Let’s Talk Hair Care ingredients
Top 10 Haircare Concerns and The Active Ingredients You Need to Know About
Whatever the problem, be armed with the solution and show your professional knowledge. Know your ingredients, customise your services and be the answer to your client’s needs, whatever their hair concern.
Dry Dehydrated Hair
Ingredient Solution: Glycerin
Glycerin strengthens hair follicles from within, improves scalp health and boosts hydration.
Try: Wella Professionals Invigo Nutri-Enrich Shampoo
Oily Scalp and Roots
Ingredient Solution: Salicylic Acid
Commonly found in skincare, Salicylic Acid balances oil production, reduces dandruff and irritation.
Try: L'Oréal Professional Serie Expert Scalp Advanced Anti-Dandruff Dermo Clarifier Shampoo
Sensitised Itchy Scalp
Ingredient Solution: Aloe Vera
Helps to condition, hydrate and sooth irritation by restoring the pH balance of hair and scalp
Try: Wunderbar Head N’ Hair Range
Frizzy Unruly Hair
Ingredient Solution: Hyaluronic Acid
A know humectant Hyaluronic Acid seals in moisture and protects against frizz causing humidity
Try: Paul Mitchell Clean Beauty Anti-Frizz Range
Dull lifeless Hair
Ingredient Solution: Argan Oil
Helps to condition, hydrate and sooth irritation by restoring the pH balance of hair and scalp
Try: Moroccanoil Range or Wunderbar 100% Vegan Care and Styling
Fragile Breakage Prone Hair
Ingredient Solution: Citric Acid
Citric acid plumps the hair fibre, making it stronger and less prone to breakage.
Try: Redken Acidic Perfecting Leave in Treatment Lotion
Extreme Damage
Ingredient Solution: Peptides
Peptides in haircare, like skincare are a highly effective active ingredient because of their size. Small peptide molecules can penetrate deeper into the hair to strengthen, hydrate and protect from breakage.
Try: L’Oreal Professionel Serie Expert Absolute Repair Molecular
Slow Growing Hair
Ingredient Solution: Arginine
Arginine stimulates the scalp and increases blood circulation which promotes hair growth.
Try: Schwarzkopf Professional Bonacure Moisture Kick Shampoo
Frizzy and Out of Control Curls
Ingredient Solution: Jojoba Oil
Nourishes curls and delivers intense moisture, smoothing and providing protection against the humidity that causes frizz.
Try: Osmo Curl Revival Revitalising Cleanser
Over Processed or Heat Styled Hair
Ingredient Solution: Phyto Keratin
Arginine stimulates the scalp and increases blood circulation which promotes hair growth. 100% Vegan, Phyto Keratin replenishes moisture and repairs damage caused from over processing and heat styling whist also protecting from pollution and other environmental factors that cause damage to hair.
Try: Damage Undo Restructuring Masque