Summer Hairstyles from Bliss Salon in Destin

TIP from Bliss Salon in Destin… Use gel after a braid is finished to smooth down loose or uncontrolled hairs. Apply it to your fingertip or to the end of a hairpin, directing it on top of the stray hairs to encourage them back into the braided pattern. – Just another hair tip from your favorite Destin hair salon, Bliss Salon

HOW TO BRAID HAIR FROM OUR DESTIN HAIR SALON

(information found on http://www.wikihow.com/Braid-Hair)

1. Use a wide-tooth comb to remove all hair tangles. Hair should be smooth with no lumps or tangles
2. Divide hair into smaller sections and use a fine-tooth comb again to be certain all knots are gone
   • Pick section of hair you want to braid – any part and any amount
   • If you are not experienced with braiding, start with smaller sections so you can control the hair easier
3. Divide hair into three even sections. Separate them with your hands and try to always hold them separately
4. Cross left hand section over middle section. Original left hand section is now middle section.
5. Continue keeping sections separate while tightening the entire braid by pulling  sections away from each other.

Begin Braiding Your Hair

1. Cross right section over middle section. Original right hand section is now middle section.
2. Tighten the braid again. But don’t pull too much as you don’t want to end up with a headache from a braid that is too tight.
3. Continue this process alternating left and right sections over middle, again tightening (but not too much) as you go
4. Repeat until you get to the bottom, leaving an inch of unbraided hair (your “tail”) at the bottom.

Secure the Braid

1. An elastic rubberband (preferably covered with cloth to avoid hair breakage) should be used to secure the braid.
   • Try to avoid standard rubber bands
2. Now, put a drop of hair gel in your hands and rub them together rapidly to turn it into more of a liquid. Once the gel is emulsified, rub it along the top of the braid and even pick up the braid itself and rub it gently with your hands to cover it with the gel.
   
3. Next, lightly mist the braid with hairspray keep it secure. Do this before adding any ribbons, etc.
4. Add a ribbon or pretty clips to your completed braid!  A ribbon is a great accessory and styling aid, especially with braids.

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Hair Care in Humid climate

Hair Care in Humid climate
Whatever your hair type, your hair swells and expands when it's wet and behaves in the same way in a humid climate, where the air is full of moisture. Humidity will make hair fluffy and, if it's prone to curling, it will cause frizziness. All hair types will benefit from a pre-holiday conditioning treatment in the salon to nourish the hair shafts and seal the cuticles. Preventing excess moisture from entering the hair shaft in a humid climate is key.
Hair Care for Fine hair in Humid climate
This tends to get weighed down by the moisture in the air and looks flat and limp. Just as with other hair types, you need to block out the humidity if you can. A pre-holiday salon treatment will help to reduce split ends and close the cuticles that allow water to enter the hair shaft. Use a light leave-in conditioner on your hair while you are away (apply it from mid-way down the length of your hair to the ends) and seal the ends of the hair after blow-drying with a serum.
Be careful not to use too much serum on fine hair - a blob the size of your thumbnail is more than enough, hairsprays are a great SOS option for a bad-hair day in humidity - they instantly hold down the cuticle of the hair and prevent moisture from entering the hair shaft.
Care for Curly and frizzy hair in Humid climate
Sealing the outside of your hair - the cuticle - is the only way you will minimize the candyfloss look while you are away. A pre-holiday deep-conditioning treatment is a must. Make sure you pack a creamy leave-in conditioner for your trip and use it religiously every morning. Using an anti-frizz serum will help bring unruly curls to heel. It coats the hair shaft with silicone, not only sealing the cuticle but also weighing the hair down a little.
If your hair is really frizzy, try working some serum through it while it is still wet before blow-drying. This should add some weight to the curls and seal the cuticles so that your hair does not absorb water, swell and frizz again as it dries. If you decide to go with the flow and make the most of your curls while you're away, mix gel and serum together in the palm of your hand and apply it throughout the hair to give the curls extra definition and shape.

How to Style Poofy Hair

How to Style Poofy Hair

Put down that flat iron! It's only making your poofy hair worse!

Steps

1. If your hair naturally curly, you should stop washing it with shampoos that contain sodium laureth/lauryl & ammonium laureth/lauryl sulfate, they dry out the hair terribly, making your hair puffier, and bigger.
2. Use a wide toothed comb to detangle hair when wet.
3. Use a good moisturzing conditioner.
4. If you can, try not to use silicones, they build up on the hair, and you need sulfates to remove them, which dry out your hair. Any ingredient that ends in -cone or -xane is a silicone. (Some common ones are dimethicone, cylmethicone, and amodimethicone. Amodimethicone is a lot easier to remove)
5. Use a a diffuser if you blowdry your hair.
6. If you do shampoo, use ones with ingredients like these: Apricotamidopropyl Betaine and Cocoamidapropyl Betaine. Activate makes a good one.
7. DON'T TOUCH YOUR HAIR WHILE IT'S DRYING! Touching it will make it frizzy. Plus, it will make your hair expand.

Tips* Don't flat iron your hair, it's one of the worst things you can do!* If you want your curls to look a little looser, try putting a clip at then end of it while it dries, it weighs it down.* Try getting the book, "Curly Girl" by Lorriane Massey, it's excellent.Warnings * Don't put the blow dryer on high because sometimes the diffuser will pop off and could hit your head. Always use the warm or cool setting.

Summer Tips

Hot Tips For Summer Hair Care
*Perform deep repair treatments twice a week to protect and repair sun-damaged hair.
*Heading to the beach or pool? Don’t rinse out your conditioner. Leave conditioner in hair for maximum protection and extra moisturizing benefits.
*Protect your hair from sun damage at the beach or pool by applying a leave in conditioner before and after sun exposure.
*After swimming in the pool or ocean, shampoo hair with PurifyShampoo to clarify hair of color-damaging chemicals and salt.
*Minimize breakage and gently detangle by spraying leave in conditoner on hair before combing with a wide-tooth comb.
*Hair dries out in the summer so be sure to have your hair trimmed every 4-6 weeks and schedule a professional conditioning treatment with your stylist to help prevent split ends.

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