Deep Conditioning, Part I

Note: This series applies to Protein Deep Treatments too! This is the first of a two part post. Today's post is about how deep condition...

Do Cold Water Rinses Make Hair Shine?

Ever hear this one: "Rinse your hair with ice cold water to close the cuticle to make it shine." Ever try it?  And then there'...

Friction, Breakage and Hair Shedding

Updated: December 2015 There are any number of very alarming reasons your hair can suddenly start to fall out - illness, thyroid disease, nu...

Every Home Needs an Eye Wash

High school and college chemistry labs are equipped with eye wash stations. When I was a kid learning first aid, we were told that every hom...

Humidifying on the Cheap and Green

Where I live, winters tend to be cold and dry. I use an electric humidifier indoors to keep my nose and eyes and lungs and skin and hair hap...

Do You Need a Micro-Trim?

What do you do when you get those in between haircut blahs, but you're not ready for a full haircut or you want to let yours grow? Micro...

Polyquat or Not?

I'm one of those people with silky-feeling hair that accumulates products like a lollipop dropped in the lint trap of a rarely-cleaned d...