Mischo Beauty: tresemme

This week's question comes from Rachel, who asked the following:

"First, LOVE your blog- secondly, I need your help! I wear my hair straight during the winter (curly during the summer), because it's just easier to care for. With wearing my hair straight, I both blow dry and flat iron so I'm in need of a serious heat protectant! Any suggestions?"

Thank you- and yes, absolutely! I'm glad you've realized that you do NEED a heat protectant, because by the time summer arrives and you begin wearing your hair curly again, your hair will show signs of damage (depending on how often you heat style your hair)! My advice is that you heat style no more than once, maybe twice a week - if possible.

Now, you didn't share your hair type or texture, so my recommendation will include heat protectants that work for a variety of hair types. Please keep in mind that you will need to do research on each to determine which will work best for you. So here are my recommendations:

- Aveda Brillant Damage Control
- Mizani ThermaStrength Strengthening Style Serum
- Tresemme Thermal Creations Heat Tamer Spray
- Silk Elements MegaSilk Heat Protection Spray
- Sebastian Trilliant
- Biolage Thermal-Activating Spray
- John Frieda Frizz-Ease Thermal Protection Hair Serum
- Kerastase Nectar Thermique
- Biosilk Silk Therapy
- Paul Mitchell Seal and Shine

And yes, there are many more, but I've listed those I've used and liked - or those I've received great feedback on... oh, and I'm not brand loyal.

I hope this helps. Please stop back by and let us know how you decide to move forward!

If you have beauty questions you'd like answered, please send them to mischobeauty@gmail.com.

For the very first time- I bring you Mischo Beauty TV! I was able to get live footage of the TRESemme hairstyling team, lead by Nathaniel Hawkins of Project Runway, backstage at Tracy Reese. Please bare with me- my hands were a little shaky from all the excitement! Each models' hair was styled into an effortless, carefree chignon. In the first video you'll see Nathaniel prepare a hair extension for a model with short hair in order to create the foundation for the chignon.

The Big Boost Root Lift spray was used to create volume and thickness at the roots before securing the hair into a ponytail.

In this video, Nathaniel fully explains the look.

The Therman Creations Heat Tamer spray was used on the mid-shaft and ends to protect the hair from the heat of the curling iron before being braided.

The final video is another demonstration by a TRESemme hairstylist on how to achieve the runway look.

I know I haven't really said too much about the runway show itself, but it was truly AMAZING. After the show I looked at my friend and she had tears in her eyes- and then of course I was teary eyed...we were a mess! LOL! But, it was truly amazing!