Hairdressing and Beauty Therapy

Did you know that commercial haircolor was introduced as early as 1909? The chemical paraphenylenediamine was used by Eugene Schuller a French chemist to develop haircolor. Hair coloring is but an area covered by hairdressing. Hairdressing covers anything and everything that encompasses beautiful hair to complement the face and the body. With that concept in mind, Hairdressing becomes part of Beauty Therapy as Beauty Therapy ensures that the whole body and the persons well being is always at its best. Both Hairdressing and Beauty Therapy are courses that fall under Hairdressing courses.

Before going back to Hairdressing, let us expound further with Beauty Therapy. Physically speaking, Beauty therapists work on the hair, the skin and the nails. It covers areas like good grooming and personal hygiene. Aesthetics are employed if necessary to make these areas look good if not improve how they already are conditionally speaking that is.

Working with the nails means not only giving the person a manicure or a pedicure but a hand massage and a foot massage too. So remember nail color is merely a part of nail beautification but may in so many ways improve how the nails look.

Working with the skin means knowing the body as a whole to include the human organic and function systems. This is important to understand what time of therapy can and must be used for the person’s improvement in well being. The skin covers all muscles, joints and bones and knowing the right therapy to apply would spell the difference as compared to ordinary massage salons that offer a single type of massage for all their clients. Therapy may include reflexology and at times Electrotherapy.

Having given you a bird’s eye view of Beauty Therapy, the nails and the skin, let us dwell more on the Hair and Hairdressing. Hair is made up of keratin which is the same make up of nails. Color as mentioned earlier (for both hair and nails), add to how they look but beautification does not start and end there.

Let us first take a look at what you use to comb your hair. Combing the hair with the aid of a comb or brush matters as the number of strokes made may add luster and shine to the hair. For those with medium to long hair length, it is recommended that you use several types of brushes and not a single brush. Should you use only a single brush buy one that does what you like to your hair. What do I mean by that? Exactly what I said, brushes have different functions depending on what outcome you’d like to have.

There are what we call start brushes whose function is to remove tangles and condition the hair even when the hair is wet. These types prevent the hair from splitting and from having frizz.

Then we have what they call style brushes whose function is to give your hair curl, extra volume and straighten it. Now, these types of brushes are sold separately depending on each function. You should bear in mind that no single brush can style your hair differently.

Lastly, finish brushes are called so as their function are to smoothen the strands as it adds shine and eliminates static.

Now that we’re done with combing, let us discuss cleaning the hair. Cleaning covers washing and there after conditioning the hair. Have you ever tried washing your hair with regular soap? For those who have not, to satisfy your curiosity, it frizzes the hair out big time. The skin is made up of something else other than keratin which is the hairs major component. Soap was not invented to clean the hair as shampoo does. Shampoos have different components and effects on hair depending on your hair texture. Be sure to read the labels prior to purchasing (and this is so with conditioners too or even waxes, nets, mousse, gels and other hair aids).

Most conditioners often state how long you have to leave them on the hair before washing them out. Some labels state that you can leave them on for a minute or two. Other labels state that you can leave them on till the next time you wash your hair thought the effects last for not more than 24 hours.  I mentioned this because, shampoo labels never tell us how long the shampoo has to be on the hair and scalp before you have to rinse or wash them out, do they?  Here’s a helpful advice though, if you are the type who has time for bathing and washing your hair, then you can leave the shampoo lather on for about 5 minutes while massaging the scalp. This does not only relax your scalp but it helps prevent scalp problems too.

Should you want to learn more about Hairdressing and Beauty Therapy, try taking up Hairdressing courses.