Jaclynn Kate Hair & Makeup Artistry - Full Service Salon: February 2015

What is Keratin ?

Will Keratin Damage My Hair?

Hair Salon In Rhode Island

What is Keratin by Jaclynn Kate

So you went somewhere else and your double process bleached your hair and now it's a frizzy damaged mess? I hear this often. So in most cases your hairdresser will suggest for you to get a Keratin treatment. Often times when I suggest this to my clients, they respond with 'well what exactly is a keratin'? So I'm going to take the time to break it down for you.

What Is Keratin? It's a protein that's naturally in your hair.

How It Works: A stylist applies a keratin hair-straightening product to your hair and then uses the blow dryer to seal it in following the use of a flat iron to seal it in. The process takes about 90 minutes or longer, depending on your hair's length. Our salon uses the keratin product Keratin Complex Smoothing Therapy by Coppola.

Time-Saving Tresses: If you usually style your hair straight, a keratin hair-straightening treatment could shorten your blow-dry time by 40% to 60%.

Farewell, Frizz: You can forget about frizzy hair after treatment. "You could walk out in moist or light rain and your hair won’t change," if your stylist did it correctly.

Wait Before You Wash: You shouldn't wash your hair for three or four days after getting the treatment. That's because the solution takes time to work.

Upkeep: After you get a keratin hair treatment, and after the don't-wash waiting period, you should use sodium-sulfate-free shampoo to help maintain the treatment. It is recommended to use the same brand of Keratin shampoo to ensure the longevity of the treatment. These products were made to work together. Protect your investment.

How Long It Lasts: Expect the results to last three - six months depending upon which level of treatment you requested to receive.
Keratin treatments won't make your hair break, but the flat-ironing might. "The hair breakage has nothing to do with the treatments and everything to do with the flat irons that are used to dry and seal the hair afterward," says New York dermatologist Neil Sadick, MD. "Some stylists may use a flat iron that is way too hot and scorches hair, making it break off."
Keratin is more of a restorative treatment, even if you have a good hair type, it still strengthens the hair shaft and makes your hair more resilient."

Here's a little before & after of one of my bridal clients whom I did a Keratin treatment on.

As you can see from the photo to the left, her hair has SO much unwanted volume with frizz. To the right after the treatment her hair is silky smooth, shiny and pin straight. She loved the results and loves how much less time it takes her to dry it in the morning.

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Red Hair Styles In Rhode Island

Before & After Red Hair Coloring

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Red Hair Styles In Rhode Island By Jaclynn Kate

Red red red!! Red is such a popular request in our salon. I personally LOVE red hair!! It is however one of thee hardest colors to get IN the hair & the hardest color to get 100% OUT of the hair. I know, that kind of sounded like a double negative so I'll explain.

So hair types just don't take well to the color red. Very damaged hair also has a hard time taking to red & the color washes out very quickly due to the porosity on the hair follicle. Now even though its' hard to get in the hair, it's equally as hard to get out of the hair. You will find when you are lifting the color out you're struggling to get the pink out of the hair. Most times you have to use a higher volume developer when lifting or your stuck doing a double process bleach. Which we all know isn't the best for our locks.

For example, meet my client Heather. Heather was a dirty brown color when she came into the salon. She asked me be a candy apple red for Valentines Day. So looking at her hair color then & where she wanted to be, I immediately knew I had to lift some of the color out of her hair so she could get the vibrancy she was looking for. I preformed a Soap cap on her & then proceeded to do a straight up R on her. Let it sit for the 20 minutes. Washed it out. It ALL CAME OUT. NO RED. Why? Because her hair is pretty porous due to the flip flopping between colors so often. Therefore the color wouldn't stay. It was on to process #2 with a higher deposit, & boom it was perfect!!

The vibrancy was AMAZING. Heather loved it, and couldn't get enough of how fabulous she was going to look on Valentines Day with her hunny =]

Meet my best friend & hair client Kim! Kim LOVES red hair color & always tells me her hair doesn't hold red. So initially I didn't listed to her and said I could do it! lol

I used a 6RR with a high volume and a red kicker. Went to wash it off and it was an off brownish color in the sink. Initially I was not happy so I went in the back and took some Redken RED Shades over it & let it sit for 15 minutes. Dried it up & man was it a pretty red!!

I put some red highlights on the top of her hair too. Those didn't come out as red as I had anticipated, but overall she was stunned!! I saw Kim about 4 weeks later and most of the red had washed out like she said it would. I think we are going to do a redo & try to seal it with another product to prolong the lifeline of the red in her hair.

Meet one of my longest clients & friends, Sara! I've been dong Sara's hair for about 5 years now & she has always been a flip flopper. EVERYTIME she comes in she wants to change it up! Which is great for me cause I get to try new things & she's on cloud nine when she leaves the salon.

I went away on Vacation & Sara went somewhere else for a color & cut. Which btw who ever did it did a fantastic hair cut on her <3 <3

But her hair color was far too brown for Sara & She wanted to get rid of the copper & go red. Sara goes red all the time, this is nothing new for her or her hair.

Try #1. I brought Sara in, colored her base color a level 4 & bleached the ends of her hair to a light blonde to deposit a red on top and make it look balayage. - FAIL - Not even the base color changed!!! And then when I washed the red out it barely stained her hair. - FAIL-

Try #2 I went a bit deeper with her base color & tried again on her ends. -FAIL- Ends didn't take. Her hair was so stressed & what ever color that was used prior just wouldn't give.

Try #3 All over color. Wash it out. Bleached the ends. Washed it out. Dried it up. Permanent color over the end blended up. = Perfection.

The vibrancy and the placement of the red is just beautiful! I know it took up some trial & errors with her hair not cooperating, but sometimes that happens. A lot of the time we have clients come in with pictures of Guy Tangs work and think that the style in the photo can be done in 2 hours or one sitting. Not knowing how your hair is going to take to the color has a lot to do with the outcome. Sometimes you have to have a few sittings to get the perfect color you want or you can sit in the salon for 12 hours. Sara's service took all together with trial & error 9 hours.

Having realistic expectations and having a serious detailed conversation with your stylist is VERY important. Make sure you both are on the same page & remember to be open minded. <3 <3

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