I just recently purchased the LML Longhairs shower head and filter ...
All I have to say about it in a nutshell is there is definitely a "Wow"
factor about it ... Who would of thought about making a big deal about
a shower head and filter but I'll tell you ... Your showers will never
feel the same once you try this product ... In my opinion you feel
refreshed and revived and you will just feel different all in a
positive way ... You will just have to try it for yourself to
understand what I'm talking about ... Once again Louise Marie "Thank
You" for a wonderful product ... You never cease to amaze me.
Regards,
Mel
Louise Marie:
I wanted to tell you that the new shower head and filter that I
got from you has made considerable differences in my hair and skin. My hair is
silkier and thicker.
I suffer from rosacea but I find that it is less of a
problem now..there isn't the redness that I used to have when I get out of the
shower. It is a nice shower head too, with all those different settings that I
still have to try out.
Another winner of a product...as always...thanks a
million!
Lissa From Barrie
"One of the things i like best about going to your place
that was not mentioned though -- maybe you could consider adding it next to
the pic of Maxcat on the chair -- is something about how when you're in the
chair you get full attention, more like visiting a friend than going to the
hairdresser, only one client at a time, cozy personal environment complete
with snoozing lap cat, great people-watching view from above, and all the
time you need, hair dries naturally so you know how it really looks.......
Just a suggestion, as I expect most of your clients enjoy that aspect -- it
was also part of the reason I was easily convinced by my friend, to visit
you in the first place -- I hate salons with rows of chairs and fifty
conversations going on at the same time, and when she told me how it was
there, it appealed to me, so I went.'
The clips work great! I cannot believe I have spent so much money in the past 1-1/2 years on hair accessories, and nothing worked right, except yours, both the Pike clips and the Butterfly clips (tamping pins). The headband fits, thank you very much.
What a difference the Butterfly clips (tamping pins) made in how my hair looked. My husband came home and told me my hair looked really good, and for him to say that is saying a lot. He is the kind to not voluntarily say anything and when I ask he says it looks fine.
CS in WA
Cheers to you, and I am definitely hoping to swing through T.O. at Christmas...will drag my sorry locks in for a tune-up....nay, surgery!!
Gawd...2 years...I'm lucky it hasn't all dropped out...but never a drop of commercial crap...so "I couldn't have done it without you and LML products
..."
Steve the curly head dogsledder guy from the Yukon
As I went home on the subway, an fellow identified as a gang member sat down next to me and looked long and hard at my hair. Finally, he looked up at me (I was standing), made eye contact and nodded. (My husband told me later that he officially put me under his protection, that he approved of me, somehow.)
Later, as I walked from the Keele station to my father-in-law's place, a panhandler asked for some spare change. Even as I declined, he added on, "Nice hair, lady."
Paul (my husband) just stared at me: he couldn't believe how bright my hair was!
Back at work, the custodian asked me if I had gotten my hair streaked or highlighted because it seemed so much brighter. Thank You!!!!
PS I have been talking up the delightful scalp treatment, and have forwarded the website to some friends who are interested in growing their hair long again. :-)
Speech Language Pathologist
MA Toronto
Dear Louise
Thought that I'd drop you a line to remind you that you are a fantastic hair-magician. I know that you know that, but I thought I'd tell you. Even if I feel and look like a complete toad in the morning, I am NEVER let down by my hair. Sometimes it seems, I let my hair down! Today, is a perfect example of this: My hair, a million bucks...today, my hair is falling like a mane. I feel regal and downright majestic within it.
Thank you
Karen B from Canada
the Longhairs SplitsNippers - they are the sharpest I have ever seen! I have nipped a few more splits - I just don't have very many! Today my hair was soooo smooth! I haven't straightened it at all this summer - since it is too hot to use a blow-dryer, but since it seemed like it would be easy today, I did it, and my hair is STICK STRAIGHT - without ANY product but the gel. I am amazed at the smoothness, and overall improvement of the health over the past 4 months.
Since I have been using the #18 faithfully, I have really noticed increased growth - I think it has been growing almost an inch a month! I could never get it past my shoulders for years!!! I guess NOT going to salons for regular trims helps, too.
My husband mentioned this morning how long it was getting - he really likes it. Although he gives me a ribbing for how much I spend, he always has his nose in my hair!! ;) He likes how the #9 makes my hair smell so fresh and clean. I have used it on him a time or two - he likes the tingle! I may start him on your products, as well, even though he doesn't want to be a Longhairs.
Hair is progressing very well, I cannot even describe it as "dry" anymore! It's getting longer, too! :)
Stephanie B in USA
...one of the things that I noticed before I trimmed my hair was that it seemed to have grown about 3/4 to 1 inch in the four weeks since I started using your products. I hope this continues. But I want it to thicken up too.
Edna F., from USA
My hair feels thicker and prettier. My husband commented on it and he never does that. Sometimes my scalp would itch but not with your products. My hair is shinier also.
Marni from USA
Dear Louise Marie,
I searched and searched and knew someone like you was out there, I just had to find you! too bad about the hassle folks get for talking about your products on hairsite chats, well what are they about anyways?
I wish I could have found you way sooner, so I'll go out there, and recommend you, instead of being selfish and keeping you all to my self!
SM from Texas
My hair's always been shiny, but now, three weeks into the Louise Marie Longhairs products, I'm noticing a deeper glow to my hair. Kinda like the difference between the surface shine of a glass pearl, and the deep glow of a real pearl. Very neat!
Also, my bangs, which I had cut to just below my eyebrows only four weeks ago are already down to the end of my nose!
Thanks!
( from USA)
Just a week ago, I saw my best friend "M". I have envied her beautiful, dark, thick, fast-growing hair for as long as I can remember.
For the first time, I thought my hair looked better and was in much better shape than hers!
Not that I am gloating about it! Actually, I feel badly for her. Years of perming and coloring are taking it's toll. Her curly, waist-length hair is now between shoulder and mid-back length. It's colored auburn for most of it's length, and almost black with silver strands on the top inch closest to the scalp. Her hair doesn't look as shiny as before; but coarser and her bangs - she complains - curl up in the strangest way on her forcing her to use the curling iron with increased fervor. In other words, it isn't the same.
"M"'s hair has changed, as all hair does, over time. However, her changes are not all to her liking. Hair that used to stand up to frequent coloring, perming and general abuse now cannot take it anymore. Hair that often saw a brush, comb or pick ripped through it is showing the damage. And hair is curling in a very unruly way, not at all like the soft shiny curls she once had.
It would be easy to contribute it all towards age, and although it may have something to do with it, I don't believe it is the major contributor. I think the "sins" of the past have caught up with her - I think this is due to years of abuse and hair that cannot just snap back from it anymore.
Rough hair utensils ripped through the hair rudely. Using hair products heavy with silicones. Harsh chemical colorants and perms parching the hair, breaking the hair's bonds and reforming them at the whim of a roller rod and a stylists hands. Now multiply this quotient by many years -- what does this yield? An abused, overprocessed product.
I feel so much for my friend's hair! I've offered her the use of my products, but she is not interested. Not in the cost, or the time, process or care. Her hair is fine, she feels.
But will it still seem so to her in a year? Two years? Five years?
Fixing up my previously abused hair has been a painful process for me in some ways. Growing out multiple layers. Trying to figure out the best combinations of products for my hair and varying them for maximum benefit. Taking the time even when I don't have it. And adding to that a head of hair that grows much slower than average... It's a hard uphill climb. I've been tempted to say it isn't worth it anymore. Tempted to say that hair like mine, that grows so slowly and isn't thick as some folks, isn't worth it. Why not just keep my hair medium length. Any product will keep shorter hair just fine.
But then I look at my friend's changing hair. And I then say, well.... maybe my hair isn't all that bad... The texture and shine and softness of my hair is beautiful and much better than before. My scalp is healthier. And maybe my hair isn't very thick or doesn't grow fast, but what I do have looks nice.
And then I think to myself; what if I didn't use these products? What would my hair look like in a month? A Year? Five years?
Whew! That thought makes me shudder. I certainly wouldn't be better off, and I doubt I'd stay with my hair at it's current good and healthy state.
I guess what I'm saying is -- maybe not all of us can have what is termed as "perfect hair" for long hair. Maybe out hair isn't thick. Maybe it isn't fast growing. Maybe it has other problems we must strive with. BUT... it's a lot better than it was, and it is still beautiful in it's own right.
I've learned not to look at pictures of ladies and gentlemen with perfect hair. Sure, I'm happy for them. I love to see their hair in person when I'm walking down a street - delighted to see such a nice surprise and yet another person who prefers long hair. But I don't judge myself as much upon them. It's hard not to. But all I've got is this one head of hair and I'm not going to get another. What I do now to my hair will affect it for quite a long time to come as the ends increasingly get older. I want to make the best of what I have.
So, maybe no flashy photographer for a hair site wants to take a picture of me. That's okay. Whenever I feel my soft clean hair brush against the back of my arms in summer or see my hair while combing it out in front of the mirror, I can enjoy it for myself and savor just the small moment. After all, who are we growing our hair out for anyway?
(hailing from USA)
I have yet to find here a product that I DON'T like--they're all super! I had been bothered by a flaky scalp, particularly at my hairline around my face, and Louise Marie's product recommendations are taking care of it! I'm really impressed with her customer service. I am daydreaming about getting to Toronto for a visit to her salon as well (I live in USA) and hope to "someday."
(from USA)
Louise Marie Longhairs told me that the short hairs that line my hairline are (pre-Louise Marie) product related and that they would grow in while using her products.
She is right!
The hairs that used to have to be glued down with hairspray when I put my hair up or that just made my naturally curly hair look fuzzy when it was down, are now growing in and curling into beautiful little ringlets!
no more "mad professor" hairs!
(curly from Toronto Canada)
I've been using the line for about 5 months. First major thing to happen is that I noticed my new hairs around my face were growing in for the first time in years.
Second, the hair feels more consistent from roots to tip. It doesn't feel drier down the length.
Most recently, my dark hair seems lighter/redder. I was even asked if I colored it .
I didn't notice these changes in my hair until after about 4 months.
(from USA)
I agree that LM's line is worth the cost. I'm almost at a year on her line and I've started to set aside every month for my "cleansing bill". Last time I went to see LML, it came out to be a rather large bill - I get LOTS of #27. I then decided to budget better and when I figured out how much money to set aside a month, I realized how much it costs me per day. Really, it isn't that much at all! I think if someone said "I can guarantee you beautiful hair and clear skin for only X amount of money a day", most people would gladly pay that and more. What I like about LM's products is that they don't guarantee those results for a small amount of money a day - you have to put in alot of your own elbow oils :-) This is going to sound arrogant, but that is what sets us apart from others. We put in alot of effort to get the results we have. The money is nothing to the time and work I put into using LM's line.
Above, I said X amount of money because I understand that currency varies for many people on this board. I would suggest that if you are ever concerned about cost to calculate your daily expenditure and you'll be pleasantly surprised!
About the time, I do put in alot of time a day taking care of my hair and skin. That would really get to me sometimes until one day I was chilling out my skin after my shower with the windows open and I could hear the chirping birds. I realized then that those birds and all other animals spend most of the day when they are not looking for food or taking care of young on grooming themselves and each other. Spending time on my hair and skin feels natural and allows me to be mindful. I think of my scalp when I do scrubs and enjoy the feeling of the oil. I pay attention to every scent from LM's products. Grooming is not just good for my hair and skin, I believe it is good for my mind and soul too.
(from USA)
The prices of her products are very reasonable considering the high quality of her ingredients.
They also last longer because they don't have "fillers" so you don't need to use as much.
(wavy from USA)
I read that a fellow Magicpack member secretly hopes that Louise Marie doesn't get too popular and "spread out too thin". Even if Louise Marie's line became the most popular in the world, I don't think she'd ever get spread out too thin because not everyone would put in the effort and care that is needed for her line to work. We choose her line initially, but eventually it chooses us!
Also, I told Louise Marie about a friend of mine who wants to grow her hair long and she said to bring her to the non-salon with me next time.
She told me to bring her along next time and that I was like many of her clients who want to keep her a secret. The downside of keeping Louise Marie a secret is that it maybe keeps her from getting new clients. (some hair chat boards have rules I notice try to keep her down to 'size', afraid of her becoming too popular? ..heaven-forbid a household name like a popular mainstream brand they are not afraid to discuss. I notice initials are used to discuss her that aren't listed or defined in their legends like with other brands) New clients and sharing her means more support and desire for her line and that means she can get the support to to buy the finest ingredients for her products that we love.
Next time someone asks me if I dyed my hair or remarks about it, I'm going to mention Louise Marie Longhairs' line (which I haven't done in the past). In fact, I was thinking of buying my friend a gift certificate for a holiday gift and taking her with me to the Longhairs Non-salon next time I visit!
I'll let her choose if she decides to join or not and then if she does, I hope the Longhairs products choose her.
(from USA)
"I really have to agree with this. I have been using LML's products for almost a year now, and the personal service I receive is outstanding. I LOVE when she calls me personally to see how I am doing, if I have any questions, or problems. She truly wants to help every way she can. I can also understand how LM is reluctant to offer just any single product to the general public. How could they know how to use it properly? What if they mixed it with commercial products and didn't get a good result? They would of course blame that on the LML product - but as we Longhairs all know, hers is a system to be followed exclusively, and patiently, for the superior results it delivers.
At first, even I was doubtful about purchasing an entire line at one time. When I did, I was not getting 'great' results at first, and was rather irritated about forking over all the $$. But LM kept me hopeful, stayed in great contact with me, and after several months, the results have been fabulous! I am hooked forever. And I am also very much looking forward to visiting LM soon for a complete evaluation and a "non-salon" experience.
Those "outsiders" will never know how good it can be until they all make the leap and become LML members and clients. As I do wish LM all the success in the world from her hair care knowlege, and wholistic and naturopathic practices, I secretly hope that she stays small enough that we can keep her to ourselves - so that she doesn't get spread too thin! ;)
Well, I guess that is not such a secret anymore, now is it??"
( from USA)
"I have been using LML's products for almost two years worked closely online with her, (and over the phone) for this long so far. She's worked on my hair three sessions. (I live far away..)
After getting to know and love this wonderful person, I am very disturbed by what I am seeing out on the web, on different "chat" boards.
Louise Marie has been developing her products and style of cutting since she was a young teenager. She is neither "just a hairdresser" nor the CEO of a mega-company. She is passionately, personally involved with her products and her clients.
People from the outside don't seem to understand that she needs to spend her time on and with her clients - not necessarily on the general public. She and her staff PERSONALLY answer all email because LML wants to give each client INDIVIDUAL, PERSONAL support.
I've noticed outside people are upset because they can't just order one product or get a price list from the sites she extends to the general public. Some folks around are not happy if she sends them a personal instruction. I think to myself, "THEN WHY DON'T THEY GO SOMEPLACE ELSE?!"
LM is, in a sense, a Guru. To her it isn't just about hair, but a whole attitude of love and caring for each other as a community. I feel that she is a "natural" and that she has a "gift" for hair. She draws heavily on her Native American heritage and spirituality.
I feel that she has been given a natural ability to understand the nature of herbs and other natural ingredients in her products. This is a long and honored tradition in most cultures. My great-grandmother was noted for her knowledge of herbs. These women used to be revered and treated with great respect. I think Louise Marie deserves the same kind of respect from the web and her clients.
She is not in this just for the money - you could never pay her for the number of hours she spends giving support and working with her staff on her websites.
This planet is where she is the Queen Bee, not because she is arrogant, but because she has put over 20 years of love and effort into her products (and her clients!) Here is where we can be free and revel in the "SPIRIT OF LONG HAIR"!
(from USA)
Thank you Louise Marie for your love, care and devotion...it's a honor to be on your "planet", where I can unfurl this mane and speak freely!!
( Val from USA)
Yesterday, (Monday), was my first day back to work since I started using your Longhairs Products on Saturday, and guess what... a few people who sit next to me made mention that my hair didn't look as dry as usual.
I explained all about Louise Marie Longhairs and the hair products, (I think I am your best promoter), they added that whatever it was to keep doing it, my hair looks great they added. Again, I am utterly amazed. what a difference your products have made.!!! It has been only 3 days, so I can imagine what even 3 weeks or 3 months would do. You are truly a "Hair Angel".
(curly from USA)
I have yet to find here a product that I DON'T like--they're all super! I had been bothered by a flaky scalp, particularly at my hairline around my face, and Louise Marie's product recommendations are taking care of it! I'm really impressed with her customer service. I am daydreaming about getting to Toronto for a visit to her salon as well (I live in USA) and hope to "someday."
(from USA)
Louise Marie really knows her stuff... …and my hair has never been in better shape than it is now. Louise Marie really knows her stuff.
(Hailing from USA)
Hi!
I'm well into my Longhairs Magicpack now.
My favorite shampoo so far is the #1 shampoo...I've already find I've started using it when I want my hair to look especially nice, also using a #2 Superclear the day before. I love the #10-B conditioner--great stuff!! I usually use the #9 Trees Conditioner now after the #19 Honey Bee Long Hair Treatment, which is also great. I use the #10-B conditioner most of the time in the shower, alternating sometimes with the #9 Trees.
I also love the #13 Bliss Tips Ends Oil. There was a comment on your website from someone who smoothed a few drops on the length of her hair...I tried this too, and it worked great!!
(Hailing from USA)
Dear Louise Marie Longhairs
I wanted to drop you a line with some preliminary findings on some of your products. I love your protein shampoo #1. It is great. I also have found #6 is wonderful on my daughters naturally blonde hair. Your #9 trees rinses are very good.
My hair has some damage from color, and I find it takes a little longer to comb out, but the results are well worth it! I like the #11 detangling spray very much, it really works. The two oils in my Magicpack and #19 HoneyBee treatment are wonderful, and the "#13 Bliss Tips" really works. I am very pleased.
I used to have crunchy end on my hair where it was damaged. With your products, my hair feels smooth and shiny all the way to the tips. I now lose very few hairs in the brush or comb, and my hair looks great.
I will keep trying each shampoo, and send you my lists for replenishing my supply. I have noticed the longer I use your products, the easier my hair is getting to comb out. The Magicpack's great!!!!! :-)
I have been very happy with my Starters Magic pack and would just say how much I love your products and how much better off I feel my hair is now. In closing, today's combo was #4 and #9 Trees Conditioner and my hair is as smooth and soft as ever. I am thinking, maybe I'll get some pictures taken.
(Hailing from USA)
Dear Wanda at Longhairs office, I'm glad that I finally have the opportunity to write to you. Things have been very hectic for me, but I wanted to share a few things with you about Louise Marie and her web site.
Louise has been my hair stylist for years now and I can honestly say that I have never been happier with my hair and scalp. Without her help, my only solution would have been a dermatologist and lots of medication .
I am extremely grateful to Louise. Not only is she extremely talented, she is the only hairstylist that takes the time to CARE . And that is not all. Louise lets me be who I want to be. We are all surrounded with trend setters on television and on the web. I see this all over shows like City Line TV Show and on the web sites that advertise hair products and salons..
Women are constantly being categorized according to the standards set by these trend setters. I can still recall someone saying on television that "as long as you have long hair then you are still considered a little girl." This is a form of "group think". It renders women to compare themselves with other women and then cut their hair in ways they don't like or that simply do not suit them.
I appreciate the sophistication with which Louise has conducted her business. While in her non-salon I am usually the only client there, at one time. This has always made me feel at ease and comfortable.
The web site which you have created for her never has any pictures of other men’s or womens hair that create feelings of anxiety about whether my hair is the right length, colour or curl. I never feel as though I'm being pressured into looking a certain way according to somebody's trend.
I really hope that things will remain this way. I hope you keep her web site the way it is. It really is very refreshing to see such a sophisticated, informative and intelligent presentation. Keep it up!
(a Canadian curly)
Thank you !
Hi there you wonderful hair person, thinking about you earlier this morning and when I logged on bam! There you were, I like that. I’m in such a state of bliss with my wonderful hair now. Your products have done so much for my hair and my self esteem that I'm a different person (outwardly). I'll bet the angels in heaven rejoice each time you bring in a new client.
Satisfaction and peace with ones own self is what you have helped bring to me, and I know it's so about others too. Your email signature, CREE NATIVE PROPHECY I love it, going to do it in brass and frame it, the history of long hair too.
You have done great for me Louise Marie and I want to tell everyone about you. (when we see state troupers with pony tails we'll know we have got em good (grin) ). People are in love with my hair (never thought I would say such a thing) but it's true, the grins and smiles are constant, you took 15 years off my age. If we keep this up I might end up in diapers again!! You can use anything I have said to you however you want on your site or where ever. Sending someone to you for products, he said "I'm going to try those hair products", talked to him on the web.
My hair just slipped down in my face and over one eye and it feels so good I will not move it out of my face, feels so soft and nice because of you. THANK YOU!!!
(Texan male)
Dear Louise Marie,
When I saw this necklace, I thought of you! It's you I think, I hope you like it:-)
I love your hair products Louise, it's amazing, but I know I'll never look at a new hair product line again, because of you and yours.Thanks for spending the whole day with me in your salon when I came up from USA.
I love my hair, I'm glad I found you, your cause is pure and natural long and growing all the way. You're special.
member
Dear Louise Marie Longhairs,
Thankyou for being so supportive when I came to you, completely distraught. I appreciate your advice on the wholistic and naturopathic Remedies you suggested. All the best, Love and blessings to you !!
PS, I LOVE my new colour you did, and your products!
Dear Longhairs,
Please feel free to post this on Louise Marie’s sites.The other day my husband asked me how I felt about Louise and whether she held up to my hopes and expectations. "She has far, far exceeded any hopes I could have had!" was my immediate reply. This is the first time in my life where I actually feel that I have healthy hair and scalp. After all, Louise is probably the only hair stylist who takes an interest in treating both. While I do have alot of hair, it is very fine, curly, and wavy.
My sensitive scalp has always had adverse reactions to commercial shampoos and conditioners. Because of the fullness of my hair and the ringlet curls, most hair stylists layered it in ways that made me either look like a child or a helmet head. I don't need to tell you that neither of these looks were very endearing to me. About 5 years ago I got an alopecia spot at the back of my head and earlier this year I got another one right at my hair line. My scalp was so worn out that my hair started falling out! Then I started visiting Louise Marie who introduced me to the S.O.S scalp oil and her shampoos. The nutrients in these products, as well as her honey-bee moisturizers and other conditioners (I use them all) have restored my scalp and it is actually NORMAL now! I am 33 years old and this is the first time I have ever have been able to say this!
Now after visiting with Louise my old layers have grown out and I actually some heavier curls falling around my shoulders...not the thinned out ones that I used to get. I have become very dedicated to the scalp and hair regimes which Louise has recommended to me. My hair gets trimmed regulary and I have no problems remaining loyal to her products. She has new products all the time and one is even better than the next. I am slowly making my way down the list so I can try different things all the time!
Above all Louise has always been loyal and concerned in return, which is a very rare trait to find in a hair stylist. I don't know how many ways to thank you, but you are wonderful! I loved the #15 Longhairs Scrunch for the Curls Cream so much that I used it all up already!
(fine and curly from USA)
Thank you, thank you, thank you! My package was waiting at home for me last night (very speedy delivery - never say you can't depend on Canada Post :-)). I'm looking forward to waking up my hair with all my new stuff. Thanks for the bonuses and the candy! Thank you, I really like my hair. I've had a lot of compliments on it. Not that anyone has noticed I had it cut - just that it looks good and it does - and it feels really good too (:-} You're the best.
(curly from Canada)
Hi Louise Marie!
I can't wait any longer, just have to write and thanks for the best present I've had in years. My hair has never been better. Healthy, shiny, thick, smooth, curvy, fluffy and totally frizz-less. Any words I've forgotten? Add them too. Your products are amazing, and so is the cut you gave me. Even the bangs are behaving, and I swear they've grown half an inch in the last couple of days. Best of all, the dryness has completely gone, and even the gray seems to have melted. P.S. Do I need to make an appointment to pick up new products, or can I just drop by? Don't want to disturb you while you're performing miracles. Thanks again, see you soon.
(local)
someone came to visit me here at my dorm, and when the people working the desk in the vestibule asked who he was going to see, he told them my name. They said, "oh, the girl with the pretty long hair!" And I had never met any of them!!! So my hair is finally long enough to be noticed!!!!!! :) :) :) It's now 31 inches and counting....
(from the North Eastern USA)
I'm a faithful (male) client of 13 years since my first visit with Louise Marie.
She makes all her stuff so you know it's the best for you.
If I could get a nickel for every time someone asks me these four questions:
1. Is that your real hair?
2. How long did it take you to grow that?
3. HOW did you grow that?
And 4... can I touch it?
Gee I'd be an awfully rich boy! Many years it's been really long now, but, can you believe these Questions! I feel like a zoo animal! Here's the answers for ya... To question 1, Don't ever ask me if it's MY real hair, Maybe you say it looks cool or maybe say something constructive.(it's not like a Mink coat either!) Answers to question number 2,and 3...Well, to start at the beginning: 12 years ago, I wandered into this really cool salon on Yonge Street in Toronto. This Hairdresser just focused on longhaireds. I had very short hair then, kind of the office look. When I walked into this place,I met Louise Marie and said;"can you help me grow my hair long?" Well the rest is history, because within two years my hair grew about a foot and a half, and I was still using the earlier versions of her products. The next 2 years it grew an additional foot and a half. The last remaining years I've had her keep the length shortened to the mid of my butt. I have had my hair this length now for the last 10 years and what IS scary, is that I am probably capable of growin this hair right down to my knees, thanks to Louise Marie.Thanks to her hair advice, amazing products that I swear by, and salon care services, my hair is HEALTHY and STILL GROWING long and strong. These days I try to come in to Louise Marie Longhairs to get my hair trimmed, between 3-6 months depending on my busy schedule. So to all those people that say "don't cut your hair for years to grow it..." that's a pile of "you know what!" Give Louise Marie a Holler, and get your hair looking like a million dollars. To me, she is THE doctor of long hair.
(that blonde guy from her wall of pictures;-)
Hi Louise Marie
I have had many different hairstyles in my life. Long as a child, cut in high school, allowed to grow again, cut again in college, now in my mid-30's, long again. I like my long hair the best and I get so many compliments on it. Your products and expertise kept me from cutting it off again not longer than six months ago. It was lifeless and I always wore it up in some way. Since visiting your salon since 1998, and using your products, I wear it down most of the time and put it up only to do yard work, or go to the swimming pool with my kids. I love my hair as I always have but now I don't have to "fight" it so much and I get to really enjoy it!!! I wear it down all the time now:)
Thanks Louise Marie.
(local)
OK. Long story, but here goes...
I'm 39, been highlighting my hair for years. My hair is considered fine and straight but thick. The past 4 hair lightening sessions were about 100 days apart and I used a process called "Sun Glitzing". This is supposedly all natural (though peroxide is used). My color is great but each time the process was over my hair would tangle. I mean really bad! It felt dry and crispy. I used "silk" shampoo and conditioning products my old regular brand of products Leave In Conditioner, Spray On Protein Spray Gel and Pomade to add shine and separation.
My hair looked good but so much hair was coming out when I combed through after washing and when drying. I started cutting back on the my old regular brand of products Conditioner and Protein because I travel and this was too many products for one head and suitcase! My hair began to tangle, then it began to matte.It took 10 minutes to untangle after washing then when I dry it started breaking and hair was everywhere!
I contacted Louise Marie Longhairs and ordered the Magic Pak.'
I would brush my hair with the Kinder Brush before washing. That took getting use to because it felt like it wasn't going through my hair and only brushing the top layer. But it wasn't breaking my hair. When I first started using the shampoo, it would not lather and my hair seized up and matted more!! I used 1/3 bottle of #10 Conditioner the first washing. Nothing happened. I kept trying different shampoos and masses of conditioner. I would lightly rinse the conditioner out so that some stayed on my hair after washing. I even started adding back the my old regular brand of products conditioner Spray after the Louise Marie Longhairs products. My hair was still tangling and knotting.
THEN, I read the Product Support page on the Louise Marie Longhairs website and I read "...Be sure to thoroughly rinse out all conditioner as this will encourage tangling if conditioner is left on..." I rushed home that nite and massaged in the Scalp Oil (I thought you should only use this if you had some scalp disorder). I (randomly) washed with #22 the next morning and conditioned with #9 Trees Conditioner. I even picked the conditioner through my hair in the shower the way you recommend. I have never taken the time to do that!!
This time I rinsed thoroughly with HOT water then COOLER water. My hair looked matted and tangled after washing but EUREKA, the tangles came smoothly out! I did not add any of my old regular brand of products with yours this time. I used a little Louise Marie Longhairs Styling Gel and dried my hair. My hair was very shiny. No need to add artificial shine products. My hair color was brilliant too!
Since I now have fly aways, broken hair from its previous trauma, I finished with #13 Bliss Tips to smooth them down. My hair looks very healthy today and as of this writing I'm running my fingers through my hair like I always do, and the tangles are almost zero. After today I expect my hair to improve with time. Now I'm a believer in Louise Marie Longhairs Products. I won't ever go back to the "flammable glycols". Thank you so much for your help in healing my hair.
P.S. I really thought all those "medic" named products were for someone with dandruff, scales and gross scalp problems. Now I understand they stimulate and nourish. Live and Learn. :)
(Shining in Texas USA)
As for the #9 trees conditioner… you will have to pry it out of my cold dead hands ;-)
Totally stellar!
I love the feeling on the scalp when you apply the #9 Trees rinse it's like a "breath mint" for the scalp. Very refreshing. I've been using the Bliss Ends sample you gave me on my last visit. OUTSTANDING! My hair has weight and silk and no grease. It really smoothed out my frizzy ends so I thought I'd apply a drop or two to my palms and rub together then smooth it on the outer layer of my whole head and viola! Lush looking and beautiful. You outdid yourself on this one! Looking forward to buying a gallon!
(Ontario Canada)
I can see a difference just over the last month or two. YAY!!! My bangs are almost down to my LIPS, and I can bring them over to one side and put them in a little braid (that's why I need those little bands), so I don't have to worry about how curly/frizzy they are compared to the rest of my hair, especially on humid/rainy days. I have also cleaned out my vanity. I had a graveyard of styling products (~$200 USD worth, mind you) and I am giving them ALL away, so I am TRULY COMITTING myself to Louise Marie Longhairs. That way I won't be tempted to use any "instant gratification products."
(Eastern USA)
I have hip-length (3.3 feet) of hair & use Louise Marie Longhairs products daily...
Louise Marie is more than just a hairstylist... she's an artist... she's the doctor of hair... she's the goddess of all hair gods & goddesses... she's the ultimate genius... i feel sorry for those who don't use her products & who don't get private sessions with her... they're missing out in one of the greatest hair care technicians that has ever lived...
(locally long)
Most of the comments I get about my hair is actually on the drying time! I tend to come into work with damp hair, but it always dries before the morning is over. People say "You're lucky" and "I don't grow my hair out because it takes hours to dry". I then tell them about the silicone in their hair and that I can give them more info on the products
I use, etc. I know people with hair shorter than mine who have to blow dry their hair in the amount of time mine takes to dry on its own. It dries super quick after 10a and I have to rewet the ends to put in my retreat.
It's weird the reactions I get. Sometimes I think people rather want to believe that I have "quick-dry hair genes" instead of believing that I take care of the health of my hair.
(the USA gene;-)
I should update you on my man's hair. He's been doing 18 scrubs every morning like you suggested and he uses whatever shampoo I use for his hair/body. He uses #9 alot too (I think it's the smell). Anyways, he keeps showing everybody the new little hairs on his balding head. Even my mom said his hair looked thicker. She asked him if he was using [over-the-counter hair growth product]. We told her that he was using my stuff, which she's seen before. His head and forhead match now - it used to be that his forhead had dry, flaky skin on it and his scalp had a waxy shine. Now it's much more consistant and the skin has a warm, shimmery glow to it. His head is really soft too :-) He says that he wants to help me pay for my Longhairs products. I must admit I feel like giggling a bit when I think of my balding boyfriend using products called Longhairs.
(Michigan)
Hair is now so smooth AND full! I keep putting the tips up to my nose and smelling the Longhairs #13a Bliss tips oil :-)
Nice warm color with glossy shine! Ends are actually Blissful, especially for not having a haircut from you in 6 months. I defy cosmetology school logic! Amazing!!! :-)
No tangles either.
(from Northern USA)
Hi Louise,
MY FIRST DAY: I now know what it's like to have really soft hair. I thought It was my hair, but as you say there is no such thing as bad hair, just bad hair products. Hairgasm is really the most appropriate name for what I had in the shower, you certainly know how to describe your products in the most truest sense. This is how my first day went: the night before I did a pretreat with the Honeybee #19, then in the morning, I did my oil massage with #18 SOS Scalp oil for about 5 minutes, washed and rinsed four times with #2 SuperClear, and then retreated with #10-B Conditioner, and dabbed my ends with #13 Bliss Tips. and once everything was dry I also sprayed a very small amount of #11 Magic spray. (I guess I'm just curious about all these many products, and am like a little kid in a candy store, I want to try everything). And Voila !!! No weigh down, just Super Soft, Silky feeling hair.
( Longdistance Magicpacker Connecticut USA)
-- Previous BTNer, (Non)Salon Visit, New Magicpack Member --
My husband loves my long hair and really loves how the products make it so wonderful and nice! It's middle of back, slightly wavy and rather on the thick side, I'd say. It's brown.
Around 3 years ago I had it colored (permanent). That was the last time. Before that it had been colored semi-perm about 3 times. Always the color was brown - as close to the real thing as I could get. But, with your products my grey hair has pretty much disappeared! It's great! I like how thick it is and of course how it is getting nice and long. Could be lack of being stressed as well.
Thank you for making such wonderful products!
Fav: the #19 Honeybee treatment.
The hair at it's worst now?: Only any white hair that I may come across (not often now).
DB Minnesota USA
