Home Hair Care

It’s great news that Covid-19 restrictions are continually being lifted. Even with some salons remaining open, social distancing meant stretching out the time between our hair appointments and probably fair to say this had us developing some new skills or re-aquainting ourselves with “at-home” techniques for a variety of things. 

As we continue to return to our pre-Covid-19 lives, keeping up those home hair care routines will still serve you well - we can never do enough to protect our hair’s strength, vitality and condition, and to also protect our colour from fading - which you may have noticed particularly if your gym workout went from indoors to outdoors.

If you’ve been following our blogs for a while, you’ll remember some pointers we’ve previously posted but Covid-19 is a new world so we thought we’d recap some of the important stuff.

Protect your hair’s strength and avoid split ends:

We went in deep on this topic back in 2018 and hope those of you that read this kept it handy.  There are various reasons your hair can lose its strength and break, making strands vary in length and giving a fuzzy, fly-away appearance.  But here are three important tips with links to our earlier blogs:

• Don’t sleep with wet hair, always take a few minutes to dry it properly before going to bed.

• Brush your hair gently to avoid splitting the ends, and make sure the brush you use is designed to reduce wear and friction.

• Don’t use heating tools on your hair if you’ve just used any hair oil. These can work against each other if the tools aren’t temperature controlled and the hair oil isn’t designed for heat. A good heat protection serum will protect your strands from hot temperatures.

And if you do find that you have damaged strands you can reduce further damage with good hydration products and deep conditioning treatments.  These will also help protect your hair from damaging UV rays. Ask your hair professional for advice on products that are best for your hair.

Until next month!

Another great year!

Happy Holidays!

As Christmas and New Year draw closer, we want to take this opportunity to thank you for choosing our styling boutique for your hair, beauty and nail services, workshops and lessons.

With a great choice of quality salons and beauty spas, we appreciate that you not only continue as our clients but also consider our services as some of the best in the Brisbane.

We want to wish you a happy and joyful Christmas and a prosperous 2019.

If the season has snuck up on you, we still have some appointments available, and we have a great offer on gift vouchers, should you need some last minute gifts.

We look forward to seeing you soon!
Merry Christmas.

Don’t get burnt - A lesson by Tori

You’ve probably all seen the YouTube of a then 13 year old Tori Locklear giving a tutorial on how to use a curling iron that went horribly wrong.

Fortunately for Tori, her hair styling disaster landed her a guest spot on Ellen and a kit-out of new hair and make-up tools and supplies, along with a wig - just in case.

The cause of the burnt hair - an assumed short in the curling iron that then prevented a regulation of the heat.

Hair dryers, hot rollers, curling and straightening irons run the gamut of brands, prices and places to be purchased.  There’s lots of choice, whether you purchase at discount chains such as Kmart and Big W, online from Amazon, etc, or from beauty supply chains - how are you sure your purchase won’t burn you.

Reputable stylists have access to suppliers of quality tools and should be your first stop when looking to buy styling tools.  Not only can they advise you on the best brands and types of tools to achieve the look you want, they can also give you advice on the right products to protect your hair when using specific tools.

Check for stylist credentials where you purchase your tools.  Look for a registered stylist with HAIR – Hairdressing Australia Industry Register, and preferably a membership with the Australian Hairdressing Council.

PS - Last chance for our Spring Stay and Play promotion - details here.

Sleeping Beautiful!

Sleep.....we all know the important role it plays in our health and wellbeing, but it is during our sleeping hours that we can inflict extra damage to our hair.  Here are five easy tips to avoid damaging your hair while you sleep.

1.    Avoid sleeping with wet hair

The keratin in your hair is linked with natural hydrogen.  When your hair is wet water breaks down these hydrogen bonds making your hair weak and susceptible to damage.  The bonds are restored when the hair is dry again - this is why you can style your hair when it’s wet - however, to sleep on wet, weakened hair makes the strands very susceptible to damage.  So it’s best to take a few extra minutes with the hair dryer and make sure your hair is good and dry before hitting the pillow.

2.    Brush your hair out.

We’ve previously discussed the benefits of a great scalp brush, and it’s an important night time routine for your hair.  Tossing and turning during the night will add stress to your already tangled hair.  Brushing out your tangles before bed will give your hair a fighting chance against the stresses of tangles during the night.

3.    Give your hair an overnight dose of luxury oil

While you’re giving yourself that beautiful scalp brush, why not add some hair oil prior and turn it into a full overnight protectant for your hair?  Hair oil applied to the ends of your hair will hydrate and condition your hair while you sleep.

4.    Top knot it

Tie your hair up on the very top of your head - in front of the crown.  You can protect it from tangling and keep the ends out of the way of any friction that can be caused when your hair ends rub against bed linen.  Plus, you will avoid damaging tangles.  Just be sure to use a silk scrunchie or scarf to tie it up with.

5.    Upgrade to a quality silk pillowcase

Silk fibres are gentler on your hair and reduce the amount of friction that can happen with a cotton pillowcase.  Cotton can pull on your hair while you sleep.  The friction is what causes bed head and it can also have a devastating impact on your fresh blow wave or straightening.

So work these simple steps into your bedtime routine and give you hair a little pampering - it will thank you for it with less damage to the ends and longer lasting blow waves.

Don’t forget this is the last month of our Winter Workshops Giveaway - make your appointment today!

Until next month beautiful ladies!