Laniks Face of the Month – October

This months Face of the Month is a bit late because it was hard to choose — We received a lot of beautiful entries – We choose this entry because she shows the versatility of the product. Congratulations to out October Face of the Month!

Details:

• Hair: Virgin Curls X^1                                                                                                                                                                              http://www.lanikshair.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=21&products_id=31&zenid=d0d10be561acf17c2050ea4bf3fd4e31
• Length: 14 inch and 16 inches combined in a sew-in.
• Other Tips: Hair was professionally highlighted and foiled.
• Tips: What worked best on my hair extensions were the Regis moisture curl conditioner and shampoo, plus a little holding cream by Regis as well. I would simply shampoo lightly by rubbing my fingers through the ends, rinsing, then applying a quarter size amount of the conditioner. Then, lightly towel dry. Afterwards, I’d apply the Regis curl holding cream and let air dry for a soft bouncy natural curl!!! Beautiful!!! These are pics of my 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, and 4^th install!! LOVE THIS HAIR!!

Chronicles of a Curly Girl II

Chronicles of a Curly Girl
As a curly hair I am always trying to find products and techniques that work for my curls!
Favorite Curly Products of the moment:

• Aveda Be Curly Shampoo; conditioner; and curl enhancer
• Moroccan Oil
  

I love the shampoo and conditioner and the curl enhancer!

I also use a little Morrocan Oil whenever I wash the hair; it helps to speed up the drying process.
I wash my hair every two to three days to avoid product buildups and to further define curls

To wash:

• Brush hair while dry
• Wet hair completely before applying shampoo
• Apply diluted shampoo ( mix some water with your shampoo)
• Do not mix hair all over your head as it will cause tangles
• Brush the shampoo through the hair to make sure its distributed all over
• Rinse, Rinse, Rinse, Rinse, make sure you reinse all the shampoo out! Rinse with a brush to make sure all product are cleaned.

To Condition:

• Once you have rinse the hair completely; apply conditioner
• Apply conditioner from roots to ends, in sections,
• Brush conditioner through the hair to make sure product is distributed
• Let the conditioner sit for about 5-10 minutes
• Brush through
• Rinse the conditioner thoroughly

To Style:

• Once the conditioner is rinsed out.. Use your hands to wring out excess water
• Apply a little Moroccan oil or any Frizz ease product – I also like Chi Silk Infusium
• Bend your head towards a towel- wrap the towels on your head – let the hair sit in the towel for about 15 minutes
• Apply the Aveeda Curl Enhancer while scrunching hair up to define the curls -  before hair is completely dry
• You can either allow hair to air dry or use a diffuser to dry the hair ( when using a diffuser i normally tilt my head down and scrunch the hair)

Days when I do not wash or completely wet the  hair, I have a spray bottle with apple cider Vinegar and distilled water that I spray completely on my hair.

To purchase Aveda products go here:

http://www.aveda.com/templates/products2/mpp.tmpl?CATEGORY_ID=CATEGORY14404

Chronicles of a Curly Girl! Part 1

Hair: Lanik’s V. Curls X^2
Length: 20″ and 18″
Color: natural color
Installed- let very little hair out in the front. No hair on the sides, just the edges out
Stylist: Stylez By Karan in NY
Braid Pattern: Not sure, used a net
*Questions regarding installation should be directed to:
Stylez By Karan
Contact: 917.670.7637
Email: hairbykaran@aol.com

First week:
Hair was worn in a bun for work.
Washed and conditioned with Sexy Hair Soy

Second week: Needed some more curl definition–

Washed and conditioned: Giovanni Tree Tea (sulfate free Poo) and conditioned with Giovanni conditioner.
Leave in conditioner– none, I did not wash off all the Giovanni conditioner- I left it in and use a white t-shirt to get the water out – when hair was about 70% dried, I use a diffuser to speed up the drying, after it dried, I use a little Olive oil to seal in moisture

Daily: Spray with water while head is upside down — use a little diluted non sulfate conditioner

Are you a curly girl? Share your regime! Thanks for reading!

Straightening Curly Hair

Straightening Curly Hair
(We do not advise that you straighten process curls like Kinky Kurls)

Most people are afraid of straightening curly hair,however, the task is not as daunting once you know what you are doing.. a few tips!

The most important thing is that you do not want to damage
your pretty curls! And you do not want to end up with a
head full of frizzy straight/wavy/curly hair!

The Tools:
Ceramic Iron – To get your curls super straight without
damaging the hair you need a ceramic flat iron.
Recommendations:

• GVP at Sally’s is very effective and goes for about $60!

• Chi Ceramic Iron

• FHI Ceramic Iron

Heat Protection: this is to protect your hair from the heat.
Recommendations:

• GVP Heat protection at sallys

• Nexxus Heat Protectant
• IC Hair Polisher Heat Protector Straightening Serum

Humidity Control- this is so that your straight hair lasts
you!

• Sabino Moisture block (http://www.sabinohair.com/moisture-block.php)
• Mizani Humidity Resistant Mist (http://www.mizani-usa.com/default.aspx?m=11&p=5094&rid=300)
• Aveda Humectant (http://www.aveda.com/templates/products/sp.tmpl?CATEGORY_ID=CATEGORY11544&PRODUCT_ID=PROD5822

Once you have all your tools; you are ready!

Wash hair thoroughly, you should use a clarifying shampoo and then a moisturizing shampoo, then condition as usual!
Do not leave any conditioner in the hair, rinse hair very well, make sure all products is out of the hair.

You may opt to blow dry or let air dry. If you are going to blow dry, the work will be easier, use a diffuser ( so that the heat will be distributed equally) Use heat protectant before blow drying.

Once your hair is dry; you can section the hair, use heat protectant again on the hair, and use a light serum; wait a few minutes for serum to dry; then flat iron as usually.

Once all the hair has straightened spray your humectant lightly on the hair. Daily basis, you should get away with just using a tiny bit of serum and the humidity control product.

Versatile curls rock !

Your Shampoo!- From http://www.stylelist.com/blog

Your Shampoo May be Toxic – Don’t Blame Canada

Posted Feb 6th 2009 at 10:00AM by Josh Loposer

Filed under: Hair Care

Don’t you just love the silky-smooth, volumized, and moisturized feeling your hair gets after you wash it with your favorite shampoo and conditioner? Could it really be possible that your hair products are killing you very slowly, day by day? According to Canadian health and environmental officials, probably not. Still, they’ve decided to ban two ingredients — D4 and D5 (the ones credited with giving you that “silky smooth” feeling) — found in hundreds of hair and skin-care products anyway. Just to be safe.

After extensive research and animal testing (soo not PC) the Canadian government failed to find any link between the compound and cancer or any other health problems, but they decided to list the ingredients as toxic because the conceivably pose a risk to wildlife — both in their production and disposal.

So, all of you Canadian brand loyalists, please be advised. You’re favorite shampoo and condition will be changing their formulas very soon if they happen to contain either of the mysterious compounds D4 or D5. Then, you might have to travel to the US just to get that soft, silky hair that you’ve grown accustomed to.

It may not be the greenest thing to do, but now is probably the time go out and stock up on all of your favorite toxic hair and skin care products.

Just to be fair and balanced, the Virginia-based Silicones Environmental Health and Safety Council of North America (lobbyists) believe that after testing is complete, the Candian government will find that they’re silky-smooth D4 and D5 compounds are completely safe.

[via Treehugger]