Lisa’s Top Ten Hair Commandments

Thou shall protect our hair from the sun

UV rays are as harmful for our hair as they are for our skin – it’s not JUST holidays that a uv protector is needed its each and every day! Even if its something as simple as a UV protection spray – kerastase do a great one.

Thou shall be respectful when using heat

One thing that our hair hates is too much heat – styling – blow drying – straightening irons are our hairs worst enemy. So  protect the hair first and use products with Thermo protection. If you do this then you can style away and still maintain healthy shiny hair.

Thou shall NEVER comb my hair when it is wet

This is of the biggest mistakes MOST people make who have coloured hair! I BAN combs in all of my salons at the backwash – we use super smooth massage brushes – like a Mason and Pearson – something that wont tug and pull at your hair when its at its most sensitive state.

Thou shall cleanse tone AND moisturise

Its REALLY important you treat your hair like your skin and you clean it suitably – then tone it with a maintenance colour product then most importantly you moisturise– I hear so many people say they don’t like to condition their hair because it makes it ‘flat’  then you are using the wrong type of conditioner – moisturization of hair is the most important part of colour maintence you just have to find the right weight of conditioner.

Thou shall get my hair TRIMMED atleast once every 8 weeks

Yep! Even if your growing your hair and you only have a ‘nats eyelash’ trimed off its important to keep ones end neat and blunt – if you don’t then your hair is more likely to splits and ends up not growing at all!

Thou shall be cautious with product

Don’t over load the hair with product! It’s a simple as that – I see people do THE most beautiful blow dry then absolutely KILL that look by ‘gelling to death’ hair should look loose front stuck on like a wig!

Thou shall feed thyself well and therefore feeds ones hair well

So many people expect products to do all the work! Hair is made of protein and so it needs us to eat plenty of protein – nuts oily fish – chicken etc. all these travel through our blood stream and therefore feeds directly to where our hair grows from.

Thou shall promise NOT to cut my own fringe

Fringes frame the face and are as essential as great eyebrows! The times I see people attempt to trim their own and end up looking like a school girl (and not in a good way ! ) We offer free or virtually free fringe trims to never be tempted to ‘tweak’ your own

Thou shall invest in an AMAZING luxury hair mask

VITAL to hair excellence – I always tell every client to make sure they use an intensive moisture mask or ritual at least once a week and to leave it on as long as possible – these work BEST when you’re on your holidays sat on the balcony allowing heat to push the mask in further.

Thou shall never never get stuck in a colour rut!

Bad hair colour can have devastating effects - it can make you look way older, or out of touch and even make your hair look in bad condition.  Good hair colour works with your hair cut, can take years off you and can give you shine to die for...