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Children's Hair Care Tips

Cradle Cap

Use L'anza Remede Shampoo on your infant/child if they have what is commonly referred to as cradle cap. Cradle cap is a dry, scaly skin that adheres to the child's scalp. Remede Shampoo will correct this problem and is very gentle on children's sensitive skin.

Long Hair Care

Cutting Long Hair

If you are cutting your long hair for the first time try a shoulder length cut. A medium length cut will get you used to shorter hair without the dramatic change to a short cut. You'll love the added volume you'll get from a shoulder length cut.

Pony Tails

If you put your hair in pony tails try to use a coated rubberband or soft cloth hair scrunchies. Try not to use clips or bows too often as they tend to break and crease the hair.

Maintaining Healthy Hair

Fine Hair Care

Fine hair needs special treatment. Use a gentle shampoo such as L'anza Re Balance Deep Cleansing Shampoo.

Regular Deep Conditioning

Regular deep conditioning is important for all hair types especially if your hair is chemically treated, damaged or normal. Deep conditioning improves hair structure, elasticity and shine. Regular deep conditioning can be applied once a month or once a week depending on the condition of your hair. Try L'anza Power Treatment.

Thick Hair Care

If you have coarse or thick hair it can be hard to manage and cleanse thoroughly. Try L'anza Re Balance Deep Cleansing Shampoo to cleanse and L'anza Re Balance Power Treatment to smooth coarse hair. L'anza Re Balance Leave-In Conditioner helps control ends of hair.

Permed Hair Tips

Growing Out Perms

When growing out a perm you have a couple of choices. One, scrunch dry the remaining curl while using a curling iron on the straight hair. Two, try drying the permed hair straight to a smooth style. Growing out a perm tends to dry out the ends of the hair and layers of permed hair tend to "stick out" and not lie smooth. Try using L'anza Re Balance Shine Gel immediately after drying hair straight with a soft bristle brush to smooth ends.

Scalp Problems

Scalp Breakouts

If your scalp breaks out try using L'anza Deep Cleansing Shampoo to deeply cleanse your scalp and remove oils that are clogging your hair follicles and causing breakouts.

Dry/Flaky Scalp

If you have a dry or flaky scalp it could be for a variety of reasons. Changes in weather climates can affect scalp moisture. Winter produces a dry climate in houses and the cold air outside makes skin chapped. Medications can also cause dry scalps. It is very important to correct dry/flaky scalps as sebum build up can clog hair follicles which could lead to early hair loss. Many "store brand" dandruff shampoos are very abrasive on the hair and can damage perms or colors. Try L'anza Re Balance Remede Shampoo.

Styling Hair Tips

Calming Bang Cowlicks

One of the most effective techniques for dealing with cowlicks at the bang area is to try drying the bangs forward with a vent or round brush so that the cowlick will be weighted down. Another technique is to have a hairstyle that incorporates the cowlick into the style thereby creating lift at the cowlick. Use styling tools to support either styling technique try L'anza Re Balance Mega Gel.

Curling Iron Styling

If you want a longer hold when you style with a curling iron try spraying hairspray BEFORE curling hair. L'anza Special F/X Hairspray is excellent for this!

Hair Splits At Crown Area

This problem can be treated by utilizing the correct styling tools and drying the problem area in the opposite direction to redirect the hair and give it more lift. Don't dry the hair flat to your head as it magnifies the split in the crown area. Instead use a vent brush to lift the hair at the scalp. If the hair is sticking up in the crown area and you have a short cut, try growing the hair longer. You should find that the weight of the hair will weigh down the crown cowlick. Try L'anza Re Balance Styling Foam.

No Perm Hair Care

Many of todays styles are without perms. However, hair still needs a lift to achieve a fuller look. Try getting some highlights and use a volumizing styling tool such as L'anza Re Balance Mega Gel .

Styling With Hot Rollers

When using hot rollers spray dry hair first with L'anza Special F/X Hairspray. Take your first section and comb it smooth, spray with hairspray and then twist the section before wrapping on the roller. This will give a spiral look to your curls. After rollers have cooled take out rollers and spray with L'anza Special F/X Hairspray. Finally turn head upside down and run your fingers through your hair.

Using a Blowdryer and Brush To Turn

One Length Hair Under

After drying hair 70% dry use a round brush or rounded vent brush begin drying hair under. Use L'anza Special F/X and spray on the ends of your hair while the brush is in a turned under postion in your hair. Aim the blow dryer at the hair that is in the brush for 15 seconds then let the hair cool for 5-10 seconds and then remove brush. You may have to turn the dryer off and put it on the counter until you get used to applying the technique. The key factor is spraying the hair, then using a blowdryer set to "hot" to act like a curling iron then allowing the hair to cool before removing the brush. Repeat until all the hair is dryed under. If you have a lot of hair try pinning the top layer up and working first on the underneath layer.

Hot Air Tricks

Keep the blow-dryer moving instead of leaving it in one spot.
Point the nozzle down the hair shaft to avoid the �electric-shock effect.�
If drying hair upside down, start at the nape, move on to the sides and dry the crown last since there is a tendency to overdry that area.
When blow drying use a thermal protector (ie Paul Mitchell® "Seal and Shine") It will absorb the heat and cause less damage to the hair. It will add body and and great shine too!

Static electricity. Exposing your hair to dry air can create a great deal of static electricity to build up in your hair, sometimes causing it to stand on end (remember how rubbing balloons caused your hair to stand at attention ?!?!) Well here's a simple and easy to remember trick to help you control that static in your hair. After preparing your hairstyle take your favorite control hairspray and spray it ON YOUR HAIRBRUSH ... now simply brush it through your hair and distribute evenly over the length of the hair from the roots to the ends. This will allow your style to maintain its bounce and flexibility, but will be rid of the dreaded static electricity and flyaway hair.

After Swimming use a good "clarifying " shampoo. The main ingredient to look for is E.D.T.A.. It is like a chemical claw that will remove all the chlorine in the hair. Chlorine is damaging to the hair and will aslo join with cooper sulfate in the hair and turn it "swimmers' green."

Paul Mitchell® Shampoo 3 is made to solve this problem!

For Sun Bathers...when laying out apply a good conditioner with sunscreens in it. The heat from the sun will help the action of the conditioner and the sunscreens will block out the UV rays which cause hair damage. Paul Mitchell® Super Charged Conditioner is great for this!

For Color Treated Hair

Color treated hair has special needs and good care is good sense for any hair type. Follow these professional suggestions to keep your hair looking it's best!

Be careful in the sun. Try to use hats, scarves or products with sunscreens to help protect against color fade and the drying effects of the sun.

Great for the beach, leave-in conditioners generally contain sunscreens to protect against color fade.

Shampoo gently with a shampoo specially created for color-treated hair. More aggressive shampooing can strip color or dry out hair.

Condition regularly with an intensive conditioner to restore vital moisture and

luster to color treated hair.

Use color enhancing conditioners as color grows out to help blend root areas.

Do not wrap in a towel turban when you get out of the shower with wet hair. The added friction can knot and damage vulnerable wet hair. Instead, carefully blot hair dry.

Don't brush hair when wet. Comb with a wide-tooth comb, working tangles out as you move from the ends toward the scalp.

Don't overdry. When you blow dry, dry the hair until it is almost, but not completely, dry. Leave some moisture in to prevent static.

Use care when styling. When using styling appliances, use thermal protectant for maximm protection. Avoid aggressive manipulation of the hair.

Use hairspray or spritz with moisturizers and sunscreens to finish the hair. These products will provide continual protection throughout the day.

Don't spray lightening agents or put lemon juice in your hair.

Support your style with a perm. Just because you have color treated hair doesn't mean you can't have a perm. In fact, a perm specially formulated for color treated hair can add wonderful body, fullness and texture to complement your color.

For Detangling...First get a good detangling comb( they have very wide teeth). After applying a good acid balanced conditioner (pref. with a pH of 3.0) start to detangle your hair from the ends first and work up to the scalp.

Brushing

Brushing is an activity which is often done without even thinking about it. "My hair needs a brush" - and one minute afterwards it's all done. If hair get's brushed very often, it's important to do it right. First rule: never ever brush wet hair. It's better to leave wet hair alone until it is dry. There are special products on the market to prepare hair for the dry condition, to allow e.g. easy combing. Most of these products are applied in the last wet phase. After applying e.g. a rinser to your hair and drying it off, you can detangle it with your fingers. I suggest to not even comb it in wet condition.

Second rule: whenever possible, start to comb your hair before you start to brush. Combing has to be done bottom up. Start combing at the end of your hair. Go through some inches until all knots are combed out, then restart some inches higher. If your hair is really messy today, separate it and comb each strand on its own. After you detangled your hair by this method, you can use a brush to go through the whole length, top down. Don't brush rude. Often the end of a hair fiber is much brighter than the hair cuticle just one inch above. This indicates that the hair fiber was broken, or stretched to rip, which is the result of rude brushing or combing.

You have to use a good comb / brush. Don't buy cheap plastic stuff! The problem is not that it might rip your hair, but it causes electrostatic, which has an effect like glue - whatever you do with your comb, it will only catch more static.

Here's a trick to get rid of static (also known as flying hair): use a mister, and spray some water onto your hair. This will discharge your hair. After brushing you can apply a spray to make your hair more shiny. If it is a good product, it will also protect your hair additionally. If you like to give your hair style and form, you may use styling gels or foams. Additional products will be necessary for a variety of hairstyles, some ladies do use quite some hairspray to protect their long hair during the day to catch static and become flying hair.

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