Say no to Mousse!!!

I was chatting with a friend before the holidays approached about her hair not holding curl after she has set it hot rollers. She has been a hair model for me many times over the years and her hair has always held curl when I do it. I knew that we had this conversation before so I asked her what product she was using... her reply, mousse. She has moderately thick, long hair so moose is not the way to go. Long hair like hers is already heavy so adding mousse which is a heavy product was working against her and hence why the curl was not holding. I told her to stop using the mousse and I bought her the hair product I use for her Christmas present. The product I got her is Aveda Smooth Infusion Style Prep Smoother and Aveda Confixor Liquid Gel. Google them if you want to know exactly what they are used for. Next time she curled her hair... perfection!

Mousse is a fairly outdated product, especially for woman. Sure it's great for guys sometimes but for the most part... leave the mousse behind. Product has come a long way. A gel is great (as long as it's not a super hold as those tend to give you the crunchy look) because they activate very nicely to heat! Mousse is not a good choice if you are trying to achieve volume either. One of my favs for volume is actually dry shampoo or the dry shampoo sprays that they sell now. Biggest culprit of lack of volume? Dirt and oil. Dry shampoo eliminates both and volume comes out to say Hello!

Stay away from oily products such as smoother's and products that offer shine if you have fine hair. They will make fine hair limp, bodiless and greasy looking.

Are you a daily heat user? Flatiron, curling iron, blow dryer? Make sure you are using a product with heat protection. The Smooth Infusion that I mentioned before is heat protection and and humidity controller. They also make products that you can just mist on wet hair and use a detangler that have heat protection in them. It's like going out in the sun all day without wearing sunscreen and getting fried. Yeah, that's what you're doing to your hair everyday.

Never apply hair product from the scalp down through the ends of your hair. Products = oil and oil on scalp... greasy looking hair. Apply from the ends of your hair up and avoid your roots.

I feel like I am starting to get elementary now as I know most of you probably already know all this. So happy hair day! Any questions are always welcome!