by Nikki B ~ Product Education Director

The well-known phrase “less is more” can be spot on when it comes to certain things in fashion but absolutely not true when it comes to building a hair care formula.  Let’s explain…

Today, many haircare and skincare companies tout the idea that fewer ingredients somehow means a product formula is simpler and therefore more natural.  They allude to the idea that products containing longer ingredient lists are somehow bad and full of chemicals or bad ingredients.  That might be true of other product manufacturers but NOT true of products created by Philip Pelusi.

Less ingredients means simply that there are less ingredients in their formulas.  And anything containing less ingredients is simply less expensive to make, period.  Again, this is NOT how Philip makes his products.  One prime example of how “more is more” at Philip Pelusi is the Tela Beauty Organics by Philip Pelusi Proprietary Blend of 35 USDA Certified Organic Ingredients.

Philip’s Tela 35 USDA Certified Organic Ingredient Blend is indeed rare in the haircare makertplace.  Philip’s precision-made blend of 35 USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) Certified Organic antioxidants, anti-irritants, weightless moisturizers, strengthening proteins, super fruits, sun protection, and anti-color fade ingredients deliver optimum health and unprecedented anti-aging, healthy hair benefits.  And is threaded throughout the entire Tela product line.

This magnificent blend not only amps up the fabulous results to the hair and scalp but also makes the formulas much more expensive to make.  But Philip has always held a standard of a 100% commitment to quality.  His formulas need to perform perfectly for his Stylists and Guests to get just the right results in the hair.  Drumroll please!  Here are those 35 ingredients…

Tela Proprietary Blend of 35 USDA Certified Organic Ingredients: Organic Apricot (Prunus Armeniaca), Organic Burdock (Arctium Lappa) Root, Organic Bilberry (Vaccinum Myrtillis), Organic Bupleurum (Bupleurum Falcatum), Organic Carrot (Daucus Carota), Organic Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum  Muriflorum), Organic Chinese Orchid (Dendrobium Nobile), Organic Chinese Giant Knotweed (Polygonum Cuspidatum), Organic Dandelion (Taraxcum Monogolicum), Organic Dong Quai (Angelica Sinensis), Organic Fig (Ficus Carica), Organic Fo–ti (Polygonum Multiflorum), Organic Forsythia (Forsythia Suspensa), Organic Ginkgo Biloba (Ginkgo Biloba), Organic Grape (Vitis Vinifera), Organic Green Tea (Camellia Sinensis), Organic Horsetail (Equisetum Arvene), Organic Kiwi (Actinidia Chinensis), Organic Ku Shen (Sophora Flavenscens), Organic Licorice (Glycyrrhiza Uralensis), Organic Milk Thistle (Silybum Marianum), Organic Milk Vetch (Astragalus Membranaceus), Organic Mongolia Oak (Quercus Mongolica), Organic Oolong Tea (Camellia Sinensis), Organic Pine Bark (Pinus Tabulaeformis), Organic Plum (Prunus Domestica), Organic Pomegranate (Punica Granatum), Organic Reishi Mushroom (Ganoderma Lucidum), Organic Rhodiola (Rhodiola Rosea), Organic Solomon’s Seal (Polygonatum Officianalis), Organic Tangerine (Citrus Reticulate), Organic Tomato (Lycopersicon Esculentum), Organic Water Celery (Oenanthe Javanica), Organic White Tea (Camellia Sinensis), Organic Wolfberry (Lycium Barbum)

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by Nikki B ~ Product Education Director

Today, many consumers believe drinking tea helps enhance their health.  Everything from fighting free radicals, aiding digestion, calming anxiety, boosting energy and helping provide a good night sleep are just a few of the possible benefits.  But did you know that tea can also be extremely beneficial to the hair and scalp?

Most haircare product formulas on the market contain about 80% water and only 20% ingredient concentration.  While Philip Pelusi products contain 80 – 100% active ingredient concentration and only 10 – 20% base blend ingredients! 

Yep, that’s right, there is zero water in just about every Philip Pelusi formulation and instead an active ingredient base blend takes its place.  This means this base blend not only serves as the formula’s mixing base but also benefits and enhances the hair and scalp.  In addition, this gives Philip Pelusi products the great reputation as having the highest concentration levels in the industry.

One of these incredible base blends is in the Tela Beauty Organics by Philip Pelusi products.  This zero-water product line is instead based in the three most powerful antioxidants teas, White, Green, and Oolong.  This highly concentrated tea infusion takes the place of water in the Tela formulas.

So how does this amazing base blend benefit the hair and scalp?  Well, first the consumer is not wasting money on water.  Philip’s formulas are not watered down like most products on the market.  This means more beneficial ingredients in each bottle and this means better results on the hair. 

Also, Philip’s proprietary Tela White, Green and Oolong Tea blend has supercharged antioxidant power helping protect both hair color and the strength and moisture retention of the hair and scalp against environmental toxins, known as free radical pollutants, as well as helping prevent oxidation caused by the color and chemical service exposure.

And lastly, as with every Philip Pelusi ingredient, this superhero antioxidant White, Green and Oolong Tea blend is also enhanced by Micro Emulsion Technology.  Meaning these tea molecules are perfected to be small enough to penetrate hair fiber to get real results. 

Other products on the market, can claim their products contain a certain ingredient but if it is not manufactured with Micro Emulsion Technology it can never penetrate the hair meaning it’s just a fancy marketing claim with zero results.  That’s just not how we do things at Philip Pelusi!

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by Nikki B ~ Product Education Director

Burgers at Philip Pelusi?  No, not really but you’ve probably heard of Burger King’s “Impossible Burger”, Nestle’s “Awesome Burger” and Dunkin’s “Beyond Meat Breakfast Sandwich” all touting the benefits of these vegan or vegetarian plant-based protein sourced foods. 

We are not far off the mark in some respects with the amazing plant-based protein source of our USDA Certified Organic Quinoa found throughout Philip’s Tela Beauty Organics products.  But please don’t eat it, we’re talking about its incredible benefits to the hair and scalp!

Quinoa has an interesting history.  Known as the ‘Sacred Mother Grain’, it’s been written that “the origins of quinoa date back 3,000 to 4,000 years, when it was first used for consumption in the Andean region of Bolivia, Peru and Columbia” and that “Incan armies survived on while on long marches”.  Its also been written that “quinoa was proposed by NASA to be an ideal food for long duration space flights”.

So, what makes our quinoa so incredibly beneficial and strengthening to the hair?  Our quinoa ingredient is a USDA Certified Organic Quinoa and is considered a complete protein meaning it contains all 8 essential amino acids; isoleucine, leucine, lysine, phenylalanine, tyrosine, cysteine, methionine, threonine, histidine, tryptophan and valine.  This means Philip’s quinoa protein helps to create stronger, more resilient hair with brilliant shine, reduced frizz and heat protection.  Hair feels lux and silky smooth.

Philip’s USDA Certified Organic Quinoa is a gluten-free protein and has proven substantivity to the hair, meaning its molecular size has been perfected through Microemulsion Technology for the very deepest and long-lasting penetration for powerful protection and reparative effects to the hair.

And Philip also chooses the very best quality USDA Certified Organic Quinoa Oil, meaning cold-pressed, expressed from quinoa seeds to hydrate the hair and scalp.  Cold pressed is a manufacturing process that allows the ingredient to retain all its nutrition value during manufacturing.  This is true of any cold pressed oil even oils we cook with such as Extra Virgin Olive Oil.  Just check the label to see if it’s a cold pressed version. 

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by Nikki B ~ Product Education Director

Moisture, shine, heat protection and more!  One of the hero ingredients in a couple of Philip’s Tela Beauty Organic products is USDA Organic Jamaican Black Castor Oil is that incredible ingredient.

Present in the Tela Guardian Angel Solar Hair Serum and Tela Frizz Buster Anti-Frizz Dry Texture Spray, USDA Organic Jamaican Black Castor Oil provides brilliant shine, moisture, heat protection, strength and anti-frizz action to dry dull hair.  Philip uniquely uses a USDA Certified Organic Jamaican Black Castor Oil meaning it has met the strict standards of growing and manufacturing of the United State Department of Agriculture.  Standards that also increase the cost (just like in the grocery store) and level of quality of the ingredient.

But what gives this hydrating oil its unique name?  First, the plant is grown organically in Jamaica, then its seeds are roasted creating a dark black ash that helps give it its potent emollience.  Please note that through its meticulous manufacturing process the color of the ash is never present in the finished product only the hydrating benefits.

The seeds are then cold-pressed, a process not required but insisted upon by Philip as it increases the potency and effectiveness of this hydrating marvel.  Why?  Cold-pressed is a manufacturing process that allows the ingredient to retain all its nutrition value during manufacturing.  This is true of any cold pressed oil even oils we cook with such as Extra Virgin Olive Oil.  Just check the label to see if it’s a cold pressed version.

USDA Certified Organic Jamaican Black Castor Oil contains nutrients of Vitamin E and Omega 9 Fatty Acids which are extremely beneficial to the hair and scalp by helping trap much needed moisture, strength, luminous shine and frizz control.  And it makes a great heat protectant for blow-dryer and flat and curling iron styling.  

This multi-task wonder works well on any texture and density of hair especially on thick coarser strands as well as on fine to medium textures.  It especially gives a totally rejuvenated look to dry parched strands!  Want more info?  Check out these videos for Tela Guardian Angel Solar Hair Serum and Tela Frizz Buster Anti-Frizz Dry Texture Spray…

Tela Guardian Angel

Tela Frizz Buster

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by Nikki B ~ Product Education Director

If you’re a Star Wars fan, then you’re familiar with the Millennium Falcon’s Deflector Shield and that its primary purpose was to deflect or block things like lasers or damaging projectiles from hitting the ship.  Sorry for the pop culture reference but it depicts exactly how Philip’s Tela Fiber Restore Pelusi Plex works in Tela Beauty Organics by Philip Pelusi Color Lock+!  Let me explain.

Healthy, non-chemically or non-color treated hair has a natural shield around it.  This natural “deflector shield” helps shield the hair from fadage, moisture loss and to some degree heat damage.  But once hair has been chemically or color treated, this shield breaks down.  This is true even if the chemical or color service has been responsibly.  This weakened hair means its internal structure has been compromised.  Meaning its bonds or links are broken or damaged.  This can also happen due to aging, heat and even the environment i.e. the sun.

We do not want this happening to the hair.  In other words, hair’s natural shield is now vulnerable to other attackers (heat, water, chemicals, color) that will further breakdown the hair fiber.  This also means hair looks and performs like compromised or damaged hair.  It loses luster, feels rough and dry, and does not style well.

Fiber Restore Pelusi Plex, the cornerstone ingredient in Philip’s Tela Color Lock+, helps restore this shield as it strengthens hair’s internal structure up to 3x’s more than that of untreated hair.  How?  Its small molecule structure is designed to penetrate deep into the cortex creating new hydrogen and ionic bonds that help strengthen hair fiber similar to the levels in virgin hair a.k.a. it helps rebuild this shield.  Not permanently, nothing can do that, but with repeated use Tela Color Lock+ creates an environment for the hair to act, look and perform like healthy hair.

Fiber Restore Pelusi Plex acts like an oxidation shield to help protect color treated hair from surfactant or water stripping, so important especially since water is the #1 color fader.  Fiber Restore Pelusi Plex significantly reduces leakage of color molecules during and after shampooing by helping restore this shield naturally found in healthy hair.  This helps create long lasting color retention and conditioning effects as well as incredible vibrancy and shine.

One last note is how Fiber Restore Pelusi Plex’s benefits also improve the condition of the hair.  This oxidative shield also works to buffer the oxidative footprint of the hair color during application.  Less damage is done so the hair looks better afterwards. 

Also because of its action in creating new hydrogen and ionic bonds this by default helps renew the condition of the hair improving strength, shine, and performance!  May the force be with you…courtesy of Philip Pelusi’s Tela Color Lock+ in this Color Lock+ 10 min educational video…

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by Nikki B ~ Product Education Director

One expert says, “Several clinical trials have suggested that probiotics in skin care may have the potential to transform the skin at the dermal and sub-dermal level.  It has been found that supplementation of probiotics reduced cellular damage and promoted cellular renewal.  Probiotics have also been found to be slowing the process of aging…preventing collagen damage and by involving in skin hydration process.”  Pramanik R., Euro Cosmetics

Tela Beauty Organics by Philip Pelusi Life Force is comprised of the Power Shampoo, Power Conditioner, The Fountain of Hair Vitality Serum, Probiotic Scalp Scrub and Probiotic Hair Mask.  And one of the collection’s headlining ingredients is Philip’s proprietary Tela Hair Immunity Complex™.  This blend is designed to help give the scalp the healthiest environment possible from a cosmeceutical product.

The Tela Hair Immunity Complex™ is a combination of Pre and Probiotic Enzymes derived from the Fermented Kelp Extract in the complex.  Probiotics are derived from fermented foods such as sauerkraut, yogurt, and our Fermented Kelp Extract.  Prebiotics act as a rich fertilizer to enrich work of probiotics.  Those are found only in plants, mostly vegetables.

Philip’s Fermented Kelp Extract helps strengthen and hydrate leaving hair shiny, full of body, increased elasticity.  Seaweed is also main source of antioxidants that help fight oxidation, inflammation of the scalp, help protects color and strength from free radical pollutants.  And last Kelp is abundant in minerals, vitamins, amino acids, and proteins!

The Tela Life Force Collection can also be used as an in-salon treatment, The Tela Beauty Organics Root To End Recovery Hair & Scalp Treatment.  Watch Southside Salon Leader Kristen as she hosts this instructional video on how to do the treatment!

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by Nikki B ~ Product Education Director

Philip Pelusi is a product master chef when it comes to creating the very best hair care products on the market.  This revolutionary Product Artist uses the highest technology, Micro Emulsion Technology to not only perfect his world-class ingredients, but to create incredibly unique proprietary blends that make his products one of a kind.

One of these totally unique blends is his Pelusi Sugarcane Cleanse which includes 4 revolutionary ingredients: Sugarcane, Sugar Maple, Bilberry and Appleseed.  Why such an interesting compilation of ingredients?  This precise blend gently cleanses the hair and scalp while preserving both the color and integrity of the hair.  But there’s more…

Generally, years-back it was sulfates, coconut derived cleansing agents, that did most of the cleansing in most products on the market and they also contributed to creating bubbles during the actual shampoo process.  At Philip Pelusi we always took a gentler approach to cleansing hair using limited amounts of sulfates over the years.

Fast-forward to 7 years ago and all the way up to and including today and into the future, Philip Pelusi P2 Ultimate and Tela Beauty Organics Shampoos became and are Sulfate Free.  This is when Philip created his Pelusi Sugarcane Cleanse and integrated it into his shampoos. 

This plant derived blend of Sugarcane, Sugar Maple, Bilberry and Appleseed gently cleanse the hair and scalp while preserving the color and the integrity of the hair.  Translation?  Hair color lasts even longer than before and the actual tensile strength of the hair is left stronger, making it more resilient to heat styling and other types of damage.

The Pelusi Sugarcane Cleanse also leaves the hair with an incredible high level of shine as well.  Making hair color gleam, showing off the stylist’s incredible artistry!  This blend is not designed to create bubbles because bubbles are not needed to make the hair or scalp clean.  But instead, like professional skincare, less bubbles are better and gentler for the hair and scalp and most importantly the color investment.

Keep in mind, no matter what the ingredient, there is no one single ingredient that creates a wonderful product but instead the product as a whole.  The quality and amount of the ingredients, the high level of concentration of the total formula, the balance of the formula and so much more.

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Enter the realm of Liquid IQ by viewing the NEW Tela Liquid IQ Video Educational!  This easy to view 10-minute product review hits all the high points of the incredibly effective, delicately balanced unique ingredients in these formulations.

The video includes how Liquid IQ works in the hair, how it benefits the hair, key ingredients, application, similarities and differences between the in-salon-only IQ Treatment and the at-home-use consumer friendly IQ Elixir and so much more.  Take it all in for the first time or build on your existing knowledge about Liquid IQ.

We will be posting this video for the next few weeks and it will be archived on NEW Tela Product Library (busystylist.com) and Tela Virtual Product Classes (busystylist.com)

And Tela IQ is also now listed on the New Talent Virtual Product Class Checklist, now in the Shared Forms Folder or ask Nikki at the Office Resource Center to email you the Pdf!

For product questions, email Product Education Director Nikki B.  For product questions and all info on product commissions on the IQ in-salon Pro Treatment and IQ at-home Elixir see Philip Pelusi President, John O’Neill.  Thank you!

Enter the realm of Liquid IQ by viewing the NEW Tela Liquid IQ Video Educational!  This easy to view 10-minute product review hits all the high points of the incredibly effective, delicately balanced unique ingredients in these formulations.

The video includes how Liquid IQ works in the hair, how it benefits the hair, key ingredients, application, similarities and differences between the in-salon-only IQ Treatment and the at-home-use consumer friendly IQ Elixir and so much more.  Take it all in for the first time or build on your existing knowledge about Liquid IQ.

We will be posting this video for the next few weeks and it will be archived on NEW Tela Product Library (busystylist.com) and Tela Virtual Product Classes (busystylist.com)

And Tela IQ is also now listed on the New Talent Virtual Product Class Checklist, now in the Shared Forms Folder or ask Nikki at the Office Resource Center to email you the Pdf!

For product questions, email Product Education Director Nikki B.  For product questions and all info on product commissions on the IQ in-salon Pro Treatment and IQ at-home Elixir see Philip Pelusi President, John O’Neill.  Thank you!