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Growing long hair: An Exercise in Patience and Humility
You’ve ended your pixie era and are ready for your old-money trophy-wife mermaid hair. Prepare for a rough couple of months, friend, because that shit doesn’t happen overnight. Take it from someone who’s shaved their hair and grown it all back: You’re in for a couple of awkward looks. Don’t get me wrong, it isn’t…
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Are you ready for your first fashion color? What to know before wearing the rainbow
Most “natural” haircolors work by opening the hair strand, eating and then replacing pigment, and then closing the hair strand back up. Fashion colors, however, don’t work quite the same way. Fashion color doesn’t have the chemical makeup to open or close the hair strand, so lightener is used to open the hair strand and…
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Are you ready to chop your hair off? 4 things to keep in mind before you do.
As the new year approaches, it’s time for a fresh start. If your fresh start includes chopping all your hair off, keep reading. Short hair is exceptionally freeing and an awesome way to add some sass to your personal style. However, if you’re used to wearing your hair long, there can be a learning curve…
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Holiday Hair Hacks
You did it! You made it through an exhausting 11 months and the light at the end of the tunnel has appeared! Now, only a formal dinner, a friendsmas, a charity, a work thing, four family things, five parties and a million pictures to be taken before the end of the year. With Cameras going…
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Healthy Sleep Habits for Long Hair
Sleeping on long hair can kinda suck sometimes. It gets stuck in your armpit, you roll over and somehow get caught on it, and it ends up in your mouth. Time to throw it up in a bun on the top of your head and forget about it, right? Wrong. If you’ve fallen into this…
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How to Masque** Like a Hairstylist
The question I get asked most often by my best friend is: “Do I really have to follow the instructions on the hair masque? She is always relieved when I say “no.” Utilizing a masque is an important part of any hair routine that keeps the hair strong, healthy, and soft. If you’re anything like…
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A Hairstylist’s Survival Guide to Michigan Summers
We’ve officially entered the dog days of summer. Heat and humidity are making for some unpredictable hair days. Here’s some ways I alter my haircare routine in the summer to account for the West Michigan weather: 1. Sunscreen your hair! If you’ve ever left an article of clothing out in the sun too long, you…
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How Diet Affects Hair Loss
We all know that the fuel that you put into your body affects how you feel and function. But food also fuels your hair growth! Hair is made up of strands of protein called keratin. Keratin is a protein that slowly hardens to create hair, skin, and nails in a process called keritinization. High-protein diets…
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Washing your hair like a pro.
A lot of trial and error can go into finding the right wash routine for you. Different hair has different needs and therefore needs to be treated in drastically different ways. As a hairdresser, this is how I take care of my hair, and is a pretty good starting place for most hair types. One…
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