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items My tried-and-true haircare favorites as a licensed cosmetologiest of over a decade. The products I use professionally and at home.
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shampoo
conditioner
treatments
leave-in & heat protection
styling
tools
shampoo
Shampoos I love for myself and suggest to my clients—delivering repair, shine, and consistent results.
A lot of my clients see this shampoo and immediately think of damage from coloring, but it is also meant to repair damage from heat styling and environmental damage.
The Absolut Repair line will leave your hair less damaged (by up to 77%), more shin...
Absolut Repair Damaged Hair Shampoo
The Acidic Bonding Concentrate system will repair your hair, prevent breakage, leave your hair smooth, and help with manageability.
This shampoo is Step 1 for at-home care.
Acidic Bonding Concentrate Shampoo
The Metal Detox product line has completely revolutionized the hair industry. As a stylist of over 10 years I never had a way to help battle the effects of hard water, (which ultimately led to metal depositing in the hair), until this product line ca...
Metal Detox Sulfate-Free Shampoo
The Hairdresser's Invisible Oil line from Bumble & bumble is their most popular product lines for a reason. This shampoo is perfect for all hair types. It hydrates dry hair leaving it soft and smooth.
Hairdresser's Invisible Oil Hydrating Shampoo
Sunday shampoo is the ORIGINAL clarifying shampoo. Properly named "Sunday" as a reminder that it's only necessary for once a week use. It will remove build-up, excess oil, and pollutants from your hair.
8.5 oz Sunday Clarifying Shampoo - Bumble and bumble | Ulta Beauty
conditioner
Conditioners I reach for personally and professionally—keeping hair soft, strong, and effortlessly manageable.
Repair your hair with this Absolut Repair Conditioner post double cleansing with the Absolut Repair Shampoo. This line instantly repairs the surface of your hair with lightweight softness and shine.
Absolut Repair Lipidium Conditioner
The Acidic Bonding Concentrate conditioner is an ultra-rich formula for all hair types and textures. It provides repair, conditioning, and protects color results.
This conditioner is Step 2 for at-home care.
Acidic Bonding Concentrate Conditioner
When you pair the Metal Detox Shampoo with this Metal Detox Protective Mask you get optimal results. This product helps to block new metal build-up after the shampoo does the work by removing those metals.
You will notice more hydration and softness...
Metal Detox Protective Hair Mask
The Hairdresser's Invisible Oil conditioner is the perfect partner to the shampoo. Together they help fight frizz, and leave your hair soft and smooth. The scent of this line is incredible!
6.7 oz Hairdresser's Invisible Oil Hydrating Conditioner - Bumble and bumble | Ulta Beauty
treatments
My go-to treatments at home and in the salon—effective, indulgent, and always worth it.
This buttery mask instantly restores surface damage without leaving you weighed down. This particular mask is ideal for medium to thick hair.
[Absolut Repair] Protein Treatment Hair Mask
The Acidic Bonding Concentrate 5 Minute Liquid Mask is an ultra-conditioning mask that provides deep hydration, and deep repair in just 5 minutes. It is ideal for all hair types and textures. The liquid consistency melts into hair to repair deep with...
Acidic Bonding Concentrate 5-Min Liquid Mask
leave-in & heat protection
The most important step before styling—these leave-ins and heat protectants will leave your hair healthy, strong, and protected.
The Acidic Bonding Concentrate Leave-In Treatment for Hair Repair helps repair your hair's strength and conditions while reinforcing weakened bonds in over processed hair.
This Leave-In is Step 4 for at-home care.
Acidic Bonding Concentrate Leave-In Treatment for Repair
The Metal Detox Styling Leave-In Cream is a product I find myself reaching for daily behind the chair. It is suitable for all hair types, protects against heat, UV, frizz, and metals. It does all of that while hydrating your hair, and protecting your...
Metal Detox Leave-In Styling Cream
This Amika Wizard Detangling Primer is the only detangling product that you'll ever need. I grab this product any time I am working behind the chair. It helps work through tangles with ease all while softening your hair, and protecting against therma...
The Wizard Detangling Primer
This Hairdresser's Invisible Oil Leave-In is a powerhouse product. It detangles, protects against heat up to 450° and will leave your hair so soft.
8.5 oz Hairdresser's Invisible Oil Heat Protectant Leave In Conditioner Primer - Bumble and bumble | Ulta Beauty
I LOVE the Bumble & bumble Tonic Spray. The tea tree feels so refreshing on your scalp.
Tonic Lotion - Bumble and bumble | Sephora
styling
Styling products I swear by personally and professionally—delivering shape, hold, and effortless style every time.
This ultra-lightweight mist is perfect for a blowout that lasts. The Brooklyn Bombshell Blowout Spray adds volume and body without weighing down your hair. It also gives your hair lift and texture.
blowout & blow dry spray : brooklyn bombshell
Everyone needs a quality texture spray, and this Redken Dry Texture Finishing Spray is one of the best around. It's very light, leaving your hair tousled but touchable.
Dry Texture Weightless Volumizing Hairspray
The Fluxus Touchable Hairspray is hands down my favorite hairspray. The mist is ultra-dry and brushable. It leave hair soft enough to touch, but it's strong enough to hold your style.
Fluxus Touchable, Flexible Hold Hairspray
Sensitive scalp? This dry shampoo is for you. I love a classic powder dry shampoo, and when my scalp became sensitive to other similar products this Oribe Serene Scalp Oil Control Dry Shampoo Powder was sent to me via a sample and it saved my scalp.
Serene Scalp Oil Control Dry Shampoo Powder
I am OBSESSED with this flexible, humidity blocking styling spray. The Sheild Anti-Humidity Spray delivers every single time. It protects your hair from heat up to 450° and UV, and it protects your hair from humidity for 24 hours or more.
The Shield Anti-Humidity Spray
This Velveteen Dream Smoothing Balm is a product I reach for all the time behind the chair. It's a heat-activated smoothing balm that protects your hair against humidity and frizz. It also protects against heat up to 450° and UV, all while smelling i...
velveteen dream smoothing balm to tame frizzy hair
Brilliantine was Bumble & bumble's first ever product. It is perfect for creating a tousled, textured effect to your style. A little goes a long way!
Brilliantine - Bumble and bumble | Sephora
Another OG product from Bumble & bumble. This Surf Sea Salt Spray delivers. It will add real beachy texture to your hair. (Texture is about to be a big trend again!)
Surf Spray - Bumble and bumble | Sephora
For a bit of a softer approach to perfectly tousled beach waves, try this salt-in-oil formula. This product is better suited for medium to thick hair rather than fine hair.
Surf Infusion - Bumble and bumble | Sephora
tools
Tools I personally rely on and recommend to my clients—essential for creating polished, effortless styles every time.
This curling iron is ELITE. The long barrel makes curling long hair lengths so much easier. My go to size is a 1 inch barrel, but I also love the 1.25 inch barrel for a looser wave.
Long Barrel Curling Iron | Nanoionic MX
The Hot Tools curling iron is a tried and true classic.
Curling Irons & Wands
oils & serums
Oils and serums can be tricky, but these favorites never fail—lightweight, smoothing, and perfect for finishing your look.
The Acidic Bonding Concentrate 24/7 Night & Day Serum is a bonding serum that works overnight to repair daily damage and hydrates while you sleep. It promises to reverse a year's worth of visible damage in just one use!
This serum is Step 5 for ...
Acidic Bonding Concentrate 24/7 Night & Day Serum
I LOVE this Metal Detox Anti-Breakage Hair Oil. It is so lightweight and versatile.
It helps fight breakage, fights frizz, and protects against heat up to 450°
[Metal Detox] Strengthening Hair Oil
I am not personally an Olaplex fanatic, but the Olaplex Bonding Oil is a top-tier product. It is so lightweight and luxurious.
OLAPLEX Nº.7 Bonding Oil
One of the best hair oils in the game. It is so lightweight and absorbs quickly. It adds shine, leave hair soft, fights frizz, and protects against UV.
3.4 oz Hairdresser's Invisible Oil Frizz Reducing Hair Oil - Bumble and bumble | Ulta Beauty