Hair

Here’s The Simple 5 Steps: 1. Shampoo your hair as often as necessary cleansing it with a clarifying shampoo used to remove styling product build-up on all hair types. After refreshing and reviving your hair with a clarifying shampoo, shampoo you hair with a moisturizing shampoo to help lock in moisture and prevent dry and brittle hair. 2. Deep condition your hair 2-4 times per month depending on the dryness of your hair. Deep condition your hair once a week if your hair is damaged, color treated, dry or has a relaxer. Depending on the condition of your hair leave...

A few days ago, I was servicing a client and she went to reach for medicine. Although I’ve never had a client lose hair, I reacted quickly because I know the dangers that the tension may cause from excessive traction.My client began to feel tension after I started installing her hair extensions. Because I braided her hair using the beehive method I was able to implement a technique that I use if the braid pattern is already completed when the tension occurs. During this sew-in installation because my client felt tension after braiding was completed. I begin to take down...

Over the years I’ve used several flat irons on my hair. Because I’m relaxer free, I was in search of the perfect ceramic irons for my edges without having to utilize a pressing comb..I like to wear my hair straight without using  excessive heat on it because it can cause breakage…What I realized is that those ceramics wasn’t working on my edges because they had too much material around the plate of the irons.I had to keep searching because there was no need for all of the material covering the plate of the ceramics.Until recently I came across the Amika...

Today I had several people email me asking what were some of my favorite products and tools because they liked how soft and bouncy my clients hair look after posting videos to  Instagram. One young lady in particular stated, she could never get her clients hair to bounce after using pump it up spritz on her their hair…   Here’s what I shared..                 Mizani Smooth Guard A good heat protectant prior to blow drying is EVERYTHING-I shampoo my hair once a week to keep it cleansed and bouncy. Because I blow dry...

A few months ago, I encountered a new client who was very nice, young and in college. She came in to have a sew-in removed(installed by someone else)…I began removing the sew-in so that I could analyze and consult with her about her hair goals…As I began removing her hair extensions I noticed that there were white stems growing from her scalp. So I asked her a series of questions like: How long ago was this sew-in installed? How often did you have your sew-in maintenance? “To my surprise it hadn’t been shampooed in the entire six months” So I...