Successful straightening

Some warnings are needed before using straightening. To tame your curly or curly hair, the technique of straightening is a delicate operation that consists in modifying the chemical structure (the links of the hair) to stiffen the hair. It is necessary to smooth out its keratin but the hair will nevertheless be weakened: its properties of elasticity will be irremediably lost. The bleached, colored or damaged hair is to be banished from an additional straightening which would lead to their loss ...


Before hair straightening, the hair is diagnosed!

A "good hairdressing salon" is a serious and trustworthy place that is more interested in your hair than in yourself ... It will impose a straightening test on a small strand of your hair ... and you will pass a "friendly" interview to better understand the "live" of the hair . "It is often realized that in the client's head a discoloration or other that dates to 6 months is over, while the hair will not withstand irreversible hair straightening . An examination of conscience which requires not to pass over in silence certain care to avoid catastrophes even "if the hairdresser to the touch of the hair feels a lot of things". It also checks that the scalp is healthy (without redness or intense desquamation ...) and healthy.

To be avoided absolutely: The discolored or colored hair must wait at least one year before straightening and another year before to re-straighten. For women who want to cover their white hair each month, some salons offer coloring care without ammonia or synthetic perfume, with more than 90% of ingredients derived from nature such as Essensity de Schwarzkopf.

* Stéphan Monnerie for Leonor Greyl


After straightening, the hair is reinforced

The well-straightened hair normally becomes supple, easy to comb and glow, but it requires special care. After straightening, the hair is convalescent, they should be fed and treated. Shampoo with collagen, and Cream with Shea Butter by JF Lazartigue . Or the shampoo cream bamboo marrow and the Mask Quintessence of Leonor Greyl .

For hair care puritans
, a thorough diagnosis of the hair makes it possible to adapt the best care and to make the right decisions before choosing how to smooth her hair. It is very advisable not to rush before going into straightening and other smoothing and less corrosive formulas can achieve a satisfactory result.
Chek-up complete your hair with a specialized laboratory, more information on www.centre-clauderer.com

Other methods for smoothing hair:
The X-TENSO® Cera thermic treatment, whose thermo-activated technology with Ceramide does not straighten the hair but relaxes and softens them. The action of the Ceramide is amplified by the heat which fixes it to the heart of the hair for a very long duration. More information on www.lorealprofessionnel.fr

The Asian Style Glaze at the Rino De Nicolo salon which has adapted a Japanese type of European hair care. Composed of silk, essential oils and creatine, it offers a magnificent result on all the hair, except for the wicked.
Attention for this treatment, it takes 6 hours. www.rinodenicolo.com