Where Are You Going?

When planning a trip you do so with a map of where you are going. If you do not have the map for your life how do you know where you are going?  No matter where life may take you, it’s important to take the time to reflect on the plan for your life.  In this video, I discuss three steps on how to figure out where you are going in your life:

  1. Stop, each day, and take a moment to reflect upon your life’s plan.
  2. Listen to that voice within that is leading you in the plan for your life.
  3. Remind yourself of the blessings and desires that are placed within your heart.

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Protect Your Hair

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Hair needs protection! That’s why using my Beautiful Hair Spray Conditioner is so important. Towels, blow dryers, hot irons, and other environmental factors damage hair each and every day. Using my Spray Conditioner after showering not only helps to protect your hair from many damaging factors. It also detangles hair, adds moisture which allows hair to feel more soft and smooth, and reduces frizzy hair.

Here are a few tips to further protect your hair.

  1. If you must towel dry your hair, make sure to use a microfiber towel.
  2. If you need to blow dry your hair or use hot styling tools, make sure that you are using them properly. (For tips, click here).
  3. Understand the 3 T’s of your styling tools: time, temperature and technique.

If you are interested in my Beautiful Hair Spray Conditioner, or any of my other products you are in luck! You have a chance to win a full Beautiful Hair Maintenance Package ($200 value). All you need to do is comment on my blog here, and ask any questions you may have.

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Ask Jeffrey – “What is My Hair Loss From?”

“I have been having hair loss for about a year and a half now. I thought it was due to stress but it has been continuing. I have had my thyroid tested and the test came back fine. Any other thoughts on causes? I am 37 and no other women in my family have had any other issues.” – Sarah 

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This is a very common question, thank you Sarah.  Determining where your hair loss is coming from is a key step when it comes to understanding your hair loss. In my previous blog post, “Dis-Tress Hair Thinning and Loss,” I touched lightly on a few causes of hair thinning and loss. In this post I want to expand further on the topic.

Sarah is correct to question both stress and thyroid issues initially as the cause of her hair loss as these are two common factors. Other factors include diet and medications. If you aren’t consuming the right kinds—or enough—nutrients, your hair isn’t either. Water, iron, zinc, copper, vitamins A, B, and C, and protein are all essential for hair to grow healthy and strong.  Check out these posts for some good recommendations on healthy snacks and foods that will help strengthen hair.

Lastly, medications can be a contributing factor for hair loss. When taking medications such as oral contraceptives, chemotherapy, and blood pressure medications, each can cause hair loss when taking them and, sometimes when stopping them.

I hope this helps you to understand where your hair loss may be coming from. If you have questions about your hair loss, or other related questions please comment here for your chance to win my Beautiful Hair Maintenance Package. If you would like to take a personal Hair loss Self Evaluation to determine your level of loss click here or you can also email or chat LIVE with one of my consultants by clicking here.

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Cause of Hair Loss in a Hair System

HairLossBrushEach of my hair system designs are exclusive to the Jeffrey Paul Salon and are made with technologically advanced materials and proprietary blends of hair. Our hair systems are handmade in which we tie each hair in by hand selecting only the finest quality hair available. This ensures that our guests look natural and beautiful.

One of the greatest desires of our guests is to have their hair system last as long as possible. In order for us to help our guest achieve this goal it is important that they follow a well-prescribed maintenance program including: the right techniques, products, tools and procedures as prescribed by my trained hair specialists.

Because a hair system is a handmade product, natural hair shedding, from continued use, over the course of six months to a year is normal. However, there are a number of actions that can cause excessive hair loss AFTER delivery of your hair system. 

One of the largest factors creating major, ongoing, irreversible hair loss in a hair system is conditioner remaining in the root area. Conditioner that is allowed to be absorbed onto the base of the hair system and gather around the root system will ultimately prevent the root system form pivoting 360 degrees allowing for hair to loosen and fall out or break off at the root.

To prevent against excessive hair loss in your hair system, conditioner MUST be thoroughly and completely rinsed out to avoid excessive hair loss in a hair system.

For more information on how to properly maintain your hair system please visit our guest corner or watch my Maintenance Video. For more information on becoming one of our guests please email or call us to set up a private consultation or visit our LIVE consultation section.

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See The Sun Through The Clouds – Staying Positive Daily

Do you ever get into a negative thinking funk? Nothing seems to be going right and you just can’t find anything positive around you?

It is very easy to get into a negative thinking mindset when negative things happen we continue to think upon the negative which sets us up for a vicious cycle of negative outcomes.

Philippians 4:8 gives us the best principle to bring a positive change to your life, “think upon good things.” I have a 3-step approach based off of Philippians 4:8 to help you get out of that slump of negative thinking and get back to seeing the positive in all things. Here is what you need to do:

  1. Write a list of “30 Things to be thankful for”
  2. Each day, for 30 days, read your list
  3. Each day take something beautiful, capture the good feeling and think upon it

Remember Beauty comes from within and so does change.  So today start to make a change from within to see the positive in your life!

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Reach For Relief! Eliminating Neck and Shoulder Pain

Working daily and sitting hunched over at your desk is one way to really cause pain in your neck and shoulders. Mark Roozen, the former strength and conditioning coach for the Cleveland Browns, discusses exercises you can do, while at your office, to help eliminate neck and shoulder pain.

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The “Push-Me-Pull-Me”
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Chronic tightness in the shoulders and neck, pain that radiates through the neck and shoulders, reduced range of motion and that stereotypical “office worker hunch” are the great plagues of modern life.

The situation is made worse because of the American mentality of work, “to get ahead we need to do more!” We get caught up in the old “push me – pull me” situation and end up like the animal in the Dr. Doolittle movie, not sure if we’re coming or going!

We want to get ahead at work, so we spend more time at our desk, work to get in one more client and push to do more and more. But if we spend too much time working away in the head forward, shoulders rolled, hips tucked under position, we risk repetitive use injuries that will start taking a greater and greater toll on our bodies, our health and wellness and our performance levels — and we will end up doing less but taking more energy to do it. We work harder to become less effective and efficient!

So what’s the solution?!

Enter to Win My Maintenance Package!

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Have you tried my Beautiful Hair products yet? Well, now’s your chance! During the next 30 days you will have a chance to be entered to win the entire Maintenance Package ($200 value). This package includes the following:

This is an amazing deal and all you have to do is comment below! Tell me; what are your questions about hair or hair loss? We will choose one lucky winner on October 15th.

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Is Towel Drying My Hair Damaging It?

You may be damaging your hair in the worse way possible. How you ask? From the friction you create when towel drying your hair. When you dry your hair with a normal bath towel, in a rubbing fashion, the loops in that soft towel cause friction and tangles which leads to breakage and cuticle damage.  So how can you dry your hair?

Simple! By using the right micro fiber towel and the right technique for drying will leave your hair almost 80 percent dryer while still leaving enough moisture to keep hair healthy.

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Watch Kristin’s Solution – To Chemotherapy Related Hair Loss

Take a look at this video of Kristin and find out why she says, “Losing my breast was not really the issue. My hair was – as a woman it’s a big part of how people view you… Jeffrey Paul, and his team, gave me back the feeling of beauty both on the inside and with my hair!

Kristin is a stage one breast cancer survivor. As a result of her chemotherapy, she knew she would lose her hair. That was both scary and confusing. She had always been known as someone with a full head of thick, blonde, beautiful hair. Even though she knew her hair didn’t define who she was, she was still very overwhelmed and needed to find a solution that would work for her.

For more information on Kristin’s story, read here.

If you would like to learn more about the right solution for your individual hair loss please email or call me to set up a private and personal consultation with one of my consultation specialists. Or to get your free copy of my Personal Hair Loss Evaluation eBook Guide, which helps determine your loss and best personalized solution, all you need to do is sign up for my blog!

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Ask Jeffrey: Are Bargain Brands OK?

JP_SulfateScribbleQuestion_9_10_13“I learned a lot about hairspray from your video. What about shampoo? Are the bargain brands OK, like White Rain or Suave?” ~Joyce B.

This is an excellent question! There are two things to look for when picking a shampoo.

1. What types of ingredients are used is in the product.

2. Which ingredients are listed as the top 3-4 ingredients?

Most bargain brand products are not using high quality grade ingredients because they are expensive and they wouldn’t be able to sell their products for a “bargain”. You want to look for a shampoo that contains USP (United States Pharmacopeia) grade ingredients.  These types of ingredients are more expensive than normal ingredients because they must meet standards for strength, quality and purity. However, this also means that the ingredients are much higher in quality which allows them to deliver the best possible results for your hair. Remember, you ultimately get what you pay for.

Next, most bargain brands list water as the first ingredient which means that the product is primarily water versus cleanser. My Beautiful Hair Moisturizing Shampoo has the cleansing agent listed as the 1st ingredient. This means that the majority of the product is made to cleanse and moisturize your hair. By having the cleansing ingredient listed as the first ingredient means that you can use less product and still get the best results. This ultimately allows you to save money. Versus using a product that lists water as the first ingredient which you will need to use more of to get even close to similar results.

Check out my post on How NOT to Waste Product for an additional tip on the biggest culprit of wasted shampoo.

I hope this helps. Keep your questions coming and keep an eye out for our step-by-step Maintenance Video and Free Maintenance Package giveaway coming out later this month!

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Ask Jeffrey: Are Bargain Brands OK?

JP_SulfateScribbleQuestion_9_10_13“I learned a lot about hairspray from your video. What about shampoo? Are the bargain brands OK, like White Rain or Suave?” ~Joyce B.

This is an excellent question! There are two things to look for when picking a shampoo.

1. What types of ingredients are used is in the product.

2. Which ingredients are listed as the top 3-4 ingredients?

Most bargain brand products are not using high quality grade ingredients because they are expensive and they wouldn’t be able to sell their products for a “bargain”. You want to look for a shampoo that contains USP (United States Pharmacopeia) grade ingredients.  These types of ingredients are more expensive than normal ingredients because they must meet standards for strength, quality and purity. However, this also means that the ingredients are much higher in quality which allows them to deliver the best possible results for your hair. Remember, you ultimately get what you pay for.

Next, most bargain brands list water as the first ingredient which means that the product is primarily water versus cleanser. My Beautiful Hair Moisturizing Shampoo has the cleansing agent listed as the 1st ingredient. This means that the majority of the product is made to cleanse and moisturize your hair. By having the cleansing ingredient listed as the first ingredient means that you can use less product and still get the best results. This ultimately allows you to save money. Versus using a product that lists water as the first ingredient which you will need to use more of to get even close to similar results.

Check out my post on How NOT to Waste Product for an additional tip on the biggest culprit of wasted shampoo.

I hope this helps. Keep your questions coming and keep an eye out for our step-by-step Maintenance Video and Free Maintenance Package giveaway coming out later this month!

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Is More Better?

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Myth – Using more product is better.

Fact – Just because something works great does not mean that using more of it will work even better. Overusing product can not only cause hair loss to your hair system but wastes product. My Beautiful Hair System is formulated with the highest grade USP ingredients in order to have the best product possible but not meaning you have to use more of it to get results.

It is also important not to use too little product because if you are not using the right amount of product you may not be getting the results you desire and tangling, matting, dryness and breakage may be occurring. It is very important to speak with your hair care professional to discuss how much product you should be using based on the length and texture of your hair.

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How NOT to Waste Product

JP_Hands_9_5_13Do you ever feel like you are using endless amount of shampoo, conditioner or other hair products? You are spending a fortune on buying products only to feel like you go through them quicker and quicker.

One of the biggest culprits for wasted product is overuse due to not emulsifying product. What is emulsifying a product? That is a great question!

Most people hop in the shower grab their bottle of shampoo, squeeze it in their hands and apply it directly to their hair. The problem with this is that the product is unable to spread properly which means the individual either has one very clean section of hair or has to go back and use more product to get the rest of their hair clean.

Next time you hop in the shower and grab the bottle of shampoo or conditioner; or are styling your hair with your favorite styling aid make sure to do the following:

1. Squeeze the correct amount of product into your hands based on the length and type of hair texture.

2. Emulsify product by rubbing your hands together, as if you were trying to warm your hands up, spreading the product through your hands and fingers and also warming the product up.

3. Then using your fingers evenly spread the product through your hair.

Seems simple, but I will guarantee that not only will your hair have better results you will also save money by not wasting product!

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Watch Vicki’s Solution – To Early Stage Hair Loss

Take a look at this video of Vicki and find out why she says, “My experience with this whole process has been amazing! I can’t tell you how much my self-esteem is up and how happy this has made me. It just means so much!”

Vicki, a 55-year-old dental assistant, had tried finding solutions to her hair thinning and loss – including wigs. But nothing seemed to give her the natural look she wanted. She made a choice to get a professional assessment of her hair thinning and loss and to find solutions that would work for her.

For more information on Vicki’s story, read here.

If you would like to learn more about the right solution for your individual hair loss please email or call me  to set up a private and personal consultation with one of my consultation specialists. Or to get your free copy of my Personal Hair Loss Evaluation eBook Guide, which helps determine your loss and best personalized solution, all you need to do is sign up for my blog!

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Prevent a Sticky Situation

GlueDo you ever feel like your hair system or extensions are coming lose between services? There are a few reasons why this may happen including: changes in weather, changes in lifestyle or activity level, or hair growing faster than normal.

Trying to find a quick fix by purchasing a glue or bond that claims to work on hair or works great holding house items together, can put you and your investment in your hair into a sticky situation.  These types of quick fixes can completely destroy your hair system, burn or cause severe irritation to their scalp, and even cause damage or loss of your growing hair.

The adhesives and bonds we use are specifically and exclusively formulated for Jeffrey Paul Salon, with professional grade ingredients that my hair care professionals are thoroughly trained on in order for us to achieve the best results your hair system, your growing hair and your skin.

Bonds and glues that are not exclusively used here ultimately can cause you to spend much more money replacing your hair system. Here are a few recommendations for you, if you notice that your hair system is coming lose prior to your monthly services.

-Tack-Down Service – This services allow us to rescuer, in 15-20min, areas where you feel your hair system is slightly coming loose. All you need to do is give us a call and we can normally schedule you in for these within a day or two.

-Re-secure – One of the most important steps to my Beautiful Hair Maintenance System is to make sure to re-secure your hair system after every wash. After towel drying your hair with a Friction Free Towel, press down around the outer parameter of the hair system or extension to re-secure the attachment. This insures a more secure fit between services.

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