It feels like the old world is disappearing more and more with each passing day, I miss Blockbuster! (haha) In all seriousness though it seems to me that living in this time has had its positives in that we do not want for anything when it comes to information and convenience. Everything we want is at our fingertips in seconds, and new developments happen every second and not every day per say. We have been shown so many wonderful advantages with tech advances in all areas of our lives.
What's funny though is that we seem to forget that we did things pretty darn well in the old days too! When it comes to hairstyling in particular I feel like we have made advances, realized in some cases that weren't advances at all and are now stating to go back the other way! I mean think about it, natural, full, beautiful, healthy hair IS trendy! Its never been anything but trendy. The way in which we achieve this look, and this type of healthy hair in general is to do very very little to your hair! We try our best in salon to encourage our guests to take it easy every once in a while and not go overboard with their hair care.
As an example, hair growth is something that cannot and will not be effected by anything expect good old fashioned natural care. An example of this is a healthy diet, Silica, a good mix of B vitamins, Rest, and most importantly do not put your brush aside! Brushing the hair from root out to tip ( Like Marcia Brady used to!) is a fundamental part of healthy, enhanced growth. Brushing your hair at the scalp and all the way through to the ends every morning and every night can make a massive difference in conditioning, strength, and vitality of your hair shaft. Making getting it longer a lot easier overall. The reason is simple, brushing can stimulate the follicle level of the scalp with blood, blood that is essential in the strengthening and support of the sustained and continuos growth.
So the point is, avoid always looking to what's "Hot" and new in regard to hair and try to realize that what's "Hot" is often what has always been...
Hey Everyone! And I hope you are all settling back into the working world well after your long weekends! Today we have another question that needs some answering and I hope to satisfy with my answer! Here we go, lets get to it!
"Hi Jon! I wanted to start by saying that I am a reader of your blog on a regular basis and that I am very interested in basically all of the content. So, I figured it was time to produce my own question for you! I am noticing a specific area of my hair that is constantly breaking and fragile, I am also aware that this is probably happening because of where I tie my elastic all the time! Is there anything else I can do? I need to get my hair up when I work out but do not want it to keep breaking :( a little help please..."
Well, unfortunately I have to say that there isn`t very many ways to create a "non-damaging" ponytail with elastics. The only way to do a pony and still keep it from damaging that one specific spot in your hair is to use those really sexy 80`s fabric elastics (Oh yeah! So Hot Right now!) I am not even kidding because those are the ones that protect the integrity of the hair while getting it up tight and out of the way. The other option is to use a couple bobby pins to pin up a bun after you wind all your`e hair up. So the way to go is to pretend that you are going to create a pony and gather all of your`e hair together. When you have it gathered you begin to twist it until you have it all wound up. Then begin to wind it up in a bun shape at the back of your head, once wound up begin to pin it at the base all the way around the circle. When you have it secure stick in three more pins to be sure, then a little spray and your`e done! If you have any more trouble fire me off an email and I will give you a call! It should be a great way to change it up and still get your`e hair up while you save the condition of it! Thanks for reading and contributing! It made me soooooo happy!
Okay although I must admit I have seen some pretty cool cuts done by people on themselves (yeah, yeah strange I know!) 99.9% of the time it ends like this. I think its amazing that there are so many talented and creative individuals who feel it`s okay to attack their hair with scissors! and I cant lie it can work depending on what you`re doing. However, you have to be someone who is okay with maybe lookin a little grungy! If you work in the corporate world I cannot stress to you enough that this is not for you. Now, having said that some people are a little more daring and care just that much less. It takes guts and confidence to grab a pair of kitchen scissors and start going to work on your head! Even this young lady (Gash) seems daring enough and then... Well take a look for yourself. I`ll tell you this, it got a great reaction out of us!
Jon Di Mauro
