Hair growth drugs are a non existant thing

I see a lot of questions on the internet that ask . “how can I make my hair grow faster, longer, fuller, etc”

The truth of the matter is. There is no great drug, or vitamin that will make your hair grow any way than its normal growth pattern. I found this article on web md about this very subject Doctor Doris Day of New York University writes :

Will prenatal vitamins help my hair grow faster?

Answer by Doris Day MD

Dermatologist

New York University

I have a lot of patients who like taking their prenatal vitamins and they think that it helps their hair grow faster.

There is nothing in the literature that supports this. Prenatal vitamins are really just a nice mix of vitamins that support women who are planning pregnancy. They have ingredients like folic acid that women should not be deficient in when they are planning on getting pregnant, because of certain birth defects. But there is nothing special in a prenatal vitamin or any supplement that will help grow your hair.

I understand being a Cosmetologist , that hair is a very Important part of our lives. But at this point in time. It’s just not anything on the market that is a super hair growth drug.

The best thing you can do for your hair is to eat a healthy diet, drink lots of fresh water. Use the right shampoo and conditioner for your hair type, and keep your hair groomed

Sioux, cosmetologist

More on color

When you go to the drugstore and look at the box color it has all kinds of information on it. They can be quite confusing. First thing you see is a color and a number.

The number refers to a the level of the hair. You can see the explanation on my previous post.

The next your gonna see is the color. All kinds or letters c cr rc, b, br, n r and varous other combinations .

C – copper

R – red

N – netural

M – mocha

A – ash

V – violet

B – brown

G – gold

W – warm

Then you get combinations of wn mg. mm bc br cg rb and more. You may even see br or cr . and rc . the firsr letter is the promanat color. Meaning cr theres more copper then red. And rc there is my red then copper

In my last post I talked about the devloper there are so many brands and different levels, they are 10 vol, 20 vol, 30 vol, 40 vol.. which are the most common ones used. You never used anything higher then 2o vol when using lightener . Unless you want your head raw. I have seen some pretty graphic pictures where a girls head was chemically burned because a stylist did not do her job right.

Each vol lifts that much .. ie . 10 vol lifts 1 level, 2o vol lifts 2 levels . 30 vol lifts 3 levels and 40 vol lifts 4 levels . (again see my last post for more info on levels of hair.)

I was told by a maxtix rep in a class. Honey you aint pulling red.. you brought it to the party. For me I am bring red to every party since i am a natural red head. Personally I have never wanted to and have no plans to ever change my hair color.. That does not mean I wont use Hair color. to enhance my hair .. by highlites lowlites. and just by refreshing my color so it looks more vibrant

What that means is: that everyones base color is red in varoring levels .. from red to orange to yellow. Even if your hair is a cool or a netural tone

Another big thing is care for hair that has been chemically treated.

You very much need a shampoo for color treated hair. And a good condtioner..

You aslo need to do a conditioning treatment once a month. Some people may need it more often if their hair is more damaged .

There are so many products to choose from I have been using Kenra’s hair masque .. I like it very well and recommend it if you can afford it. The Kenra Hair masque is around $20.oo us . and can only be purchased at a salon

I hope that this was informative . yours always

What is hair color?

Before I get into this.. my insturctor says.. you lighten hair you bleach towls. you dye clothes you color hair.. I am not going to sit here and tell you how to color your hair at home.. the reason is 99 percent of the time you will not be happy with an at home kit.

With that said.. the next question is; what is hair color? its a method of changing the color of your hair by chemical process. there is so much to say about hair color and so many types and brands

First thing a stlist will do is determine what your hair is what level your hair is.. the levels are 1 - 10 . 1o being the lightest and 1 the darkest. Level do not mean blonde is level 1o because you can have a Level 9 or 8, or even 7 blonde .. then there is level 6, 5, 4, which are the medium tones.. then you go into 3, 2, 1 which are the darker tones.. Now i can throw in a monkey wrench into the mix.and red. which can be any level from 1o - 1 .. After that the stylist is going to determine your hair texture, is it fine medium or corse. The texture is important to know because fine hair sucks color up quickly whereas corse hair takes longer to process. Next, what if any other chemicals you have used. the porocity of your hair Another thing a stylist has to take into concidration is if there is any grey in your hair .. total grey hair is the same as a level 1 blond.

NOTE Asian hair and ethnic will never be a level 10 there is way to much pigment in there hair to safely lighten it, Asain hair can never be marilyn monroe blonde their hair will fall out before it gets that light Asian and Amercican Indain hair is the only type of hair that you may actually see the blue black color you some times see in comic books.

you can safely change the level of your hair up to 4 level with hair color. Anything more your going to have to use lightener.. which can go up to 7 or so levels.. this is why i say asian hair cannot go level 10 blonde because you would have to go 9 levels to get there..

Now that I got that part down the next thing you have decide is what you want your hair to look like. and whats the best product to use to get there.

there is:

tempory color - washes out the next shampoo

simi permanant color- washes out in 6- 8 shampoos ( depending on hair porosity and the color used)

demi permant color - deposits color but does not lift ..

permant color - lifts and deposits color ( can lift up to 4 levels )

and last but not least lightener, which lifts pigment out of your hair can lift up to around 7 levels depending on the devolper used.

color is not just as simple as opening a box and filling your hair full of it. A lot of what a stylist does is is formulate the color to get to the desired look a customer wants from hilites to all over color

I know thats what I have just typed out is just the tip top of the info about hair color but I hope it helps someone out there

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nearly 2 wks

its been nearly 2 weeks since graduation.. unfortunitly I am still not in the state boards system. but I will keep checking every day.. I am bored out of my skull.. and my sleep patterns has turned upside down staying up all night and sleeping all day ..

theres really not much to talk about.. My baby girl is going to be 20 in 2 weeks.. hopefully by then I will be in the system.. I have been checking every day

yours always sioux

Damaged hair

I topic of concern for a lot of people is damage to their hair. We all love to have our hair done.. weather it be just a little trim to an all over color..

The truth is that color damages our hair.. The peroxide that we use to color hair weather called developer, promoter.. or perxoide is all the same thing..,

heres the thing.. if you do your hair every 6 to 8 weeks as recomened .. and use the products recomened by your stylist, your hair will be great.

What damages your hair .. is bleaching it coloring it bleaching it coloring, over and over again.

So stop and think .. Do I want my hair to look like straw.. should I tried to bleach out color.

You can not fix damaged hair., you can patch it by using conditioners, deep conditioners can be used depending on how damaged your hair is from once a week to once a month,

No matter what tv tells you.. shampoo cannot fix damaged hair. Listen to your hair stylist.. and please do not true to do yours hair yourself.. thats what we are trained for..

Yes, your right.. the drug store, and walmart have a whole isle of so many types of hair color to put on your hair.. but, my guess is .. your not ever gonna get what you want out of store bought color.

Gradution day was Febuary 16, 2011 I had a wonderful day. My station was decorated woderfully. I loved it thank you Ryan, Amber, Amanda, and Dana. You guys are the greatest,




We went to lunch at noon, at the mexican resturant , then cake and ice cream.. I want to thank the staff at Arnolds Beauty School for everything they have done in the last year for me. I loved being at school, and i will miss you all,


Now for the hard part State boards.. Hopefully I can get in pretty quickly. and start to work asap






as always love and hugs

Sious

New date

Ok so we had a lot of bad weather here in my part of Tennessee, which means i missed three days of school.. Can we say not happy? However get over it move on.. Really what choice do I have. Not like I have any control of the weather.

So now my graduation date is weds Feb 16, 2011 at 3Pm. or there abouts. We are suppose to have reletivly nice weather for the next week or more, This I am very happy about. As my date draws near, I feel like its not real. Something is going to happen thats gonna stop me. I am so excited and sad at the same time.

more to come your friend Sioux

Last week of School

Ok, so tomorrow is Monday Febuary 7, 2011. What that means is, Is its the first day of my last week of school before Graduation. Tomorrow the hours of opperation are from 9:15 to 1:30pm. school starts at 8am though.

We will do an hour of class, in my case its an hour of stateboard review. I have an appointment tomorrow at 9 though.. Jodi Heavner. who is a good friend and the author of Ameatica.. the world of noodles.. check her out. you'll love her Noodle world.. Plus she has the cutest little baby girl.. I am kinda a little nervous about being done with school. its a new path in my life.. next is stateboards then find a job doing hair, makeup and more.

I love my new path, I know that I can go far because its always been my passion ..
I will miss so many people there but, I can come back to visit..

yours always Sioux

a week and a half

Well it is a week and a half till i graduate.. wow.. does that not blow my mind.. I took my mock state boards last tuesday.. I did ok. not great.. but I know some of the things i did wrong so .. I hope that I can correct that.. That of course was the practical part.. The theory part .. well lets say, was not as good as I expected.. However,. I was told that the test given in mock boards is harder then the actual test.. so i was encouraged.. I think I will do fine..

Its been one heck of a year.. I have learned so much.. I was sitting here tonight looking at my nails.. they are pretty good. i did them of course.. the ones i did they day i started were horrible. I was horrible at nails.. Now.. I think I am good enough to charge.. YAY! thats a plus..

I love what I am doing.. I volintered to do the makeup at a runway show for St Judes hosipital. got some great pics.. I think I did really good.. Chaz the Salon owner liked my work.. I liked him also .. I think he is a very talented Stylist and we will be hearing about him in the world of beauty in the near future.

I am kinda disappointed in myself though.. I had big plans to blog this last year so much my devolopment and everything.. It just didnt happen.. I was not in a state of mind that I could be in the place I needed to be to do that.. Now I can the cause of my problem is gone.. Life has been so much better in the last month.. I am now off and running. look out world Sioux is here and I am here to stay!

yours forever Sioux

Mock statboards

I have Mock state boards at school today. if you dont know what that means.. its a practice run for state boards to get my cosmetology license.. its probally an all day thing .. I am packed and ready.. I think I'm ready for this.. I graduate in 2 wks.. which means.. If i am not ready .. I have to get ready... Atleast I have one less stress to deal with .. that is the end of my 7 yr relationship.. it was a hard desision to make but in the end was the right one. It just wasnt a good place for me to be in ..

Of course a major stress was the passing of my dad in December. Also my mom getting sicker..
The Kids are grown now.. So basically its time for me to be where I want to be.. In life physically and mentally..

I really want to move to Nashville.. I know that I can make a better living there.. I would be leaving all my friends and atleast part of my family.. I just think it would be in my best interest to do so.. I know that I will start as a assitant or something like that if I do go to Nashville but, hey everyone has to start somewhere