The Best of Hair 2020 Rewind

Happy New Year and Thank you for continuing to Read The Beautified Guide! ​

In the December Newsletter, I included a link to the "Have Your Say" section of the Website and asked you to vote on what Beauty Products you fell in love with in 2020! I've compiled a list of our favourites and here is what made the cut! The Beautified Guide Best of Hair 2020....

Products
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Shampoo

Luna by Lisa Volume Shampoo

Luna's Volumising Shampoo received the most votes for Best Shampoo! It's a lightweight shampoo that will give fine and fragile hair the added lift that it needs while the active ingredients provide excellent wetcombing and detangling properties. It's suitable for both coloured treated & un-coloured hair and is Sulfate & Paraben Free.

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Clarifying Shampoo 

Joico K-Pak Clarifying Shampoo

Specially formulated for swimmers, people who live in hard water areas and those with heavily-styled hair, this salon-quality shampoo will leave your hair looking and feeling clean and vibrant. Enriched with amino acids, aloe and antioxidant vitamin E, it reconstructs the hair by healing and hydrating areas that have become weakened, as well as protecting the hair from further damage

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Conditioner 

Redkin All Soft Conditioner

Fortified with omega-rich Argan Oil and a new RCT protein complex, the conditioner contains three proteins to effectively soften and detangle dry hair while treating it at the root, core and tip. Strengthening hair's core, the nourishing conditioner will leave locks looking healthy and replenished.

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Leave in Conditioner

OUAI Leave in Conditioner 

Enriched with luxurious moisturising ingredients such as Tamarind Seed Extract, Panthenol and Vitamin E, the conditioning spray hydrates the hair to reduce the appearance of frizz and dryness. An exclusive amino acid blend and hydrolysed proteins help to reinforce the hair structure, to protect against styling and heat damage. This moisturising spray makes detanging a breeze while fighting damage and frizz, for hair that feels as healthy as it looks.

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Scalp Scrub

Umberto Giannini Grow Scrub Scalp Scrub

Umberto Giannini received the most votes for Best Scalp Scrub! Grow Scrub removes dead skin and product build-up without stripping the hair, leaving your scalp fresh, clean, stimulated and ready to grow, grow, grow.

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Volumizer 

Aveda Purescription Volumising Tonic

Add extraordinary body, shine and bounce to your hair. Aveda Purescription Volumising Tonic creates maximum volume in your fine and medium hair, without weighing it down. It contains certified organic aloe and wheat amino acids to help build body and add shine. Formulated with Aveda’s Pure Fume aroma containing essential oils it works to uplift your senses.

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Curl Cream

Bumble and Bumble Curl Defining Cream

Infused with a potent blend of oils, the cream fights frizz with moisture. Specially formulated for those with wavy to curly hair types, this product works best with waves and ringlets. Powered by the brand’s unique Hydrasculpt Blend™, a rich fusion of Brazilian oils ensure each strand is coated, moisturised and controlled for a bouncy finish. Brazil Nut Oil, Babassu Oil, and Pracaxi Oil feed hydration to thirsty tresses, improving their overall resilience while strengthening brittle strands.

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Hair Oil

MoroccanOil Treatment Original

Hair that’s silky, healthy, shiny and full of life. Infused with antioxidant-rich argan oil, strengthening proteins and shine-enhancing vitamins, this completely transformative treatment detangles, speeds up drying time and boosts shine – leaving hair smooth, manageable and nourished with each use.

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Blowdry Cream

Bumble and Bumble Thickening Blow-dry Cream 

A potent blend of Sweet Almond Oil and Vitamin E works to replenish intense moisture to strands for a plumped-up appearance, while Wheat Protein smooths and strengthens the hair cuticle for reduced breakage and enhanced volume. The formula creates a protective veil over locks to defend against damage and dryness caused by heat styling, resulting in soft, shiny and healthy-looking hair.

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Mousse

Authentic Beauty Concept Amplify Mousse

This Mousse is free from conventional artificial film forming polymers and silicons. Its formula is lightweight, medium hold mouse that boosts body and volume. It adds light grip to the hair but leaves it manageable with a natural hair feel while it protects against blow dry damage

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Dry Texture Spray

MoroccanOil Dry Texture Spray

Moroccanoil Dry Texture Spray is a dry argan-oil infused spray to give the effortless, undone look to your hair styles with long-lasting hold. The spray can be used as a finishing spray for styles with carefree, textured volume or as to prep your hair for braids and upstyles.

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Dry Shampoo

Living Proof Perfect Hair Day

Living Proof's Dry Shampoo received the most amount of votes for Best Dry Shampoo! This dry shampoo actually cleans hair, eliminating oil, sweat, and odor.

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Hairspray

 L'Oreal Elnett Satin

Elnett is L’Oréal Paris’ most iconic brand used by the finest stylists. Styling women for generations, the gold can has always been at the heart of great style. Achieve your desired hairstyle with Elnett Extra Strong Hold Hairspray. The iconic micro diffuser hairspray sprays so fine and gives natural hair movement and shine with no stiffness, stickiness or visible residue.

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Pomade

OUAI Matte Pomade

For that insouciant ‘French girl cool’ look, this Matte Pomade finishing paste delivers laissez-faire texture or a sleek matte finish for a flawless-looking style. It’s got beeswax to add volume and texture, together with kaolin clay that gives it its supreme holding prowess. The formula is infused with their famous ‘OUAI Smart Technology’ – a nourishing concoction of amino acids, tamarind seed, hibiscus and jasmine to repair and protect tresses.

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Root Cover-up

L'Oreal Magic Retouch

This low commitment spray is ideal for those in need of a quick fix between home colourings and salon appointments or sudden appearance of grey hair. The pinpoint micro-diffuser targets greys and the temporary, lightweight formula matches seamlessly with your hair colour. Product lasts until washed out with shampoo and only a small amount is required.

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Detangler 

Child's Farm Hair Detangler 

Child's Farm Grapefruit and Tea Tree Oil Hair Detangler received the most amount of votes for Best Hair Detangler! This award-winning hair detangler spray has a  delicious smelling grapefruit and organic tea tree essential oil and a brilliant formula that will brush out knots and tangles.

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Treatments 
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Mask/Treatment

Olaplex Hair Perfector

Suitable for all hair types, the innovative formula works on a molecular level to revitalise and regenerate dry, damaged strands that have been broken due to chemical, thermal and mechanical effects. Ideal for weekly use in between salon services to maintain strong, healthy-looking hair.

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Scalp Treatment 

Philip Kingsley Elasticizer Intensive Treatment

This unique product delivers a rush of moisture inside the hair cuticle and is especially beneficial for extremely damaged hair. Visible results from one application will build with continued use. This super moisturising intensive treatment adds silkiness, suppleness, elasticity, bounce and strength. The clever ingredient combination continues to provide UV protection even after washing - helping prolong the life of colour treatments.

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Thinning Treatment

Philip Kingsley Tricho 7 Volumising Hair and Scalp Treatment for Fine/Thinning Hair

Tricho 7 is a hair and scalp treatment containing 7 specific ingredients that repair and protect the scalp right through to the tips of your hair, whilst also stimulating and improving hair growth. Philip Kingsley's Trichotherapy has been designed to target all areas that contribute to healthy looking hair - diet, scalp and hair itself.

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Heated Devices
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Hair Dryer 

GHD Helios Hair Dryer

Give your locks the royal treatment and drastically cut down on drying time with haircare behemoth ghd’s latest innovation: the game-changing Helios™ Hairdryer, hailed as the ‘Queen of the blow-dry’. Engineered for ultimate styling control, the lightest and fastest of ghd’s range of hairdryers utilises unique Aeroprecis™ Technology; a combination of four advanced internal elements.

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Hair Curler

HOT TOOLS 24K Gold Curl Bar- 4 Barrel Set

The CURLBAR is designed to set the “bar” as the newest, most innovative curling iron in the professional salon industry. The CURLBAR™ is ergonomically angled and uniquely shaped like a 7 which offers “A New Angle On Curls”. The curling irons shape helps the stylist achieve beautiful, long-lasting curls in seconds without strain on their wrist, shoulder and elbow. 

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Hair Straightener 

GHD Platinum+

Featuring new ultra-zone with predictive technology, the latest breakthrough in heat styling guaranteed to deliver consistent results while your style. This revolutionary technology reads each section of your hair and styling speed and responds by delivering the optimum temperature of 185ºC more effectively, giving ultimate styling results. Heat is monitored over 250 times per second thanks to infinity sensors throughout the plates, ensuring a precise reading to adjust the power accordingly. So, no matter what your hair type or styling technique, ghd platinum+ will ensure you always receive the perfect amount of heat for your hair needs, personalised to you.

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Heated Rollers

Remington Pro Luxe Heated Rollers

Remington's Pro Luxe Heated Rollers received the most votes for Best Heated Rollers! Lock in beautiful bouncy curls that stay all day thanks to Dual Heat Technology, which intelligently heats both the rollers and the clips – creating perfectly formed curls all over. And with rollers that heat in just 90 seconds, curls that set in 5 minutes, and two different sizes of roller, you’ve got everything you need to be out the door with a standout look.

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Hot Brush

GHD Glide Professional Hot Brush

This brush glides through dry hair to tame and smooth for a sleek, glossy finish. Innovative ceramic technology with anti-static ioniser heats the brush to the optimum 185°C styling temperature, which helps to minimise frizz and maintain healthy-looking locks. The tool is fitted with high density bristles in varying lengths for airy texture and natural movement on large sections of hair. Designed with a convenient, professional length swivel cord and an automatic sleep mode, which kicks in after 60 minutes of non-use for safety. Your perfect partner for quick, effortless second-day styling.

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Crimper 

Remington Ceramic Crimp

Get unbeatable lift, volume and texture with Remington’s Ceramic Crimp 220.Enjoy easy styling whilst looking after your hair, with a crimper that offer four times the standard protection*, thanks to a tourmaline ceramic coating which is anti-static and provides a smooth glide.

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Additional Questions

In addition to asking you to vote on your favourite products, I also asked you to vote on some other questions too. Here are the results...

How often do you wash your hair?

42% 1-2 times weekly, 38% 3-4 times weekly, 20% 5+ times weekly

Do you use Conditioner?

72% Yes 28% No

Is your hair naturally straight or curly?

81% Straight 19% Curly

Do you wear hair extensions?

26% Yes 74% No

Do you prefer to blow-dry your hair or let it dry naturally?

70% Blow-dry 30% Naturally