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Q: Do girls with long hair need more conditioner than girls with short hair, or does the oiliness of your scalp/damage of your hair matter more?
Ouidad: The length of hair definitely determines how much conditioner you should use — longer hair needs more conditioner. To allow your scalp to breath, you should always apply conditioner to your hair two inches away from the scalp versus applying it directly to your scalp.
Split End Spa Repair Serum
If you ask stylists what the No. 1 client complaint is, split ends will be high on the list.
That’s why AG Hair Cosmetics decided to create a product to repair dry, split ends. After two years of research and development, this month the company launches new Split End Spa — a light serum designed to condition, repair and prevent split ends instantly as it protects hair color. It contains AG’s special CARE complex, a blend of herbal extracts such as meadowfoam, calendula, lavender and sunflower seed.
“With just a few drops of Split End Spa, hair is noticeably softer, smoother and well on its way to recovery,” explains Jami Symons, AG’s artistic director.
Split, frayed ends can be a big problem for people with curly and kinky hair, especially if they use heat appliances to straighten their hair. In addition to moisturizing the ends and sealing up flyaways, Split End Spa creates smooth, non-frizz waves, says AG spokesman Tatiana Jovic.
Split End Spa is designed to be applied to clean, damp hair, concentrating on the ends. It is meant to be left on the hair.
Split End Spa is the latest innovation for the Vancouver, BC-based hair-care manufacturer, which hit a home run with its Re:coil Curl Activating Balm, a product created using feedback from NaturallyCurly members.
Q: How much conditioner do you need?
Ouidad: It depends on the length of the hair. People have a tendency to fill their hands, which is too much. For short hair, a nickel-size dollop is sufficient. For medium length hair, a quarter-size dollop. And for longer hair, two quarters-size dollop.
Q: What’s the proper way to condition oily hair that’s also damaged?
Ouidad: Condition with a water-soluble formula (non-oil-based”> with proteins, such as soy and wheat proteins. Also, to be most effective, apply the conditioner to hair approximately 2 inches from the scalp versus applying directly to the scalp.
Q: What should you look for — and avoid — in a conditioner?
Ouidad: Avoid heavy emollient products that weigh the hair down and avoid silicones, waxes and heavy oils.
Q: Will curly haired women automatically have frizz?
Ouidad: Not “automatically,” but curly hair is even more susceptible to frizz than straight hair because strands are corkscrew shaped. This means that with damaging stressors, such as the sun, the cuticle of the hair shaft is lifted, resulting in damaged and lifeless locks.
Q: How frequently do you recommend conditioning when showering? How frequently do you recommend shampooing hair?
Ouidad: You should use a conditioner daily, even if it is a spray-in conditioner (such as Botanical Boost“> on days that you do not shower. I recommend shampooing hair once or twice per week.
Q: Do styling products help to combat frizz, or just temporarily mask the appearance?
Ouidad: The right kind of styling products with the right ingredients can absolutely help combat and treat frizz. A gentle shampoo and conditioner is very important so it won’t dry the hair more. But, the most important thing to do to your hair is by feeding it—in other words, using a deep treatment every two weeks to help re-build the internal layer of the hair and give it it’s own weight so it will not react to humidity, causing frizz!
The best styling products should be designed especially to work with the humidity. Look for products like Ouidad Climate Control that contain vitamin, A, E and B and fruit extracts to keep moisture in the hair.
Q: Which leave-ins do you recommend?
Ouidad: I recommend using leave-ins with ingredients like prickly pear cactus, Green Tea and Vitamin B-5—like my new Moisture Lock Leave-In Conditioner!
Q: Does leave-in conditioner help rehabilitate damaged hair or keep healthy hair happy?
A: Over time, a daily leave-in conditioner will rehabilitate damaged hair, but it cannot compete with the rehabilitating benefits of a deep conditioning treatment. A daily leave-in conditioner with ingredients to help store moisture, heal and plump the hair on a daily basis is essential to nourish and strengthen the hair and add gloss. Each time you use it, you are only strengthening the results!
Q: Why is heat styling bad for hair?
Ouidad: Heat styling is bad for hair because it forces the moisture and conditioning elements out of hair. Similar to skin, hair needs to be fed essential nutrients, such as proteins, amino acids, and moisture so it is able to look and perform its best. Heat styling can also cause damage to the hair cuticle, which it causes to lift from the hair shaft. This leads to frizz and can also cause breakage. It is best to let your hair dry on its own if possible.
Q: Does colored or relaxed hair need to be given extra care when heat-styling?
Ouidad: Yes. With any chemical treatment your hair will experience some dehydration. So it is essential that everything is done to protect your hair and rebuild it after going through these processes. Regular Deep Treatments are critical to replenish hair’s strength. When conditioning your hair, use a leave-in conditioner for extra protection, or if you use a rinse-off conditioner, you can still leave a portion of it in your hair to help maintain moisture. And use a styling product that can help protect hair from the heat such as my Climate Control Heat & Humidity gel.
Q: What sort of measures should women take to prevent heat-styling damage?
Ouidad: First, I would try to avoid excessive use of heat-styling tools. Instead of using a blow dryer with heat to dry your hair, I would always encourage letting it dry naturally or using a diffuser on low heat. If you must use heat-styling tools, you should give your hair extra protection to help it maintain moisture. My Climate Control Heat & Humidity styling gel is a styling product that also provides a layer of protection to help seal in moisture to the hair shaft even when heat-styling tools are used.
Q: What sort of care does colored hair need?
Ouidad: I always advise applying a deep conditioning treatment, like my Deep Treatment, three days before hair coloring to give strands substance and to allow the colorants to absorb evenly. Ten days after coloring, repeat the deep treatment to keep the color molecules bonded and to prevent fading. A daily leave-in conditioner is also a great way to keep hair looking and feeling soft and hydrated. Try my new Moisture Lock Leave-In Conditioner. And prior to styling a spray in conditioners such as Ouidad Sun Shield or Botanical Boost can also serve as a great base.
Dear Ouidad: How often is too often to color hair?
A: If the hair is very gray, then I recommend my customers to do one process every 6 weeks and do a front hairline touch up two weeks after that. Then, wait 4 more weeks and do the whole head roots again. That will stretch your color to 12 weeks. The less you do color, the better it is for your hair. For highlights — every 10 weeks.
Dear Ouidad: What does it mean to prime your hair?
A: We all know how important it is to prime before we paint, but not everyone knows it is equally important to prime before your daily beauty regimen.
Ouidad Moisture Lock Leave-In Conditioner – Leave hair in optimal condition no matter what adversity it faces with Ouidad’s newest tress tender, Moisture Lock Leave-In Conditioner. Created by the curl expert and leader of the “curl revolution”, this hybrid conditioner and pre-styler in one is a breakthrough that Ouidad spent over two years developing!
“Conditioning is the best way to protect hair from environmental factors such as heat and humidity while also priming it for styling,” offers Ouidad. Not only will hair’s strength be enhanced with Moisture Lock Leave-In Conditioner’s proprietary blend of naturally active ingredients, including Arnica, Prickly Pear Cactus, Green Tea and Pro-Vitamin B5, this advanced product also helps hair hold onto moisture — creating a protective barrier that adds shine while safeguarding hair for overall health and vitality.
Q: What can you do to avoid breakage?
Ouidad: I recommend keeping hair properly conditioned by doing a biweekly deep conditioning treatment. This will give the hair its own internal strength and will naturally prevent the hair from breaking.
Q: I keep hearing a lot about meadowfoam. What is it and why does it show up in so many hair products?
Ouidad: Meadowfoam is a white, flowered herbacious plant that gets its name because of its resemblance to the ocean. It is used in hair-care products in the form of a light, non-greasy oil. It contains 98 percent of unique, long-chain fatty acids and higher quality triglyceride levels when compared to other oils. These fatty acids and triglycerides offer moisturizing and rejuvenating capabilities, making it a good hydrator for the skin and hair.
This natural ingredient works particularly well in hair care because of its non-greasy consistency, which won’t weight the hair down or damage it. It’s actually one of the only oils I suggest using on hair. Meadowfoam deeply penetrates the hair cuticle to deeply hydrate without leaving hair limp, lifeless and greasy. It also contains UV protecting agents, which shield the hair from sun damage and provide thermal protection.
Dimethicone PEG-8 Meadowfoam is a chief ingredient in Ouidad Curl Quencher Gel, a conditioning and holding gel that quenches dry, frizzy hair. The formulation of this gel combines skin-care ingredients with specialized hair-care ingredients to create a unique styling product. It’s ideal for color-treated, permed or chemically treated hair.
