Autopsy of a Brass-free Blond

A new discovery with amazing results

With the loss of Renbow, I have been testing various obscure lines of color, when one of my concoctions turned out a unique beautiful cool baby blond I felt it was time to let you know. These tests take days and are not easy to do properly . The results of going blond always depend on your virgin hair color and your DURP ( dominant underlying remaining pigment), we all know that by now.

High lift blonds' are every color manufacturers strongest attempt at achieving the lightest blond without using bleach. So many of you prefer that method of going blond than any other - - always amazes me… but what is - - - IS!

I was completely surprized with this combo I came up with because I actually mixed different lines of color and a color existed that I had not realized they added.

Blond boosters or WHITE GENIE are all more of the lightening agent condensed and given to you in a tube or a powder (W Genie). So it makes perfect sense that using A BLOND Booster, White Genie or BLOND EXTRACT work in giving the highlift that extra 1/2 level to 1 1/2 levels of lift which I always feel they need.

I have nailed down some favorites, with today's post being on the newest and most successful duo – that was more of surprise than anything. In the past 3 months I have been searching through lines I’ve never owned, never seen, in my quest to become as knowledgeable about highlift blondes as possible. I am proud of the level of quality I give my clients, and I was having a hard time finding that ( on top of all the other things I must do to keep this trinity of sites a float)...

I mean, as a Colorist, I became very good at using bleach to work on my clients to give them the Blonde’s they wanted. But in this new era… people want to use highlift blonde’s with no bleach. So a quality high-lift Blonde was needed.

What I decided I wanted to offer was 4-5 high-lift blonds --- that produced appealing tones of blondes I feel that most people are looking for and then a dozen toners for blondes.

And that’s it. I was getting too complicated and too overloaded with information when it truly is a very simple issue. The problems only lie in doing the testing. I test all high-lifts on both Level 7 and Level 5 which gives me what I need to know. Now remember the most important hint I could give all of you, is to always ALWAYS run a STRAND test on your own hair THIS is what will prevent you from having a hole head of the improper color, you will only have a small strand.

ow what happened that ended up being such an easy answer to such a complicated problem was staring at me in the face.

I HAD NO IDEA WELLA HAD ADDED A VIOLET-ASH TO THEIR HIGHLIFT BLOND COLLECTION.

Once I discovered that, and then tested it with all 3 of the blond boosters - I had my very simple answer to my complicated question. Which Highlift blond would we use now that Renbow had closed their doors...........

My newest high lift blond with the incredible results is :

Koleston Perfect 12/61 Violet Ash - 1oz

added to

+ Wella Color Perfect - Blond Booster BB - 1 oz.

added to

+ ……40 Volume

or Any of the Blond Boosters – Killer Strands carries, adding equal amounts to what you squeeze into bowl to begin with. Do some experiments of your own. The high lifts I am behind are all in this section . . . there are not a whole lot of differences in highlifts , just mainly the tones they are BASED on.

It puzzles me why every hair color manufacture doesn’t have more violet based color lines, as that would work o n

Here is the array of Highlift Blonds FROM WELLA’S KOLESTON PERFECT LINE OF COLORS:

I was completely unaware that WELLA had added 12/61 to their line. They just redid their line packaging / everything.......and they slipped that in without me noticing!

ANYWAY.......................enough said, its here, I just ordered a case of it. . . . and I can now rest. The highlift color question is now solved for my clients/ customers..... Your blonde without bleach is now set.

Third from the bottom is the perfect highlift color.

Just add equal amount of one of the 3 various Blond Boosters we carry –

Blond boosters come from Wella Color Perfect and its called BB -- in Schwarzkopf its called Blond Extract E-OO and in Framesi they call it US/PLUS : Ultra Lift Series

Any combo of highlift color mixed with any of the BLOND booster makes the lightest blond possible which is bleach-free.

Killer Chemist

Wella’s Chocolate Browns, Blondissimo’s and Red’s…….. to Die For

My Lover From Another Mother

In just reviewing many of my posts I have sadly and mistakenly left Wella – out of my praises and I have no idea  - - why. I have noticed so many of you trying to create the perfect chocolate brown by using 2 of the Renbow colors. . . . when right in front of your face and ten times more easy and twice as luscious. . . you have WELLA staring at you in the face.

Wella has been my home base line for 16 years. Wella is where I come home to rest and come home for security, come home to lay my head down in peace. Their color is that reliable. Wella pretty much invented what every one else  - - copies in hair color. That is the truth. No the other companies would never say that, but as a top Colorist we all know it. Every single Colorist I know uses Wella’s Reds – NO MATTER WHAT- when it counts. No matter what the commercial no matter what the brand. No one can come close. That is saying a lot. Why? The hardest color molecule to master staying in the hair strand WITHOUT leaking out, is RED.  They still haven’t mastered it as well as their browns or blond’s but they have been working on it soooooooooo long and so intricately that they almost have it. I realize most people don’t want red hair, that is not the point . The point is whomever has the best reds, is the best hair color company. Because blonds and brunettes have been wired for many years, reds is the last living permanent hair color all the major hair color manufacturers are trying to master. Then their entire palette is complete, which is  how master colorists look at it.

Wella comes from Germany. Germany is where BMW’s are made, and Germany is where you have the most dynamic and competent Engineer’s in the world. If I had someone say to me: “go, make your perfect hair color line” . . . . most would go to Italy . . . me I would go to Germany. I would want to find the top hair color engineers that worked with – for and around WELLA. Wella has had these technologies for nearly 100 years. When you do something that long, you become Damn good at it. Everything I do in hair color formulating is based around Wella and I can see I have not made that clear. If I had no choice but to pick one line, I would choose Wella’s Koleston Perfect line, period. Its Wella’s most expensive line, its the most creative line and they have finally made some of the most unique colors, there isn’t one line that comes close to it.  

One thing Wella has not had…. which is really too bad . . . is they have not had a “good image” in the USA. When I started at Vidal Sassoon and they showed us the charts we would be using . . . they flashed the Renbow Charts, Clairol, Redken’s Levitation on-the-scalp BLEACH and lastly they flashed this giant WELLA chart. Instructing us to make these charts “our best friends”. At that time the top line that was imported into the USA was the COLOR PERFECT line which today is their mid-priced line. COLOR PERFECT really is a great line as well, I learned on that line – and still use various tones in it. GREAT high lifts, great reds, EXCELLENT ash’s. We had instructions to memorize them, sleep with them eat with them…………..KNOW THEM.  I kid you not, that was the first week and I swear to you I thought they were truly full of S__T.  About all of it.

I was kind of snotty back then….I needed a good head knock and I promise you, I got one. This school wasn’t kidding, and that’s all I was doing, was kidding. You have to understand that right next door was a bar . . . my kids had decided to live at their fathers for the year while I did this and I think I thought it was Camp time and I wanted to have some fun.

WRONG.

VERY VERY VERY WRONG. They would have no part of it. It was the perfect place for me. They whipped me into shape and I remain forever grateful.

What I learned about Wella was, that Koleston Perfect was not even allowed in the United States at this time. And why? It was going through its 3 year FDA analysis to get the approval to come into our country – SIT ON OUR SHELVES – Be sold in our stores >  and be applied to our locks ! Can you believe it ! You know why this was so crazy???? Because the lower lines of color products both Color Charm and Midway were already on our shelves , this other line that Wella has had around for 50 years were already here.

I remember the first couple years I did hair we were always having the Instructors that were going back to home base ( London Academy) sneak us in colors from the Koleston Perfect line. There was nothing like these colors, there still isn’t anything like Wella’s Browns, Reds, and Blonds. Wella is so far ahead of everyone else 15 years ago it was offering Levels 2 through 10 in both a single digits and double digits …( your neutral line is always the line you come home to) Its always home base…. you make many decisions off of looking at NEUTRALS ( with ZERO tone to the color)

2/0 N  - 3/0N  –  4/0N  -  5/0N  -  6/0N  -  etc….

  Wella offered the double neutral’s  to us. So an entire row of double 00 -  colors as well. I found that about 8 out of 10 of Stylists don’t know what the double NEUTRAL row of colors means – so lets get that straightened out……Wella offers

22/0N  -  33/0N   - 44/0N  -  55/0N  -  66/0N  -   …etc. . . 

the Double neutrals? are double the pigment, what can you think of that you would need really tough – strong –  twice the pigment ? ? ? for ? ? ? ……YYYYYYYYYYYep Resistant Gray hair.  its funny I noticed that hardly any tubes of the Double neutrals have been sold  . . . . .throughout the months

that is such a shame. They are so effective  - -  you cannot get better cover for gray – pretty  much.

For 2 wonderful gorgeous chocolate brown formula’s  - -  that will cover any gray  - - - if need be  -  - here are  the photo’s . . . below it the formula

Level 5 Brown –Chocolate Brown Straight no reds, no violets – just straight up – Chocolate Brown

WELLA KP  EURO RUNS 1 FULL LEVEL DARKER

Roots: Koleston Perfect  6/0N + 6/2M  + 6/7B….+ 20Volume

Lengths: Color Touch : 6/0N + 6/77BB + 13 V

This is the ultimate manner in which the 2 lines are supposed to be used together.  Permanent color on the BASE and Demi Permanent on the lengths. There will be more shine in this formula that a shiny 5 cent nickel !!! seriously. . . . .Wella has mastered the art of shine.. . . .gray coverage, shine and probably the widest range of colors are WeLLA’s strong points. They really don’t have any weak points . . . they make the best bleach in the world…..I used it years before anyone figured it out.

Colorists were using Goldwell’s Bleach forever - -  I remember trying it every couple months trying to figure out why in the world so many people bought it. But it has this horrendous smell and you feel like you are working in the chemistry dungeon when you use it. . . One can barely breathe. I already had enough of that with SLS, any product that I cannot breathe around – is immediately AXED off of the list. If its that gnarly to the human nose, I can’t imagine what its doing to the human HAIR strand. That is where we stop and say NO DAMN MORE!

Now this Brunette is a Level 6 Brown – again straight brown . . . no reds – no off tones . . . just straight Level 6 Cashmere Brown. We will use a little different manner of formulating this time.

lets just say she has no gray and wants a rich SHINY Level 6 BROWN….. Wella is your number 1 choice. They have the most wide range of Brunette in all the color lines. When I used the color up above 6/2M - -  the is a Level 6 Matt BROWN, a matt brown means the color is a BLUE BROWN……what does blue “counter”???  - - - opposite on the color wheel ? ? ?  ORANGE. I receive lots of emails from  brunettes saying their DURP is ORANGE . Their Dominant Underlying Remaining Pigment( what color does your hair pull when its natural color is taken out ) Probably less than 5% of all people (USA) have NO DURP…….which is a very good thing. J Anniston is one of those people. So hopefully you will get my drift. . . .

Now a complete Demi permanent level 6 Brown  would be

7/0N   ………… + 7/71 BA………….+6/77 BB   + 13 Vol.

many other factors do apply to these formula’s  - - - but if you are lighter and are looking to be a Level 5  or 6 Brown CHOCOLATE CASHMERE . . . . you have your formula’s. You can also  modify them to your particular needs as well .

Please . . . . enjoy Wella the way I do, make it your home for all your color work as I do. I compare everything to Wella, and i fear I haven’t given it near the fair shake it deserves . . .

Its Spring and we need an awakening  . ..  let that be one of the starters for the new Season . . . I will keep them coming all year long

 

 

Lets see what formula’s you all come up with for this next model. She has a level 7 Brown. In the comments section below, please write your formulations, lets see how many different formula’s you all can come up with . . .

I have more to say about Wella this is only the beginning. . .

Happy SPRING

Killer Chemist

Oils and Your Hair - Part 2

Ayurvedic Medicine and Your Hair

 

From what I gathered about this new technique : of adding oils to a world I had tried to keep them away from for years, it seemed going slowly at first would be wise. They use both internal addition of oils and external …. THAT is how much they believe in them. Which never stops amazing me, if you are like me you searched high and low for oil-free products for everything… hair, skin, lips, legs, arms, you name-it oil was “bad for it”. The day I realized what all these major companies were using IN PLACE of oils ( silicones & esters) I promise you I nearly cried. I still think people do things for “good” not just for $$.

Its a tough one to crack………….. a 30 year habit…………..…the funny part is: that more people haven’t realized what I have,  way before me. Regardless . . . we now have the knowledge. So with GLISTEN or GLAZE or one of the other new oils that will slowly be showing up in the store begin doing a slow massage on your own body for just a few minutes every day. That can go a long way toward promoting health and natural radiance…so try to make time for it every … single … day. Remember that one Step of 10,000HEADS that is SO important that I rarely speak of . . .Stress-relief. This ‘oil’ addition will add so much to the health of your hair and skin that I may be moving it into its own step.

Dryness according to ayurveda, is hazardous to your health . It can cause dryness & roughness in the body in the form of dry skin, coarse & THINNING HAIR ( hello ), a hoarse voice, arthritic joints and mental disorders.  The Dr. I met said , “ A dry stick is easy to break - - - -  but if the same stick is put in oil - - it becomes bendable and flex’s easily” - - I will never forget that comparison.  Oil inhibits dryness, plain and simple. Its always so fascinating to me when I discover that so many of the tricks I have learned throughout my journey with hair, always seem to go back to the basics, back to holistic – healthful living . . .  and the really funny part is, that when you do???? They actually work. GLEAM., GLISTEN, GLAZE. . . . all  miracle workers if you ask me.

Since I started massaging my legs/arms with Glisten everyday - - I promise you the skin has cleared up almost completely all the skin deformities of my history ( radiation – 14 surgeries – the leg was a mess) they gave me at least 5 different prescription creams – non of which worked . Its been 2 months and I now look forward to the application, I must be honest > I didn’t the first week. But the change in my skin was so nice, the improvement so overwhelming – I would be a fool not to crave it. Truly.Oil inhibits the drying qualities you get, there is nothing else that would do that. The Indians believe that all parts of the body are connected, much more than we do, but we must try to learn from them. They believe if you are to cure a problem on your skin with oil massage it will travel through the body’s intricate system and repair other parts that are out of whack. Make sense? I thought it did.

Glisten also has this crazy – wonderful scent to it ( my own concoction) Whipped Creme + Fresh Orange Dreame (which is 94% organic ingredients) , that is just slight & mysterious enough to catch a whiff of for about 3-4 hours. Usually am not a fruity person, but I feel this might surprise you. I have been working on my natural perfumery works that I plan on bringing to you in the  near future as well.  I fully realize its nothing to do with hair, after I saw the list of what goes in a perfume . . .it was another “oh no” moment for me. Now with having this Blog if I am going to do it for myself - - I might as well take you with me on the journey to find wonderful natural scents I might as well take you along for the ride.

Even though there really isn’t any equivalent to these oil treatments in western medicine, the results of ayurvedic treatments are so helpful for stress-related problems there really needs to be. I cannot tell you the amount of times clients would sit in my chair. . .  I would take one touch/see/feel of her hair after 6-7-8  weeks and say ‘what happened this month’ ?  I could tell by their hair if they had a rough month, because once everyone was on 10,000HEADS: their hair was superb. Any rocks in the road were because they fell off the wagon for a month, couldn’t get the Secret Supplement where they were traveling  but 9 times out of 10 it was because the STRESS for the month was just over the top. The correlation between STRESS and hair thinning is real….VERY VERY REAL, in my opinion – which is why 3 of the Steps really do pertain to getting you and your head into a peaceful Level while awake. I feel it affects the health of your hair. On the other hand using the S/S, GLEAM and THRIVEN can honestly solve the hair thinning repercussions from that, so never think there isn’t a solution. Which truthfully works fairly quickly. 

                                                                                                       Oil eliminates the build-up of toxins in the body and strengthens the body’s vital energy . Oil nourishes the internal energy responsible for a radiant appearance.  BEAUTY IS BALANCE AND PEACE OF MIND. In order to achieve that you must  attempt to achieve balance in mind, body and spirit.

There are specific oils that the Indians use for Oleation, but I am just going to recommend that any of you interested in adding an extra boost for helping hair loss / thinning and damage to use 1 Tablespoon of either Olive Oil or Flaxseed Oil. These are the 2 oils we have been testing the past 3 months and everyone feels an improvement of one kind or another. Whether some were skin – others were hair, me? again I had both improvements.

One month I used Flaxseed, now I’m on Olive Oil, 1 Tablespoon in the morning and one at night.  Because of my illness I have this lackluster to my hair. . . and although my hair is to my elbows and of medium thickness and yes, red…..there was very little of its own shine. Of course I know how to give it shine….all the tricks. What I noticed personally ( I realize this is as about as far from scientific as it comes – but at least its 100% honest) was some of my old shine returning after about 40 days of ingesting the oil daily . . . 2 out 8 friends agreed with me……2 men really felt like their hair filled in, in the area I have always called the “bowling alleys” – where men’s hair tends to recede first. So you might want to note that as well. I would definitely say  ingesting 2 Tablespoons of either Olive or Flaxseed oil every single day will do nothing but improve the head of hair you have. All of us have been on 10,000 heads for years, so we aren’t exactly the perfect people to be testing this. I would love to test it on someone who has not been following the 14 steps – but I can’t find it in my heart to even say those words! you know though - -  Just for comparison.

The one part of this I simply don’t have the time – space or room to go into here is this: the Indian culture believes that all of us have a basic ‘constitution’ of our body that is determined at the moment of conception . . . and it relates to your genetically inherited physical and emotional qualities. I believe strongly in genetics and the strength of them so this system they have I believe whole heartedly in.

They call it DOSHA’s.      There are 3 DOSHA’s : VATA – PITTA and KAPHA.

I encourage you to take this test to find out which Dosha you are? Please click on this link and take the test>

TEST YOUR DOSHA QUIZ Click Here

I’m a VATTA-PITTA . . . . why don’t you see what you are ??

Dosha’s specifically relate to those qualities, characteristics and tendencies that are stable. For instance, while you may experience temporary changes, like gaining or losing ten pounds, feeling nervous or irritable, developing a cold or flu, etc., in the natural course of life you will never gain or lose five inches on your height or experience a change of eye color. 

There are three main doshas or forces: Vata, Pitta and Kapha. These are loosely translated as Air, Fire and Earth, respectively. Each of us has all three doshas in our constitution, in unique proportions. In Ayurveda, seven dosha-predominant Prakritis are described: Vata-predominant, Pitta-predominant, Kapha-predominant; three dual Prakritis, where two doshas are equally , you know what lets forget this . . . . . . Now its getting too confusing and THAT is what I don’t want to do. TOO confusing and you lose people, especially ME!

TEST Your Dosha Here
Knowing your DOSHA can help you maintain optimal health and by following this link you can take it ONLINE and it will give your DOSHA, all computerized. I could not transfer the test to this small space. So you must leave to take it but then you can return. Truthfully it does not need to be that complicated either. If you simply add a GLISTEN massage to your  legs/arms/belly morning and night 1 Tablespoon of Flaxseed oil and Olive oil you are good to go. Just wanted to put the DOSHA test in for those that want to get more involved. Personally I’m just doing the mellow version, the versio I just described. Maybe we have an Indian member that would like to add to my post or write a post  educating us even more on this for us . . . please email us KillerTrinity3@aol.com ( or maybe even correct me if I have something wrong).

I read numerous stories about people having difficulties sleeping receiving a 7 day course of Panchakarma from an Ayurvedic  Physician. All of them were cured. The treatments included the following : morning and night oil massages {arms,legs & belly}, + oil enemas ( with specific oils) one of my test subjects found oil enemas online and she tried them ( no fancy oils were added) which worked wonderfully for her(!), and then 2 Tablespoons of drinking GHEE (Indian oil – clarified butter) substitution: Olive or Flaxseed Oil daily for 7 days.  All reports were they had never slept so soundly and had a hard time rising in the morning. TTTTTTTTTTTTTTry this PLEASE if that is an issue for you. No drugs, no crap that is bad for your body.

In PANCHAKARMA, soothing and detoxifying oils are used to penetrate the body’s largest organ - - -  the SKIN. This releases toxins deposited in fat cells and drives them to the colon for elimination. The goal is not only to detoxify the body but to regain harmony between the body’s three subtle biological forces or DOSHA’S : VATA, PITTA and KAPHA. Insomnia is a VATA disorder once you make the VATA go down… the body is in better balance. This system has been at work within the Indian culture for way over 5,000 years, I am a believer in: ‘the longer you work at something the better you get’. . . The Indians have been working on this 4800 years longer than we have even been in existence. There is nothing wrong with listening to another culture, especially one that looks and sounds so healthy .

We must learn that JUST panchakarma won’t permanently cure insomnia or high stress ( both imbalances of a DOSHA) – You must also borrow from the other steps of 10,000HEADS and be sure to get exercise ( preferably YOGA, walking – am a huge believer of walks with no electronics….and cardio of some sort . .whether it comes from a brisk walk of 40 minutes . . . or bicycle riding is another Gold star recommendation of mine ) 

All of those are imperative . . .the body is going to become imbalanced now and then - - you cannot stop stress from the outside. You have to develop daily routines that help you body and mind cope. . . . when your body is in balance your skin and hair will THRIVE - - I promise you.

So many of us are so strict with ourselves – pushing so hard at work, at family… at everything but what we should be doing and that is taking care of our body so that we CAN take care of all the other things easily and healthfully.

LISTEN TO YOUR BODY>
DONT PUSH YOURSELF SO HARD that you are FORCED TO relax because you CRASH.

In Ayurveda, lifestyle has a direct influence on the balance of the DOSHA’s and your susceptibility to disease. Maintaining a home OIL routine is important but it can’t replace eating well, exercising and getting enough rest. Your home routine can, however, strengthen your defenses during periods of intense stress.

The Indian system also emphasizes respecting your body’s natural rhythms by eating and sleeping at regular hours. Ideally, meals are to be eaten with no distractions and late nights avoided. Both of these are steps I must constantly remind myself of, I hope you will to. Adopting just these simple little practices will pay off, both physically and emotionally. Not only will you feel better and LOOK better, you’ll also enjoy the soothing and rejuvenating effect of oil application.

OIL MASSAGE CAN PREVENT AGING FOR A VERY LONG TIME , says Ayurvedic skin care expert Pratima Raichur. . . and here you thought you needed to save up $800. for a BOTOX shot ! I have been terrified of those my entire life, the thought of shooting toxic parts of a cow in my face just truly horrifies me, I’ve never been brave enough….although I am probably the only person in my area without them!

There are 6 main types of OLEATION

1) Self massage. As we have spoken about . .  using GListen warmed up a little – massage in small circles on the limbs and on the joints especially. The abdomen & chest should be massaged in clockwise circular motion. You can do this before your shower . .  even if you only do it for 5 minutes, the magic has begun.

2) Head massage 2-3x weekly ( for all DOSHA types) – rub warm Glisten / Gleam / Glass ( coming soon) into the head all over massaging the scalp with the fingertips. You can also take small sections of the hair and pull them taut to give yourself a bit of a jolt. This enables the oil to get into the root and hair bulb giving the growth sequence of the next new hair a healthier base to form on. This is best done when you can leave that oil on the hair for a minimum of 1 hour prior to showering for ultimate benefits.

3) Nasal massage  this clears the sinuses performed 1-2X per week. Lie down, face up, with your head resting on the side of the bed so your nose is at a lower level that your throat. Use a dropper ( request one with any oil from KS) to insert 2-4 drops of warm oil into each nostril. massage the sides of the nose in an upward direction. Remain still for one minute so the oil doesn’t drain in the throat.  Helps many with sinus problems . . .  give it a try . . . .

4) Ear Oleation  Oiling the ears keeps your sense of hearing in top shape and helps balance VATA. the oil also calms jaw tension. Use little finger to rub a drop or 2 of oil on the openings of the ear canal. Or apply oil to a cotton ball and rub the ear openings

5) Oil mouthwash ! Yep you read it right! BEFORE brushing your teeth gargle with a teaspoon of warm GLAZE (our Sesame oil either with or without lemon). Swish it around in your mouth and rub the gums with your index finger and the oil. Doing this daily is wonderful for the teeth and gums.

and lastly is the

6) Internal Oleation – which is ingesting 1 Tablespoon of oil either Olive or Flaxseed. Both excellent. Now the oly reason you would NOT want to do this …. is if you have high cholesterol . . . so if that is an issue for you please hope over to your doctors and ask them – I bet you can even call the nurse and she would be able to tell you.

Using the proper oils for your skin type… just a few minutes each day… can go a long way toward promoting health and natural radiance

nothing is better than NATURAL RADIANCE

Killer Strands Store / Oils

Killer Chemist

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The Inside Track to Hair This Summer

Hair That Bares It All

A whole lotta Amazing photos of superb hair, just enjoy and let them inspire you . . . inspire you to change and grow. . .step out of your comfort zone and get a new cut or a new daring color. You only live once… and the best thing about hair if you change it…

Texture is ALWAYS in fashion, this is a cut I’ve been cutting for 15 years and it still remains one of my favorite just a Rockin’ Crop. 1/2 the look here is the wax used as a styling product. This is Water Wax from Redken I would bet highly on….

Sweet- Demure & Delightful a humongous Fringe Sets off and CHANGES the stationery look of plain long hair….If you are bored with your long locks and aren’t ready to give them up…trying the fringe is the perfect solution.

I can’t talk many into Red hair, but I always feel EVERYONE should try one shade of red ONCE in their lifetime… this girl is a natural redhead, but you could choose between a huge variety of Reds, its universal knowledge that Wella has captured the most Dynamic and long lasting reds in the biz…so start there….

That is an awesome cut…its called a “midi”- - be brave, find the best Cutter in your town and take a copy of the picture, THAT’s how much I like this….go get one!

Braids are “IN” big time this summer. . .little Braids – big braids – especially fishtail braids……..mmmmmm those are the best

Now this is one way of adding a little interest to thin hair. BUT…. this girls is a model, and as cute as I think this is, I bet ‘she’ doesn’t like it. Just like you Jamie, she has thin hair, got a great cut “FOR –HER –HAIR” but if the client doesn’t like it then it is a terrible hair cut. Which is why I encourage people in taking photos and photos of OPPOSITES to your hair cuts. When you say LAYERS, the Stylist may have a complete different interpretation of LAYERS than you do. If you have a photo, and say I like this . . . I “don’t like this….

Platinum

Boyzenberry

Tangerine Dream

BLONDE

BOMBSHELLS

Check out the Violet Framing technique, on this Bob

Rose Beige & Coral Rose Slices . .

I’m pretty sure this model is the same one that last month had …………………………………….

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Pink ????

in

her

hair ? ? ? ? ?

maybe not……….

oh well fun to compare. . . .

Killer Chemist

Healing Body & Hair Oils:Rejuvenation For Hair & Skin

Ayurvedic Hair & Skin Healing

I spent 3 years of my life deeply involved in YOGA,  I was hoping it would work internally to fight off my medical issues and for 3 years I almost  thought I had beat it for life ( unfortunately, not true). But, for those 3 years ( and to this day) I was enveloped in a form of medicine followed in India for over 5,000 years and many people in southern California find to be extremely effective, called AYURVEDIC Medicine. The one main point that gave me that push I needed to give it a try was the fact that it is over 5000 years old, it was based on almost exclusively natural theories  and the entire Indian race uses it with extremely positive results .

The main texts from which the medicine is drawn analyzes the human body in terms of earth, water, fire, air and ether as well as the 3 bodily humors (wind, bile and phlegm ). I can’t tell you how hesitant I was, but every celebrity I knew was and is …deeply involved in it. For some strange reason Celebrities get first hand knowledge on new - effective and immaculate beauty-health-skin & hair treatments wwwway before any of us. As a perfect example of this, I grew up with Melanie Griffith as my best friend since the age of 19 her boyfriend and mine were best friends – so we ended up living together for a couple years ( a very long time ago). We would workout together 3-4 days per week the drive from Malibu to Hollywood was a minimum of 1 hour and when we were together we never noticed the length of the drive. You know what we did 35 years ago?   

Pilates.

we took the class from the husband & wife team of  Mr. & Mrs. Pilates (don’t remember their first names!)

About 8 years ago when the trend hit the masses, I laughed & was completely stunned. I have my reasons why I think that happens but it really doesn’t matter. Just remember this when in 10-15-20 years you hear about AYURVEDIC medicine. I have a feeling it will take 10 years {or less} to sink into our society. . . . so that is why I am bringing it to you now. It works and its on its way to main street USA. Let Gleam be your first example and if you haven’t tried GLeam I would highly recommend you do, no matter what type of hair you have….its a miracle in a bottle and it works on all types of hair -  yes, it even works on Oily hair…..its the Number 1 Selling product at Killer Strands!

Jump on and begin the practice early, although Ayurvedic medicine did not cure my highly rare bone disease  - -   many people with this disease don’t live past 1 year and I have had 9 years – and I do attribute that to following Ayurvedic medicine practices.   So for all of you and YOUR HAIR . . .lets just tap into what they have learned and make the most of it for a healthy body and healthy strong hair!

Oils are a mainstay

       in  Indian  households

Ayurvedic medicine is a popular form of health care in India, where it is taught in over 100 colleges. It has gained recognition in the West as a form of alternative medicine with both USC and UCLA  building new and growing Ayurvedic medicine Centers to work alongside Western medicine. The last time I was there, they set me up with an Ayurvedic Therapy appointment in between my regular appointments, and I swear I almost fell off my chair. Now, I reveal my little trick that I never really explained in detail. OILS – real earth grown oils are a main part of the AVURVEDIC Medicine basis. That is why I developed GLEAM. If you have ever see any Indian Women they all have incredibly healthy – strong – shiny- gorgeous hair. Being as they believe so much in oils in and ‘of’ the body, I just put 2 and 2 together and decided that had to be a key factor in why American women do not have healthy – strong –shiny  head of hair..  as well as moist – glowing SKIN.  So about  7-8 years ago I came up with my first version of GLEAM, it has evolved into what it is today and the stories I receive DAILY from people all over the world . . . make me feel I have  finally mastered the formula.

 

Now, I feel it is time to work on the skin which I firmly believe will help many of you solve other issues in your bodies. Please, I am not so bold to think I can cure anyone’s cancer or anyone’s severe life threatening diseases. NO, that is not what I am referring to. About 2 months ago, I began using Killer Strands new product, GLISTEN , the new body oil to the outside and taking 2 Tablespoons of oil per day, – internally.. and with just 1 person – ME, I am convinced this works. I just didn’t want to ask people to “injest things” until I tried it myself.  (I’m like the mad Dr. Frankenstein of hair repair! ! ! ). . . ( the ingestible oil name remains a secret for another 3 weeks while a couple of my friends give it a test run……!

one remains nameless for another couple weeks !! )

I applied Glisten twice a day to my arms and legs . . . and drank 1 Tablespoon of the (G) Oil morning and night . . . . for 2 months. OK, boys and girls soon we will have hair like the Indian women!

The reason I say this is, I am a very sick human being, if this is working on me….I just cannot imagine what it will do for a healthy individual ! I am very excited to find out though!

This oil is completely different than GLEAM, its a lot more “oilier” definitely not for the hair – so I see why certain oils are used for certain parts of the body.

Oil is as essential to ayurveda as it is invisible in western health /hair & skin care, which sometimes advocates that we avoid oils in food and skin/hair care products. In Ayurveda, affordable and accessible medicinal oils are a central component in treatments and are considered the secret to well-being and longevity. Even all Hindu rituals are based on ayurvedic medicine says Dr. Vasant Lad (an ayurvedic physician I actually met when I was in the middle of the  time-frame I was heavily involved in studying and following it. He says that in Ayurveda, oil used externally and internally not only can prevent illness in the first place, but can also keep diseases from recurring.

Oil massage lubricates and nourishes the body from the outside – IN. It enhances skin tone and improves circulation , digestion and elimination. It helps release toxins from the body and induces sound sleep.

OIL IS FOOD FOR THE CELLS Dr. Lad says.

“When cells become dry, they look OLD”     In Indian philosophy….oil fuels ‘agni’ (fire) the biological force responsible for metabolism. Health and vitality begin with a strong AGNI, which helps us break down food and assimilate nutrients. Without it, body tissues don’t receive the nutrients they need and immune system cannot function.

Agni can be nourished internally by ingesting oil in teaspoons, which nourishes nervous tissue and enables the mind to function. Agni can be nourished externally by oil massage (snehana)  In fact, massaging the skin with oil  is as vital to ayurveda as ANTIBIOTICS are to western practitioners. A famous ayurvedic scholar with degree in chemistry & botany tells us that according to ayurvedic physicians, substances absorbed into the skin affect the dhatus ( or bodily tissues). All 7 dhatus ( which range from blood & muscle to reproductive tissue) are functionally linked to each layer of skin. Because a problem with any body tissue shows up on the skin, oil massage also directly benefits these dhatus.

Personally I think the combination of both is what will finally make health care system in the USA own the perfect medical solution to many diseases…I’ve always felt we need both.   I have seen so many people healed from just Ayurvedic medicine alone. So am very excited to bring the concept to you – in the manner that will benefit your hair and skin. To be honest if you have been following 10,000HEADS, as best you can. . . . you are following Ayurvedic medicine. I worried ( a long time ago) that people would not be as open to the name “Ayurvedic” so I tweaked the  name and what it stands for by coming up with the 10,000HEADS name and its 14 Step Regimen.

The more one becomes involved in Yoga, the very natural next step becomes to learn as much as you can about Ayurvedic Medicine . Ayurvedic medicine emphasizes hygiene, yoga, herbal preparations, exercise and oils.

Essentially, the theory says that the human body was filled with four basic substances, called four humors, which are in balance when a person is healthy. All diseases and disabilities resulted from an excess or deficit of one of these four humors. These deficits could be caused by vapors which were breathed in or absorbed by the body. The four humors were identified as black bile, yellow bile, phlegm, and blood.

Ayurvedic physicians rely heavily on oleation, using medicated oils for treatments such as shirodhara, often prescribed for nervous system disorders, as well as panchakarma. Although these treatments should be supervised by an experienced practitioner , ayurveda allows you to take your health into your own hands with simple oil treatments done at home. Using the proper oils for your skin type just a few minutes each day can go a long way toward promoting health and natural radiance.

Even though Western medicine has no equivalent to oil treatments, these ayurvedic therapies are powerful medicine for the stress-related problems pervasive in our culture. 

I was really trying to do this whole message in 1 post and it is just not going to make it, I will really try to finish this over the week-end . . . if not then – then beginning of the week .

What I have finally produced is one of 6  Total Body Oils for the skin. There is nothing like oils for the skin of the human body and hair for repair and rejuvenation I’m sure you all see that now. Both of those body parts  do nothing but flourish with certain properly chosen oils for specific reason are used on both the external parts in a massaging method of application and the internal parts which merely need a tablespoon in the morning and in the evening swallowed.  If you really can’t handle it, you can put it on some lettuce and make it a oil & vinegar salad dressing with some lemon squeezed on top ! But it needs to be downed twice daily.

I will complete this post as I still have a way to go and I want to get part up tonight. We have a brand new oil that is  a partner to this post.  GLISTEN .

GLISTEN is a combination oil of 2 oils, 6 Herbal Extracts with an oil base, Aloe Vera, 2 Forms of Vitamin E, and is scented with 2 types of Orange essential oils – Blood Orange and Valencia Orange essential Oils.

Watch for the remainder of this post so you get to hear the entire picture. . . . . am exhausted……..

KC