What are hair glosses?

Jen -I have had cellophane glosses put in my hair and have been very pleased with them. I have had clear ones that make my hair very shiny for quite a long time. They also come in different colors which can give a very slight tint to your hair, brightening whatever color you have. I never noticed any damage resulting from them and have found that in addition to the great shine, my hair feels very smooth after a gloss. From my experience, I recommend them highly. It doesn't take very long in the salon, they apply the gloss and set you under a bonnet to fix it, and its not very expensive (I think I paid $25/$30 last time I had one). I don't know if it is available for home use. I also would be interested to know this. Good luck!!j

> What are hair glosses? I've read about them in> magazines, and I understand that they are> semi-permenent and make your hair very shiny. Are they> bad for your hair? One article I read said that by> getting a gloss you can help stop split ends and seal> moisture into your hair. Is this true? Is there any> way you can apply one yourself? (I'm quite experienced> at dying and perming hair, so I think I could handle> it, if its possible.)I use Sabastian Clear Cellophane on my hair immediately after I color it. My hairdresser used it on me and never charged me extra. I have curly hair and it even makes my hair shiny, which isn't easy for curly hair. Now I use it at home (my aunt is a hairdresser and gets it for me). You put it on like a conditioner and just sit under the chair (I am lucky enough to have a salon chair with the heat dome). To tell you the truth, I don't understand why cellophanes are only for salon use. There's nothing to using them, just as easy as a deep conditoner.

> How long does a gloss last? How long is your hair, and> how often do you have it trimmed? (That makes a> difference in wether or not damage shows up. My hair> is a little past waist length and I trim it about> every 3 months.)jen - i find that a gloss starts to fade after a while, but i get a good shine for about 2 - 3 months. my hair is between my shoulders and bra strap length right now. i have been growing it out for almost 2 years from a really short crop cut. when i had short hair, i was in the chair every 6 weeks maintaining and got a gloss every other time - but there was no way to see damage because my hair was only 1-2 inches long. when i decided to grow out my hair my stylist worked against me and would only "let" me grow out the crop to about 4 inches. needless to say, i stopped going to him. so i trimmed and glossed three times at 3- month intervals in the beginning. but i was having such a hard time finding a stylist i could trust and was getting so much pressure to cut my hair again (even from my boyfriend - who btw loves my hair now and wants me to grow it as long as it can go) i went 14 months without trimming a single hair. i finally gave in three weeks ago because my hair had no shape and my ends uneven. i found a stylist i trust (she didn't cut as much hair as i told her to because she didn't think it necessary). so i guess i can't really say the effects of regular glossing has been on my hair, because i went so long without. but i will say that my ends are very healthy (i have yet to find one split since i started growing it) and my hair was healthy during my long hair salon boycott despite prior glossing (and one rather unimpressive home coloring incident). i got a gloss three weeks ago and my hair gleams. i will update if i see any damage. sorry this was so long, i hope i answered some of your questions....:)j