How Important is Your Hair

Never underestimate the power of a great cut and colour. Your hair is one of your most important factors in your look and an essential part of your image. If you look great, you instantly feel great. A new hairstyle is one of the easiest ways of changing your appearance and your total look. It’s what shapes your face and one of the first things people notice. So knowing all this, why would anyone walk around with an average haircut and an average colour? Nobody wants to look average and no one especially wants to feel average.

At Rocktan Hair we want to make sure you look your best at all times. From consulting your new cut & colour to ensuring you maintain it using the correct products and styling techniques. Feel free to book in for a free consultation and ensure you are getting the most of your hair, your natural accessory.

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Hair Care Tips 04 – Hair Treatments

Treatments are a very important part of looking after your hair. Most people don’t realise how important they really are. With everything that is done to hair and the damage and stress its put under, a treatment can help balance that out and give back what’s missing. These days the technologies of treatments has enhanced the accuracy in specialising the treatment to exactly what the hair needs. Weather your hair is dry, brittle, breaking or exposed to the sun there is a special treatment just for you.

There are several different types of treatments. The three most common categories are intense (wash out), leave in, and in-salon.

It is good if you can do an intense treatment once a week. As we all know life is very busy and sometimes this isn’t possible. Doing a quick treatment while in the shower is better than none at all. Even if done at least once every two weeks. There is an option of using a slow intense treatment which slowly works over six hours while you sleep. In the morning it can then be rinsed.

For someone whose hair is being exposed to more damages and needs that little bit more than a leave in treatment can be great. They are easy to use, don’t need to be washed out and can be done every day. Leave in treatments can also be used in conjunction with other treatments.

The in-salon treatment is the most intense and prescribed. We can mix up different mixtures depending on what your hair needs. It may need more moisture or protein which we can assess and add to your treatment. They also penetrate a lot deeper. It’s a good idea to have an in salon treatment every time you have your colour done. This could be anywhere from every four to eight weeks.

We also have many products that have combinations of styling and treatment properties. These are great so as you style your hair you can give it a little treat too.

For more information on treatments come and see us at Rocktan Hair. We can also analyse your hair to see which one is best suited for you.

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Hair Straightening System

NEW UNBELIEVABLE HAIR SMOOTHING AND ANTI FRIZZ SYSTEM

This New hair smoothing and anti frizz system is amazing. Imagine having beautiful frizzless hair every day. This system is a new technology that can help straighten your hair and improve the hair quality at the same time. Even heavily processed or coloured hair can be beautiful, smoother and frizzless.

This system will not only cut down your styling time but will also improve the hair structure. It ensures that your hair will be easily managed in terms of frizz and styling your hair. It will also be softer and shiner and is resistant to humidity.

As you can see from the pictures below, they show the difference from her very curly, frizzy hair to her new beautifully straight shiny hair. Depending on your hair will determine the outcome of the straightness. Its main aspects are helping to straighten while eliminating the frizz. Its really great before going on hollidays so you arnt wasting time styling your hair. As it treats the hair it also adds to the quality of your hair so your colour and shine looks amazing as well.

For more information about this revolutionary new hair system please call Rocktan Hair on 8344 9141.

Amazing new hair straightening system available at Rocktan Hair Salon Adelaide. For more photos and content please go to the Rocktan Hairdressers Adelaide home page.

Hair Care Tips 03 – Curly Hair

One of the most important factors in having beautiful curly hair is moisture. Always use a Professional shampoo and conditioner. Depending on your hair a specialised Curls shampoo may be suitable. Always seek professional advice on which products you should be using.

A common mistake people make with curly hair is to brush or comb it as its drying. The best time to brush your curly hair is while it has conditioner in it. Once your conditioner is rinsed, no more brushing. A wide tooth comb is best.

When drying your hair use your towel to scrunch the hair with your hands. Never ring or rub the hair dry as this will separate the curl and cause frizziness.  Once you have squeezed the excess water out you can add some product. A curling balm or cream would work well . Apply by again scrunching the product into the hair.

Your hair can now be left as is or if you would like it a little dryer then you may use your blow dryer. Add a diffuser to the end of your dryer to stem the flow of the air and not mess your curls apart.

Depending on your own preference a finishing spray may lastly be applied.

These are some simple tips on having and maintaining beautiful curly hair.

For more information on styles and other hair tips please go to the Rocktan Hairdresser Adelaide home page.

Hair Care Tips 02 – Straightening

Straightening your hair can seem very simple but to maintain quality hair there are some simple steps to take. First of all we are talking about mechanical straightening which is done with hot styling tools such as GHD’s. Chemical straightening is very different and should only be done after consulting a professional. We rarely recommend hair to be chemically straightened while coloured as it causes too much damage and can make the hair very dry and brittle.

The most important aspect of straightening your hair is the products you use. If you want straight hair on a continued basis then using a smoothing shampoo is vital. This helps the hair to be ready to be straightened. A smoothing shampoo also adds more moisture and can help with frizz.

With products being the most important aspect of straightening then a heat protector is the most important product. A heat protector can help prevent heat damage that can be caused by the straightener. Like it or not but putting 200 degrees plus on your hair is going to do damage. You need to do everything to limit it. A heat protector for our hair is like sunscreen to our skin. You can go out in the sun once maybe twice without seeing any sunburn or damage. But if you keep doing it you will get burnt. This is the same with your hair.

Also beware of wet to dry straighteners. They claim to be able to straighten your hair while wet but can leave your hair dry and damaged. They also leave moisture particles inside the hair shafts which eventually come to the surface and cause frizziness. You would not iron your clothes wet so why would you iron your hair wet. Blowdry the hair dry before straightening. For a better result use a straightening cream and brush when blowdrying.

Six simple steps for Stylish Straight Hair

1. Using a smoothing Shampoo and Conditioner
2. Apply a straightening blowdry cream
3. Blowdry your hair by gently pulling it straight with your hands or a brush
4. Apply your heat protector either all over or section by section
5. Use your GHD’s and glide them through the hair
6. Apply a very small amount of serum to help with frizz and add shine

Also see the new smoothing system page.

For more information on hair tips and hair styles please see the Rocktan Hair Straightening home page.

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