Hair Bondage. Why frizz happens, and how to fix it.

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Hey there - let's explore a little hair bondage, shall we?

There’s one hot topic that NEVER escapes my chair - and your hair!   

Your Hair’s Inner Workings

Your hair is made up of keratin.  These proteins are present in the middle layer of the cuticle and are susceptible to changing shape on a humid day.

Outside of Keratin, your hairs made up of 50% carbon, 21% oxygen, 17% nitrogen, 6% hydrogen, and 5% sulfur.   

Hair Bondage

Keratin proteins chemically bond together in two different ways.

Disulfide Bond:
Molecules on neighboring keratin strands can form a disulfide bond, in which two sulfur atoms are bonded together. These bonds are permanent and determine the hair’s strength.  They are NOT affected by the level of humidity in the air.

Hydrogen Bond:
The other type of bond represents the link between adjacent keratin proteins and is much weaker and temporary.  The are the bonds that shift by creating shape whether curly or blown out straight - as new ones are forming each time your hair gets wet and dries again.

Hair is porous and it cannot help but to absorb moisture when there is humidity in the air. So if humid air has much higher numbers of water molecules than dry air, a strand of hair can form much higher numbers of hydrogen bonds on a humid day.

This interaction is what causes the hair to fold back on itself at the molecular level at a greater rate.

Keeping Frizz at Bay

Hair that is dry and fragile from hard water, heating agents, or chemically based hair treatments, leave it particularly susceptible.

Keeping your hair well moisturized with the right amount of protein is key to helping avoid frizz. With that said, hair is extremely susceptible to hydrogen bonds and will occur to some level no matter how well you narrow in on this issue at hand.     

No matter what your frizz scale is, I’ll share 3 simple ways to improve your hair health and shine.

Get on the Keratin Express

This is a easy and quick fix.  At BE, we offer a keratin express treatment that takes no time at all and can be conveniently added to the end of a hair color.  We simply wash your locks of love and layer by layer add keratin - blow dry and flat iron to seal the deal (bonds). What you take out, but be put back in - it’s the root of healthy hair.  

Protect & Smooth Home Care

As a 20 year stylist, I swear by this key step. Anti-frizz products help the hair to withstand humid environments, retain keratin and moisture, while protecting it from UV and heat-activated styling tools.  Our Treat & Protect Spray prevents your locks from expanding and frizzing up in high humidity.

Seal the Deal for Everyday Shine

Ending your hair care routine with a quality serum is a key step in banishing frizz for the rest of the day.  BEWARE of excess silicones! Silicone is known to hover the top of the cuticle to prevent the outer lift of the hair scales (frizz), but it simultaneously pulls out your hair’s NMF (natural moisturizing factor) over time.  Quite the opposite of what you want to do.

Grant your mane a sleek glossy finish with our weightless argan oil and keratin infused glossing serum free of heavy silicones to prevent your hair from looking flat and oleaginous (oil) like.

So there you are - now GO MASTER THAT FRIZZ!   Here if you need us - email hello@beautyecology.com for any additional questions or to book an appointment!  

SHOP ALL EVOQ HAIR ESSENTIALS

Protect, shine, and get 'Off the Fritz" with our newest creation!

 Promoting good hair days and getting "Off the Fritz"

96%  Organic   *  Hair Sealer    *    Heat Protection

Enjoy Kasia's version of "Shea Spray"  --  As a #1 products suggestion for all of our  hair color beauties, we've gone the extra mile, got in the lab, and now promote "Off the Fritz" to all our Informed Beaute's healthy locks!

Protect your hair from heat damage, frizz, coloring, and environmental pollution.  Kasia's "Off the Fritz" Sealer is weightless while infusing individual strands with nutrients vital to healthy hair and prolonged color.

Antioxidants and Vitamin B5 protect hair and promote shine. And avocado, shea, and neem, a healing agent, promotes long-lasting hydration and helps seal the cuticle layer to prevent frizz and encourage healthier hair and scalp.

96% ORGANIC, free of petrochemicals, parabens, synthetics, and colors. Ideal for colored hair and suitable for all hair types.  We use simple “beautiful health” ingredients and 100% pure essential oils you can trust with your hair and body and safe for the whole family.

 Key Ingredients in-depth:

Kasia has raised the standard by using  organic Aloe Vera as our product base, most companies use water.  Aloe is rich in over 200 active minerals, vitamins, and nutrients.

Neem oil relieves dry and itchy scalp, dandruff, the symptoms psoriasis, as and gives you silky, shiny, stronger hair while encouraging growth.

Shea provides UV protection, is high in vitamins A & E, and soothes.

Avocado oil fortifies hair and infuses it with nutrients, resulting in stronger, longer hair. Avocados are high in vitamins A, B, C, E and K, protein, fatty acids and amino acids.

Essential Oils Used: Rosemary, Neem, and Rosewood.

Designed to protect, preserve and promote healthy color treated, damaged and every day hair.  Weightless shine, rich antioxidants, environmental and UV protection, anti-humidity, minimizes frizz, thermal protection, control and manageability, seals and protects the hair, and locks in moisture.

Directions: Pray onto clean, wet hair and blow-dry to eliminate frizz, or spray onto dry hair for a quick fix and extra shine.   Avoid eye contact.

Ingredients: Aloe barbadensis (Organic Aloe) Juice, Cetearyl Alcohol, Ricinus communis (Castor Seed) Oil, Stearalkonium Chloride, Tocopherol (Vitamin E), Phenoxyethanol, Vegetable Glycerin, Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, dl-Panthenol (Pro-Vitamin B5), Limnanthes alba (Meadowfoam) Oil, Butyrospermun parkii (Shea) Oil, Persea americana (Avocado) Oil, Salix nigra (Black Willow Bark) Extract, Ascophyllum nodosum (Kelp) Extract, Rosmarinus officnalis (Rosemary Oleoresin), Azadirachta indica (Neem) Oil, Aniba Rosaeodora (Rosewood) Essential Oil

Clients RAVE about Kasia Express Keratin Treatment!

You like to think you're in "good condition" ... but truly under the flat iron those frazzled locks need some extra lovin' to make that come true. Improve that condition, with your Kasia Stylist with our QUICK Semi De-Frizz Keratin Treatment. This revolutionary conditioning therapy puts damper on your frizz while strengthing the hair.  The more you do - the better the shape your hair is!   Keratin is sealed into your hair, and you instantly get amazing shine, and silkiness. Clients are raving over this quick treatment that makes hair more manageable, smoother, faster to dry and easier-to-style.   (* A more permanent smoother is also available)

NEW Express Keratin Treatment at Kasia!

Take a small bit of your time  to go deep down to reconstruct your stressed, dry or damaged hair with protein, moisture, strength and shine.

Appointment time frame for the busy Informed Beaute'

Wash * Deep Condition * Apply Keratin Protein and Style! 45 minutes for full treatment  & only an extra 15 minutes if added to a color!

Frizzy and dry hair needs a deep Conditioner for moisture teamed up with a  high concentrations of protein, amino acids and other essential nutrients in order to build and protect. The results are long lasting but not permanent. The more often you use it, the more beautiful your hair will be.

Kasia Express Keratin Treatment –

This professional, semi-permanent service creates smooth, shiny texture through a enriching, chemical free, and deposit-only process.  Results last 7 to 10 shampoos. It’s the go-to solution if you are seeking a sleeker look without the commitment returns to its original texture.

**This $50 treatment lasts for two to three weeks and takes 45-60 minutes.   Add a treatment to your hair color (additional 15 minutes) and receive 35% OFF!

Relaxing Keratin Treatments

The new  relaxing curl  and de-frizz treatment is 100% formaldehyde free. We promise!

There has been a lot of underlying controversy surrounding the Brazilian Keratin treatment.

Formaldehyde-based Smoothing Treatments contain fumes from the treatments are unhealthy to both the guest and the stylists administering the service. I (Kassie, Owner of Kasia)  have talked to two chemists to truly understand the issue of ingredients, as well as looked at many of the current lines available. I’ve found two thus far that meet a standard of safe use at Kasia Organic Salon.  Our commitment is to continuously seek any “better or cleaner” product  for our guests.

Many Salons claim their product is best for your hair. Some companies even claim they are formaldehyde free when in fact, they are not.   Kasia promises to bring you truth and the research to back up our educated decisions of services materials.

Call to make an appointment today!  612 824 7611

Kasia Cool*Down Hair Rehab Tips!

The Kasia Team has been very busy with our Informed Beauty Bella's …repairing, moisturizing and color corrections from the  summer fade.

"Don't doubt the fact there's life within you. Yesterday's ending will tomorrow life give you. All that dies, dies for a reason, To put it's strength into the seasons.

Simple hair rehab tips!

1. Brush before you shampoo

Brush before you shampoo ad jump in the shower.  This action stimulates the scalp and promotes blood flow to deliver nutrients like oxygen to the hair follicle.  Brushing also reduces product buildup and scalp flakes.

2. Clarify the scalp and shaft!

Get  rid of build up from hard water and synthetics (silicon and petroleum are hidden in many hair care products …even Aveda).   Over time hard water can make hair look lackluster and impart a brassy hue to tresses. The damaging minerals can also make hair a tangle town mess - hard and difficult to be managed.

3. Moisture Me!

The  Kasia  team strongly suggests our custom professional deep conditioning treatment once a month. This is a great way to relax and keep your hair healthy and shiny in the cooler months. If this isn’t in their budget, we recommend our at home products:

Hamadi Moisturizing Mask

John Masters Dry Hair Nourishment & Defrizzer

(Apply the product to clean, damp hair. Leave on for 5-10 minutes and rinse out.)

4. Air dry!

We encourage our clients to try and let their hair dry slightly before blowing it completely dry. The less hot air they infuse into their locks with the drier, the more moisture they will seal in from their shampoo and conditioning products.

5.  Keep frizz away.

Frizzy hair is one of the worst things about the  approaching cool weather dryness (think static cling, hat hair…ect.) Kasia’s upcoming shampoo and conditioner launch will have ingredients to help  ‘tame the frizz,” but in the meantime….try Shine On from John Masters or Hamadi Shea Spray, an anti-frizz and moisture protector that is applied to towel-dried, damp hair.

Beautiful Health Nutrition

We are what we eat.  The same rules apply for the health of the hair. Adequate amounts of protein and minerals can make a huge difference in the overall appearance of hair and skin

Out:

Our Kasia Skin Care “enMoist” moisturizer delivers  the proper nutrition in direct antioxidants of Vitamins A and C, and E which are essential to maintaining stability, protection, building block, and more.

In:

Add dark green leafy vegetables have both vitamin A and C and also provide you with calcium and iron too. Beans are not only good for the heart, but promote hair growth with a punch of protein. 3 or more cups of legumes a week is recommended.

Other excellent sources of protein include nuts, poultry, and eggs. Create your plate!