Philip Explains

Is it true that cold temperatures can lead to hair damage? Yes. The combination of cold, dry air outside and indoor heating can strip your hair of its natural lipid moisture, leaving it dry, brittl...
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How to Transition to Your Natural Hair Texture
Your natural hair texture holds moisture better than hair that’s been chemically treated, which makes it shinier, more elastic and less prone to breakage. Another nice thing about wearing your hai...
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All About Itchy Summer Scalps with Celebrity Dermatologist, Ava Shamban, M.D.
Try as we might to try to exist in a beautiful clean world, in fact, we are in a certain way hostages to our microbiome, and need to keep it in balance. One of the ways that we can help is by clean...
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Sensitive Scalp Care: The Gentle Conditioning Collection
The Gentle Conditioning Collection is wonderful for all hair types, especially people with sensitive scalps due to factors such as skin conditions, allergies, or reactions to harsh chemicals in hai...
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I wanted to create a mousse that was aerosol-free yet high-performing and a joy to use. I was specifically thinking about the needs of people with fine, limp and/or thinning hair, and anyone who wa...
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In the winter months, there’s naturally less humidity in the air. That effect is compounded by indoor heating, which dehydrates your hair and scalp even more. Robbed of its natural lipids, dry hair...
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Detangling Toning Mist with Velvet Oud
I designed my original Detangling Toning Mist so that the vinegar scent evaporates after 3 minutes. But some people don’t want to go through that stage, and I want them to enjoy the journey. This n...
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Weightless Volumizing Hair Masque
My inspiration was to give the fine-hair community what it really needs: a deep conditioning masque that addresses the delicate structure of thin hair, and offers the kind of weightless conditionin...
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What are the main causes of frizzy hair? To understand the causes, you first have to understand a bit about the hair’s structure. The protective outer layer of your hair (the cuticle) is made up o...
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I didn’t want to live a closeted life. It took a lot of soul searching and courage to come out to my family and my oldest friends, but I could no longer bear to be my own worst enemy. Living in the...
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