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	HAIR CARE An effective home care regime plus professional scalp and hair care treatments make a substantial difference in the quality of your appearance. Follow the directions below and call Cynthia for details or book online.
WETTING The first step is to wet your hair thoroughly with warm water. Place your head under the showerhead, but don't just let water run through your hair. Make cups with your hands and move them through your hair with a gentle tapping motion to make sure the hair is evenly wet. Allow water to soak the scalp and then tap gently. Repeat this motion. Take two minutes or so to slowly and gently wet your hair. Most of the matter attached to the surface of hair should be removed in this step. NOTE - Water that is much hotter than your body temperature can cause damage to the hair cuticle.    SHAMPOOING The main purpose of shampooing is to cleanse the scalp. The strand of the hair requires less manipulation. Apply shampoo not on the hair but on the scalp, distributing along the nape, around the ears and along the hairline at your forehead, and then spreading over the entire scalp. Gently massage the scalp in a rotating motion with the soft part of your finger tips (no nails) to create lather. Then gently smooth the lather down the hair strand to the ends. For moderate to heavy use of styling products, keep the lather in place for about one minute. This will remove the styling products from the hair. NOTE - You need not generate excessive foam, just enough for proper distribution of the shampoo.    RINSING Just as you did when you wetted your hair, move your hands over the scalp in a gentle massaging action as you rinse. Don't try to flush out the shampoo by applying strong water pressure. Use cupped hands to hold water around your hair and gently remove the shampoo residue.        TOWEL-DRYING After shampooing, dry your hair with a towel in a way that’s not so much to "wipe" or “rub out” water but more to "absorb moisture." Never rub your hair forcibly. The water in the hair will travel down naturally after a while, so gently pressing a towel over the hair will remove moisture effectively. Don't rub or knead? This is an ironclad rule that applies to every step of the hair care process.    HYDRATION A protective and hydrating moisturizer must be applied each time you shampoo to close the opened cuticles, normalize the hair's pH value and keep your hair hydrated. We recommend a leave-on product that is specific to your hair condition and can be applied in a targeted manner without weighing-down the roots. A once weekly deep conditioning treatment should be applied to keep your hair healthy. After shampooing, gently distribute the conditioner to the strand of the hair in a vertical motion from root to ends. Taking note that the longer your hair the more attention is needed at the ends, as this part of the strand is the oldest and most prone to damage. The portion around 10 cm from the scalp is young hair with little damage, but the remaining portion has been wind-blown, shampooed and rubbed with towels for many months or even years and should therefore be worn to some extent. The natural oils secreted from the scalp will not have traveled to the ends protected.    BLOW-DRYING Some people let their hair air-dry, but this seemingly "natural" approach is really not good for hair that is longer than shoulder length. Wet hair is soft and easily damaged from friction against clothing. After thoroughly absorbing moisture with a towel, apply the recommended styling products as directed. Being especially careful to keep direct heat from your blow dryer away from the scalp and using the recommended brush, start drying at the nape area (particularly for long hair), with the portion above the forehead dried last.