Last week at work I lost some weight. In my hair.
When you take weight out of your hair (or texturizing as it's called), you can change the entire appearance of a haircut without ever really cutting anything off.
Back in October I had gotten a haircut, a stacked bob that was longer in the front and shorter in the back. It's since grown, and grown, and grown, and I had some poof when the stack was growing out. So, instead of getting a haircut, a girl at work simply went in and took the weight out of that part of my hair.
My hair instantly felt lighter and different, but she hadn't cut anything off the length!
Instead of the stack, I now have a layered haircut that's simply growing out, with no bulge of poof in the back that was there before.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Time for numbers!
Today I spent a lot of time on the computer at work, and was looking up hair "stuff". I type in "hair statistics" and came up with this interesting information. Millions of women can't be wrong, can they?
Personally, I've been coloring my hair since I was about 18, and I honestly couldn't tell you what it would look like if I let it grow without coloring it. Sort of a dark blond I would guess...
Note that this doesn't even include trips to the salon for cut and color!!!
There are literally thousands of hair products out there for you to try, and the numbers prove that people are trying them! I have so much fun every day playing with products myself, and finding ones I love, and ones I don't love so much.
Have fun with it!!!
- 50% of women over the age of 25 color their hair
- 80% of chemical work being done in salons involves covering gray and changing your hair color
Personally, I've been coloring my hair since I was about 18, and I honestly couldn't tell you what it would look like if I let it grow without coloring it. Sort of a dark blond I would guess...
- $2 billion each year on shampoo
- $1.4 billion on conditioner
- $700 million on hairspray
- $150 million on men's products
Note that this doesn't even include trips to the salon for cut and color!!!
There are literally thousands of hair products out there for you to try, and the numbers prove that people are trying them! I have so much fun every day playing with products myself, and finding ones I love, and ones I don't love so much.
Have fun with it!!!
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Dove
I'm out of my current shampoo, and I'm still waiting on my shampoo to arrive at the salon this week, so I had to run out this week and buy a travel size shampoo to get me through the week. I came home with the dove Moisturizing Shampoo, in size tiny.
I've got to hand it to Dove, they have revamped in the past few years and I am liking what I've used of the brand in the past year. The shampoos leave hair soft and tangle free, and there's no feeling of gunk or buildup, and also no dry and stripped feeling to my hair.
On a budget and in a bind, I think Dove is a great go to!
I've got to hand it to Dove, they have revamped in the past few years and I am liking what I've used of the brand in the past year. The shampoos leave hair soft and tangle free, and there's no feeling of gunk or buildup, and also no dry and stripped feeling to my hair.
On a budget and in a bind, I think Dove is a great go to!
Monday, April 2, 2012
Curly Curls
It's gotten warm as of late, and combined with the humidity and my laziness, I have neglected my hair in leaps and bounds, and this is the result.
I've noticed that since I started using Aveda products on my hair, it's less frizzy and more bouncy, and just has an overall softer feel to it, which I'm really enjoying.
The daily go to for this hairstyle is simply letting it air dry, and then pinning the sides back. The first few days it bothered me, and I felt like I wasn't leaving the house "done", but I've really just been lazy lately, and have no motivation to even plug in my blow dryer.
I think another factor in my curlyhead is the fact that half the women I work with have curly hair, and they just embrace it. Whatever the natural hair type is of the stylists, they let it go, and I think I've found a new appreciation for my hair. I like the whole though of "rock what you've got" and the ladies at the salon certainly do, and I'm loving it!
I've noticed that since I started using Aveda products on my hair, it's less frizzy and more bouncy, and just has an overall softer feel to it, which I'm really enjoying.
The daily go to for this hairstyle is simply letting it air dry, and then pinning the sides back. The first few days it bothered me, and I felt like I wasn't leaving the house "done", but I've really just been lazy lately, and have no motivation to even plug in my blow dryer.
I think another factor in my curlyhead is the fact that half the women I work with have curly hair, and they just embrace it. Whatever the natural hair type is of the stylists, they let it go, and I think I've found a new appreciation for my hair. I like the whole though of "rock what you've got" and the ladies at the salon certainly do, and I'm loving it!
Man time!
Every Monday at the salon that I work at there are classes that the assistants are required to attend. The theme lately is for each stylist to pick something she would like to teach, and we take it from there.
Today we worked on men's cuts. I was stoked for this because quite honestly, I suck at cutting men's hair. It's the one thing they don't really teach you in hair school, and other than a "these are the clippers, you hold them like this" we never delved into men's hair cuts.
Another thing: you would think cutting a man's hair would be easy, right? WRONG. The shorter the cut, the easier to mess up, and I have made more than one mistake when cutting a male hair. The only two men I have experience in cutting are my brother, who has thick curly hair that hides mistakes well, and my boyfriend, who has stick straight hair, and every single snip is completely noticeable.
So today in class I wrangled my little brother up as my model, and FINALLY learned how to give a proper hair cut to a man. I was excited to finally have to know how to put it together, and the result? The best hair cut of my brother's life!
Today we worked on men's cuts. I was stoked for this because quite honestly, I suck at cutting men's hair. It's the one thing they don't really teach you in hair school, and other than a "these are the clippers, you hold them like this" we never delved into men's hair cuts.
Another thing: you would think cutting a man's hair would be easy, right? WRONG. The shorter the cut, the easier to mess up, and I have made more than one mistake when cutting a male hair. The only two men I have experience in cutting are my brother, who has thick curly hair that hides mistakes well, and my boyfriend, who has stick straight hair, and every single snip is completely noticeable.
So today in class I wrangled my little brother up as my model, and FINALLY learned how to give a proper hair cut to a man. I was excited to finally have to know how to put it together, and the result? The best hair cut of my brother's life!
April hair length
And another month has passed, I can't believe it's going so quickly! It's time again to post hair growth photos.
This month I've felt like my hair isn't growing. I know it's growing, because I can tell the difference on a regular basis, but I feel like the difference isn't translating into the photographs. The past few months it's looked completely the same to me.
Since the big chop I've only had one "dusting" about a month ago, and aside from regular maintenance on my bangs, I haven't taken the shears to it. I'm so anxious for it to grow out, and it's once again at my shoulders (when I cheat and straighten it)
Enjoy!
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This month I've felt like my hair isn't growing. I know it's growing, because I can tell the difference on a regular basis, but I feel like the difference isn't translating into the photographs. The past few months it's looked completely the same to me.
Since the big chop I've only had one "dusting" about a month ago, and aside from regular maintenance on my bangs, I haven't taken the shears to it. I'm so anxious for it to grow out, and it's once again at my shoulders (when I cheat and straighten it)
Enjoy!
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