Chemistry of your hair: Chemical processing

My hair is pink in this picture, hence the tie in to the post! Plus picture of me with batteries in my mouth equals funny!  When we subject our hair to perms, straightening, or colouring, we’ll see some damage to our hair. All chemical processing leads to chemical changes in our hair, which can lead...

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Chemistry of your hair: Quick summary about damaged hair

We’ve established that hair in good condition is easy to comb, easy to manage, and free of fly-aways. What does it mean to have damaged hair? What causes it? And how can we repair it? Hair can be damaged in a variety of ways – through chemical or mechanical processing, exposure to the sun and...

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Chemistry of your hair: “Good condition”

The whole point of making our own hair care products is to keep our hair in good condition. This is a pretty subjective concept – my husband’s definition of a good hair day is when his hair is bone straight while my definition includes his lovely spiral curls – but it’s vital to how we...

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Chemistry of your hair: Virgin hair

I’m using my husband as an example for this post as he has lovely hair that goes all spirally at the ends. He washes with a shampoo bar and conditioner bar and leaves it to dry naturally. We did highlight it once – about 10 years ago – so we could put some purple in...

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Chemistry of your hair: Straight, curly, and frizzy hair!

As I mentioned in the previous post, the shape of your follicles can have a great deal to do with whether you have curly or straight hair. As you can see, straight hair tends to come from very circular follicles, while curly hair comes from elliptical follicles. But there’s more! Any textbook you read on...

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