precious locks with a protective product.
- Excessive backcombing will definitely give you split ends!
- Elastic bands and all sorts of other hair accessories can damage your hair. Avoid using uncovered elastic bands since these often pull out hair when being removed. Other accessories will damage or weaken the ends of the hair.
We would love to hear your thoughts on the topic of this blog! Feel free to post your comments or questions below. As always, just for being a follower of our blog, enter coupon code BLOG10 for 10% off your next purchase! Also, remember to follow us @spaboutique on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and check out our boards on Pinterest! You could be the lucky winner of one of our many contests!
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