Two new products lines, and a great shine-enhancer, from Redken

Perhaps you’ve heard the expression “never go to extremes.” That might be sound advice in some circumstances, but when it comes to hair care, extreme hair care is often what's needed to bring your strands back to something like silk, not straw.

Extreme Care by Redken has just the thing for hair that needs extra, extra care. Their groundbreaking technology , a dual patented Fortifying Complex and Interlock Protein Network, penetrates the hair shaft to prevent breakage, and create stronger, healthier hair. Without getting too technical, the smaller particles penetrate deeper within the cortex of the hair shaft and the larger ones are attracted to the surface.  There are all sorts of high-tech ingredients and proteins that work within the hair, either separately or together, to give you hair shine, strength, and protection. 

The Redken Extreme line includes 7 products: Extreme Shampoo; Conditioner; Strength Building Fortifying Rinse Out Mask, (new & improved with heat protection); Anti-Snap leave –in treatment ,  CAT Protein Reconstructing Treatment; and there's also an Extreme Chemistry In-salon Treatment (it gives a powerful boost of protein for deep internal repair and support).  Redken shampoos and conditioners always feel so pampering, but they are reasonably priced for high quality hair care. The new Extreme shampoo lathers nicely, and gently cleanses the hair. The conditioner helps hair look and feel healthy and soft, and silky and shiny (all the things you want).  But the big bonus with the Redken Extreme line is that, with continued use, the conditioning will become more apparent and lasting.

If your hair is dry, abused, colored and chemically treated, you either have to cut it off, or find something that will give it some tough love and lots of nurturing.  While all of the Redken lines will help, this one is a double-shot of love for distressed hair. Like everything else, your satisfaction with the results will fit your expectations. If you want better looking, nicer feeling hair, and right now your hair looks dry and frizzled, these products will help make it feel softer and look better.  Used properly and over time, these products really do help, but they aren’t going to take totally fried hair and mend it to the point where you can't tell there was ever any damage. he only cure for truly bad split ends and damaged hair is a good trim every 6-8 weeks until the new hair grows in. But all in all, it's a great line for badly damaged hair that you'll want to try.

starter kit

I guess it might be easy to grouse abused and damaged hair as long as you have a lot of it, but what about those who don't have enough? For those with thinning hair, Redken has a new line of densifying products called Intra Force. These are supposed to create thicker, fuller hair within 30 days. The line has more than nine products (if I counted correctly) plus an in-salon treatment called “Purify” (a microdermabrasion-inspired treatment for thinning hair that provides gentle exfoliation for thinning hair to make it look thicker, and accelerate cellular turnover by 25%). 

As someone with super-thick hair, I couldn’t try this personally, but did distribute the shampoo, condition and some of the other products in this line to several people who have thin hair. So far, the general consensus is that the products do make hair look and feel thicker. With most of the products ranging around $16.00 commensurate with other Redken treatment and styling products, it's something to try.  

Two products in this line are the intensive, leave-in scalp treatment called Intra Force Micro Boost (for low-density hairlines) is $45.00 for 3.4 oz. and the intensive, single-serve  treatment for noticeably thinning hair all over, the Intra Force Hair Advance is also $45.00 for 10 treatments in a box.  These are than most of Redken’s treatments, but they are also very specific and intense.   TIP:  you can get and Intra Force Starter Kit with shampoo, toner and a scalp treatment for $35.00 

No matter what type of hair you have, as long as you have some, there's another recent Redken product that gives your hair instant gratification -- a brilliant sheen.  If your hair is normal, the shine will be enhanced, but if your hair needs TLC, this product will be just the thing after coloring, sun,sand,chlorine and salt has left it dull.  This Redken product is Shine Flash 02 Glistening Mist ($17.00 4.4 oz.).  The shine-boosting spray has camelina oil and nourishing Vitamin B5. All you need to do is lightly mist it onto dry hair, and re-apply it when you want more (be careful though, too much will weigh down your hair). It multi-tasks as a frizz-fighter to tame fly-aways hair, too.  Simply spray it on your brush and gently running the brush through your hair. Use it after flat ironing for a more polished finish, or, for a popular ponytail option, mist it on your palms and run them over the tail to smooth it down and make it rock-star, silky (you'll be seeing this look a lot in the Fall, as ponys were all over the Fashion Week runways). Take a tip from Guido, Redken’s Creative Consultant, and keep it on hand for a pick-me-up before you go out for the evening. He used it right before the models hit the runways during fashion week to give their hair that extra sleek, extra shiny look.   You can use it for your entrance, no matter where it is. Just spray lightly—less is more.

Be sure the RedkenRedken salon.  Visit www.redken.com to find an authorized salon near you

 

Note from The Advice Sisters: This the last official blog post on the Advice Sisters Blog. Please visit the Advice Sisters completely revised, all new, Advice Sisters Web Site).

Please check out the new site and let me know what you think?

You can also subscribe to the Advice Sisters mailing list or follow me on Facebook and Twitter (@advicesisters). You can also read and subscribe to my National Luxury Lifestyles Column andNY Cosmetics columnon the Examiner.com.

The Advice Sisters love comments! You can find the "comments" section(in green) at the bottom of each post next to: "Posted by Alison" If Comments has a (0) next to it, I would especially appreciate yours being the first (but no spammers or shamelss self-promotion, please)! Thanks in advance for interacting with me.The Advice Sisters love comments! You can find the "comments" section(in green) at the bottom of each post next to: "Posted by Alison" If Comments has a (0) next to it, I would especially appreciate yours being the first (but no spammers or shamelss self-promotion, please)! Thanks in advance for interacting with me.

Copyright ©Alison BlackmanDunham. All rights reserved. The Advice Sisters is a registered United States trademark. No content may be used or copied without written permission. If you want to use my work, please obtain it legally. For more information, Email Me. You can show your interest and support by subscribing, leaving comments on my posts, and by following me on Facebook and Twitter (@advicesisters). You can also read and subscribe to my National Luxury Lifestyles Column and NY Cosmetics column on the Examiner.com. *I use provided samples for most of my reviews. Learn more in the "A Note About Compensation" section of the Advice Sisters What Works Beauty, Cosmetics and Fashion Review column