Our hair heroes.

Just as every artist has their medium, each hairdresser has one product that they will swear by. From the finishing touches that bring a hairstyle to life to the nurturing care provided by serums and masks, the products are tools that allow us to take our craft to the highest possible level. Let’s have a look at the must-have essentials that our hair maestros won’t shut up about if you get them started.

Davines OI Hair Oil

  • Purpose:

    • OI Oil is a versatile hair treatment designed to add shine, softness, and manageability to the hair.

  • Key Ingredients:

    • The formula typically includes Roucou Oil (also known as Annatto), which is derived from the seeds of the Bixa Orellana plant. Roucou Oil is known for its antioxidant properties, helping to protect the hair from environmental damage.

  • Benefits:

    • Adds shine and softness to the hair.

    • Provides nourishment and hydration.

    • Helps detangle and improve manageability.

    • Protects the hair from environmental stressors.

  • How to Use:

    • OI Oil can be applied to damp or dry hair.

    • A small amount is usually sufficient, as the oil is concentrated.

    • It can be applied to the lengths and ends of the hair.

    • Can be used before styling for added protection or as a finishing touch for extra shine.

Buy Here: https://uk.davines.com/products/oi-oil

Shimmering Hair Mist

Purpose:

  • A feather light finishing spray that offers a glossy, reflective shine. It has a deep, fruity scent and a concentration that means a little goes a long way. It doesn’t have any hold, and is just for creating shine and fighting frizz. Spray over your hair once your hair has been styled.

Key Ingredients:

  • Alcohol denat temporarily reduces oil and grease, helping the product to spread easily and absorb quickly.

  • Cyclohexasiloxane has moderate volatility, and will stay on the hair surface for a good amount of time.

Benefits:

  • Adds shine to hair

  • Leaves hair silky and easy to brush

  • Anti-static, helping to stop flyaways and frizz

  • Ethically and sustainably produced

  • Carbon neutral

  • Sulphate and paraben free

  • Colour-safe

  • Vegan and Cruelty free

  • Sulphate free, Paraben free, Phthalate free, Formaldehyde free

How to Use:

  • Shake before use.

  • Spray from around 30cm away onto dry, styled hair.

Buy here: https://uk.davines.com/products/this-is-a-shimmering-mist 

BREAD Hair-Oil Everyday Gloss

Purpose:

  • A go-to for everyday wear, offering a glossy finish without the weight of silicones or any sticky residue. Crafted as a multi-use solution, this hair gloss caters to all hair types, providing a burst of hydration and shine that's both lightweight and luxurious. Especially ideal for curls and textured hair.

Key Ingredients:

  • Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil helps restore moisture to dull, brittle hair while protecting it from environmental damage. It contains fatty acids that add shine and volume, as well as antioxidant properties that help protect hair against free radicals.

Benefits:

  • The blend of mid-weight oils caters to both low and high-porosity hair, making it the ultimate multitasker for every hair type.

  • Silicone free and colour safe.

  • Vegan and cruelty free.

  • Smells like strawberry lip smackers.

How to Use:

  • Run the hair oil through wet hair after a hair mask rinse-out for a shine reboot.

  • Apply between washes to maintain that coveted shine.

  • On wash day, generously slather over dry hair and scalp as a pre-wash intensive treatment.

  • Wash out with your normal washing routine.

Buy Here: https://breadbeautysupply.com/products/hair-oil 

Davines Pasta and Love Medium Hold Hair Paste

Purpose:

  • Workable styling paste suited for short hair for flexible and versatile styles. Gives a textured effect and medium hold, ideal for a controlled look with a natural finish. Maintains natural shine and movement, without leaving it stiff or sticky.

Key Ingredients:

  • Ricinus Communis (Castor) seed oil is a prominent ingredient in this paste. Castor oil is recognised for boosting hair growth up to five times the usual rate, and can moisturise a dry, irritated scalp. This oil also has antibacterial and antifungal properties.

Benefits:

  • Contains vegetable vaseline and two-dimensional resins.

  • 70,6 % of biodegradable ingredients.

  • 71,5% of natural origin ingredients.

  • For flexible and versatile styles;

  • Gives a natural finish;

  • Promotes textured effects with medium hold.

How to Use:

  • This product can be used daily.

  • Work a small quantity between the hands, apply to dry hair and style

  • For a lighter effect, apply to damp hair and proceed with styling.

  • Wash out in your normal washing routine.

Buy Here: https://uk.davines.com/products/styling-paste 

DEDE/ Shampoo (+ Conditioner)

Purpose:

  • Delicate, everyday shampoo characterised by a soft foam, formulated to gently cleanse the hair while making it light and shiny. Ideal for medium fine and fine hair.

Key Ingredients:

  • With Orbassano Red Celery extract, Slow Food Presidium. Rich in mineral salts, it has a remineralising effect on the hair.

Benefits:

  • Light shampoo for gentle cleansing.

  • Hydrated hair, easy to comb and silky.

  • Natural active ingredients.

  • Obtained with 100% clean energy. 

  • Zero impact, essential and recyclable packaging.

How to Use:

  • Apply a small amount to wet hair, gently massage into scalp, lengths, and ends of hair. Repeat if needed.

  • After rinsing out follow with either DEDE hair mist or DEDE conditioner.

Buy Here: https://uk.davines.com/products/dede-shampoo 

These are a few of the products that we swear by, though we can assure you there are plenty more in our arsenal. Stay tuned for our next round of hair hero’s.

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