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Hair care and styling varies for different types of hair, depending on its color, texture and thickness. Get ideas for the right hair treatments in this free video series on hair care.
There are 25 videos in this series:
Growing out African-American hair requires treating the hair once a week to smooth out the roots, doing at-home deep conditioning treatments and keeping the ends healthy and trimmed. Grow long ethnic hair, using high-quality products like Moroccan oil, with tips from a professional hair designer and color specialist in this free video on hair care.
To put in hair rollers, first take a quarter-inch section of hair, smooth out the roots and wrap it tightly around a roller before clipping it in place. Put in a hair roller, using a comb to smooth out each section, with tips from a professional hair designer and color specialist in this free video on hair care.
Maintaining relaxed hair requires getting it washed and set on a weekly basis, conditioning the hair with protein and moisture masks and returning for relaxing treatments every eight weeks. Keep up relaxed hair, remembering to keep the ends trimmed, with tips from a professional hair designer and color specialist in this free video on hair care.
Repairing damaged hair is possible by keeping the ends healthy and trimmed, alternating moisture and protein treatments weekly and getting an ionic hair treatment for deep conditioning. Get damaged hair back to a healthy state, using Moroccan oil twice a week at home, with tips from a professional hair designer and color specialist in this free video on hair care.
Wrapping ethnic hair involves sectioning the hair in half, wrapping smooth sections in one direction and clipping each piece down before covering it with a hairnet. Wrap ethnic hair to keep the style smooth and soft with tips from a professional hair designer and color specialist in this free video on hair care.
Smoothing out big, frizzy curls involves applying an anti-frizz product, sectioning off the hair and running a 350-degree flattening iron over each piece of hair. Straighten curly hair, combing out each section to smooth it out fully, with tips from a professional hair designer and color specialist in this free video on hair care.
To straighten curly hair, blow dry small sections at a time, run a flat iron over each strand, and use a smoothing product. Get curly hair smooth and straight, combing each section after blow drying, with tips from a professional hair designer and color specialist in this free video on hair care.
Switching from brunet to red hair requires decolorizing the dark hair, applying the desired red tone and repeating the color process often for the best results. Become a red-head, choosing either a cool auburn or a warm copper color, with tips from a professional hair designer and color specialist in this free video on hair care.
Switching from blond to brunet hair requires a process of filling the light hair with missing pigments, adding more red tones for a warmer brunet and cooler, ashier tones for a cooler brunet. Dye blond hair brunet, which may require more than one process to fill the hair, with tips from a professional hair designer and color specialist in this free video on hair care.
Dying red hair platinum blonde first requires decolorizing the hair several times to get rid of the red pigments, and then filling the hair with ash tones to neutralize the red. Achieve a platinum blonde color from red hair, being careful not to over-bleach or over-tone, with tips from a professional hair designer and color specialist in this free video on hair care.
Taking out highlights is a long process of re-filling the hair with pigment and toners, leaving the product on for 15 to 20 minutes at a time, and then coloring the hair to a desired shade. Get rid of highlights, careful not to add too many ash tones, with tips from a professional hair designer and color specialist in this free video on hair care.
Removing red hair color is a difficult process of neutralizing the hair with green-based or ashy colors, as red is a stubborn color to eliminate. Get rid of red hair color using neutral tones with tips from a professional hair designer and color specialist in this free video on hair care.
Growing out African hair requires a series of weekly treatments, which includes applying a protein and moisture mask and setting the hair instead of blowing it dry. Get African hair to grow out long, using Moroccan oil at home twice a week, with tips from a professional hair designer and color specialist in this free video on hair care.
To dye hair roots, formulate a matching hair color, divide the hair in sections and apply the color to the roots only, coloring just a quarter to a half-inch section. Touch up hair roots, making sure not to touch the scalp, with tips from a professional hair designer and color specialist in this free video on hair care.
Visiting a hair stylist as often as possible keeps the hair maintained and treated properly, and making weekly appointments for heavily-treated hair is important for the best results. See hair stylists often, following their advice for at-home maintenance, with tips from a professional hair designer and color specialist in this free video on hair care.
Being a hair stylist usually requires attending cosmetology school and working in a salon as an apprentice or shampooer. Take hair courses, attend hair shows and learn from peers to be a hair stylist with tips from a professional hair designer and color specialist in this free video on hair care.
To curl growing relaxed hair, use a flat iron to create interesting bends in the hair by curling it over a couple of times with the iron. Put some curl into relaxed hair, making sure not to put too much strain on it, with tips from a professional hair designer and color specialist in this free video on hair care.
Keeping hair bouncy after setting it with rollers requires using the largest size roller, keeping the roots textured and full and applying a bit of Moroccan oil to keep the hair smooth. Get bouncy curls from a roller set, using only light hair spray to set the style, with tips from a professional hair designer and color specialist in this free video on hair care.
To make ethnic hair flow, simply avoid using a lot of product in the hair, use a roller set technique instead of blow drying it, moisturize the hair with a mask treatment and apply Moroccan oil for a lightweight sheen. Keep hair flowing and soft, careful not to over-grease the hair, with tips from a professional hair designer and color specialist in this free video on hair care.
Creating smooth bangs on ethnic hair involves using a flat iron and pressing the hair in the direction it should flow. Press the hair downward for straight bangs or over to the side for a sweeping bang with tips from a professional hair designer and color specialist in this free video on hair care.
Pressing relaxed hair is a delicate process using a pressing comb to flatten out only the new growth of hair at the roots. Avoid pressing previously relaxed hair, concentrating only on the curly new growth of roots, with tips from a professional hair designer and color specialist in this free video on hair care.
Purifying hair color is a process of putting the vibrancy back into colored hair, using a five-volume bleach for only five to 10 minutes. Apply a low-volume bleach in thin sections to purify the color with tips from a professional hair designer and color specialist in this free video on hair care.
Highlighting and lifting hair color requires using a high-lift color that lightens the natural color and deposits a new color at the same time. Highlight hair without bleach, usually taking only 20 minutes under the dryer, with tips from a professional hair designer and color specialist in this free video on hair care.
To straighten relaxed hair, use a flat iron close to the root and pull it down to the tip no more than twice to prevent future damage. Straighten hair that's been previously relaxed, only using a 350-degree iron, with tips from a professional hair designer and color specialist in this free video on hair care.
To treat hair during pregnancy, avoid heavy chemical treatments, like relaxers, and keep hair well-hydrated with conditioning masks. Keep the hair strong and healthy during and after a pregnancy with tips from a professional hair designer and color specialist in this free video on hair care.
For many years, women have sought the perfect hairstyle. That elusive blend of volume, smoothness and style has created frustration in many women who seek to express their personalities and creativity through their locks. In fact, hair styles often represent the cultural, social and ethnic identity of many individuals and can also represent social status. While hair density, texture and length are all factors in a person's hairstyle, fashion trends tend to play the biggest role in women's hairstyles. In this free video series on hair care, a professional hair designer and color specialist discusses several techniques for styling, dying and caring for different types of hair. Find out how to smooth out frizzy hair, how to straighten curly hair and how to treat relaxed hair. Get tips for coloring and dying hair, including lifting and toning different colors. Find out what hair treatments work well with different hair types, and get the style and color that works best.
Liz Muller Liz Muller is the owner of Liz's Hair Design in Hollywood, Florida. As a professional hair designer and color specialist since 1985, she is one of the top Internet gurus on hair care, consulting clients from all over the world. Muller also conducts her own workshops, traveling the world as an educator and hair-coloring expert.dkdk
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