Real Love

Hi ladies,
Last week, I went to a fascinating Redken event hosted by Kaz Amor, owner of LA's Warren Tricomi salon (they do Gabrielle Union, Kerry Washington and, um, Lauren Conrad's hair...no, I couldn't get a single drop of info out of him). Redken's launching a new line of products called "Real Control," a new line of super-moisturizing, nourishing products formulated specifically for dense, naturally dry, chemically fried, relaxed and natural hair (available in May at LA's Warren Tricomi salon, and in June, Redken salons everywhere). Calling my name, right? There's a shampoo and conditioner, Intense Renewal Mask, Thermal Resist leave-in spray for the flatiron and curling iron-addicted, and the super-rich Crema Care leave-in conditioning treatment, which Kaz strongly recommends for naturally curly, unpermed girls. I asked Kaz which ones a Dominican blowout'ed girl like me should use, and he recommended applying the Intense Renewal Mask on ONLY the bottom half of my hair, before rinsing out at spritzing on the Thermal Mist. Apparently, the extra conditioning and moisturizing exactly where most of the blowout happens is seriously beneficial to my hair. Makes sense! He also said something else very interesting. The reason my hair gets frizzy in humid weather is because it's lacking its own moisture, so my hair needs to draw it from the air. If it's already moisturized--ie, these fab products--it won't need to do that. Why did I never know that? Anyway, can't wait to try out the mask-only-on-the-bottom-half trick at my Dominican salon. Report pending.
xoxo,
Tia