Aveda, who partners with salon and spa professionals around the world, sees beauty as a craft, not as a product result. Aveda beauty professionals are unique in the industry for their pursuit of a higher art: helping make their clients not only look beautiful, but feel beautiful. This selfless quest to bring out the beauty in their client through genuine care, differs from beauty industry norms.
Empowered by its unique Mission, Aveda believes that authentic beauty is one that works in harmony with the greater web of life. It does not qualify as beauty if it hurts any of the diverse life forms that the best beauty artist of all, Nature, created. Authentic Beauty cares for the environment which we inherited from elders and will leave to generations that follow us.
Beauty cares for the society in which we live, enhancing harmony in the way we live and interact with one another as human beings. In order to be Beauty, it also needs to be Good. Beauty is the result, but also the process followed in pursuing that result.
Aveda ingredients include over 25 pure flower and plant essences, including their trademarked Morikue protein. Morikue comes from the Brazil nut acquired from the Peruvian rainforest.
Redken Laboratories, founded in 1960, is a company built from the inspiration of a dynamic, entrepreneurial American actress named Paula Kent. Frequent chemical services and style changes were routine for any aspiring actress of her day, but Paula was extra sensitive to many of the products used by the hairdressers and make-up artists. She felt continually frustrated that no one could explain why the products were irritating. Necessity is the mother of invention, and Paula realized that working with professional hairdressers, she could help millions of other people also wanting high performance
products that were gentle.
Paula Kent and her hairdresser, Jheri Redding (thus the name "REDKEN") began with three products and an intensive education program for hairdressers about the chemistry of hair and skin. The formulas were developed based on three principles:
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Protein technology (since hair is composed primarily of protein) -
An acidic pH of 4.5-5.5, complementing the natural pH of the hair and skin
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Products recommended exclusively by licensed cosmetologists in professional salons
By 1965, Paula had full ownership of Redken Laboratories, based in California. During the '70s and '80s, the company was a leader in product technology in the US and abroad. In 1993, L'Oreal purchased Redken and now its headquarters are on 5th Avenue NYC. Today, Redken is a global leader in professional haircare products and services. The company is energized with talented people, strong partnerships with the best hairdressers, and superior Research and Development. Redken products are now available in professional beauty salons in over 50 countries.
Redken pioneered the "Scientific Approach to Beauty," by introducing the concept of protein reconditioning and developing and patenting protein based products, which condition hair internally for the long-term rather than camouflaging damage.
A collection of therapies fusing Matrix science with customized natural ingredients to rejuvenate hair. The botanically-enriched formulas bring back the silky shine nature gave your hair. Matrix proudly supports The Conservation Fund & its Go Zero® Program. As part of a commitment to go green, Biolage will donate $50,000 to help support GoZero, a program that addresses climate change and habitat loss by planting trees to zero-out carbon dioxide emissions. Biolage's donation will help plant more than 1,000 trees and zero out nearly 2.4 million pounds of carbon dioxide.
September 2008 - Sleek.look Wins Glamour Glammy Beauty Award Fourth Year In A Row
For the FOURTH YEAR in a row, Sleek.look Shampoo and Conditioner have
won Glamour Magazine's Glammy beauty award in the prestige category for
Favorite Shampoo/Favorite Conditioner.
September 2008 - Biolage Makes Real Simple "The Top 20: Beauty Buys"
Real Simple offered its 6.5M readers editor picks and reader favorites for best
buys for home, fashion, cooking, health and beauty. Named among the Top 20
Beauty Buys - Biolage hydrathérapie ULTRA-Hydrating Balm.
Eva Graham's Story - A tradition of caring - A history of success. Eva's mission became the corporate goal for NIOXIN®. Since 1987, the company has worked at unraveling the complex challenge of how best to address, and most importantly, how to provide a solution for thin-looking hair for the millions who battle this discouraging problem. Nioxin’s world-renowned team of researchers has developed one of the most advanced systems to improve the appearance of thinning hair.
For twenty years, NIOXIN® has been developing advanced technologies for products that help optimize the scalp skin environment resulting in youthful, healthy-looking hair. Each System is designed to maximize your individual potential. Nioxin daily care regimen is a process that addresses the problems associated with thin-looking hair,including hair loss and male/female pattern baldness (alopecia). It creates an optimum scalp environment for the re-growth of hair which is
evident in approximately three to six months of use. Nioxin is used as a treatment for skin disorders such as psoriasis and eczema as well. It has been shown to arrest the symptoms of various skin conditions by normalizing the skin. An independent study revealed the following:
9 out of 10 people who use the NIOXIN® 3-Part System noticed*...
(1) an increase in hair density with Systems 2,4,6 and 8.
(2) a thickening effect with Systems 1 and 3.
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(3)better moisture control with Systems 5 and 7.
TIGI translates fashion trends into an image statement and provides the products to do it! Whether your personal vision is to be a Rockstar, a red-carpet glamour queen, or sleek and sophisticated, TIGI has the right products for your personality and lifestyle.
Anthony Mascolo, International Creative Director.
Rockaholic
We are a culture surrounded and influenced by everything music – it is you and everyone you know – the way we dress - how we style our hair - the way we think. Admit it, you are a Rockaholic. Unleash your inner icon and get addicted today.
Bed Head
WARNING: You Must Have A Sense Of Humor To Use These Products. May cause the urge to laugh at the products’ labels, experiment with different looks and a repeated desire to check yourself out in the mirror. The only thing serious about Bed Head is how freakin' good these products work.
TIGI Trends is an exciting new online magazine that offers you news, event information, product updates, trend tips, what's hot and what's not in the world of TIGI. Plus the latest lifestyle information and even some bits of juicy gossip and much much more!
Discover just how great your hair can look and feel using pure, natural hair care products rich in antioxidants and certified organic botanical extracts to revitalize, nurture, and protect your hair.
All of Onestà’s shampoos and conditioners are enriched with an Omega 3 & 6 EFA Complex, certified organic botanicals, and contain ingredients that have been thoroughly scrutinized to come up with the most naturally-derived replacement.
Naturally-derived ingredients - Surfactants derived from coconut oil - Preservatives derived from sage oil.
Five Harmful Chemicals Onestà Will Never Use
Sodium Lauryl Sulfate/Sodium Laureth Sulfate: These cheap, harsh detergents, used in shampoos for their foam-building properties, are also used in car washes, as garage floor cleaners, and as engine degreasers. They are often derived from petroleum and can cause eye irritation, scalp irritation, and tangled hair.
Parabens (methyl, propyl, butyl, and ethyl): While these preservatives inhibit microbial growth and extend product shelf life, they are also estrogenic and disruptive of normal hormone function. Exposure to these parabens has been linked to breast cancer.
Propylene Glycol (PG) or Butylene Glycol (BG): Derived from petroleum, these ingredients penetrate the skin and can weaken protein and cellular structure. Commonly used to carry formula extracts, PG is strong enough to remove barnacles from boats and is an active ingredient in industrial antifreeze.
Synthetic Colors and Dyes: Used to make cosmetics “pretty,” synthetic colors and dyes derive from coal tar and contain heavy metal salts that deposit toxins onto the skin, causing irritation. Animal studies have shown almost all synthetic colors and dyes to be carcinogenic. These are labeled FD&C or D&C followed by a color and a number. Example: FD&C Red No. 6 or D&C Green No. 6.
Diethanolamine (DEA) and Triethanolamine (TEA): These ingredients are synthetic emulsifiers and/or foaming agents. They are highly acidic and can cause allergic reactions, eye irritation, and dryness of hair and skin. DEA and TEA are ammonia compounds, which are potent carcinogens.
Obagi Medical is one of the world’s most recognized names in skin health care and the preferred choice of physicians for prescription-strength product lines that transform skin.
Over the years, the company has developed prescription-strength skin health products and systems primarily for the dermatology, plastic surgery, and related aesthetic markets. Using its Penetrating Therapeutics™ technologies, the company’s products are designed to improve penetration of prescription and cosmetic agents across the skin barrier for common and visible skin conditions in adult skin including photo damage, hyper pigmentation (chloasma, melasma and freckles), senile lentigines, acne vulgaris, sun damage and rosacea.
The Obagi Nu-Derm System consists of topical products, which when used as a system results in substantial improvement to many of these skin related conditions. The company continues to maintain its position a leader in skin health by having launched several successful new systems of products, including the Obagi-C Rx TM System which is the first and only prescription-strength Vitamin C and hydroquinone System; the Condition & Enhance TM System, developed to enhance the results of physician delivered surgical and non-surgical procedures; the ELASTIderm TM family of products, a one of a kind treatment developed to restore skin elasticity and collagen production, and reduce fine lines and wrinkles around the eyes and Décolletage; the CLENZIderm M.D. Acne Therapeutic Systems TM to treat and prevent acne at it’s root; and most recently the Rosaclear System developed specifically for the treatment and prevention of the signs and symptoms of rosacea.
Because the Obagi® Systems and Products contain prescription-strength formulations, the systems are only available through physicians, primarily dermatologists, plastic surgeons, medical spas and other skin care and medical specialists.
