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When Should you Use a Hair Mask?

Posted by Garonne Decossard on

It's often confusing the differences between a hair mask and a moisture conditioner. Usually, when a product is called a mask, if you look at the description it will often contain the word repair, bond builder, and allude to being targeted at damaged or chemically treated hair. The ingredients will also often contain proteins. These products are great to use before and after chemical treatments, coloring as well as monthly if you hair is damaged.  Hair masks are also great prior to heat styling as they protect your strands as well as promote sleekness and shine.    You can also use a...

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Back to School Hair

Posted by Garonne Decossard on

I am in the life, the back to school life! I am already in my second week of school and I am simply walking it by faith!!  If you are headed back or have a little ones in your life heading back to school in the next few weeks, I have some tips to share:   1. Get a Trim/Take them to Get a Trim; 90% of dryness, tangling,  and knotted hair challenges can be fixed with a nice trim.  Frayed ends do not hold moisture well. They easily get knotted onto themselves and the other strands.  Frayed and split ends also travel...

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Better Late than Never: Gift Guide 2021

Posted by Garonne Decossard on

I didn't start enjoying holiday shopping until I became a business owner myself.  All of a sudden, the world of small business owners, women owned, black owned, minority owned opened up the possibility of not only meaningful and unique gifts but the joy of knowing that with my purchase I am directly supporting the life of an actual family. I look forward to finding new, innovative gifts and services to dazzle my loved ones.  This year, here are some places I have patronized and will gladly do so again: Purrty Dimples Get the mommy and me silk-lined bonnet sets or just the singles...

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The power of detoxing one's hair!

Posted by Garonne Decossard on

We have all watched the Dawn commercials where birds lives are saved from oil spills, because Dawn has the power to wash off the strongest, most occlusive oils right? What you may not know, Dawn is also used to remove hard to get buildup from hair, it's actually a staple by some locticians to clarify lots that are discolored, lint filled and heavy with twisting pomades and gels.  Photo Credit: National Audubon Society Why detox? well for starters many of us want the flexibility of having different styles, but unbeknownst to us the products used for our last style affects...

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Shaping Our New Normal, Our Survival Depends on It....

Posted by Garonne Decossard on

Remember back in March 2020 we thought we would hunker down for a few weeks tops, then by summer we would be back to eating ice cream on boardwalks? I remember the first zoom birthday I attended for the first 40th birthday of one of my good friends. All of us on the call were excited, giddy and full of unbridled optimism. We were going to sit home for 6 weeks top, eat snack, read, learn to a new skill, take a course, start a new business for some, catch up on shows and have happy hours over zoom to...

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