Thursday, October 27, 2011

The Jonathan Torch Collection of Curly Hair Styles for Fall/Winter – Elegant

This week's curly hairstyle we will focus on from the Jonathan Torch Collection will be the Elegant look. Create a seamless transition of graceful style from your toes all the way to your head with much defined curls. Tonight's the night to take your curls into a look designed with timeless, elegant sensuality in mind. 

Here's how to create the elegant look at home:

1. Being with the gorgeous frizz-free curls using Curl Keeper™ and the Skip Curl Technique.
2. Start at the top of the hair crown and working downwards, slowly pin up one curl at a time.
3. Use a bobby pin in the middle of the curl so it is loose going up and the ends hang down.
4. Continue pinning up a few or many curls as suits your style. Use hairspray to keep the style and curls in place.

Check in next week to see our last and final hairstyle of the Fall/Winter Hairstyle from the Jonathan Torch Collection.


Thursday, October 20, 2011

Jonathan Torch Collection of Curly Hair Styles for Fall/Winter – Cultural

This week’s curly hairstyle we will focus on from the Jonathan Torch Collection will be the Cultural look. Different cultural backgrounds add a unique aspect to your hair colour and texture. Don’t shy away from your own natural beauty; instead, find ways to enhance the unique elements and make it an individualistic part of your identity.

Here’s how to create the cultural look at home:

 
1. Begin with gorgeous frizz-free curls using Curl Keeper™ and the Skip Curl technique.
2. While hair is still damp, twist or braid the front section (from bangs to crown) towards the back of the head.  Make sure to keep it tight and neat.  Secure with either a hair band or clips.
3. Scrunch the remaining free hair to create lots of curls on the sides and back of head.
4. Create volume with the hair by playing with the curls to loosen the strands and curl definition.

Check in next week to see the sixth curly hairstyle of the Fall/Winter Hairstyle from the Jonathan Torch Collection.

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Jonathan Torch Collection of Curly Hairstyles for Fall/Winter – Messy/Sexy

This week’s curly hairstyle we will focus on from the Jonathan Torch Collection will be the Messy/Sexy look. Grab your girlfriends and head to the coolest club everyone’s been talking about. Tonight’s the night to create a lasting impression on the dance floor, and a style full of messy-sexy curls will set the right mood. Let your curls hang loose around your face and shoulders while still creating bounce and volume and think flirty, fun and feminine.

Here’s how to create the messy/sexy look at home:

1. Begin with gorgeous frizz-free curls using Curl Keeper™ and the Skip Curl technique.
2. Bend over from the waist and flip your head over to let hair hang downwards. Begin drying the hair using a hairdryer and diffuser.
3. Diffuse hair in an upward motion towards the hair roots to create bounce and volume control frizz.


4. Run fingers through hair to play with the curls to create a look that is loose and uncontrolled.

Check in next week to see the fourth Fall/Winter Hairstyle from the Jonathan Torch Collection.



Monday, October 3, 2011

Curly Hair Solutions™ is Wearing Pink In Support of Chemo Curls

This October we are wearing pink in support of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and those affected by cancer. Unknown to most post chemotherapy and cancer survivors, patients find their straight hair grows back curly after chemotherapy treatments. 

Curly Hair Solutions™ has been consulting with numerous cancer survivors for over 20 years on how to manage their newly grown chemo curls with our non-silicone, natural hair products line that rinses out clean and is gentle enough for post-chemotherapy patients. 

We are pleased to announce that each dollar sold from the online sales of Curl Keeper 3.38 oz/100ml, 8oz/240ml and 33.8oz/1000ml for the month of October, will be donated to the Breast Restoration Awareness Fund (BRA) at the Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation (PMHF).   

Curly Hair Solutions™ selected the Breast Restoration Awareness Fund because of its focus on helping women who have had mastectomies regain the sense of a healthy body.  Many women who have had mastectomies (over 6,000 in Canada alone last year) feel insecure about their bodies and uncertain of their femininity.  The BRA fund at PMHF raises awareness of the options available for breast restoration, and provides education for these women to help improve their quality of life.

Curly Hair Solutions and owner Jonathan Torch helps women dealing with chemo curls and educates them on how to care and love their new found curly hair. Both the Breast Restoration Awareness Fund and Curly Hair Solutions focus on the aesthetic transformation that is an intrinsic part of the recovery for women who have had mastectomies, and/or chemotherapy.

“It’s very disheartening to see both men and women struggling with cancer and knowing that many of them will suffer from hair loss during their chemotherapy treatments. At the Curly Hair Institute I teach my stylists to be sensitive to the needs of post-chemotherapy patients while educating them on how to teach clients with chemo curls to manage and love their newly formed curls.” says Jonathan Torch.

Caring For Chemo Curls At Home:

-Both Treatment Shampoo and Silk Shampoo are perfectly pH balanced and gentle enough for everyday use. Both will cleanse the hair and never strip away any essential oils or cause product build up.

 -Slip™ Detangler is a light, leave-in spray that softens hair and adds moisture without adding any weight and will make detangling your hair easier than ever.  

-Use Curl Keeper™, our water-based and chemical free signature styling product to eliminate frizz and define ringlets for all curl types. Distribute Curl Keeper™ on wet hair from roots to ends, allowing the water to distribute Curl Keeper™ evenly. It will not have the look or feel of product in your hair, once it has totally dried, so have the confidence to use generous amounts to get frizz control.

-Learning to control and style your curly hair takes patience and practice. There are several styling videos, on our website, that provide you tips and techniques on how to manage your curly hair.

Saturday, October 1, 2011

ES Cosmetics Keratin Hair Treatment - provides essential nutrients for chemically treated hair, enriched with essential vitamins to help prevent hair breakage.
  • Enhances hair flexibility
  • Repairs hair damaged by heat and styling tools
  • Restores and detangles
How to Use:

After shampooing, apply a generous amount of Keratin Hair Treatmenton wet hair. Start at the roots and work to ends. Leave on for 5-6 minutes. Rinse thoroughly with warm water.
 
Ingredients:
Purified water, cetyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, cetearyl alcohol, (and) PEG-40, Hydrogenated castor oil (and) stearalkonium chloirde, mineral oil, cetearyl (and) cetearerth-20, dimethicone, fragrance, methylparaben, hydolyzed keratin, tocopheryl acetate, polyquaternium-6, lanolin, potassium sorbate, DMDM hydanoin, propylparaben, methylchloroisothiazolinine, methylisothiazolinone, disodium EDTA, caramel color. 
 
My Results :   
My hair has a tendency to shed at this time of the year, and goes through a few changes along with the season. This time, i figured i would get a jump on the shedding with a garlic conditioner and a protein strengthening conditioner. Well, my Shi-Naturals Garlic Conditioner for Shedding really curbed my shedding a lot. Now for the protein conditioner. I wanted to try something different. Why? I don't know. The Shi-Naturals products work perfectly on my hair. But, being the product junkie that i am. I wanted to try something different. I saw the Every Strand Keratin Hair Treatment for Chemically Treated Hair conditioner. The price was right so why not give it a try. The conditioner is a thick formulation just the way i like my conditioners to be. It has a pleasant smell (i love a good smelling conditioner). So, i apply the conditioner in sections. Concentrating on the roots. I'm 13.5 weeks post with 2 inches of new growth (thanks Shi-Natural Grow Potion). I then put on my plastic cap, wrap a towel around my head. I let the conditioner sit for 1 hour without heat. I rinse. This is where the fun begins (*sarcastically*). As i'm rinsing, i can feel my hair clumping up. I keep rinsing, making sure all of this conditioner is out. I apply my leave in's, air dry about 80%. I was almost in tears!!! I could not get the comb thru my hair.It took me almost 4 hours to detangle, and i lost a lot of hair :o) This conditioner totally did not agree with my hair. How do i know it was this conditioner? Because it was the only thing i tried that was different. The moral of the story? If something works for you. Stick with it. I hope i've learned my lesson. Until i see something else, lol
 
Rating :
Sorry, but i gonna have to give this conditioner a big thumbs down. This is just my opinion :o)