Let me be honest with you about something I see constantly: people skipping heat protectant because they either do not think it matters, or they bought one years ago that left their hair sticky and limp and they never looked back. I get it. Back in my salon assistant days in Austin, I watched clients…
Let me be honest with you for a second. Amazon hair product shopping can feel like walking into a store where every single product is screaming “I’m the best!” from the shelf, and you have absolutely no idea who to trust. The reviews are either suspiciously perfect or weirdly angry. The “bestseller” badge means something,…
Let me start with something nobody says out loud: just because a hair tool goes viral doesn’t mean it will work for you. I have been in the beauty space long enough (salon floors, dorm bathrooms, and everything in between) to know that “everyone is obsessed with this” and “this is right for your hair”…
I want to be honest with you about something before we get into this list. When I was working in that salon in Austin, I used to hear stylists tell clients, almost without blinking, that drugstore shampoo was basically poison for their hair. And I get why they said it. They were trained on professional…