Are their premuim grades of silicone in salon hair care

Reylena

Taking with my hairdresser she suggested that I use Oribe products which they sold at the salon. I told her that I was very well pleased switching off between my Aveeno and Garnier products, and asked her what was so special about this Oribe line of hair care that justified the price outside of smell and a pretty bottle. To this she told me that Oribe products are made with premuim grades of basic ingredients such as sulfates and silicone. And that the cones in drugstore products where made with cheaper, inferior, weaker silicone and sulfates. While I understand that their are different types of cones, and i'm sure that they all work a little different. However always I thought that good old
Dimethicone would be the same bought in bulk by any company, for any product. Or are there truly different grades of quality?

sarahf

Good question. Sounds like BS to me. I'll be curious what the brains say about this one!

Reylena

I know sarah! the girl was young and new to the salon, and it was quite clear that she was trying to push a product sale however I'm soo sick of the "drugstore shampoo will make your hair fall out" rant by hairstylist AFTER they comment on how awesome my hair is, ask what salon product i use, and then are stunned speechless when I tell them drugstore brands. I've had this happen at like two different salons. The one girl looked like I punched her in her face when I said Garnier- I mean really do they brainwash these poor girls at beauty school?

Qwerty

I'd like to know the answer to this too. If there is a difference in the quality or grade of individual silicones then how do we as consumers know the difference so we can purchase the better products. Not necessarily the more expensive products with the marketing hype. I have wavy/curly hair that is long, med-thick and frizzy. Based on things I have learned from the beautybrain blogs I started using straight cyclomethicone and dimethicone on my hair as my out of the shower styling and condition product. Not that using it straight was recommended on this site but since I learned dimethicone was one of the best things you can do for frizz I thought I would try a large dose of it. So I purchased it from making cosmetics.

http://www.makingcosmetics.com/Cyclo-Dimethicone-p42.html

So far it has helped with frizz when I use it only and then flat iron my hair. I have not figured out how to use when I let my hair be its naturally wavy curly self without it being frizzy so I have tried using it with gel and mousse but it is still not doing what I would like. Anyway my thoughts are if there is a higher grade dimethicone I can use then I would like to know that and try it. Maybe that would help with the frizz so I could wear my hair wavy/curly.

It is a great question Reylena and I hope you/we get an answer from the beautybrains.

jooliejewels

I am a hairstylist, learning about silicones since we started using DevaCurl in my salon. I don't believe there are different grades for each type of silicone. From what I understand, the different grades are the different types of silicones- for example- some cheaper types of silicones have large molecules, creating a water barrier (thus buildup and a creating a moisture barrier). Also, they are used in combination- some are carriers and actual solvents so build up is removed.There are some grocery store bought products use chemicals that are cheap, and are not good for your hair, but the same goes for some salon bought products. But I also believe there are some cheap grocery store bought products that are fabulous, and use less ingredients- like coconut creme etc... I'm wondering if its possible to know about every chemical used in these products and how they work together to compare what is best product for me and my clients. Overwhelming.

Right Brain

We answered this question on the blog. Here's the link: http://thebeautybrains.com/2012/05/02/do-salon-products-use-better-quality-ingredients/

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