Switching to nontoxic skin care, body care, even makeup is easy enough.  With plenty of truly exceptional all natural product lines on the market today, you can swap out your moisturizer, body wash and mascara with no trouble at all.  But, when it comes to hair care, it can get a little more difficult.  In the past, few natural hair care lines lived up to the performance of their conventional, toxin-laden counterparts.  These au naturel shampoos and conditioners left hair waxy, stringy and feeling a little bit like straw.  Something their chemical cousins combat with harsh synthetic detertgents (like, sodium laurel sulfate), propylene glycol and silicones.  What is a girl (or boy) who wants silky hair without the chems to do?

Rare El’ements Salon Inspired Eco-Luxury Hair Care has totally taken care of this problem.  Not only does this indulgent hair care system leave hair strong, silky and smooth, but also helps to protect color.  Amazing!

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‘Tis the season to be jolly!  So, why does your hair so often act like Scrooge himself this time of year?  Drier climates and indoor heating do not help, but more frequent going out, thus more styling, could also be to blame. 

Our hair, though seemingly resilient and elastic, is fragile and should be handled with care.  Frequent washing, blow drying and styling with drying products and heated tools can take a massive toll on locks and leave you looking more glum than glam.

Adding more moisture to the hair can help to keep static and flyaways in check, but since the outside of the hair strand itself is actually made up of dead layers, this will not help in the long term.  Moisturizing the scalp and stimulating hair growth is what will make your hair shinier, more manageable and healthier.  (more…)