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How to Embrace Your Hair Journey and Release The Anxiety

Posted by Garonne Decossard on

  On this Humpday afternoon, I am coming into your inbox with a pick me up! I was recently having a consultation with a client who is experiencing hairloss and I was so happy to be able to help her relax about the process. Here are the tools I gave her... It’s important to set the right expectations of how much hair you will be able to regrow. You may not get your youthful thick mane back but may grow enough hair for a cute style, or to cover the problem areas, giving you independence and choice. If you are using...

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Tips on coping : Stress and Hairloss

Posted by Garonne Decossard on

Almost everyone I meet dealing with hairloss, talk about stress being a factor. If your hairloss is caused by a specific hairstyle, you can change it If chemicals or heat, you can take a break from it If  you have vitamin deficiencies , there are countless brands of hair vitamins to choose from. But, what do you do when the cause of your problem is stress?  it can be especially frustrating when you hear  "well don't stress out so much"! it's like when someone tells you to calm down while you are highly upset, as if you can press a button...

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Two Steps Forward, Three Steps Back: How Not to Sabotage your Own Hair Journey

Posted by Garonne Decossard on

There's truth to the statement: Hindsight is 20/20. Now that I have seriously taken the time to research and study the hair and scalp in order to continue to improving The Ronnie Shop product line, I realized how we collectively do certain things out of habit that hinder the progress of our journey to healthy hair.  I have compiled a few short cardinal rules with simple explanations to help them stick:  1. That Curling Iron Touch-Up: Never apply heat to hair that is not freshly shampooed and conditioned. We all do it, we are about to head out for work...

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When to Do a Protein Mask Vs. a Moisturizing Conditioner?

Posted by Garonne Decossard on

As more and more of us are resorting to DIY haircare, and learning regimens from social media, it's important to also learn the intricate dos and don't that  often a hairstylist used to take care for us. Today we will talk about protein vs. moisture.  throwback of my hair after a deep moisture treatment   Hair needs the right balance of protein and moisture. Protein strengthens the hair, gives it elasticity and keeps it from easily breaking or splitting. Protein treatments are especially important if your hair is chemically treated or is subjected to heat often. Moisture also protects the...

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Beauty is a Marathon and Not a Sprint

Posted by Garonne Decossard on

"Pace yourself". We hear those words often, in many different situations in life, but I remember reading these instructions when I was training for my first 5K years ago. I am not a runner and besides another random turkey trot, I kind of stayed away from the track since then. But I always remember to "Pace Myself". Earlier this year, I ended up on a blog of a woman describing how to adopt "Oshun Ways" to attract love and beauty into one's life. As you know, Oshun is the Goddess of love and sweet waters and I think every woman's...

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