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Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Thin hair solutions

Even a beauty queen may suffer thinning hair. Miss Puerto Rico 2006, I personally took care of her extension work and let me tell you I've had to use all of my knowledge , experience and resource available to me to perform the tedious task of placing strand by tiny strand of hair to her royal highness. Using keratin sticks and a hot glue gun, I hand blend the colors while adding the strands to match her colored hair to perfection. The strands need to match your natural hair by color, texture and movement. The movement is created by the haircut given after the extensions have been placed properly. Because MPR's hair is very thin on the crown section of her head (as are many women) notice how her long "bangs" are taken from halfway into the crown area. thus creating an illusion of fullness. The section I mention before is the ONLY PART that is her own hair without the extension enhancement in it. There are so many techniques and products out there in the market that are not really for fine thinning hair. I'll mention some of these to you: Clip on hair extensions, Weaves (Otherwise known as stitched in), Brazilian knots, Glued to scalp (my... what a disaster that is) or even custom made wigs that might be stitched on or screwed in to the hair. Uh mm.. yes I said screwed in. When I first came across this technique I almost cry for the women wearing them. The damage done to the natural hair is awful. Some of these techniques are invented by someone who have never had to wear anything on their own head. The knowledge that women will do anything to enhance their appearance makes them fair game to inventors without care to the client,  except to make money off of them. Check out my articles on each technique. I've been doing the homework for you and you will be an educated consumer. I promise.

Summer tangles

Every time you head out to the beach the tanning lotion, bronzer, spf's,hair brush, glasses, even the ipod makes it in the beach bag. But we all tend to forget a little mister call detangler or leave- in treatments. Ins't this a nightmare... next thing you know your hair is a couple of inches shorter from the tangle mess it became from the salt, sand and wind. Needless to say you might have one or a couple of the the following: Hair color, straightener, perm or highlights which makes it worst and then you start detangling without anything in that hair! could it be that the cause of all you split ends? go on ahead and take it from me. Buy your little bottle of detangler or "Leave-in treatment and be gentle whe detangling.