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The
Most Common Myth Regarding Professional Beauty
Products
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by: Melissa
Eaton
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The biggest
myth in the beauty retail industry is that people
think the more it costs, the better it must be.
Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact,
many of the most common high priced and name brand
beauty products have the exact same ingredients as
the lower priced brands that you can buy in any
discount store. The difference is, you are paying
for a name brand.
As a stylist, I constantly shoot myself in the
foot regarding retail sales. But I really can't
stand to see good people spend hard earned money
on products that they don't need or can pay less
for and achieve the same results. Many think I'm
crazy for telling people this, but selling my
services are what pay the bills, NOT the sale of
retail products. My honesty has gained me hundreds
of repeat clients through the years and I'd much
rather have a client coming in once a month for a
trim or color than every other month to buy a
bottle of shampoo. You get the drift.
When it comes to shampoo, conditioner and styling
products - just because it comes from a salon
doesn't make it any better than products you can
buy in a discount retail store. Shampoo is a
detergent no matter how you package it.
Conditioner is just what it says and the same goes
for styling products. The only difference is that
salon products are more concentrated and will last
longer. In the end, the costs really figure out to
be the same for salon and regular retail products.
So my advice is to use whatever works best for you
and the products you like.
There is one area that I have to say that salon
products are better and that is COLOR. The reason
I say that is, professional products are
formulated under strict guidelines in the industry
to insure that salon professionals will achieve
the same color results every time. The colors you
can buy over the counter are not as regulated and
can truly vary from bottle to bottle. How many
times have you bought the same home color and
gotten a different result almost every time?
If you have your hair colored professionally and
would like to do it at home, you might consider
talking to your stylist about it. They might be
willing to send you home with your color and
specific instructions on how to use it. I've done
this for many of my clients and truly don't mind
doing it. I would rather my clients have what they
are used to and be satisfied with their result
than have them buy a product off the shelf and
call me the next day saying they have pink or
bright orange hair.
Use your best judgement regarding your hair
products and use what you like and what works best
for you.
About the Author
Melissa is a professional cosmetologist who is
constantly updating her education. For daily
updates including tips, secrets and other
information, please visit her blog at http://bizewomanbeautytips.blogspot.com/
Beauty doesn't have to cost a fortune!
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