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Review of “Your Colorist’s Favorite Brush”
by Antonio Gonzales on Thursday, February 3, 2011
I was born in Trinidad in the height of a hurricane. I spent my childhood surrounded by the sights and sounds and smells of Carnival and the other Indian, African and Spanish festivals of the Islands. Loving the amazing costumes, I got my start dressing my sisters and doing their hair and makeup. An opportunity came up to work with Trinidad’s leading costume designers, makeup artists and hair stylists. After I left the Island, my career evolved with work in Munich, Los Angeles and now New York City. Here in New York, I am a stylist at the Orlo Salon in the Meat Packing district. Vogue magazine recently named me as one of the rising hairstylist stars in N.Y., I was awarded the best haircut of 2008 by shecky’s.com, Gotham Magazine called me a Shear Genius and Allure Magazine featured me as one of the best cuts 2009.
I like to think of myself as a guinea pig for my readers and for hairstylists. I love having the opportunity to try something new and keep on trying it until I can give the honest opinion of my experience with any particular product. I am also happy to try to promote a new product, especially if it was developed by a fellow colorist. When I decided to try “Your Colorist’s Favorite Brush” from Patrick McIvor Color Studio, I was looking forward to seeing if the claims were true.
Before using the brush I knew this much: The brush consists of 13 rows of Tourmaline Crystal Complex-infused pins mounted on a cushion surface that protects hair from pulling and a professional handle that comfortably grips to the hand. It also claimed to have negative ionic charge, which helps to repair hair with heat. Without any of my co-workers knowing, I started using the brush in the salon on my clients as recommended. First let me say that this brush feels really good; it’s by far the most comfortable brush I have ever held and it just feels really good! I brushed my client’s hair prior to a color service from roots to ends; it detangled the hair really well. As I kept using it, I realized that it was calming the texture and giving the hair a little shine. My first thoughts were that it was bringing the natural oils from the scalp to the ends, but as I kept using it (client after client), I realized it was having a good impact on the hair; it was subtle but noticeable, indeed.
Then I started using it only on wet hair after shampooing and it worked well. I know it was designed to use on glazed or glossed hair, but at that point I just wanted to take baby steps. I finally decided to use it on hair that had a glaze or gloss on it. I brushed from the ends first working my way up to the scalp. Once again it worked and even today I am still using it on my clients. It’s hard to describe exactly what happens to the hair, but at the shampoo bowl, the glaze is even shinier on the hair. Today I had a client that I had not seen for a year and I could tell that her hair was “over-glazed” and needed a consistent layer of permanent hair color. Instead of using a glaze at the shampoo bowl, I did a good old-school “soap cap” and used this special brush. All I can say is that you have to experience it for yourself.
And remember how I used it in the salon without any announcements? Well, a fellow colorist walked over to me and said, “Where did you get this brush?” I asked, “Why?” Jennifer said, “I love it! It feels so good! I’ve been using it and I really dig it!” Needless to say, Jennifer is very skeptical about any new product because of all the gimmicks in the market. I actually think she is trying to steal it from me.
I will say this: I am still a little leery of using it on a client with very fine processed hair, and for that I’ll stick to my very wide-toothed comb. But otherwise, I’m very happy with this brush.
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Business Building Techniques Begin having frequent staff meetings and collaborate on business building techniques used by others that you work with. Every salon has success right inside. Get the top booker to explain how they do it. Pair the weakest with the strongest and let them work next to each other. They can learn from what they hear and see. Do the same with retail sales. Share the ways that the top stay on top. Geno Stampora, Stampora Consulting Inc. |
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