5 Benefits of CBD in Haircare

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You might already be familiar with CBD (short for cannabidiol, which is part of the cannabis plant), which absorbs naturally in the human body through our endocannabinoid system. It has proven effective in dealing with common ailments like pain and stress management, hormone regulation, immune function, and balanced sleep patterns. You might not be aware that it can also help with your overall hair and scalp health in a multitude of ways. In this blog, we’re going over five of the many benefits of using CBD in your haircare routine.

1. Helps your hair grow

CBD is high in protein, vitamins, and minerals. These properties are proven to stimulate hair growth for many, as the hair is nourished, making it stronger, thicker, and healthier, a perfect environment for growing hair. It helps prevent hair loss, improves thinning hair, and increases scalp health, too!

2. Strengthens and protects your hair

CBD contains essential amino acids, AKA the building blocks of protein, and what your hair is made of. When used regularly, it can help strengthen and fortify your hair. Also, CBD oil is full of fatty acids that provide moisture and seal the cuticle. It’s also rich in antioxidants like vitamins A, C, and E, helping to protect the hair from environmental damage.

3. Improves your scalp health

CBD is regenerative for the skin and scalp and contains high doses of calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, and vitamin E, all of which are great for scalp health. It’s also a natural anti-inflammatory and helps heal dryness and flakiness, which makes it ideal for common scalp conditions like psoriasis, eczema, or folliculitis. Moreover, it balances your scalp’s natural sebum (or oil) production, whether you have too much or too little.

4. Increases your hair elasticity

An increase in elasticity, volume, and shine is typical because of the lipids present in CBD oil. CBD helps build collagen and elastin, resulting in more strength and resiliency.

5. CBD prevents hair breakage.

When hair loses moisture, it can become very dry and break more easily. CBD oil helps repair and maintain the hair’s natural moisture barrier, preventing water loss and adding moisture to the hair and scalp. This is especially important in hotter climates where hair tends to lose moisture more quickly.

5 Tips for Growing Out Your Hair

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Growing out your hair can feel like a painful, never-ending process. While your hair is the fastest-growing tissue in your body, with an average growth of about a half-inch per month, it can feel like watching paint dry or water boil. If you’re wondering how to help the process along, you’re not alone.

Longer hair starts with taking steps to repair and avoid further damage to make your hair healthier and give it its best shot. If you follow these tips, you’re more likely to start seeing progress on your journey to growing out your hair.

1. Schedule routine trims with your stylist about every 4-6 weeks to get rid of split ends. Splits mean your hair will continue to break, and any growth you achieve from the roots will break off the ends.

2. Apply a repair treatment on a regular basis to reinforce weak ends and protect from further splits and breakage. Kevin Murphy’s Leave In Repair is a great option for shiny, glossy, weightless hair with the added bonus of heat protection. As the name implies, you just wash, condition, and leave to allow the treatment to get to work repairing and restoring damage where it is needed most.

3. Sleep with a silk bonnet or on a silk pillowcase to protect from any friction and stress on the hair. Silk is easier on hair than other materials and helps avoid tearing and breakage.

4. Only wash your hair once or twice a week. This gives time for the natural oils in your hair to penetrate the scalp and hydrate and repair strands.

5. Use fewer hot tools to avoid heat damage. To change up your style without using heat, opt for protective styles like braids or use accessories like claw clips.

6 Steps to Avoid Heat Damaged Hair

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6 Steps to Avoid Heat-Damaged Hair

From blow-drying and straightening to waving and curling, our hair endures a lot of heat styling on a pretty regular basis. Sure, hot tools leave our hair looking more stylish and put together, but over time, that heat styling can lead to damage, dryness, breakage, and split ends. Let’s be real; getting rid of hot tools isn’t going to happen, which is where these helpful tips from our team of hair care experts come into play.

1. Start off on the right foot.

Healthy hair starts in the shower. It doesn’t matter how well you treat your hair if you’re not properly cleansing, hydrating, and conditioning at the start. Kevin Murphy’s Blow Dry Wash contains a hydrolyzed pea protein and wood bark complex that work together to help strengthen and protect hair against breakage with added protection against heat damage.

2. Create a protective shield

You would never take something out of the oven without mittens, would you? Whether your hair is fine and straight or coarse and curly, you should never style your hair without a quality heat protectant. Try Kevin Murphy’s Heated Defense, a weightless and invisible leave-in treatment foam that can be used on wet or dry hair.

3. Under 300 degrees rule

Your goal should be to find the lowest temperature setting that still allows you to get your styling done efficiently. Your hair can melt at 350°, and 95% of people only need 280° for their hair. If you can bake cookies on your hot tools, they are too hot. Additionally, turning your iron all the way up upon plugging it in will not make your hot tools heat up any faster.

4. Weekly hair mask

Hair masks are good for everyone, but they’re especially crucial for those who regularly style their hair. A quality hair mask will replenish your hair’s natural moisture and add an extra layer of protection to prevent future damage. Swap a treatment mask in place of your conditioner, and let it soak for 5-10 mins while you wash your face, shave, and so on.

5. One and done

It is important to consider how many times you’re using your tools on the same section of hair. Follow the “One & Done” Rule — pass over a section of hair, and that’s it. While it may seem like you are reinforcing the style or direction of your hair, you are actually causing damage and confusing the hydrogen bonds, resulting in frizz and flyaways.

6. Don’t overdo it

Like all good things, it’s all about moderation. When you have a chance to give your strands a rest and let them air-dry, do it! Cove All-In-One Versatile Creme is the perfect quality product for no-blowout styling and will leave your hair feeling healthy, hydrated, and smooth.

Discarding Old Products When Spring Cleaning

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We all have hair and makeup products in our cabinets and under our sinks that have probably been there for far too long. As you’re thinking about doing some spring cleaning around your home, don’t forget to consider discarding old products as well.

It’s best to go through your product collection every six months or so to clear out space and get rid of items that are past their shelf life. How do you tell if products are expired, beyond their prime, and need to be discarded?

First, check the bottle. There is usually a little symbol on the back that looks like an open jar with a number and the letter m, maybe 6m, 12m, or 18m. This indicates how many months after you open your product it is recommended to keep and use and is considered the shelf life, not an expiration date. An expiration date is the exact date when it is no longer safe to use a product. Most beauty products do not have expiration dates.

What if the bottle doesn’t have a symbol, or you (understandably) don’t remember when the product was opened? There are a couple of ways you can test it.

Open the bottle and sniff. You’re checking to make sure the product still smells as it’s intended and is not offputting. Pour some of the product into your hand and check for separation or clumps and if it has a strange tint like yellowing or browning. Also, consider when you’re using theproduct if it’s still doing its job and retaining its effectiveness. If a product smells or feels off or it’s not working the way it used to, it’s probably time to discard it.

If, after you’re done with your product spring cleaning, you find yourself needing something new, don’t forget that you can shop for high-quality products from our salon online!