When was the last time you listened to your hair?
You want your hair to look a certain way, so you spend time styling it with the right haircut, color, and products. But is your hair trying to tell you something else?
In this episode of Hair Talk, Expert Stylist Nicole sets the record straight: your hair wants to support you! She gives you tips to help you connect with your hair and honor its movement. But first, she answers questions from you!
Here are some of the topics she covered:
- What do I tell my stylist if I have dark brown hair and want highlightsābut I donāt want them to go brassy?
- Nicole, talk about hair extensions! What can (or can’t) they do for me?
- I have a lot of frizzāhelp! (Plus, find out what moisture has to do with frizz…)
- How can I grow out my pixie without looking shaggy, or mumsy, or dowdy, or blah!
- Are all coloring techniques equally damaging?
- Is there one product you always recommend for Type 3 women?
- I have baby-fine hair, but I love bounce! It looks great when I’ve just finished styling, but it goes flat in no time. Help!
- I know it’s probably better to not wash my hair every day, but how do I go about that with oily hair? Plus, when I exercise, it
gets all sweaty. Any tips? - I love adding a dramatic streak of purple or indigo to my dark brown hair. The color doesnāt last long. It fades, even
though I only wash my hair twice a week and use purple shampoo. What should my hair stylist
be doing so I get the look I want? - And a discussion about how long is too long to wait in between washes! How do you find your “sweet spot”?
Nicole talks about curls: how to make them look less frumpy, how to add edge to Type 3 ringlets, and how to encourage curls to grow on the top layer of hair (because they’re usually hiding underneath the bottom layers!). Also – listen for this super cool story about how a book helped Nicole resolve a hair issue that’s been bugging her for the past 10 years!
Quick links to the hair products from the DYT store:
Hair resources mentioned in this broadcast:
Do you know which page, in the book you recommended, has the part about peeling skin, please? I downloaded it to Kindle, but the chapter content does not give a clue, there is no index, and it is not alphabetical by peeling or skin. Thanks! I loved your hair video!!!
It’s under the heading of skin problems/conditions and then the subheading of “peeling/flaking skin.” I believe it’s alphabetical through the book, so look for the phrase “skin problems” in the “s” section. Hope this is helpful:)
Thank you for your help. With that info I found it on page 393!
Ooooh, I need to try some of these products! Thanks for all these insights, Nicole! Do you think you could do a video sometime about cuts for different face shapes? Not all of us have the typical face shape for our type, so that can make things confusing. Iām a 1 with bone straight hair and an oblong face so many of the cute t1 cuts looks weird on me, and my friend is a 2 with bone straight hair and a heart shaped face so she gets confused also!
It’s always such a pleasure to ‘see’ you in your videos, Nicole. š
Thank you so much for answering my question regarding frizz! I had to smile at your suggestion I talk to my hair – I think it doesn’t like the climate here in the UK. (Neither do I!) When I visited LA, I had no problems with frizz. Sadly I don’t have actual curl, I’m biracial so I got in-between hair! If I leave it to air dry naturally, it’s totally flat on my scalp and the frizziness feels like mosquitoes swarming around my head, it’s so miserable. And I look like a swamp thing. I would love to achieve beachy waves, but again, leaving it to air dry is a disaster and a diffuser makes it even worse! I will try the products you recommended, I do think it needs more moisture, as you say. Thanks again Nicole! xx
My (naturally) red hair is fading (I’m only 31) & my curls are loosening & turning to just waves! What’s happening & what can I do about it? My hair stylist said my hair feels healthy. T1/2.
Ive worn my hair short for years, It’s thicker on top, and much thinner on the sides. I also have a number of cowlicks which interfere with trying to style it. What is recommended for this kind of hair. It is colored, unfortunately this time a darker color was used, which I admit I don’t like.