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Anne Ferguson is a director of celebrity stylist Taylor Ferguson Hairdressing.
In this issue, she focuses her expertise on a very common problem and
highlights a real-life case study.
Fight the frizz factor
What’s the big problem?
We can sum it up in one word that can signal a ‘bad hair
day’. FRIZZ!!
Deborah Welsh is a 43 year-old mother of one, working
as a freelance media consultant living in Lanarkshire. She
described her hair to me as having a tendency to be a
‘frizz nightmare’ leading to too many bad hair days.
She said she has amazing hair IF a professional takes
the time to blow dry it. If Deborah is doing it, however,
she needs to work really hard to control it because of its
tendency to go frizzy. She cites moist weather, even after
her most valiant efforts with straighteners, resulting in
her looking like the cartoon character Crystal Tipps. We
understand how frustrating this is.
Deborah remembers spending one holiday with her
hair slicked back with ‘industrial’ strength gel for the
whole fortnight.
The client’s solution
As well as battling with the hair dryer, Deborah has
invested time on research to find solutions. She’s tried
everything that the hairdresser’s shelf has to offer and
admits to being a sucker for any product that promises to
have her looking like she’s just stepped out of a salon.
She added that if she’s going out somewhere special
she needs to put the front of her hair in a hair grip to
keep it in place and stop the frizz effect. If it’s raining
just going from car to bar can see the frizz set in. Like
so many of us, Deborah has a busy professional life and
she so wanted to have her hair more controllable and, of
course, that frizz tamed.
The professional solution
I describe our solution for Deborah as ‘literally lifechanging’ and our team regularly sees clients whose life
is made a misery because of that dreaded frizz factor. I
do believe that long-term help is available thanks to the
Nanokeratin System hair relaxing treatment.
We gave Deborah’s hair a style makeover, thinning
out some of the volume and cutting a layered, choppy
long bob. We also fixed her colour, removing that block
single tone appearance.
How it works
The Nanokeratin treatment was applied with the yellowwhite thick solution combed carefully along the length of
Before
After
each strand of Deborah’s hair, allowing the frizzy hair to
literally start the relaxation process.The treatment takes
approximately two hours.
For four days following the application, you can’t wet
your hair in any way – this really just allows the treatment
to achieve its optimum effect.
The outcome
Because I hear so many ladies – and men –
complaining about frizzy hair I can empathise with
Deborah but in just a couple of hours we delivered a
frizz-free three to four months.
One client who has it done suffered the frizz
nightmare for 40 years and now revels in the fact
she can walk the dog in the rain and thanks to the
treatment doesn’t have to tame any frizz.
After her makeover, Deborah said: “I love my new
look. My hair’s never felt and looked so good. I closed
my eyes as the team was blow drying my hair and
when I saw the reveal I was so impressed.”
“I’m looking forward to an easier hair regime and
perhaps now I can control it, rather than be controlled
by the dreaded frizz.”
The cost
The Nanokeratin System treatment with a cut/blow dry
costs £250.
Another option
If you would like a home-use solution for a frizz
nightmare, I’d recommend the Kerastase Discipline
range of shampoo/conditioners, which can help ease
the frizz for up to 72 hours. A word of caution though
– for maximum benefit you must use both products
during your haircare session. n