Healthy Hair—Do You Have It?
By Lori Dawn
In today’s world, chemicals bombard us. We ingest them, inhale them, and absorb them indoors and out. We put on lotions, potions, sprays and dyes. Is it any surprise that our hair suffers?
If the health of your hair is important to you, many things need to be considered.
Hair can be left limp and lifeless due not only to our environment but also to what we are OR are not doing to it. Good News! There is help! Consider for a moment a Professional Clarifying Spa Treatment for your hair. Such a Treatment can bring hair back to life and build strength—important to support any hairstyle. These Professional, Clinical, Clarifying Treatments are offered ONLY in a Salon and are different from the conditioning treatments you may be familiar with. The difference results in inner strength—it’s like building a structure—you work with substantial foundations. The Professional Treatment can clarify or remove from your hair what you don’t want or need—out goes 98% of the mineral and chemical build up and—most importantly—medications! All of these culprits lead to lifeless, dull hair. Clarifying shampoos available to the general public offer some improvement but not nearly as effectively as a Professional Clarifying Treatment.
Beyond clarifying, you can exfoliate your hair—after removing any dead or loose cuticle, your hair is restored with collagen. This procedure can be compared to repairing a highway (this represents the hair shaft). You first have to clean off the debris—leaving the road clean but still full of holes—and then fill in the holes! Depending on the damage done to your hair, one Treatment may be enough, or it may need to be repeated once a week until the desired result.
As Treatment continues, a balance of protein and moisture need to be added. Each hair type requires a different balance. Some hair needs more protein, some needs more moisture, and curly hair has it’s own specialized needs taking the hair type and kind of curl into consideration. This kind of Treatment is great to do BEFORE Coloring, Perming, or Relaxing—because it builds strength FIRST. For example, by cleaning hair in this manner professionally—and adding protein into the actual color—color can penetrate into the cortex easier, resulting in less color fading and maintaining a beautiful and rich color. No part of this kind of treatment weighs your hair down, because we keep building strength with every step, resulting in lift, movement, and no frizz! Using Professional Organic Color helps, too, because it enhances shine without compromising the integrity of the hair!
When using moisture with Treatments—or just as a conditioner—it is best to use something like a sunflower seed extract moisturizer vs. a heavy lanolin moisturizer. Once again—depending on your specific hair type—some moisture conditioners have larger molecular structures, so they ONLY coat the hair—resulting in a soft feeling. Most people with fine hair can’t withstand this kind of moisturizing: they need something with a smaller molecular structure for more penetration into the hair shaft—resulting in thirst-quenched, weightless hair!
So I ask you—Do you have healthy hair? How important is healthy hair to you? The next time you see your Stylist, ask him/her to give you this kind of Treatment, and add a little health to your life! When your hair looks and feels great—so do you!
