Comments on: Should You Buy Salon Products at Salons? http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/06/21/should-you-buy-salon-products-at-salons/ 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. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:10:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Dreniva http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/06/21/should-you-buy-salon-products-at-salons/comment-page-1/#comment-28743 Dreniva Sat, 28 Jun 2008 19:24:40 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=2527#comment-28743 ^ Thanks Janis, you have a point on that but I also research in the internet that coconut oil is indeed comedogenic and how can we say that these informations are credible? Does this apply also to the virgin kind also known as VCO (virgin coconut oil)? ^
Thanks Janis, you have a point on that but I also research in the internet that coconut oil is indeed comedogenic and how can we say that these informations are credible? Does this apply also to the virgin kind also known as VCO (virgin coconut oil)?

]]> By: Janis http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/06/21/should-you-buy-salon-products-at-salons/comment-page-1/#comment-28556 Janis Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:11:53 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=2527#comment-28556 Dreniva, coconut oil is definitely comedogenic, and for the same reason it works well in hair: its similarity to sebum. The similarity of the stuff to sebum is what permits it to penetrate the hair shaft well, making it more flexible and less brittle, like real sebum does. That same similarity to sebum, when the stuff's used on skin, is what allows it to do the same to your pores, penetrate them just like sebum does and plug `em up. Sebum penetrating your hair = good. Sebum penetrating your pores = blackheads. :-P Dreniva, coconut oil is definitely comedogenic, and for the same reason it works well in hair: its similarity to sebum.

The similarity of the stuff to sebum is what permits it to penetrate the hair shaft well, making it more flexible and less brittle, like real sebum does.

That same similarity to sebum, when the stuff’s used on skin, is what allows it to do the same to your pores, penetrate them just like sebum does and plug `em up.

Sebum penetrating your hair = good. Sebum penetrating your pores = blackheads. :-P

]]> By: Lynda http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/06/21/should-you-buy-salon-products-at-salons/comment-page-1/#comment-28546 Lynda Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:43:59 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=2527#comment-28546 Yes you should buy salon products from your salon. Paul Mitcheal, Matrix, Nexxus, Sabatian product were made for salons. If they are in your drug stores they are not supposed to be. Its called divertion. When you buy those product at a store and not a salon you are taking away from the profession. Not to metion that the prices are usually the same or higher at a store. I know because I checked. As a Stylist and salon owner I always look. As mentioned in this artical Salons make money from product. Well that may be true but not much money is made. Most of the money made is used to purchase quality product for use in the salon. As in perms, colors and back bar shampoos and conditioners. In larger salons a stylist may get 5% of what ever they sell. Lets do the math. a 14.00 bottle of shampoo means that stylist gets .70 cents wow!! Hope she doesn't have to spend that on panty hose. Lets be fair and buy Salon products at a salon. Most salons get 2 for one deals if you look and drug stores always sell them seperate. Besides you will be happier with the results if you are guided to the right products. Yes you should buy salon products from your salon. Paul Mitcheal, Matrix, Nexxus, Sabatian product were made for salons. If they are in your drug stores they are not supposed to be. Its called divertion. When you buy those product at a store and not a salon you are taking away from the profession.
Not to metion that the prices are usually the same or higher at a store. I know because I checked. As a Stylist and salon owner I always look.
As mentioned in this artical Salons make money from product. Well that may be true but not much money is made. Most of the money made is used to purchase quality product for use in the salon. As in perms, colors and back bar shampoos and conditioners. In larger salons a stylist may get 5% of what ever they sell. Lets do the math. a 14.00 bottle of shampoo means that stylist gets .70 cents wow!! Hope she doesn’t have to spend that on panty hose.
Lets be fair and buy Salon products at a salon. Most salons get 2 for one deals if you look and drug stores always sell them seperate. Besides you will be happier with the results if you are guided to the right products.

]]> By: Dreniva http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/06/21/should-you-buy-salon-products-at-salons/comment-page-1/#comment-28531 Dreniva Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:15:33 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=2527#comment-28531 I have a question about coconut oil. Is there any benefit that comes from coconut oil when it's applied on the skin especially in the face? Does coconut oil a comedogenic substance? I have a question about coconut oil. Is there any benefit that comes from coconut oil when it’s applied on the skin especially in the face? Does coconut oil a comedogenic substance?

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