Product Chemistry for Braiders

Description

Stop choosing products because someone on social media said they work.

What you put on the hair before, during and after a braiding service matters.

But with thousands of products, ingredients and marketing claims competing for your attention, knowing what to use and why can become confusing.

Product Chemistry for Braiders gives you the foundation to understand what your products are actually doing.

Inside, you’ll learn how to:

• Understand why pH matters to hair and scalp.
• Understand what surfactants do and why cleansing matters.
• Distinguish cleansing, conditioning and coating.
• Understand humectants, emollients, occlusives and film-formers.
• Understand the practical differences between oils, butters and silicones.
• Understand what hydrolysed proteins can and cannot do.
• Recognise why leave-ins, creams, gels and edge products behave differently.
• Distinguish drying alcohols from conditioning fatty alcohols.
• Understand preservatives and why “preservative-free” does not automatically mean safer.
• Understand why fragrance may matter for some clients.
• Recognise buildup, flaking and pilling.
• Understand how hard water and mineral deposits can affect the hair.
• Understand what can happen when sweat, sebum and products accumulate underneath braids.
• Read an ingredient list with greater confidence.
• Choose products based on the service you are performing, not the latest trend.

THE GOAL ISN’T TO MEMORISE INGREDIENTS.

The goal is to understand what they are doing, why they are there, and whether they make sense for the service.

Once you understand the chemistry, you stop buying products blindly.

You start making decisions.

Don’t just ask, “What product should I use?”
Start asking, “Why would I use it?”

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