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Salon Quality vs Drugstore: What You're Really Paying For | The Pixie Garden Hair Podcast Ep. 10 · The Pixie Garden Hair Podcast

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  I am Jess here with Licensed Cosmetologist Delena Markland.
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  Delena, be honest, is Salon quality actually different or are we just paying for the name?
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  It is genuinely different but not for the reasons people think and not always more expensive.
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  Salon quality is about formulation, the concentration of what actually works and whether someone
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  who knows hair chose it.
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  The hair finishing stick is my example.
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  It is alcohol-free and cosmetologist selected, which means I picked it because of what is
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  in it, not because of a trend or a pretty box.
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  That is the difference, intention behind the formula.
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  So how does someone spot quality without a cosmetologist standing next to them?
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  Read the label, not the front of the package.
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  Where do the active ingredients sit on the list, near the top or buried at the bottom under
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  filler and water?
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  Is it loaded with drying alcohols to fake a fast result?
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  Drugstore formulas often lead with cheap fillers and a low concentration of the good stuff,
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  so you use more, more often, and replace it sooner.
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  Cost per use tells the real story, not the sticker price.
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  Are there good drugstore products though?
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  Of course, I am not snobby about it.
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  There are solid drugstore picks and overpriced salon ones.
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  The point is not the aisle, it is the formula.
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  What I will not do is sell something I would not use on a client in my chair.
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  When I say salon selected, it means it earned a place by how it performs, and that is the
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  standard I hold everything in the shop too.
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  Why curate instead of just stalking what is trending?
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  Because trends do not care about your hair.
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  I would rather carry a short list of things that actually work than a wall of products chasing
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  whatever is viral this month.
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  That is what a stylist brings.
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  Judgment.
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  The finishing stick is on the shelf because it holds without alcohol, flake, or breakdown
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  full stop.
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  Judge the formula, not the aisle, love it.
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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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