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Why Hair Is Most Fragile When It’s Wet

Every time your hair gets wet, its internal structure temporarily weakens. Water breaks the hydrogen bonds inside the hair fiber, bonds responsible for nearly one-third of the hair’s strength.

At the same time, the hair shaft swells by about 15% as it absorbs water. This expansion lifts the cuticle layers instead of allowing them to lie flat like protective armor.

When the cuticle lifts, the strands begin to catch and rub against each other, which is why hair tangles so easily after washing.

For roughly 30 minutes after washing, hair is at its most vulnerable stage. Yet this is exactly when many people:

• Rub their hair aggressively with a towel
• Brush or comb roughly
• Apply heat with styling tools

All of this creates friction and stress on hair that is already weakened.

How to protect wet hair:

• Use a microfiber towel instead of rough terry cloth
• Detangle gently from the ends upward using a wide-tooth comb
• Allow hair to air-dry or fully dry before using heat tools

Think of wet hair like a fiber that has temporarily lost a significant portion of its strength. The way you treat it during this stage makes a huge difference in preventing breakage and preserving healthy hair.

You don’t have to choose between letting your hair go all grey and super high maintenance color! Come see what we can do for you!

More women are starting to rethink how they deal with gray hair… 🤍

You’ve probably heard of gray blending — soft highlights that help new grays blend in.

But there’s also something called “reverse gray”… and it’s not the same.

This is for when hair is already quite gray, and instead of covering it, stylists add deeper tones back in to create dimension and make it look fuller and less flat ✨

It’s a small change… but the difference in how the hair looks can be surprising.

Some of the before-and-after results are not what you’d expect.

Full article in the first comment 👇

If you are tired of seeing your grey roots every 2-3 weeks. Call us! We specialize in color blending grey where the grow out is seamless. Your hair will look fresh and stylish for 8 weeks or more!

60 Perfect Examples Of Gray Blending For Dark Hair - The Hairstyle Edit Gray blending for dark hair is a modern hair coloring technique that integrates natural gray strands with darker base colors, creating depth and dimension

Only a few color spots left before
Christmas

Last min opening w Mary at 11 today if anyone needs color!

Our salon is collecting nonperishable food items for the Dumas Wesley St. Joseph’s project. Please consider helping your local food pantry or bring us your items . Any of these items would be really great 😍
Canned hams !!!
Canned fruit ( especially pineapple for the hams )
Shelf stable milk
Peanut butter /jelly
Rice
Mac and cheese
Pasta
Spaghetti sauce
Any non expired pantry items

Thank you all!

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