Buy cheap buy twice

Now I'm thinking that we are starting to know each other very well by now, this being my third blog, so I think its about time I got a little serious. Well...maybe ha ha

I want to talk about hair products. Not just any hair products....Salon hair products. Shampoo, conditioners, treatments, styling products. Go in to any salon and you will find unlimited bottles full of sweet, musky smelling potions to tame, lift, moisturise and fix your locks. But how can you choose the right ones and are these expensive little bottles a waist of your money when you could buy the fancy celebrity advertised ones that are 3 for 2 in the supermarket.

 

Hair products are like H&M and Hermes....buy a bag in H&M and it will do what you want, it will look OK but wont have that WOW factor. Buy a bag from Hermes......Do I really have to go on?

 

Just for you.... The biggest Birkin Ive ever seen.

 

 

International cosmetic company's spend millions on researching ingredients and testing expensive products, they make sure that every single cuticle, every ounce of dirt and every colour molecule is looked after. Not that I'm saying that the 'cheaper' ones don't, there are some good ones out there, the difference is exclusive not general. Like Fairy washing up liquid and own brand ones, they do the same job but Fairy will last you longer and cuts through the grease.

 

Have you ever heard the saying 'I have to change my make of shampoo regularly as my hair gets used to it'. Have you ever said it? I have. The truth is that if we have the correct products for our hair we shouldn't need to and if the one we have stops being great then it's now the wrong one for us.

Take my friend 'Sally' She had dry damaged hair and starts using a salon shampoo and conditioner for, you've guessed it, dry hair. After she had finished the first bottle she started to notice that her hair was becoming greasy and limp. This was not because her hair had got 'used to it' it was because the products had done their job and it was now overloading her hair. She needed to change to a less heavy product.

Product company's also spend a huge amount of money and time training hairdressers in the products that they sell. I sit through a good 2 hours every couple of months, before work, listening to them. We know them, we've tried them and yes sometimes we hate some of  them (shhhh don't tell). We are not, however trying to sell you more stuff, commission on products isn't that great. What we are doing is making sure our walking advertisement (that's you by the way) looks great all the time.....

 

Call it a love thing.

 

SH