Perhaps this may work with chemical products
and product that need such help. We don't. By following our diresctions for our products with our products... you will get very smooth hair that without a forced hand is staying smooth.
This might also work where the products(even some natural) chemicals regardless of temperature spread what good oils(processed or emulsified) might happen to be in their stuff. I guess it also depends on the nature theory (if there is even one) and strength of what they might be using. It (luke warm water and rinsed with cold) certainly isn't a 'long hair do or die rule' of any sort and we don't keep this in mind prior to making any product for long hair just to make it in the way certain people want to use one out there. There is no general rule that we look for to follow when we manufacture except success.
I do know you cannot move butter or good oils around properly like you think you are doing with lukewarm or cool water unless where is a high detergent value to do the job. The oils in our products and the nature of it are not such chemical, but designed to melt in at higher than body temperature (many reasons for this) without the use of the chemicals or pre-processings that an average consumer may not understand. Our products sufficiently 'open to accept' when they are supposed to, 'penetrate and close' on their own when they are supposed to, it's programmed in...unlike 'outside' products that coat or are 'simple-natured in design. Have you ever heard of anyone doing a 'cold oil treatment'?
The temperature controls that you are choosing because of a tip here an there that are not speaking of Longhairs products at all, are only tips for common products that produce these needs that they arose from. Doing this with the temperature with our products is definitely going to meddle with the way our products were designed to work, which they do completely on their own ...unique in the way and depth that they penetrate. In other words what you need to do for other products out there our products do 'for you' and 'with and on it's own accord if you provide the environment it needs to naturally do so and not interfere in such a way.
The need to apply outside information on our perfectly well instructed product is indeed overkill. There is no need here for outside tips that are contrary to manufacturers directions. There is no need to make a product that feeds into these theories as we are beyond making a generic product work as that is backwards thinking.
Doing 'other directions' is like not following direction on a cake mix, because you deemed them not normal and then complain because it came out less than right.. ..after you changed the clear instructions. Besides the fact that scalp's, natural oil production system has properties that need to be activated, circulation ceated or allowed so your body can properly cleanse (plugged up scalps solidified oil in there that goes rancid, is often why some people's long hair up close smells like an old boot and their hairlines face and backs are pimply.)
Any good oil including your scalp's own oil(if it is clean and not rancid)needs to flow and not be solidified into waxy plugs.(honest...we have no conspiracy with your hot water provider) Just with most of our stuff works best with our instructions because the instructions are made for the product, not because we never checked around or forgot to ask what hoops people need to go through to make some things do their job.
Our clients hair is long, healthy growing .... problem and odor-free....and our client love to learn. Why mess with success!
No we're not shooting drugstore shampoo commercials here, so let's look at this logically. It's done for show on TV, it doesn't work for long hair, it's what shorthairs do. If you do this then it tangles it badly, so please don't stack the hair, leave it lying hanging, pat pat pat...squish squish squish, massage, to get product evenly through before rinsing and repeating. see shampooing tutorial.
Right before it dries twist hair in one twist or two piggies and hang it down your back, hang a zip-up fleece hoodie and by the time you get to work, the kick will be out your of the curl.
Ask me to show you in person how the African Queens solve questions like this, but more elegantly with a Poshmina:-) 15 to an hour and length is regained!!
Tip #2, smoothcomb before towelling up and getting out of the shower often make a difference in curl, as does doing rosette(Star Wars star) twists on either side of the head or more when almost dry our hair with our products responds quickly and well to any 'forming' activities' that you reason to do..
YES, to remove dead hairs as well as brushing pulls evenly and gently exercising roots.... Dead hairs will longterm spoil your curl so YES, but only before pretreating at night, your hairs will rearrange it's bonds back to curl right inside overnight and with washing in the morning.
Just brush enough to get the job done NOT 100 STROKES that is a bit "old school" and is not necessary with our system. Brushing before pretreating makes the pretreat afterwards much easier to apply and therefore, PT is much more effective after brushing to smooth (albeit a little fuzzy...easier to PT than on still-loopy locks).
and... nothing beats the Longhairs Kinder brushes for this brushing!!
No that's only with vegetables and macaroni:-)
We have a perfectly timed product closure time and effect that other (buildup) products need to be forced into, NO to cool rinses, it is not recommended, we don't need it for shine, we get plenty. If you do, everything will not soak in right and fall into place in the right times, curly or not, we don't need that sort of cool finish 'help' like in your old products :-)
Yes that is ok:-) If yes it is if you are still always washing in the am.
No, you don't need to rinse out pretreat before #18-ing, it is usually dried by morning, and isn't gooped in at the scalp at all, the coast should be clear for a clean application, and any sweat is OK to scritch over:-)
Yes, but only needed once in a while for before or after seriously damaging chemical work, (relaxing, foil hilightd etc) or once every few months on newly processed hair, as a reinforcer... (never after #13-A Blisstips I Ol for sure)otherwise, when I recommend it specifically for the individual situation.(hence the name 'prescription' spray)It is like an emergency kit type item, when you need it, we don't have to make you wait by sending it.
Mist sparingly for coverage (or squirt into end tuft) of fragile areas that need proteins replaced because they had been somehow traumatized.
Incidentally my fav uses for Protein Presc. spray are in-shower before #9 Trees is applied, secondly on/in the application of #19 pretreat when wet enough to accept it thirdly when chemical work is being done before the application of perm neutalizer.
I don't feel it is... here is why.
I am concerned about your being exposed to EMF's or elecro magnetic fields around electricals at night especially around the head, eg cellphones or any electricity, while it is plugged in, turned on or switched off...it's bad for your cells....and your sleep pattern.
lets try to substitute something else, same effect...
The All Canadian Touque solution, plastic grocery bag (decal facing out) then slip a nice thick touque over it...tooooasty!!
This is a little louder till it settles in, but a use a shiny-side-in mylar heat reflector blanket from emergency vehicle kits wrapped over a plastic bag, preferably a clear bag, then a terry or cloth surgery cap, like a j-cloth material, over it all. It will heat up WAY hotter but WAY safer that a heat cap for overnight.
A heat cap can be used safely by heating it up on your head then unplugging it for the duration of the time.
Good question, (pretreating...that's the overnight one on dry hair where you wash
as usual in the morning) you should be PRETREATING the bottom by working in (massaging upwards also smoothing in a downward motion layering with water as specified in other postings.
Focus on needy areas and ends first, go up as far as you need to, no need to pretreat scalp.
Try to focus on learning by feel where extra is needed. this takes practise not to get pretreat too often on the areas such as by the scalp that don't need the extra treating. Re-treating(after shower on wet hair) is the same policy :-)
Pulled smoothly across the back of the head from the side where your swirly crown is residing, over to the opposite side.
Try switching sides periodically for a few nights a month over to the same side as your swirly crown to periodically rest the roots.
The Pocahontas-style ponytail should reside and terry-tied every few inches starting right behind the ear lobe, so sleeping on the side puts the hairtie flush in the nook below the jaw-joint.
This is done after brushing then pretreating.
I try to strive for teaching the client to learn to recognize 'satisfaction' by using what it takes because that is more correct. Everyone's hair is different and has different times and phases where t needs to be respected and listened to. Catered to.
Seriously..if you must measure your conditioners, I'd say a good tablespoon or more of #10-A or #10-B's and less of #17 Lilith but almost as much as none may need to use #19 as I would the #9. I use 3 times as much of the # 9 than I do when I use our other Conditioners. Till it feels optimum texture smooth silky all over including scalp...and satisfied. (that last line sounds like good vodka commercial;-)
then unless it's #19, Fexipick it thru before rinsing.
Sure, curly-top...the Faux Tortoise Smoothing Comb's surface-smoothing/closing action that is necessary for a smooth shine 'can be' completed the way you are doing it, so that's OK, so doing in this order is fine. Normally we'd towel dry, Flexipick and then smoothcomb lastly don't forget your re-treat.
If you need a reason I don't recommend the cool rinse trick that people who use other products 'have to do' that we don't...here it is:
Please note, that all the other types of hair need the conditioner's oils to penetrate deep into the hairs instead of solidifying on the surface, this penetration of oils into the shaft, takes about three minutes. The cool rinse stops it in it's tracks, and continues to settle after the hair is slowly cooling on it's own.
Cool rinse comes from cold-mix-style (chemical) products that don't know how to close
the hair with oils 'inside'.
I programmed the closure order factor into my products and you don't have to this is noticible especially the #9 Trees and #17 :-)
Absolutely none We are in fact vegetarian/vegan listed.
No animal testing whatsoever, though most folks test our products on themselves before using them on their pets.
#19 Honeybee is cruelty-free honey source from a man who LOVES his bees.
I believe, it is my duty to know the bee-source personally. Cruelty free non animal-tested are rules I have always honoured and implemented in the making of all the products in the line.
A note on the Boar and Quill brushes and the Boar brushes I have made for us, are cruelty free source as well, they are sheared from a live boar and/or discarded by a porcupine more than willingly:-> Ouch for receiver;->
A client writes:
I presently use one conditioner for 2 days in a row, then go to another one. Should I be switching everyday? I can't say that I always use them 2 days in a row, sometimes I do switch everyday. I never use #19 in the shower only when i do my deep bee treatments.
Louise Marie:
She's been having a lot of problems with tangling as per previous posting in diary. now she's been doing regular postings there again, I see what she's doing...
I wrote: finally I see what I think you're doing wrong... seems you haven't learned how to listen to your hair with each of the conditioners...seems to me like you're just switching conditioners randomly for no particular reason.
I'd like you to use one conditioner till you learn how to tell if it's taken, your hair is confused, one hardly has time to work!!! So, undoubtedly you are switching around way tooooo often.
The conditioners that you can use for the longest stretches are your #10-B as also does the team #19 n #9, (often using #19 in the shower before it;)#9 does a great on it's own too (as needed) on a long stretch.
Pay your conditioning more attention, slow down, it might make the curly hair tangly (doesn't like too much excitement) bouncing around item to item so quickly. Curly hair likes to get into a groove, so do a longer stretch of these two (with #19, three) conditioners. Pepper in the use of #10-A occasionally for a day or two, and #17 as a treat,for a day or two...and stretch longer on the others(10-B, #9, #19 not necessarily in that order ARE the staple conditioners....have fun but also listen to your hair:-)
Probably the least harmful of heat tools,it's hard to anything wrong with these when using our stuff.
With almost all hair care products that are 'out there', any hot roller use would be a problem (burning, cracking splitting drying out hair etc..) however, with the nature of my products and our ingredients...knowing our products are used dilligently and exclusively, you can use hot rollers all you want.
Hot rollers are better for us than a styling tool that gets hotter and hotter. also, hot rollers go in hot, and cool down. Hair is safe with us:-)
Try a puff of #11 Magic Spray on the hair upon rolling or after before cooling.
Not bad, but better in the morning for many reasons.
So...Once in a while, for a sake of a style, changing a shift, staying home sick...but miss that day and to retain balance.. do 5 lathers next available morning.
You will (because of no night-time period) end up missing out on your pretreats.but if you are willing to rinse and dryin in the morning you can get alot accomplished doing overnight #19 treatments on clean washed hair the night before, waking and rinsing, finishing the 2-step deep treament with applying #9 in the shower, Flexipicking and rinsing, retreat with 10-B or #13-A and allow to dry, there, time otherwise simply sleeping...used well!! (search under the word toque for more info)
Mostly though, the reason is because the skin and body cleanse in the mornings naturally. ( in an outward motion)Stress and the world can cause you to want to use washing as a form of relaxation,that's ok to double-up in a day.
Truly a bath is better at with Non-Salts, Epsom Salts or Dead-sea-salts (they are all three different see our remedies section of hairgasm.com) at night.
Washing toxins off the skin scalp and the hair in the morning is important (body detoxifies while you sleep)is a natural thing the body sees as normal... wash it after you have your Non-Salts Brine drink then the lime and/or lemon tonic and warm water upon rising. Cleaning inside and out clears the way for cellular progress..
Night-washing can damper or even confuse the 'in' and 'out' processes.
when we are doing all kinds of things eg: cleansing feeding, moisturizing nutrifying stimulating with this system, it's important not to throw things out of whack too often. Fruit in the mornings, veggies at night is also a bodily rule, for the some of the same reasons.
For the sake of a style eg little braids, hot rollers etc it's ok to get that certain 'look' or 'feel' sometimes of day-old hair.
Good question... the answer is YES, I call that a re-juicing.
After the in-shower combthru, the hair is still open and will gratefully eat up an extra smoothing you crave. A smooth and generous conditioning session will always provide hungry hairs good closure, and no frizzies-looking juicy shine. leaving it on for a moment before combing and then after the re-juicing allows perfect arrangement of molecules:-)
It is better to re-juice before rinsing all conditioner out, it's better than trying to condition twice.That doesn't work.
All, not only problematic textured hair needs 5 and it is better than 4 better than 3 for all reasons.
Twice?. Twice only when you've washed that day already. Our products are blasting you cleaan, it does alot more.
Thrice and up provides shine, moisture retention, adds nutrients, balances, with strength and shine galore... so, why not continue a good thing? If your teeth and gums are fine... do you stop flossing? Carry on, if time doesn't permit, I guess doing your best is the best you can do:-)If indeed you are satisfied with the results of less lathers, it will be the first thing to correct if you begin to have any issues, OK?
Some of you are applying way too much pretreat, and too high up, and not knowing why we do it. The idea is to end up with 'even texture', adding where wear has taken place, usually old ends and a bit on the longer surfaces if your hair has that need.
No, not indescriminately, all the way up the head, Is the hair fried there? old? in need of restructurizing? just up to where your fingers would stop near the bottom few inches, Take a dab, massaging into hair tips, then smooth down, inching up bit by bit till its gone, tapered out.
Always Smoothcomb FIRST then re-treat never the other way around. You only need the RT to go where it was put not smearing it all over where it wasn't needed.
After your #18 SOS Scalp oil and right before washing it all out, no need to scrub in the chillout, you've done a good job with your scalp oil scrub, and #27 Chillout is instantly self-penetrating.
Keep reapplying every few moments till a cool feeling is maintained.
Achieve efficient coverage by applying starting on parting and taking 1" pages partings from there, down. Spray from 6" away onto areas to be treated. Full scalp coverage is healthy to do at lease every second time you do #18, reapply anytime for rebalancing any scalp or skin discrepancies.
Sure, I've heard it used alot, tried it on clients myself...hey with this one, if it feels good, do it! Only beneficial effects from doing this one, if you like it.
Tip, do it on very wet hair, scrunch it in, starting at the bottom... don't comb or pick again afterwards. Scrunching is done saturating #19 into ends and then massaging up the shaft to blend it to match the healthy hairs feeling.
Sure, I've heard it used for a rather different feeling, not as shiny and soft, I'd rather the 10-Bs myself.
I can see it being used to slick hair back to dry hard instead of gel or hairspray for anyone, not just curly, tried it on clients myself...hey with this one, if it feels good, do it but watch for symptoms! There are beneficial effects from doing this one, if you like it use it with disgression.
A great sunscreen for the hair in sun n surf, or in pools under the swimcap.
Tip, do it on very wet hair, scrunch it in, starting at the bottom... don't comb or pick again afterwards. Scrunching is done saturating #19 into ends and then massaging up the shaft to blend it to match the healthy hairs but day-old feeling.
#19 Honey-Bee ISN'T supposed to be combed thru, and that's why you can't.
If I put any detangler in it, it could not go in to the structure as deep, (the proteins penetrate totally on their own) and you couldn't use it as a skin conditioner... this reminder goes on the boards if it isn't there yet....and so the # 9 Trees does the closing and detangling for the #19 Honey-Bee and also provides the oils:-)
#19 is made to be used as a 2-part deep-treatment on WET clean washed hair. Use 2 tbsp or more to do a deep-treat before rinsing and applying #9 2 tbsp. Do not comb thru #19 until rinsed and your #9 is being used, then you may detangle while Flexipicking in-shower.
Never Pretreat with #19. You MAY sleep with it in all over (applied on still-wet after washing) as a deep treat then rinse out and finish by using #9 in it in the morning:-)
Never use #19 on dry/not wet hair only use on wet hair.
Always follow with #9 in the same session. (unless using on your skin as a moisturizer.
Twice a week or twice every week-and-a-half.
Suggestion, use in the shower, wrap scalp up with a plastic bag use our cool-designed hairtowel over the plastic bag to keep it warm, kick-back in the tub for a soak, or apply a knotted hat and then rinse out in shower as above with #9.
Ah, that is because you are NOT to be combing #19 through the hair at all. It is made with no detangling properties on purpose, so it is deep penetrating and can be used on the skin.
Apply #19 till creamy, let sit it soak in some, then rinse well and detangle with the good slathering of #9 Trees, detangle by splitting hair in two (pigtail) sides, rinsing while combing as directed, with water going through it. Ta-daa!
Never Pre-treat with #19. You MAY sleep with it still-wet after washing as a deep treat then rinse out and #9 it in the morning:-)
Never use #19 on dry/not wet hair only use on wet hair.
Always follow with #9 in the same session. (unless using on your skin as a moisturizer.
Twice a week or twice every week-and-a-half.
Suggestion, use in the shower, wrap scalp up with a plastic bag use our cool-designed hairtowel over the plastic bag to keep it warm, kick-back in the tub for a soak, then rinse out in shower as above with #9.
Either is fine, but try putting a plastic bag then a shiny-side-in of foil then either a hot wet or a dry towel turbanned over it.
Yes it will only be ok until the hair tires of it then it won't like it again as a re-treat. Hair that doesn't have this situation, doesn't crave it ;-)
Using it or doing it too much will simply not work out well... but no harm done by it if you needed it it will like it :-)
Q: I heard from Louise Marie that we shouldnt ALL go use hennas, and why?
A: Over 30 years experience ( personal opinion: I like it -it's pretty, my professional advise:henna on the average person has a very narrow window of success) Henna is natural, it does many things - some good, but mostly I find that it's quite intrusive .Henna does have it's purposes but only on virgin and immaculate condition hair. Henna is not a colouring alternative just that simple...athough in the beginning, the colors can be very stunning.
Sometimes henna proves to be rather shortterm thinkng for long hair that is a a lonterm thing with us. If you want to do what's healthiest, it's not the first thing to change towards a heathy path.
When the colour from it is gone the henna, it's wax...is still there. Even henna that's
colorless can have permanent residual results. It is a sealer, like a waxy
substance left on the surface of the little scales of your hair shaft. It seals
it so that it stays in whatever condition it was previously in. Once this
coating is deposited on the hair shaft, it wears out- unevenly and gets rough.
Thus the only way to keep the hair shaft smooth after hennas is to either
re-apply it (more residue), or spend ages with my guidance and products to
remove it. We have several supervised and successful users.
Henna can, and often does, prevent the absorption of water and proper
conditioning components. (Henna? let's just not do it, but discuss with me if
you have a shine problem). You have the tools you need in your Magic pack
The purpose of the wet wick end' after PT (Pre-treating' allows the right conditions
for hairs to receive to protein floated and settled in, and for the
proper penetration time, before it dries, if it dries to a hardish
sharp point during the night, you did it correctly;-)
That is likely because you were brushing on unclean/or gooped up hair.
FYI: she was brushing in the AM after having done pretreating the night before;-)
Don't brush fter #10-B pretreats, nor after scalp oil...
Wash with #2, then clean out dust with toothbrush, use a speck of #17 after washing as a cream rinse, then rinse and dry by beating bristles down on fluffy towel:-)
It's what we use to enhance and complete the rinsing detangling conditioning process in the shower, it lets water through which is needed in order to use our line correctly, Flexipick is recommended for best results.
