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Know Your Hair Type and Porosity Before You Buy Another Product | The Pixie Garden Hair Podcast Ep. 12 · The Pixie Garden Hair Podcast

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  Welcome to the Pixie Garden here at Paul Gantz.
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  I am Jess, here with licensed cosmetologist, Delina Marklund.
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  Delina, people spend a fortune on products that do nothing for them.
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  Why?
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  Because they are buying for a hair type they do not actually have.
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  Before you buy anything else, you need two things, your hair type and your porosity.
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  I will give you a real example.
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  The rice water shampoo bar is lightweight, so it is wonderful for low porosity hair that gets weighed down.
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  But a high porosity color damaged head needs more ceiling and protein support.
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  Same shelf, totally different match.
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  Knowing your hair is what makes any product work.
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  Start with porosity.
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  How do I find mine?
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  The float test.
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  Drop a clean strand in a glass of water.
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  If it floats, you are low porosity.
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  Your cuticle lies flat and resists moisture.
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  If it sinks fast, you are high porosity.
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  The cuticle is raised, so it soaks up and loses moisture quickly.
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  That one test tells you more about how to care for your hair than any label on a bottle.
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  What does each one actually need?
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  Low porosity needs lightweight products and a little warmth to open the cuticle, so product can get in.
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  Think warm water, lighter formulas and avoiding heavy oils that just sit on top.
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  High porosity needs the opposite.
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  Protein moisture balance, cooler rinses to close the cuticle, and a ceiling finish to lock moisture in and stop frizz.
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  When I want to seal and smooth a high porosity client, I finish with the hair finishing stick to lay the surface down.
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  And hair type on top of that?
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  Type straight, wavy, curly, coily, plus your density and texture.
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  Tells you how to style and how much weight your hair can carry.
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  Porosity tells you how to feed it.
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  Together, they are your whole playbook.
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  Once a client knows both, she stops buying randomly and starts buying on purpose.
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  And her hair finally behaves.
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  Test your hair before you trust a label, smart.
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  The rice water bar and finishing stick are at thepixiegarden.com.
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  Thanks for listening to the Pixie Garden Hair Podcast.
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