Let’s face it, these days, your TikTok FYP as much your dermatologist, your doctor and your hair stylist as it is your escapism. TikTok trends may be fleeting, but some linger far longer then their initial viral moment. Especially when it comes to hair.
Thanks to the shiny locks of celebrities like Kim Kardashian and Madison Beer, our FYP has been in a gloss frenzy. The glossy discourse has truly entered the chat, with one question weighing upon us all: just HOW do they get their hair so glossy?!
We sought out the expertise of UAE-based Sisters Beauty Lounge to breakdown the good, the bad and the ugly (kinda) of hair and salon trends. They are now the only salon partner of Color Wow in the region, offering on-trend, practical and effective salon treatments to suit your hair needs. We recruited their expertise to answer our burning hair questions. Does rosemary oil actually do anything? What on earth is a keratin treatment? And would someone PLEASE tell us how to get the glossy glow up of our dreams?!
Your hair-care questions = answered, courtesy of Sisters Beauty Lounge
What is hair glossing?
Sisters: Generally, hair glossing involves just the top coat of the hair – like when you have setting spray on your makeup, or a top coat on your nails. So 5% of our hair contains shine, and that’s the surface. Over the course of a few years, the more you colour your hair, iron it and blow-dry you damage it and you lose that shine. How you get it back is glossing. We’d always tell women to get professional advice, and then follow up with at-home care.
We have treatments at Sisters Salon that bring back that shine into the hair and gives it hydration. They have hyaluronic acid and lactic acid that gives you that glossy effect, which is like a long lasting treatment that can last up to 2-3 months, with the help of some follow up products.
Recently, we have launched the Color Wow Glass, Glossy treatment, exclusive to Sisters. We’re the only salon in the UAE to supply Color Wow for in-salon treatment. For this treatment we do the right cleansing with filters to remove any build up and minerals, and then do finishing cocktails for your hair type, and then the Color Wow Dream Coast and blow dry. It lasts up to 3-4 washes. It’s a quick, fast glossy treatment. And it’s waterproof, it contains a natural polymer, so water drips off – it doesn’t let the outside or inside moisture penetrate. So if you go outside on a humid day in the UAE, you don’t get that frizzy hair.
Remember that these celebrities you see online don’t have naturally glossy hair. The images you see are probably straight out of a salon, or the result of continuous salon treatment.
What’s the deal with Keratin treatments?
Sisters: Keratin is a protein in our hair – and because of constant colouring and blow-drying we lose those bonds, so we don’t have that shine. What keratin does is simply coat the hair – but I’d advise to go with our silky treatment instead, as they go into the hair and change the dynamic of the it, rather than just coat it in a silicone plastic.
Does glossing treatments make your hair greasy?
Sisters: No, not if done right. This is why it’s important to go with a salon you trust, because you need a treatment that doesn’t weigh heavy on the hair and doesn’t leave residue. Some smoothing treatments on the market are permanent, which breaks all your bonds to make the hair permanently straight. But the ones we offer gives only a temporary effect, and Color Wow is a no-residue brand. If you see a shampoo on the market that’s for volume, colour or hydration, to get that claim it has to leave a residue on the hair – whereas Color Wow shampoo and conditioner is simply made to clean the hair. And their hair mask is able to apply to roots because its a no reside brand, so it won’t leave your roots greasy.
What treatments are recommended for women who cover their hair?
Sisters: Regional women actually have very coarse hair that’s also typically thick and frizzy. In order to get a glossy, shiny result, they have to get a lot of glossing and hydrating treatments. Hijabs and abayas can cause a lot of hair breakage.
At our salon, we have a special scalp solution treatment to focus on scalp health and the health of the hair. Some women don’t realise that covering the hair, especially if the same cover is not washed every day, is not good because it causes a lot of sweat and build up. Our scalp treatment is a weekly treatment that cleans and balances your pH level, and then hydrates your scalp.
Do I need a water filter?
Sisters: It’s no secret that washing your hair with hard water is not good. Using filters at home will minimize the damaging effect on your hair by at least 40%. But, the most important thing is that you have to change that filter every three months.
Does Rosemary Oil on the scalp actually work?
Sisters: It’s a placebo effect – people are raving about it, even our clients, but we see them on a regular basis and see now difference in their hair.
It can actually effect your hair colour – for all the cool toned brunettes and blondes, they have to be aware of this. For people with sensitive scalps, it can cause irritation. We would never recommend you use any oils at home, as they will coat your hair and suffocate it. Instead, scalp cleaning treatments are a great place to start.
Do I need a scalp analysis?
Sisters: We do have cameras that we use to give clients a scalp analysis, but these tools are mainly for dermatologist, if they think you have a scalp problem. We can flag if you have hair problems, but you only need a camera scalp analysis if you have concern of skin or medical issues relation to the scalp. Some brands bring them out as a theatrical element to make a spectacle out of it.