I’m a hairdresser and here’s the red flag that means your stylist is lying about your thin hair
A HAIRDRESSER has revealed the red flag you should watch out for your stylist saying when they try to ‘fix’ your thin hair.
Danielle Palompo, from Aberdeen, regularly shares her styling tips and favourite haircare products on social media (@daniellepalompo).
In a recent video, the 33-year-old mum revealed the warning sign that means a hairdresser may not be helping you achieve your healthiest, fullest locks.
Danielle, who co-hosts parenting podcast Keep It Casual, said: “Whether your hair is naturally thick or thin, healthy hair always looks thicker.
“If you’ve got blonde damaged hair, dyeing it brown will not make it look thicker or healthier.
“If your hairdresser tells you to go brown to have a break from blonde, this is a red flag. Your hair never needs a break from blonde.”
Danielle also offered up further tips to help get your hair in its best condition.
“If your hair is thin and damaged, stop putting so much heat on it, start oiling your hair daily, take a hair vitamin”, she said.
“Thin hair can look thick when it’s healthy. And guess what, having slightly thinner hair is so much easier to manage.
“Pretty much all of my thick haired clients wish their hair was thinner.”
And even if you’re trying to grow your hair, you need to get regular haircuts to stop it hanging limp with zero volume.
Danielle added: “I like to give my clients what I call invisible layers. This is where I will take weight out of certain areas of the hair, even thin hair carries weight. This will make your hair look fuller.
“It’s about putting shape in the hair so it doesn’t sit flat and it lifts, giving the illusion that your hair is thicker and has more volume.
“You have to do a little bit of styling [too]. You can’t any hair to just sit with loads of volume.”
Danielle earlier revealed the big mistake people make when washing their hair – and it could be wrecking your locks.
She said: “If you shampoo the ends of your hair, you are doing it wrong.
“Shampoo is for cleaning your scalp and roots of your hair.
“Shampooing the ends can cause tangling and possible breakage.”
She also revealed the three shampoo brands she swears by that she always recommends to customers.
As well as in-salon hair services, Danielle offers online tutorials to help her fellow hairdressers perfect their colouring skills – in particular, bleaching and balayage.
The 4 stages of the hair growth cycle
Hair experts at Philip Kingsley shared the four stages of the hair growtn cycle are: Anagen, Catagen, Telogen and Exogen
Anagen Phase: Also known as the ‘Growth Phase’ or ‘Active Phase’, is when the cells in the root of your hair are most rapidly dividing so more new hair is formed.
During the Anagen Phase, hair grows around half an inch a month [about six inches a year], and faster in the summer than in winter.
This phase of the hair growth cycle lasts an average of three to five years.
Catagen Phase: Following the Anagen Phase, your hair cycle enters a short transitional phase known as the Catagen Phase, which signals the end of active hair growth and cuts individual hairs off from the blood supply and from the cells that produce new hair.
Approximately three percent of all hairs are in this stage at any time and it lasts for around 10 days.
Telogen Phase: The third stage of your natural hair growth cycle is the Telogen Phase, a resting period when strands remain in their follicles but are not actively growing.
An estimate of 10-15 percent of your hairs are in the Telogen Phase at any given moment.
The Telogen Phase lasts around three months or 100 days.
Exogen Phase: The final stage of the Hair Growth Cycle, when individual hair strands are released from their follicles and fall out.
Now the whole process begins again.