In the modern world there is a huge amount of hair care products, and every day there are various novelties. Recently, liquid crystals for hair have become very popular. At the moment, BRELIL, KAARAL, BAREX, PARISIENNE, DIKSON, CD, CONSTANT are especially popular on the market. This product is an oily liquid, which is recommended to be applied to the hair after washing.
Let's try to understand what is liquid crystals for hair, and how miraculous this tool can be.
Liquid crystals and their use
The product is usually sold in small bottles, often equipped with a spray gun, which allows spraying liquid crystals as a spray. There are two types of liquid crystals for hair: single-phase (homogeneous liquid) and biphasic (liquid stratifies and before use, the vial must be shaken).
At the moment, they are often used in hairdressing salons, when creating styling, but you can use liquid crystals and at home.
It is recommended to apply the product on clean, slightly damp hair, starting from the tips. In most cases, it is advised to process only the last 10-15 centimeters, but with dry hair, crystals are sometimes applied over the entire length. In the case of fatty and fat-prone hair, liquid crystals are used only for the tips of the hair.
Liquid Crystals - Properties
It is believed that liquid crystals nourish the hair, saturate them with useful substances, make them shiny, help reduce brittleness and solve the problem of split ends. Especially recommend this product for overdried, wavy and fluffy hair, to give them shine and smoothness.
This composition usually includes vegetable oil (most often - burdock or linseed oil) and cosmetic silicones. Also, depending on the brand, there is an addition in the form of ceramides and various vitamin supplements, but the foundation of the remedy does not change regardless of the manufacturer. It can be said that liquid crystals are a kind of oil for hair.
Silicone in this composition is designed to envelop the hair, to "smooth" the scales, and due to this, to provide the hairdress smoothness and shine, to impart an additional volume. But the therapeutic and nutritional effects as such silicone does not. Its effect is more decorative, and disappears after flushing the remedy. However, if cheap silicones are used in liquid crystals for hair, they can not be washed off completely, eventually accumulating and weighting the hair.
The second main component of liquid crystals is vegetable oils. Since the product is applied to the washed head, the oils and useful additives are not washed off, remain on the hair and, theoretically, the promised effect can have. But it should be remembered that the hair along the entire length is actually dead keratin, and in order to have healthy and well-groomed hair to feed it makes sense of the bulb and scalp.
In addition, given the presence of oils, hair can quickly fade, and when applied in large quantities to greasy hair, you can get the effect of a dirty, groomed head.
So, liquid crystals are more decorative, well suited for styling, and their use can create a visual effect, but does not have a long-term therapeutic and strengthening effect, although they help to retain moisture and ceramides inside the hair. Thus, this tool is really capable of giving your hair a shine and volume, but still you should not expect from it a long-lasting miracle effect.