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A Super Busy & Working Diva’s Guide to Saving Time on a Beauty Regimen

A Super Busy & Working Diva’s Guide to Saving Time on a Beauty Regimen

If you’re feeling overworked or busy, don’t let your skin reflect your chaotic lifestyle right now. We all get busy every now and then, but instead of letting your skin and hair suffer, why not come up with some beauty regimen ideas that cut back on time instead?
Use a Shampoo and Conditioner combo
Yes, we understand that washing your locks takes a lot of time, especially if you want the conditioner to soak in to give your hair its proper nutrition and moisture. Sometimes after a long day at work a shower feels great, but waiting around for the…
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A Super Busy & Working Diva’s Guide to Saving Time on a Beauty Regimen

If you’re feeling overworked or busy, don’t let your skin reflect your chaotic lifestyle right now. We all get busy every now and then, but instead of letting your skin and hair suffer, why not come up with some beauty regimen ideas that cut back on time instead?
Use a Shampoo and Conditioner combo
Yes, we understand that washing your locks takes a lot of time, especially if you want the conditioner to soak in to give your hair its proper nutrition and moisture. Sometimes after a long day at work a shower feels great, but waiting around for the…
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The Scoop on Certain Vitamins and How They Help Your Tresses Stay Gorgeous

The Scoop on Certain Vitamins and How They Help Your Tresses Stay Gorgeous

Keeping your hair healthy means having a good diet with the proper vitamins. Vitamins play a huge part in how shiny, durable, and long-lasting your hair is. Some of the main vitamins that help hair look beautiful are vitamins A, B, and C. If you’re wondering how each vitamin specifically helps your hair maintain it’s natural luster, then read on.
Vitamin A
This vitamin helps produce natural oil for your hair and the oil keeps your scalp from becoming overly dry. It also prevents more than a just a dry scalp, for example, it prevents dandruff and other scalp problems…
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Step by Step Instructions on How to Color Your Hair at Home

Step by Step Instructions on How to Color Your Hair at Home

In follow up to our post last month, Coloring Your Perfect Locks Hair at Home, we’re back to give you more specific instructions on how to color your hair at home on your own!
As a refresher here are the supplies you will need for dying  your hair:
Here’s a brief list:

Plastic gloves – this usually comes in the kit
Old button-down shirt or old tee-shirt
Vaseline
Damp rag for any potential messes
Hair clip
Wide tooth comb
Old towel
Big safety pin

If you check out the instructions on the color box, you’ll probably notice that it says…
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What does Chemistry Have to do with Your Hair? All About pH and How it Affects Your Locks

What does Chemistry Have to do with Your Hair? All About pH and How it Affects Your Locks

We’re about to talk about…chemistry?? Yes, we are, but we promise we have a point. Read on to find out what chemistry has to do with your locks!
Explaining the pH Scale
The pH scale, which is the same scale for chemistry, is basically a way to  measure how acidic or alkaline a substance is. The scale begins at a zero and ends at 14. Zero is the most acidic and14 is the most alkaline. The middle ground, approximately seven, is neutral. If a substance falls above or below seven, the acidic or alkaline level increases quite a bit. For instance,…
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Hair Shedding While Wearing Hair Extensions – What to Expect

Hair Shedding While Wearing Hair Extensions – What to Expect

A common concern with having new hair extensions is how to tell how much real hair you should be losing on an any given day. The myth that hair extensions make your hair fall out is hardly true – in fact hair extensions help protect your hair and keeps it healthier. Whether you have fusion hair extensions or another type of hair extension, losing your natural hair is completely normal.

Typically on any given day it is normal to lose up to 100 hairs.
Your hair follicles “shed” hair daily and grow new hairs, just like your nails grow or…
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Sleeping in Your Hair Extensions – Keeping them Beautiful All Night Long

Sleeping in Your Hair Extensions – Keeping them Beautiful All Night Long

Did you know that sleep plays a huge part in your daily functioning? Every day sleep gives your brain the energy it needs to function and the precious night hours provide time for your skin, hair, and body to recuperate. The night time is also when you should be taking care of yourself, which means applying proper beauty treatment to your face and hair.
If you have hair extensions you don’t really need to apply any special product to your hair every night, besides an occasional deep conditioning treatment in the shower. You do however need to make sure that…
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Is There Such a Thing as too Much Moisture in Your Hair?

Is There Such a Thing as too Much Moisture in Your Hair?

So what do you think? Is there such a thing as too much moisture in your locks and near your scalp?
The answer is yes…there is such a thing! BUT…here are some facts to help you discover why this is so.

1. Don’t wash your hair too frequently.
There are natural oils in your hair that can’t be stripped by taking too many showers and washing your hair during every single time you step into the shower. If you wash your hair every day, you will get a dry scalp. Too much moisture in the shower can do one of…
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Lace Wigs – Explaining Half Lace and Full Lace Wigs & Why They are Great for YOUR Hair

Lace Wigs – Explaining Half Lace and Full Lace Wigs & Why They are Great for YOUR Hair

If you are looking for a wig to give your head of hair a break from weaves, having either a half lace wig or a full lace wig is a great way to do it. Here at Perfect Locks, we use only the finest Remy Indian hair in our lace products. The wavy and curly patterns are absolutely beautiful. Discover how half  and full wigs can conveniently and easily give you a glamorous hairstyle. We see many customers using this product when they want to give their scalp a break from weaves. We’ll explain a bit about how they work…
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Natural Oils that Help you Grow Out Healthy and Long Hair

Natural Oils that Help you Grow Out Healthy and Long Hair

It’s easy to get caught up in buying the latest and greatest hair products, hoping to get your hair silkier, smoother, long, or repair it from recent damage. However, not only does it get expensive, you sometimes don’t get the results you want.
Get the long tresses you desire with home remedies that help your hair grow the natural way. Oils such as almond oil, jojoba oil, and other oils naturally help your hair become healthy and stronger, resulting in long locks.
Almond Oil
Almonds are not only healthy to eat, but are also known to keep your hair and…
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