Hair Advice for Our Newbies

I have been in the salon industry for 33 years. I've had two huge salons in CA for 20 years, helped Lanza design their first product line, had my own product company named Oggi International of Beverly Hills, the first to develop volumizers and spray leave-in conditioners and traveled all over the U.S. doing platform work. I now live in Scottsdale, AZ and developed the first waterproof products for hair. I go on various websites answering questions for people concerning color, cuts, product, you name it, and I’ve done it.

I am not blowing my own horn but I wanted to establish my credentials prior to explaining some very important issues regarding hair. I have worked with some pretty heavy duty chemists over the years and have asked just about every question for hair. All are of the same knowledge and mindset that 1. Hair cannot be repaired and 2. You can not control what climates do to hair with water soluble products.

I read about all of these issues of how each one of you go through so many steps and regimens to try to make your healthy. While many of you are correct about healthy living and what you eat, what you do on the scalp and what you put in the hair is almost all useless when it comes to protecting the challenges that you face with climate changes and how it affects you hair.

Oils, veggies, packs, heat treatments, home remedies ... all of them make the hair "feel good" but none of them repair hair nor do they hold up from moderate to intense climates like dry weather, humidity, swimming, snowy weather, rain or winds. Because ALL hair products are water soluble, they all fail to completely CONTROL what climate does to hair. They ALL either dissipate in dry climates or eventually rinse out of the hair in humid climates starting the moment that you step outside of your door.

Conditioners, moisturizers, avocado, broccoli, mayonnaise, oils, you name it ... all fail!

Silicones have gotten a bad rap with people stating that they dry out hair or leave a build up. Not true! All silicone products contain oils, additives, fillers, alcohol, what ever except for one. These are the carriers that dry out your hair. There is only one product designed to control hair in any climate and as long as you continue to use it, your hair will always be in your complete control.

Here is how it works! Moisture is the best moisturizer that you can use on your hair. When hair is wet it is 300% stronger. Picture washing a pair of jeans. When you take them out wet they have flexibility and strength but once you dry them, they shrink up and the fiber is less pliable just like your hair. When conditioners are put into the hair they add proteins but the proteins cannot link for any length of time due to climate changes. This is the reality for hair whether the product is natural or unnatural.

It has been scientifically proven through moisture tests that the only product that can lock in conditioners, moisturizers, water or what ever you chose to lock in ... are silicones. The silicones must be of the highest cosmetic grade possible and the proper balance between the two silicones., this is where the waterproofing comes in. Not only do the silicones block out excess moisture but they also lock in the perfect essential moisture range, which is 10 to 11%. Without this perfect balance hair will eventually dry out and all of the work put into making a salad out of your hair fails. It's about locking and blocking not just laying it on to  watch it fall out and having to repeat the process over and over again.

The beautiful part of using these waterproof silicones is to protect the hair from high heat with flat irons and dryers and not allow frizz to start again nor having to walk around with an oily, wet look. In fact when using a flat iron, the waterproof product goes deeper into the hair shaft more intensive protection. Go to this link to check it out.

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