So if you shampoo twice a week, you're doing
a hair mask like once a month. So yeah, that's
kind of my personally, my rule of thumb that
I suggest to clients and what I do for my own
hair. Welcome back to Keep It Good. I'm your
host Carly. And I'm your host, Emily. Today we're
going to talk about all things hair. everything
from products to vitamins to styling and what
you need to do, all those things. I'm so excited
to learn. You know me, I'm all into like trying
out natural remedies and all the things. So I
had been really interested in this banana hair
mask. Apparently like banana is so good for like
curing breakage, hydration, shine, dandruff.
And so we added egg to it, and right now it's
on our head. We are wearing it, and we will take
a quick pause halfway through to rinse it out
and let you know what our thoughts are on this
little DIY hair mask we have going on. I have
actually never done an at -home make your own
hair mask before. But I said to Carly, let's
give it a go. Let's try it. I mean, these are
products you have in your house already, a banana
and egg. Super simple. It was not that simple,
though, applying it. It seemed a little messy.
Yeah. But to be honest, I've never wanted to
use mayonnaise or, I don't know, coconut oil.
I feel like it would just get hardened. I don't
know. So we're giving it a go. We're going to
try, and we'll let you guys know if this is a
good idea or a bad one. It could go either way.
So far, it smells great, but it looks like I
had... baby vomit on my hair so looks a little
weird but you know we'll see yeah never know
until you try right so while this sets uh let's
get into some basics emily get me ready let's
pretend i'm going out tonight okay okay get me
ready start to finish we'll start with the basics
i'm in the shower what do i do so i mean let's
start with i think so many of us have been taught,
you know, don't wash your hair every day, which
I definitely agree with. You don't want to wash
your hair too much because the natural oils that
your scalp produces, that's good for your hair.
It's good for the hair shaft. It can be beneficial
for the scalp, but I think we've also gone way
too far where like people go way too long. And
then the scalp is gross. People end up with dandruff.
They're using dry shampoo and it can just cause
a lot of buildup. And then people aren't shampooing
enough. So their hair still feels kind of yucky.
If you don't shower, like, wouldn't that kind
of cause a risk of, like, microbial growth? Yeah.
Yes, it can. Yes. And people's heads get itchy.
And I mean, it's nice to not have to wash your
hair all the time because obviously we know that
it takes a while to style it. But in the same
breath, people who have issues like dandruff
or psoriasis should really be washing their hair
a little bit more. I like to tell people, you
know, two to three times a week is probably ideal.
So Sometimes, you know, give your hair maybe
an extra shampoo a week. If you're only doing
once, you probably need two. If you're doing
two, maybe try three. See if that helps if you
are having any scalp issues. Also, if you're
going a long time in between washing, one shampoo
might not do it for you. Like your scalp and
your hair might not get fully clean. So a lot
of times people will wear their hair up too,
like day three, day four, day five, if they're
really going a long time. And so we can get really
oily at the crown of the head or the nape of
the neck. And sometimes we need a little more
shampoo to really cleanse that area. So the scalp
might feel clean, you're getting a lot of suds
from the shampoo, but I also suggest doing two
shampoos to make sure that the hair is really
clean. And then obviously conditioning. Yeah,
I remember you teaching me that a few years ago
and I haven't stopped because it really did make
a difference Washing it twice versus the typical
one that like you're you know You grow up learning
about the two really gets everything. It's yeah
When you were learning to wash your hair back
then everyone's washing their hair pretty much
daily Maybe every other day, you know So yeah,
I do recommend the two shampoos for most people
because again nowadays everybody goes a lot longer
So you're going to shampoo two times. And it
doesn't have to be a ton of shampoo. You don't
need to waste your product. You can use less
than what you use the first time, because you've
kind of lifted the debris up. And then the second
shampoo is going to definitely remove it all.
And then, of course, you're going to condition.
If you are into hair masks, like in the shower
hair masks, that's not something you want to
do every time you shampoo either. A lot of times
that can be too much for the hair and a lot of
hair masks these days have protein in them and
too much protein can be damaging to the hair
actually. The hair is made of protein but too
much can be bad too. Especially if you have a
keratin treatment on like a smoothing treatment
which a lot of people do these days and that
can actually cause some breakage. So you got
to be careful about what is actually in your
product too and hopefully your hairstylist is
educated on all that and can help you choose
what's best for your hair type. But with hair
masks, I suggest doing them like every four to
eight shampoos. So if you shampoo twice a week,
you're doing a hair mask like once a month. Yeah,
that's kind of my personally, my rule of thumb
that I suggest to clients and what I do for my
own hair. So you're gonna do that in the shower,
shampoo, condition, if you mask. maybe once a
month, and then you're going to get out and towel
dry. I also tell people that your conditioner
should be rinsed out like pretty well. I know
it feels really soft and nice and shiny, like
it's going to feel so good, but it should feel
like it's rinsed out. You don't want your hair
to be slimy when you get out. So let's do two
scenarios, okay? Tonight, let's say I'm going
out and I want to look great and I'm going to
blow dry my hair, right? So is there something
that I put in immediately out of the shower?
Like a serum or something. So because I want
you to rinse out your conditioner well enough,
I also tell all my clients that the conditioner
should be rinsed out enough that you need to
use a leave -in conditioner also. It's just like
an insurance policy. So before I even comb my
hair, I put in my leave -in conditioner. I personally
use a cream. but a lot of them come in spray
form. And you're going to spray that all over
and then comb out your hair. It gives the brush
comb, whatever you're using, a little more slip
to get through the hair. So it helps with knots
you might have or something. And of course, don't
spray it at your roots. It should be more towards
your mid shaft and ends. Don't think, oh, I don't
really need it. You should, especially if you
have long hair. That hair is old. It's been on
your head for years. I always thought that you
just, I always considered that like a hair mask,
you know, so you like put it on and go to bed
type thing. It's not going to weigh your hair
down if you're using the conditioner and the
leave -in properly. Yeah, I think people get
worried about that. Like I'm going to look greasy
if I do too much. Well, if you're spraying it
on your roots, you might. And if you're not rinsing
out your conditioner, you might look greasy,
you know? So, rinse everything well. I'm talking
like if it's a spray, maybe six. Seven sprays
again just mid shaft and ends hair grows roughly
six inches a year give or take depending on the
person So if your hair is you know to your boobs
like that's been on there a couple years that
hair needs extra extra care Yeah, that makes
sense. Yeah, so leave in conditioner, and then
if you're gonna blow dry like you're going out
I always suggest a blowout cream a lot of them
do you have a thermal protectant in them which
is great now because that gets rid of another
product you have to add. But if your blowout
cream does not, then I also suggest a thermal
protectant, which again can come in a spray form
or a cream. If you're going to use any kind of
heated products, blow dryer round brush, a heated
round brush, curling iron, crimper, flat iron,
you should really have a thermal protectant in
your products. Now I have these like root tonics
and volume tonics that I got from like I don't
even know the brand. But those are okay to put
in with this leave -in conditioner and the blowout.
Yep. So I always do leave -in conditioner, then
I put in my blowout cream. And then I usually
do if I'm going to use any kind of root lift
on myself or a client, that's kind of the last
thing I use. A root lift, maybe a little bit
of mousse or a gel depending on the person. I
do that kind of as the last piece. So all those
things that are going to give shine and health
to my hair, I put those in first. It's like a
layering process. Yeah, okay. I've been doing
it wrong, so good to know. It happens, and there's
so many products out there, and I think we love
our products, and it's hard. You could have like,
I mean, obviously I have a plethora of products,
because that's my job, that's my jam, you know,
but I personally like to stick with the root
lifting products as my last product to apply.
Okay, is there such thing as too many products?
Like, where do you draw the line, you know? Yeah,
again, depending on what you're wanting from
your hair, I think, you know, you don't need
to put in 18 products. But, you know, your basics
leave in a blowout cream and a root lift. thermo
protected. That's normal for I would say most
people to be using. And of course you can overdo
the product. So you don't want to put too too
much. You have to kind of know your hair and
that depending on the person and if they have
fine hair or thick hair would depend on how much
you need to use. So that would be something I
would talk about with your stylist if you're
having problems. Yeah, that's why I'm talking
with you right now. Yeah, you can definitely
put too much and then it could be hard for you
to actually get the brush through your hair and
then you could cause you know pulling and some
breaking if you have you know too much root lift
gel or something if you're looking for volume.
All right, so say I just blew out my hair, right?
What should I be putting in like now as like
a finishing? What's the best kind of things to
make it not look frizzy or, you know, dry? Give
it a little extra shine or, I don't know. I love
an oil. There is shine sprays, which typically
are pretty potent. So you want to be careful.
I have an aerosol shine spray that I use, and
I actually spray it on my hands, and then I put
it on my hair. Because the actual spray itself
can be a lot. And I do have thick hair. It's
textured. So I do definitely need it. But that's
a product that could definitely be used too heavy,
and then you're kind of screwed. You can't take
it back. once it's on there. And a lot of the
oils, like Moroccan oil or, I mean, a lot of
companies now have their own oil. A little goes
a long way. A lot of them will say they can be
used on wet and dry hair. But personally, I like
the oil on dry hair. Oil and water, typically
we know that they don't really mix well. And
I find that even on my clients. When oils first
became a thing, we would put them on people's
hair. Obviously wet, so they were on there while
we blow -dried, which it feels great. But it's
still on my hands as I'm putting it on the client's
hair. So what I found is if I use it after, or
if I had to stop the blow -dry and put a little
bit on, depending on their hair type, mid -blow
-dry, that helps better. The hair can really
absorb it better. Oh, that makes sense. Yeah.
So like for my own hair, like I said, my hair
is very textured and thick, a little bit coarse.
So I put all my products in that I want for that
day of styling. And then I get my hair probably
95 % dry. So I get the roots dry. I blow out
my front section, you know, bang area around
my ears because I have some crazy cowlicks. And
then I flip my head upside down. I rough dry
it with a paddle brush, get it somewhat smooth,
as smooth as I can. And then I'll put some oil
in. That's when I'll go through and section my
hair and use like a hot airbrush and kind of
round it and perfect the styling of it. And it
makes it so soft because I have the oil in then.
Does that make sense? Yeah, absolutely. I'm going
to start doing that. So that's my tip that I
obviously tell my clients. I feel like that is
just the best also, a little pro tip too that
I love and people who do it swear by it, just
a speck of oil every day. So whether you have
a pump, I mean, maybe half a pump, if it's a
bottle and you tip it upside down, like whatever's
on your palm, when you tip it back up, just a
little bit on your ends every day in between
will do wonders for your ends, like help with
breakage. It's amazing. I love it. It adds shine
and it just kind of nourishes the hair Yeah,
because I've gone a very long time this round
without getting a haircut. So I'm sure I have
like a Tremendous amount of split ends. I have
to schedule a haircut How long should like how
many times should you get your hair cut because
it's been since like, I don't know September
It's, again, very personal. It depends on what
you're doing with your hair. Do you just need
like a trim? Are you growing it out from something
different? Do you have color or bleach in your
hair? It's really dependent. So if I have clients
who come every four weeks, a lot of times we
won't trim every four weeks. So I'll have them
skip, you know, so they get haircuts every eight
weeks. If you have virgin hair and no color added
to it. You could go three months, four months,
depends on the style, really. If you have short
hair, obviously you're going to come more often
because that shape can get long and things can
get out of whack. Yeah, I think I'm due. You
know, I mean, as a stylist myself, I maybe get
a haircut three times a year. It's not very often.
We don't take care of ourselves like we should.
You know, it's like, oh, my God, can you turn
my hair dry really quick? Do you have anybody
right now? You know, it's like. Oh, that's, I
feel like that's the case with any career, right?
Like the nurses are the most unhealthy or the
shoemaker's kids never have shoes. The hairdresser's
hair is never done properly, you know? I'm doing
my roots in the bathroom usually, like my own
hair. Yeah, well, you know, it's funny you bring
up hair dye. Here I was, you know, thinking I'm
going to save money doing my own hair, hair dye.
And wouldn't you know? I need to buy a whole
new vanity now because as careful as I try and
be in my bathroom I have ruined the vanity with
like spots of hair dye and you don't even realize
that it hit it until you know three hours later
and you're like well it oxidizes and it's black
everywhere yeah so you know I was trying to be
good and save money and I ruined my vanity top
Yeah, it happens. Believe me, I know. You know,
another thing about washing, I'll say this quick
too. I tell my clients who have gray hair, a
lot of people come to the salon thinking like,
oh, my hair's dirty. I'm not going to wash it
because I'm getting it done, which I totally
understand. And I don't want people to have to
go through the hassle of doing their hair. But
I tell my clients with gray hair, I want you
to come with clean hair. I don't want any powder
in it, any spray. Even if you come to me, I mean,
every stylist might say something different,
but even if you come to me with damp hair, I'll
rough dry it for a couple minutes, but I want
it clean so that color really covers well and
how it should. Because when people come with
four or five days of oily buildup, they've worked
out, like I said, and sweat a couple times. They
have powder to cover the grays because they had
a meeting. Like, the color is not going to be
able to break through all that. So clean hair,
too, when you go to a stylist, they will thank
you. Highly recommend. Yeah, that makes total
sense when you think about it. It's not going
to grab on to anything. The dirty hair thing
just really got a little too wild. Yeah, speaking
of though, we're going to take a quick, quick,
tiny break, wash out this hair mask, and then
we're going to tell you all about it. Hopefully,
really great news. So just hang on real quick.
We'll be right back, OK? Okay, so thankfully
for editing because that took about 45 minutes
Oh my god And that was not cool Not that was
an experience It did not go well It did not go
well Holy holy shit what I don't I don't okay.
We'll see what happens like we didn't blow -dried
or anything, but oh My god, I ran out Yeah, whole
chunks. I still have chunks in my hair. It's
like never ending. And then get this, right before
we rinse it out, I read, use lukewarm so you
don't cook the egg. And I was like, oh my God,
I didn't even think about that. Like the hot
water could actually cook the egg. I might have
had a little bit of fried egg on my hair right
now. I don't know. It's maybe a little scrambly
in our hair right now. Maybe we should have blended
it, like in a blender. I don't know. Maybe we
didn't read it right. Well, yeah. It looks like
I have lice right now, to be honest. I think
we're going to have to re -wash and blow out
and then let people know. But that maybe wasn't
our finest hour there. No. Yeah. That was quite
a freaking job. With a fine -tooth comb. Thank
god you had that. Yeah, the fine -tooth comb
really came in handy because I mean I I washed
my hair twice already and I can still see chunks
of banana So, I don't know. I mean, hopefully
I don't wake up with moldy rotten food in my
hair Trying to get it to be shiny. But I I mean
Right now it's a zero out of ten Maybe a two
Yeah, okay two is generous, but that was a freaking
process guys. I don't know if I will do that
again Watch it's like the best thing we've ever
done. We get like a million compliments like
your hair looks great I'm like shit now I have
to do this freaking banana process It was not
cool not cool at all Send out the recipe yeah,
it's basically one egg and one banana and Here's
hoping yeah Wow, okay, so Regroup back on track
Alright, so say Okay, so right now right my hair
is wet. I'm not gonna blow dry it So what can
I put in it to make it not frizzy to air dry?
Okay, so kind of the same leave -in conditioner
comb it out Some companies do make air dry cream
now, which is kind of cool. Some people love
it. Some people don't I Don't notice the difference
in my hair with an air dry cream personally.
I've tried a couple brands I Honestly use Blowout
cream if I'm gonna let my hair air dry. I don't
have curly hair, but it's wavy Curl cream is
a little too thick and can leave my hair a little
crispy which I don't love so I'll use a blowout
cream and sometimes even a thermal protect it
again because Tomorrow I might Throw the crimper
in my hair. So if I can find a way to like redo
it or revamp what I have I'm using heat So I'm
not gonna put typically a thermal protectant
or a blowout cream or something in my dry hair
So I have it always on my head just in case I
genius. I never thought of it that way that yeah,
okay, so That's personally what I do and that
works out good for me again Even if it's air
-dried and I have it like in a low bun or something
for two three days I will still put that drop
of oil and I'm telling you guys got to try that.
That's one of my favorite tips. I'm definitely
Getting down with the oil for sure. Now, I know
I said in previous episodes that I go to bed
with wet hair. Is there like an okay way to do
that? Like what's the best hairstyle to like
help me out, make me feel like it's okay? Help,
yes. What's the best hairstyle to sleep in? You
know, can I go to bed with a hair mask on? All
right, let's start with going to bed with wet
hair. Okay. One of the best would be Braid to
sleep in like like a loose braid If your hair
is long enough for that because it won't rub
on your pillow It kind of keeps the hair a little
tame and that goes for people with extensions,
too If your hair is dry like it is good to sleep
in like a loose braid So it doesn't get too tangly
or anything like that A loose bun would be fine
as well. You kind of just we're trying to just
tame it while you sleep So I've even done like,
you know flip my head upside down kind of done
like a little ballerina bun on top of my head
You know those elastics that look like phone
cords? Oh, yeah, yeah, those are some of my favorite
because they don't leave a mark in the hair and
It's just it's soft. It's kind of it's gentle.
It's not too tight And so those are good to use
too when you're if you're gonna go to bed with
wet hair Obviously you can go to bed and let
it be wild and crazy. But it's wild and crazy
Yeah, like I have some I have wavy hair. So sometimes
I will just do that typically not like soaking
wet going to bed, but that will give me like
a little bit of body so that then in the morning
I can crimp it or throw some curls in it to make
it look like I did it on purpose. Can you go
to sleep with a hair mask on? Yes, depending
on the hair mask that you're using. Absolutely.
Again, I wouldn't suggest sleeping in a hair
mask that has protein in it. Even just a good
conditioner. You want to sleep in that? Absolutely.
Again, throw in a braid, a low loose bun, and
I would do the hair masks on dry hair. So the
hair really can kind of soak it up. Okay. And
then have that next morning be the day you're
going to wash your hair. Okay. You know, so you'll
wash it out in the morning and just shampoo condition
like normal. Okay. Now I've heard things like
silk pillowcase or even like a head wrap for
sleeping. Do you think that's necessary or is
there benefits or pros, cons? Like what's your
take on that? I would say there's no cons at
all. A silk pillowcase is great. Think about
it like slip. It's just gonna, your head's gonna
glide. If you're like a crazy sleeper, your hair
is gonna be nice and smooth right against it.
So if you don't have any problems with your hair
being crazy or breakage or anything like that,
I don't think you necessarily need one, but they're
totally wonderful to have. If you can sleep in
a bonnet, a silk bonnet, amazing. Some people
aren't comfortable in them, but they make them
so wonderful now and they're breathable. So you're
not. It's just more the comfort of having something
on your head if you're not used to it, but they're
great. And a lot of these products these days
are not expensive. Like you can get them right
on Amazon. One of our set of sheets, we have
bamboo sheets and it kind of is like silk pillowcase.
So that's been great too. Like I don't have to
change my pillowcase when we are using those
ones. I've never slept in a bonnet, but I know
people who do, and their hair has changed drastically.
Like, it's so nice. Especially if you're a bleached,
you know, highlight, or a balayage, or pretty
blonde, it can do wonders. The hair's brittle
when you have a lot of bleach in it. So a pillowcase,
or a wrap, or a bonnet is amazing. I might try
the bonnet, because I have brittle hair, you
know, I'm brunette. Yeah, I mean, and like...
I've said, I think this is the third time I'm
saying it, but same, my hair's coarse, but I've
just never used it. I'm sure it would be great
for my hair. I'm gonna look like Little House
on the Prairie. It's really gonna, Steve's gonna
be like, hey. Yeah, it's your hair. It'll be
shiny and amazing. Yeah, I love that. I love
a silk pillowcase. I think that's a great idea.
Good, good, good, good. Speaking of dyed hair
again, how long do I go? Like, cause me, I have
gray hair and I have dark hair. So I've been...
noticing like every three weeks, it looks like
I have to redo it. Like, what's your suggestion
on, you know, how long should you be waiting
in between hair dyes and or what is the shortest
amount of time safe to do hair, you know, hair
dye? Again, each stylist might say something
different, but I like to try and keep people
at like three or four weeks. Like, I don't love
To do a two -week, it is a lot of chemicals.
It works, it's fine. Some people who are really,
really white, they can, you know, you can see
your gray hair in two weeks for sure. But it
is a lot of chemicals on the body and your scalp
does take them in. Your skin's your biggest organ
and I think a lot of people don't think about
their scalp as skin. But it is. It's just covered
by hair. So anything you put on there, shampoo,
everything, you really want to check on your
products. I know that there are some lines that
claim to be organic or very, very clean. And
I am totally behind that. But I haven't done
a lot of research on it. But there's something
else in there that's, you know, maybe they're
not using peroxide. But what is the ingredient
that they're using to lift the hair? Again, I
can't really talk to that because I don't know
too much about it. But the color companies have
come a long way in removing products that are
very dangerous. But yeah, I try to push people
to four if they can do it. Some people will use,
like I mentioned before, there's special powders
and sprays that we can use to kind of cover up
those spots for the last week or two. You have
to go out or you have you know something for
work or an event and they really do work amazing
to cover the hair and a lot of them like even
if you got your hair wet you were in the pool
or you got stuck in the rain it's not gonna like
drip down your face. They really won't come out
unless you shampoo and that's why I always suggest
that my clients come in with clean hair because
if they do use those powders it's not coming
off their hair unless they actually wash it out.
and I don't have time to wash their hair and
then color it. But yeah, I would say four weeks
is what I suggest. I go four weeks for my hair
typically, and it shows. But if I can push it
to five, I don't have anything to do, and I don't
care who's seen it, then I go as long as I can.
Yeah. I've been... kind of pushing myself, unless
it's like an event or a wedding or somewhere,
then make sure it's definitely. But yeah, those
powders absolutely work. They're so great. And
this is for people with gray hair. If you don't
have gray hair, I mean, the lived in, quote unquote,
lived in looks right now are so popular because
people can get months out of their hair color.
The highlights aren't typically to the root.
We do these blending techniques now where maybe
in Eight or ten weeks you want a couple highlights
around the face, but everything just grows out
so nice So it just depends on what? You know
if you have great hair or not really how often
you have to be coming all right So what about
like is there anything that I could take? To
make my hair grow or you know I feel like ever
since I had kids my hair has just been like totally
Just a whole other entity, you know, it was like
my hair before kids my hair after kids What are
like vitamins or supplements? I started that
Live conscious collagen. I love it. It tastes
amazing. You got me hooked on that. Yep Yeah,
I I think collagen is huge. It's really great
hair skin and nails. So a lot of the things that
are good for your hair Vitamin -wise are also
good for other parts of your body Your hair,
skin, and nails is made up of protein, so the
collagen is great because you get a little bit
of extra protein with that, too. So I think the
one most people know is biotin, obviously. That's
just the main one people think about when they
think about their hair and health. I mean, basic,
a good multivitamin, like a real good multivitamin,
because it's going to have all the essential
things that you need. But just some basic vitamins
that are good for hair would be biotin, iron.
collagen, omega -3. If you're having problems
with brittleness, I would say, you know, up your
water, which Carly has been doing, everybody,
but... I have been. Up your water hydration is
huge. If you are feeling like you are having
hair loss, which is common, and people come in
with that problem, you know, once we get to a
certain age too, I always suggest getting some
blood work. because something's going on. If
that's not your normal, something's up. And it
could be as simple as that you're just sufficient
in a vitamin, but I always suggest blood work
and like a thyroid panel because the thyroid
has a lot to do with your hair. And there's a
bunch of tests within thyroid testing. So just
make sure the doctor does an extensive test because
your levels might look okay, but like if they...
dug a little deeper, you might be off in your
T3 or T4. So I definitely tell people to do that.
And most people are well aware of that. Some
people go to the dermatologist. I think just
your basic doctor is a little bit better, just
because you can get maybe some more blood work
written up. Well, I remember too, even stress
or something traumatic. would make you lose your
hair. And it might not be sudden. It could be
a few months later, all of a sudden you're losing
your hair. Oh, yeah. It could take up to seven
months. Seven months, yeah, is what they say,
for that to kind of come out. And you might forget,
like, I don't know why I'm losing my hair. And
then it's like, oh, yeah, but you had that terrible
car accident, or you lost a parent. And it might
have been five months ago or four months ago.
Or it could happen very soon after a stressful
thing, a surgery. We have clients who will like
I said, have a surgery and their hair just feels
kind of yucky. But anesthesia will do a number
on people too. There's a lot of factors that
you have to take in. But yeah, I definitely recommend
you got to take care of yourself and be your
biggest advocate. So get to the doctor, get some
blood work. And sometimes that plays a role in
a lot of things. Yeah. And if you're taking the
you know, the collagen or anything like that.
I am totally obsessed. It goes hand in hand with
my layered coffee. Like it's got 19 amino acids.
It's got, it's good for your bones, your skin,
your hair, your nails. It's incredible. Yeah.
People like put it in anything. You could make
muffins with it. Like you could really throw
the collagen in a lot of things, which is pretty
cool. A little boost of protein. So good. So
I also, back to scalp health, my dermatologist
who I do have some psoriasis on my scalp, which
is not fun. But one thing that they told me and
I thought I'd share, because I think a lot of
people deal with dandruff or itchy scalp or something
uncomfortable, and that's never fun to feel like
you have flakes in your hair, that they had told
me, and I do share this with clients. Of course,
it depends on the products that you're using.
you might have to switch up, you know, what's
going on. But if you're running into a problem
with anything scalp health -wise, they had suggested,
it's kind of just like a basic rule of thumb.
So the three shampoos, these are store bought,
like you can get them at CVS grocery store. Head
and shoulders, because it has zinc in it. Neutrogena
tea gel, which smells terrible, but it does work.
It has tar in it. And then selsun blue. has sulfur.
And those three things are really great if you
have a flare up of dandruff or psoriasis, eczema,
anything like that on your scalp. And so what
I would do is I would rotate through those with
still using my good quality salon products. But
once a week or once every other week, depending
on how often I was shampooing, I would use these
products. and it helped so much. So I would like
buy Head and Shoulders, go through the bottle,
then I'd buy the Neutrogena Tea Gel, go through
that bottle, Seltzer and Blue, you know. So it'd
take months, but it really did help with scalp
health. So if you can't get to a dermatologist,
but you're having these issues, I do recommend
that. If you're blonde, the Neutrogena Tea Gel
probably wouldn't be great because it is brown.
So the other shampoos would be fine. A list of
products too. I wanted to go for just a few products
and a little fun app that I have. So some of
the products we use in my salon anyway, which
are great. And I ran them through this specific
app. It's called the Yuca app, Y -U -K -A. I
got it for like groceries so I could look at
different products and what was in them for my
family. And they have a beauty side to it. Now
two, I do pay for the app. I think it's like
$7 .99 a month so that I can just type in whatever
I want to look up. So even if I'm not at a store,
I can just type in anything, kind of see what's
in it. There's also, you don't have to pay for
it. And then it would just be like a scanner.
Like you could scan the barcodes and it will
give you information on the product and or food.
So this goes for both. So the products that we
use at the salon right now, I ran them through
the Yuca app and these are all ranked good. There's
some that are excellent, but we'll rank them
like excellent, good, bad, very bad. And it's
like a scale from zero to 100. So you can kind
of see. But my salon is a chair rental salon.
So everyone is independent there. But these are
some of the products that we use. Wella, MONAT,
K18, ColorWow, Milkshake, Moroccanoil, Redken,
and Karastas. These ones seem to be ranked pretty
well in there. So that's good to know too, because
like I said, your skin is your biggest organ.
So your scalp is part of that. And I don't think
people fully get that. You know, you think it's
just like, oh, it's just my hair. It's just on
the ends, you know? No, because it's going in
near your brain, in your head. So yeah. So just
be, you know, cautious if you're, if you're interested
in certain products and what, you know, the ingredients
are and stuff that you get app is awesome. I
highly recommend that, too. Yeah. Great. But
I think, I don't know, is that good? You got
me ready, and I look great, except for my banana
flakes. Well, girl, I got them, too. You're going
to have to help me. I know. So we got to go to
get this third wash. Hopefully, it's going to
be the best treatment we've ever used. It was
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