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Prep for hair in shampoo tv ads?

14 years ago

What do they use on hair that is treated and styled to be in shampoo ads on tv? Never a hair or end is out of place; it all flows together as one thick hank. It shines and does not have any fly away hairs. What on earth do they do to make hair look like that? Anyone know? I suspect that whatever they do, the hair has no fluff to it and so would lay quite flat on the top of the head.

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wildchild
14 years ago
My hair is only like that when my stylist does it. She puts smoothers and oils in it. Then she blows it out and uses the flat and/or curling iron.

There is also product for the very ends after styling. Sort of seals them. And shiner.

She doesn't always use all the products but she always uses at least 2.

I love my hair on those days. The rest of the time it hangs and separates. I don't have the patience to fuss with it.
Chi
14 years ago
My hair is like that. People are always touching it and saying I should do Pantene ads. I only use shampoo and conditioner. I don't use any products and only blow dry maybe twice a year. It's stick straight with absolutely no volume.

The downside is that it absolutely won't hold any curl or do anything except be straight or in a ponytail. I can put curlers all over my head and in 15 minutes it will be completely straight again.

It was nicer when I was a teenager. I'm finding as I'm getting older (I'm 29 now) I'm getting a little more wave to it and it's not quite as silky. I'm sure they use oil and other shiners plus flat irons for the commercials.
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dedtired
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Airbrushing and photoshop.
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Boy, no one is happy with their hair. I'd give anything for stick straight hair. If I don't blow dry and flat iron my hair, it's nothing but ringlets and I'm not a ringlets kinda girl. I often wonder about those ads too.
rob333 (zone 7b)
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I agree with photoshopped.

Mine is like chi. Remember when Jennifer Anniston's hair was all the rage? People would ask me how I got my hair so straight. By washing it.

Lily, I would've killed to have curly hair like yours. Oddly enough, my oldest brother got the curls and the poking by other kids. Guess waves are the way to go (like Patrick Dempsey).
shedthechrysalis
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