Comments on: Silicones Can Strengthen Damaged Hair http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/11/04/silicones-can-strengthen-damaged-hair/ Cosmetic chemists answer your beauty product questions! We are a group of cosmetic scientists who understand what the chemicals used in cosmetics really do, how products are tested, and what all the advertising means. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:42:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: ana http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/11/04/silicones-can-strengthen-damaged-hair/comment-page-1/#comment-21987 ana Thu, 22 Nov 2007 22:13:30 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/11/04/silicones-can-strengthen-damaged-hair/#comment-21987 why not use natural oils such as olive or safflower to give shine and weigh down hair? Or just shea butter? it actually dries your hair out. why not use natural oils such as olive or safflower to give shine and weigh down hair? Or just shea butter? it actually dries your hair out.

]]> By: Becka http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/11/04/silicones-can-strengthen-damaged-hair/comment-page-1/#comment-21302 Becka Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:35:01 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/11/04/silicones-can-strengthen-damaged-hair/#comment-21302 LOL! Hair can "breathe"...Kudos for quitting Lauri! I think its funny that they always say Pantene is the worst, and you are supposed to use the expensive salon brands and then you look at the ingredients there and they also have cones... LOL! Hair can “breathe”…Kudos for quitting Lauri!

I think its funny that they always say Pantene is the worst, and you are supposed to use the expensive salon brands and then you look at the ingredients there and they also have cones…

]]> By: Lauri http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/11/04/silicones-can-strengthen-damaged-hair/comment-page-1/#comment-21270 Lauri Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:08:29 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/11/04/silicones-can-strengthen-damaged-hair/#comment-21270 Before cosmetology school, I spent much of my time learning what I could about the science behind everything. It's a passion of mine. While in CS, I was told all kinds of bunk about things -- diet doesn't affect hair growth, hair grows after you are dead, straighteners/perms kill hair, color is beneficial -- oy. And this was a reputable school affiliated exclusively with a big name brand. Oddly enough, their products made my hair fall out, which they told me wouldn't happen if I colored it with their soy-based products. I'm allergic to soy LOL!. BTW, perms don't kill, they are simply more time-consuming and less financially beneficial to the salon than color. None of it made sense and I ended up quitting. Regarding silicone: yes, we were told it was harmful, their reason was that it coated the hairshaft entirely, keeping it from breathing. Um...hair is dead. It doesn't breathe. I already knew that cones and polyquats were good for flyaway hair because it smoothed down the cuticle, weighing it down and making the hair smooth, but it didn't impede oxygen intake and while it didn't wash off thoroughly, you could switch to a non-polyquat shampoo for a few shampoos and voila, you had your frizzy flyaways back. Before cosmetology school, I spent much of my time learning what I could about the science behind everything. It’s a passion of mine. While in CS, I was told all kinds of bunk about things — diet doesn’t affect hair growth, hair grows after you are dead, straighteners/perms kill hair, color is beneficial — oy. And this was a reputable school affiliated exclusively with a big name brand. Oddly enough, their products made my hair fall out, which they told me wouldn’t happen if I colored it with their soy-based products. I’m allergic to soy LOL!. BTW, perms don’t kill, they are simply more time-consuming and less financially beneficial to the salon than color. None of it made sense and I ended up quitting. Regarding silicone: yes, we were told it was harmful, their reason was that it coated the hairshaft entirely, keeping it from breathing.

Um…hair is dead. It doesn’t breathe. I already knew that cones and polyquats were good for flyaway hair because it smoothed down the cuticle, weighing it down and making the hair smooth, but it didn’t impede oxygen intake and while it didn’t wash off thoroughly, you could switch to a non-polyquat shampoo for a few shampoos and voila, you had your frizzy flyaways back.

]]> By: thebeautybrains http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/11/04/silicones-can-strengthen-damaged-hair/comment-page-1/#comment-21259 thebeautybrains Tue, 06 Nov 2007 06:05:37 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/11/04/silicones-can-strengthen-damaged-hair/#comment-21259 I've never really understood the hatred for silicones. I think hair stylists were told by Salon brand marketers that silicones were bad and they've propagated the myth ever since. I doubt there are many people who could tell a difference whether something has silicones or not. I’ve never really understood the hatred for silicones. I think hair stylists were told by Salon brand marketers that silicones were bad and they’ve propagated the myth ever since. I doubt there are many people who could tell a difference whether something has silicones or not.

]]> By: Becka http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/11/04/silicones-can-strengthen-damaged-hair/comment-page-1/#comment-21256 Becka Tue, 06 Nov 2007 05:37:03 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/11/04/silicones-can-strengthen-damaged-hair/#comment-21256 My favourite anti-cones saying is "it's like floor wax on your hair"...floor wax is used to protect floors, dimethicone and other cones are used to protect hair...so... Silicones definitely saved me from some dreadful hair days when I bleached and dye my hair repeatedly within a small window of time. GO CONES! My favourite anti-cones saying is “it’s like floor wax on your hair”…floor wax is used to protect floors, dimethicone and other cones are used to protect hair…so…

Silicones definitely saved me from some dreadful hair days when I bleached and dye my hair repeatedly within a small window of time. GO CONES!

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