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Creative Salon Styling Techniques

This section identifies additional techniques, hints and tips that can be used in the salon to support and create volume, motion ...

Form Altering Products

Hair products are constantly being refined. Most of the changes to form-altering products involve improvements to performance or ...

Forming Hair

What is form? Form is all about shape and style, and not about creating a series of uniform curls! The chemical process necessar ...

General Perm and Straightener Ingredients

Forming and straightening products may contain the following types of ingredients: Buffering agents For example ammonium bicar ...

History of Perming and Straightening

It can be said that the history of curls in fashion has been influenced by the techniques available to hairdressers. The process ...

Perm and Straightener Types

A general awareness of the chemical composition of forming products will ensure expert advice in the salon. Hairdressers need to ...

Perm Neutralisers

Most neutralisers contain the oxidising ingredient hydrogen peroxide, though some may include sodium bromate as an alternative. ...

Prepare Your Straightening Client

In the case of hydroxide-based relaxers, do not shampoo the hair before commencing treatment as this will remove the protective ...

Re-bonding Theory

The theory or principle behind re-bonding is identical to that used for a cold wave form; both processes rely on a lotion or cre ...

Relaxer Technique

Hydroxide and thioglycolate products require a different application technique as they each have a different effect on the hair. ...

Selling Re-bonding

Terminology It is essential to be fully conversant with competitor products and terminology. Re-bonding is a technically accu ...

Step-by-Step Hair Techniques

Step-by-step images from the latest Essential Looks Collection, plus Basic Skills Cutting, Colouring ...

Straightener Technique

Hydroxide and thioglycolate products require a different application technique as they each have a different effect on the hair. ...

Straightening, Re-bonding and Relaxing

It is essential to understand the difference between these processes before creating a new look for your client. Either treatmen ...

Styling Straight Hair

Straightened Hair - Do's & Don'ts Do Use a steam straightening iron to style hair as opposed to dry heat. These are kinder ...

The Re-bonding Market

Re-bonding is the new industry buzzword, however the process itself has been popular in Asia, Japan and South America for a whil ...

Up-to-date Forming Terminology

Perm is a conservative term that has been used for many years to talk about permanent curls, however this term is not particular ...

Using Straightening Boards

Straightening boards may be used in order to control a hair straightening treatment. Different lengths of board should be used t ...

Why Re-bonding?

Re-bonding is a permanent, thioglycolate-based hair straightening process, and as such it is similar in action to many other thi ...

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