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How to Slick Back Hair and Control Frizz All Day | The Pixie Garden Hair Podcast Ep. 02 · The Pixie Garden Hair Podcast

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  [Music]
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  Welcome to the Pixie Garden Air Broadcast.
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  I'm Jess here with License and Hasuitologist, Delina.
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  Delina's slipped back here, looks amazing, but every time I try it at home, my hair starts lifting by new.
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  What am I actually doing wrong?
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  Probably the same two things most of my clients were doing before they sat in my chair.
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  Starting on dry hair and reaching for gel, both are the problem.
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  Slick back hair that last all day starts on damp hair.
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  Not dripping wet, not fully dry, about 70% dry,
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  and the product matters more than any technique trick.
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  I reach for the hair finishing stick for exactly this.
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  One application route to end, a fine tooth comb through each section,
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  and you're setting the style as the hair dries into position.
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  Why damp?
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  What does hair being damp actually do?
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  When hair is damp, the cuticle is slightly open.
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  Product integrates into the strand instead of just sitting on top of it.
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  You use less, you get more even distribution,
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  and the hold stays because the formula is working inside the strand structure.
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  Dry hair application is fine for quick touch-ups, but for all day hold,
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  start damp every time.
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  You said gel is the problem.
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  Can you break that down?
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  Because gel is what everyone defaults to for slick styles.
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  Traditional alcohol set gel creates a hard shell as it dries.
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  That shell holds for maybe four to six hours and then it goes brittle.
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  When you move the coating cracks, by noon you've got flaking along your hairline and part.
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  That's the mid-day breakdown people just accept as normal.
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  It's not normal, it's the gel.
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  Hair spray is worse, it sits completely on top of the hair,
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  and any humidity dissolves it within a couple hours.
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  What you want is an alcohol-free formula with flexible polymer hold.
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  It moves with your hair instead of fighting it,
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  so it stays intact all day without the breakdown cycle.
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  The hair finishing stick is alcohol-free.
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  What's in it that makes it work differently from everything else?
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  It comes down to a few things working together.
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  The hold comes from flexible polymers,
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  VP/VA and accolades co-pollimers.
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  That form a film that bends with your hair instead of going brittle the way a synthetic alcohol gel does.
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  That's why it doesn't flake.
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  Glitterin is a humectant,
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  so it helps your hair hold moisture and keeps the style smooth instead of dry and brittle through the day.
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  Panthenol, ProVitamin B5,
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  conditions the strand and keeps some flexibility.
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  So when hair is held tight all day it doesn't snap or look stiff,
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  and the whole thing is water-based, not oil-based,
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  so it seals down fly-aways for that smooth reflective finish without looking greasy.
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  The most important part is that it's completely alcohol-free.
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  Most slick products use drying alcohols for a fast set,
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  but those alcohols pull moisture out of your hair as they evaporate through the day.
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  By the time the hold breaks down your hair is drier than when you started.
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  This one holds without that tradeoff.
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  What about edges and baby hairs?
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  That's always where my slick look falls apart first.
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  Edges are detail work.
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  Use the wand tip directly on baby hairs and lay them in one-inch sections,
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  not the entire hairline at once.
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  First pass lays the hair down, second pass adds hold, third pass polishes,
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  then set those fine hairs with a metal tooth comb,
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  the tension from fine metal teeth is what keeps them flat.
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  The temple area and nape move the most throughout the day,
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  so give those sections an extra pass before you call it done.
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  Quick tip for midday if things start lifting?
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  Don't add water.
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  Water reactivates what you already put in and dilutes it.
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  Apply a thin layer of the same stick only to the sections showing fly-aways,
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  then smooth with your hands, not a comb.
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  An alcohol-free polymer formula doesn't build up or flake on reapplication the way traditional gel does.
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  That's one of the reasons I chose this stick,
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  so you can maintain the style throughout the day without starting over.
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  All day hold without a midday meltdown.
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  I love that.
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  The hair finishing stick is at thepixiegarden.com.
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  Thanks for listening to the Pixie Garden Hair Podcast.
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