I am curious about what your favorite hair styling products are—you know—the ones you can't live without. And how do you use them?
As a stylist, I have my favorite "go to" products. I use different ones for different hair types; however, there are a few I use on everyone. I use Surface's Trinity Protein Repair Tonic before combing hair out and cutting. It is a great conditioner and detangler. I use Moroccan Oil before blow drying to protect the hair and add shine, and it's not greasy and doesn't weigh hair down. Both of these products I will use on every hair type. There is also Moroccan Oil Light for those with light colored hair or finer hair.
Building a good base with products while the hair is still wet is key to styling success!
For straight hair or if someone wants curly hair straightened and flat ironed, I will then add Moroccan Oil's Hydrating Cream before blow drying and/or Surface's Bliss Smoothing Cream, which can be used on wet or dry hair. I will always use more Moroccan Oil on dry hair before any hot tool service.
For curly hair, I add Moroccan Oil's Curl Defining Cream and diffuse the hair. For beach waves, one of my newest favorites is Swirl Sea Salt Spray by Surface. The hair can either air dry or be diffused, and the curl is spectacular—truly swirly.
For styling hair after it's been dried, I use Surface's Push Powder for volume and Impulse by Surface to help hold curls put in with a curling iron or hot rollers. Surface's Taffy Whip is great for piecing hair. For men's hair, I like theBed Head Matte Separation Wax; however, Surface just came out with a men's line, and I'm so excited to try these products. My favorite hairsprays for updo's are Shaper Plus for shaping the hair into place and Bed Head's Hard Head for the finished look. It adds tons of shine. For holding a style, I use Surface's Theory hair spray or Theory Firm.
I hope listing my styling favorites has helped answer any product questions. But, really, I’d like to hear from you! What are your "go to" products and how do you use them?
Change: Verb, make or become different. Noun, the act or instance of making or becoming different. To alter.
Impermanence: Not lasting or durable, not permanent.
Change. To some people it is a scary thing. Even the word can be frightening; however, there is no avoiding it and the more one tries to fight it the more it pushes back. If there is one thing I have learned about through my Buddhist studies, it is change or as Buddhist's call it, impermanence. I believe that once one is able to accept change/impermanence the world becomes limitless. There is not one thing in existence that is permanent--that is to say--that doesn't undergo change. From the tallest mountain to the smallest molecule, everything is subject to change. Since there is no changing change, I say we embrace it.
"Change" has got to be the word I hear most often coming from my chair. I believe it is because one has control over changing one's appearance. Not to say it's not sometimes scary, but it's exciting at the same time. Seasons change and with them we see hair color and hair styles change. I am a prime example of changing hair color with the seasons. In the fall I turn red with the leaves. Winter, I change to black. Come spring, you can see shoots of blond highlights creeping back in. And by summer, I'm a full blown blond again. I say enjoy, embrace and love change. There is nothing you can do to stop it, but you can have fun with it! |
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