Trend Alert ~ Blunt Textured Bobs ~ by Nikki ~ Product Education Director

This Spring/Summer, the classic bob gets a new twist that not only works on just about every texture.  The look features the classic blunt, solid bottom line but lots of internal movement and texture.  Other hallmarks of this season’s Blunt Textured Bob include the newly popular again side part and graduated layers around the face if cutting in textured bangs.

This season’s Blunt Texture Bob is inclusive of just about every hair length from long, collarbone, to chin length.  The blunt bottom line creates the shape while the internal layers offer easier styling and give the wearer the ability to upcycle their hair for a second or third day of wear in between shampoos.

Another newly reformulated Philip Pelusi cornerstone styling product, P2 by Philip Pelusi Honey Molding Beeswax, brings the internal bob layers of this trend to life.  Slated to launch in 2023, P2 Honey is now also Silicone Free containing the up to the minute technological wonder Synthetic Beeswax plus Milk Thistle Oil and more, taking free-from to a whole new level.

The updated P2 Honey formula surpasses the moisturization and heat protection benefits of our original P2 Honey formula.  It contains Synthetic Beeswax, an alternative to natural beeswax.  Interestingly, Synthetic Beeswax cannot be classified as “Vegan” as this terminology primarily pertains to food.  Bottom line, we are thrilled with its performance on the hair and our Stylists and clients agree.

Our newly reformulated P2 Honey still maintains its iconic moniker as it has the silky smooth texture of natural honey but without the stickiness.  But this updated P2 Honey formula does not contain any actual honey but instead several Natural Sugars, one a prebiotic polysaccharide obtained from sugar cane.  These natural sugars mimic the benefits of honey increasing moisture retention, heat styling protection and creating shine.

Another star ingredient in our new P2 Honey is Milk Thistle Oil containing hydrating triglycerides helping provide softness, a silky feel as well as weightless heat protection.  Milk Thistle Oil also has antioxidative properties to help prevent color fadage.

Our Hydro Charged Pelusi Ceramide Complex provides the same benefits as in the P2 Polish and P2 BrilliantHair.  The change from “silicones” in these products to non-silicone alternates allowed us to maximize its content and activity in a manner not achievable silicone bases.

All of these ingredients provide even better hydration, heat protection and style ability to the hair.  And they give the product a much easier to work with smoother, creamier, and lighter texture while still delivering all the styling benefits P2 Honey loyal customers have come to know and love.  While the addition of Philip’s signature White Tea and Thyme Fragrance gives this updated P2 Honey a light and lovely scent.

P2 Honey can be used on damp hair for air, diffuse and blow dry styling, but it’s real benefit to the Blunt Textured Bob trend is to help create texture and movement on finished dry hair.  Once hair is dry, work slowly with fingertip amounts of the product to twist, scrunch and piece out hair.

P2 Honey is a shapeshifter in that hair can be styled and restyled over and over again.  It remains flexible all day making current Blunt Textured Bob really come to life.

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Trend Alert ~ Bedhead Styling ~ by Nikki ~ Product Education Director

The look of just rolled out of bed hair is back in style.  Rumpled, flat or fuzzy, are all welcome in 2023 putting 2022’s 90s reboot of sleek neat hair back on the shelf.  Although we are not returning to full-on pandemic-dishevelment, today movement and imperfection are taking center stage for styling. 

What is interesting about this season is that slightly messy hair runs the gamut whether wearing hair down, in braids, or in the now-trending multi-hairband low knots or buns, imperfection is perfect for 2023.  This can be one of the easiest trends for guests to recreate with the right products and styling process.

Our P2 Honey is a natural fit for this trend as it adds a textured elegance to any style.  It is also our go-to product for braiding.  For braiding, the more P2 Honey that is applied the more control you get, yet the product remains flexible and never dries, making braiding easier and last longer. 

Apply fingertip amounts of P2 Honey as you braid the hair.  Once completed, if hair looks too neat simply gently run your fingertips lightly up with braid or loosen braids gently with fingertips along the length of the braid.

For all other hairstyles requiring a little imperfection, simply use scant fingertip amounts and lightly tousle and or scrunch through any dry finished style.  It will turn that look from neat to now in an instant.

We also recommend a mist of either our P2 by Philip Pelusi RefresHair Texture Treatment and Tela Beauty Organics by Philip Pelusi Dri Shampoo for texture and hair refreshing.  There is a bit of functionality crossover but also some definite difference between these two products.

Our P2 by Philip Pelusi RefresHair Texture Treatment refreshes hair’s scent with White Tea and Thyme while helping to remove up to 50% of surface debris and adding texture to this styling trend.  A win, win for reviving late in the day or 2^nd or 3^rd day hair aligning perfectly with today’s low hair maintenance beloved trend. 

This lightweight spray is a multitask product leaving nothing but shiny hair full of body with none of the dusty residue of powder dry shampoo products.  Mist on and brush or scrunch through hair.  For neater styles, P2 RefresHair also works great as setting, holding and heat protecting spray as well.

Our Silicone-free Tela Dri Shampoo is a powder-free alternative to dry shampoos.  We created this easy to use spray-on version to help eliminate surface debris, add texture and freshen hair’s scent with Organic Lavender.  Plus, powerful antioxidants Organic Reishi Mushroom, Oolong Tea, Chinese Foxglove and White Tea help prevent hair color fadage.  Mist on and scrunch or brush through the hair until the proper level of texture is achieved.  It has a very light hold while remaining soft and pliable.

To see all Philip Pelusi Trend Alerts go to Trend Alerts (busystylist.com)

Trend Alert ~ by Nikki ~ Product Education Director

Natural Texture thankfully remains a cornerstone trend this summer season, perfect for easy natural air drying.  Any wave or curl pattern works here as well as any shape or style of haircut.  The trend calls for embracing and celebrating whatever the natural texture is.  And for those whose texture needs a boost or to create loose waves in straight hair, grab one of today’s super popular hair wavers, along with a heat protecting groom, to help perfect or create some faux texture.

Whether hair is exposed to the heat of a hair waver or the UV Rays of the sun, hair needs protection.  We recommend our P2 by Philip Pelusi Potion.  This weightless groom contains eight plant derived UV protectants that help shield the scalp and hair’s color and strength.  Our proprietary Philip Pelusi Matrix Blend comprised of Matricaria, Sage, Horseradish, Asafetida, Blackberry and Grape Seed as well as Fennel and Chlorophyllin/Copper Complex help protect UV Rays helping to lessen their damaging impact to the hair and scalp. 

Because Chlorophyll is the pigment that gives plants and algae their green color and traps light needed for photosynthesis in plants, it makes an excellent light absorber.  As a UV protectant it helps protect hair from the harmful rays of the sun that can degrade hair fabric causing loss of tensile strength and color.  We formulated P2 Potion additionally with Guar Bean and USDA Certified Organic Baobab Seed Oil to help create lustrous slip helping to detangle natural texture but more importantly helps reduce frizz but with zero weight.  Hair is left with volume yet remains light and airy.

P2 Potion should first be applied to clean, conditioned, damp hair and combed through with a wide tooth comb.  Not only is P2 Potion an excellent detangling agent, but this application method will help more evenly distribute the product for easier styling, reduced frizz and better overall sun protection.  Be sure to lightly massage onto the scalp as well.  Next, using opening fingers, tousle the hair at the root area.  This can work best with the head tipped upside down.  Slide the fingers in like a comb, and gently shake the root area back and forth a few times.  This action wakes up the natural texture after being combed smooth with product.

To style, either natural air dry or attach a cone-diffuser to your hairdryer and lift and support the waves while drying.  This takes the weight off the length of the hair allowing the waves to dry in a better curl or wave formation.  P2 Potion can also be applied and scrunch dried if hair is on the straighter side as it provides any texture additional sun protection.

P2 Potion is so lightweight it can be applied repeatedly while at the beach or poolside for on-going summer sun protection.  Its amazing styling properties also help hair looked groomed while outdoors in the summer wind or salt air.

Check out these Natural Texture creations by these incredible Philip Pelusi Designers!

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Trend Alert ~ Sun Kissed Tips ~ by Nikki ~ Product Education Director

To give summer haircuts a beachy look, we like this season’s low maintenance and low commitment hair color trend Sun Kissed Tips to help create that vibe.  Soft lighter streaks frame the face and are placed strategically at the ends of the hair to give the appearance of a week at the beach but without the harsh damage of the sun.  This color style is relaxed and works no matter the texture.  Plus, this Sun Kissed color trend can last through the summer and doesn’t require any serious upkeep, something today’s consumer really likes.  Then when they are ready to make a Fall seasonal hair color transition, we’re there.

To help keep summer hair color from fading, we recommend our Tela Beauty Organics by Philip Pelusi Color Lock+ along with a full Philip Pelusi Haircare product system.  We apply our Tela Beauty Organics Color Lock+ to the hair both in the actual color formula for the service but also as part of the guests at home regular conditioning regimen for added color investment protection.

This product is so important all year-round but its incredible sun protection abilities make it absolutely essential in the summer.  Tela Beauty Organics Color Lock+ contains a deep penetrating, substantive Sunflower Seed Extract to help provide superior UV protection.  Sunflower Seed Extract is 3 times more effective against UV radiation helping protect color and strength and improving color-loss protection during shampooing by 38%.  Plus has a strong antioxidant function against free radicals that degrade hair strength and color.

Tela Beauty Organics Color Lock+ also contains a Coconut-Derived Microemulsion that is an optimized blend of coconut-derived emulsifiers that enhance penetration of the UV protective agents, providing the Cystine and Tryptophan present in hair’s keratin by creating a protective shield on the cuticle surface, and sealing in the hair color and protecting its strength.  It provides complete Tryptophan protection, reduces frizz even in high humidity and provides a 37% improvement in moisture content.  The Coconut Protein Micro-emulsion also scores high on flexabrasion strength test meaning hair is more resilient to breakage resulting in healthier, stronger, shinier, more manageable hair and unsurpassed color protection.

Tela Beauty Organics Color Lock+ works in a totally unique way with another key ingredient, our proprietary Fiber Restore Pelusi Plex.  It helps strengthens hair’s internal structure up to 3x’s more than that of untreated hair.  Its small molecular structure is designed to penetrate deeply into the cortex creating new bonds that help strengthen hair fiber similar to the levels in virgin hair.  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.

We also added our Tela Enhancing Blend containing Sophora Flavenscens (Ku SHEN), Ganoderma Lucidium (Reishi Mushroom) Lycarum Barbarum (Wolfberry), and Rehmannia Glutinosa (Chinese Foxglove).  Our proprietary blend provides superior color protection benefits and helps protect hair fabric from free radical pollutant and sun damage.

Check out these Sun Kissed Tips creations by these incredible Philip Pelusi Designers!

To see all Philip Pelusi Trend Alerts go to Trend Alerts (busystylist.com)

For more Tela Color Lock+ education go to NEW Tela Product Library (busystylist.com)

Trend Alert ~ Shaggy Lob ~ by Nikki ~ Product Education Director

This summer’s Shaggy Lob trend echoes the style ethos of the 1970’s but more importantly it represents an elegant and easy styling option for warm summer weather.  This look was recently made famous by actress Jenna Ortega, star of the hit Netflix series “Wednesday”, as she cut her long locks into this now uber popular hair trend.  Harkening back to “the Rachel”, a.k.a. Jennifer Aniston’s famous haircut, Ortega helped put today’s Shaggy Lob on the map for this season.  And we’ve included the Shaggy Lob as part of our Trend Team’s Spring/Summer Presentation and Salon Training.

The Shaggy Lob combines 3 key elements; traditional 70’s shag layers, the collarbone length of the Lob bob haircut, and curtain bangs.  To create this light, breezy haircut, our Philip Pelusi Trend Team applied their precision skills garnered from our Volumetric™ The Pelusi Method Organic Haircutting System.  The goal is to create a custom Shaggy Lob cut unique to each individual client, taking into consideration texture, density, growth patterns, fall lines, and the shape of the head. 

And equally important to the haircut’s shape is maintaining the condition of sun exposed hair with proper hydration and protection.  This is our thought process behind our Tela Beauty Organics by Philip Pelusi Guardian Angel Solar Hair Serum.  UVA/UVB sunlight protectants Sunflower Seed Extract and Chlorophyllin help provide maximum protection of the hair fiber from color fadage and tensile strength degradation due to UV exposure while unique ultra-lux hydrating oils help replenish lost moisture due to sun exposure, heat styling and hair coloring. 

We added USDA Certified Organic Plukenetia Volubilis Seed Oil, well known as Sachi Inchi Oil, to our Tela Beauty Organics Guardian Angel Solar Hair Serum.  It’s rich in plant protein and fatty acids Omega 3, 6 and 9 Fatty Acids to strengthen, hydrate and help with heat protection.  This incredible ingredient is also rich with hair protective antioxidants Vitamins A and E that help ward off environmental pollutants while helping slow the oxidative process that fades hair color.

Cold-pressed, USDA Certified Organic Quinoa Seed Oil penetrates the cuticle and cortex to smooth, strengthen and enhance hair.  Organic Quinoa, contains all 8 essential amino acids as well as Vitamin E helps create brilliant shine, hydrated stronger hair, reduced frizz and heat protection.  And USDA Certified Organic Jamaican Black Castor Oil, rich with Vitamin E and Omega 9 Fatty Acids, adds incredible shine and moisture as well as anti-frizz action.

Apply Tela Guardian Angel Solar Hair Serum to damp hair and scalp every morning prior to any other styling groom, similar to how one would apply a face SPF prior to cosmetics.  A dime to nickel size amount should do the trick, apply starting at the ends working up towards and including the scalp.

Check out these Shaggy Lob-esque creations by these incredible Philip Pelusi Designers!

To see all Philip Pelusi Trend Alerts go to Trend Alerts (busystylist.com)

For more Tela Guardian education go to NEW Tela Product Library (busystylist.com)

Trend Alert ~ Warm Toned Hair Color ~ by Nikki ~ Product Education Director

Although there are many hair color trends forecasted for Spring/Summer 2023, the predominate tone for the season is gold.  But what makes this trend so unique is that gold tones are not just limited to blondes but instead are present in every hair coloration whether blonde, brunette, or red. 

Warm gold tones rule in current color trends such as Winter Gold, Champagne Blonde, Burnt Caramel, Ginger Brunette, Chocolate Brown, as well as Copper and Apricot Reds.  These warm hues are more solid color applications with natural looking subtle highlights.

Preserving color investments needs to be supported with the proper in-shower products.  But ingredients applied just prior to and during styling, makes these gold colors shimmer with shine and dimension turning these looks into real head turners.  We are recommending an application of our newly reformulated, now Silicone Free and Vegan, P2 by Philip Pelusi Polish and P2 by Philip Pelusi BrilliantHair. 

P2 Polish and P2 BrilliantHair were originally formulated in an era when “Silicones” were not yet moving into the regulatory and marketing-adverse spotlight.  On that issue, we worked tirelessly to find the very best quality “silicone” alternates based clean and vegan concepts.  Our new Silicone alternative ingredients moved these formulations forward as “clean and compliant” products that conform to regulatory issues.

Our products as the tech equivalent to the latest iPhone model, always evolving with the latest technology and consumer and earth friendly ingredients.  Every Philip Pelusi formula has been updated over the decades, always improving in performance, ingredients and marketplace demands.  Product updates and reformulation are a gold standard at Philip Pelusi and something that is expected by both our stylists and our guests. 

Aligning with today’s consumer free-from ingredient wishes, Philip Pelusi formulas will continue to reflect this with some new consumer demands being added to our list including Sulfate Free, Paraben Free, Formaldehyde Free, Phthalates Free, Mineral Oil Free, Synthetic Fragrance Free, Retinyl Palmitate Free, Coal Tar Free, Oxybenzone Free, Hydroquinone Free, Triclosan Free, Triclocarban Free, PEG-Free, Dioxane-Free, Synthetic Dyes Free, GMO Free, Silicone Free, Cruelty Free and never tested on animals.

P2 Polish and P2 BrilliantHair contain the latest revolutionary updates in shine creating, hydrating and heat protecting ingredients.  Lighter weight than the original formulas but deliver the product functionality everyone has come to know and love.  Plus, we added over the top heat styling, sun and anti-color fade protection.

P2 Polish and P2 BrilliantHair both contain Tomato Fruit Extract with fortifying vitamins and minerals including Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium, Zinc, Copper, Selenium, Vitamin B6, B12 and Folate (a form of Vitamin B9).  Tomato Fruit Extract is also rich in antioxidants Vitamins A, C and E that help protect hair strength and chemically and color treated hair.

Additionally, Organic Baobab Seed Oil hydrates, creates lustrous shine and provides heat protection and frizz reduction.  We choose the finest cold-pressed Organic Baobab Seed Oil, meaning it retains its nutritional value during processing.  It is rich with Vitamin D3 and 5 Fatty Acids that nourish and moisturize hair and scalp without weighing down hair.

Our Hydro Charged Pelusi Ceramide Complex joins the ingredient listing for next-level color protection.  This is a universal-texture complex of plant derived ceramides mimics the ceramides (known as lipids) found in between cuticle layers.  It helps seal each cuticle layer to each other and to the cortex helping seal in color molecules below.  This proprietary mixture strengthens, hydrates, helps protect color and creates shine.

Jojoba Oil joins the ingredient lineup, derived from the seeds of the Simmondsia chinensis plant that possess excellent healing and hydrating properties as well as providing heat protection, shine and detangling.

Squalane has also been added to these formulas as a key source of antioxidants beneficial to hair color preservation.  Historically based on animal sources, our Squalane is strictly vegan in that it is derived from various plants, vegetables, and grains.  Squalane also provides moisture and increased shine.

To add tremendous shine to any hair color, apply a few drops of P2 Polish to thick, medium or coarse textured hair for wet-to-dry styling or apply to dry hair for grooming and shine.  While P2 BrilliantHair adds glistening shine to all dry hair textures it uniquely works incredibly well on wet, coarse textures of all densities for a sleek blowout.

To see all Philip Pelusi Trend Alerts go to Trend Alerts (busystylist.com)

Check out this timeless collection of men’s gender neutral Volumetric The Pelusi Method Haircuts circa 1994!  These cuts also feature beautiful hair color and a perm!  Can you tell who got the perm?

Behind the scenes… All photos by Philip Pelusi Volumetric Haircuts by Philip, Jeffrey R and Sam C Hair color by Lisa K Styling by Lisa K, Jeffrey R, and Sam C

These looks are still trending today shown here with the recent Next Gen Men’s Trends with cuts and color created by Trend Team Member, Elite Colorist and Product Specialist Miranda from RTM!

And be sure to check out these two videos for healthy hair and scalp products… P2 by Philip Pelusi Roots and the Tela Life Force Probiotic Collections!  Great recommendations for these men’s cuts and colors!

To see all Philip Pelusi Trend Alerts, go to Trend Alerts (busystylist.com)

Trend Alert ~ Cashmere Blonde ~ by Nikki ~ Product Education Director

Fall temperatures bring a mix of warm and cool and so does one of this season’s most popular hair color trends, Cashmere Blonde!  Think warm buttery vanilla hues mixed with icy cool shimmering tones.  Colorations should be in varying depths to give the hair lots of dimension.  And most importantly hair needs to have the luxe look of cashmere, high-end, glossy and healthy looking!

For all color investments, in addition to a full Philip Pelusi product system, we also recommend our Tela Beauty Organics by Philip Pelusi Color Lock+.  Think of it as a color insurance policy.  Apply to the hair both in the actual color formula for the service but also as part of the guests at home regular conditioning regimen by mixing it into their Philip Pelusi deep or instant conditioner.

Tela Color Lock+ contains a totally unique set of ingredients with its cornerstone our Tela Fiber Restore Pelusi Plex.  This proprietary blend works like no other color protectant on the marketplace.  Healthy, non-chemically or non-color treated hair has a natural shield around it that protects 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 weakened hair cuticle cannot block damaging stressors such as heat, UV light, aging and the environment.  This allows the internal hair structure to be compromised, leaving internal bonds, or links, to be further broken or damaged.  This also means hair looks and performs like compromised or damaged hair.  It loses luster, color molecules, feels rough and dry, and does not style well.

Fiber Restore Pelusi Plex helps restore this shield as it strengthens hair’s internal structure up to three times more than that of untreated hair.  Its small molecular structure is designed to penetrate deeply into the cortex creating new bonds that help strengthen, enhancing shine and performance similar to levels in virgin hair.  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 to buffer the oxidative residues left behind after of the hair color application meaning there is less damage during processing.  And since water is the #1 color fader, Fiber Restore Pelusi Plex also helps protect color treated hair from surfactant or water stripping, significantly reduces leakage of color molecules during and after shampooing.

Check out these Cashmere Blonde creations by these incredible Philip Pelusi Designers!

To see all Philip Pelusi Trend Alerts go to Trend Alerts (busystylist.com)

For more Tela Color Lock+ education go to NEW Tela Product Library (busystylist.com)

Check out this timeless collection of men’s gender neutral Volumetric The Pelusi Method Haircuts circa 1994!  These cuts also feature beautiful hair color and a perm!  Can you tell who got the perm?

These looks are still trending today shown here with the recent Next Gen Men’s Trends with cuts and color created by Trend Team Member, Elite Colorist, and Product Specialist Miranda at RTM!

And be sure to check out these two videos for healthy hair and scalp products… P2 by Philip Pelusi Roots and the Tela Life Force Probiotic Collections!  Great recommendations for these men’s cuts and colors!

To see all Philip Pelusi Trend Alerts, go to Trend Alerts (busystylist.com)

Summer Solution ~ Dry, Sun Exposed Hair’s Guardian Angel by Nikki ~ Product Education Director

Dry, sun exposed hair is always in need of hydration and protection.  Tela Beauty Organics by Philip Pelusi Guardian Angel Solar Hair Serum to the rescue!

Tela Guardian Angel Solar Hair Serum contains plant derived UVA/UVB sunlight filter Chlorophyllin to help protect from hair color fadage and loss of strength due to UV exposure.  Plus, Sunflower Seed Extract along with unique ultra-lux hydrating oils help replenish lost moisture.  USDA Certified Organic Plukenetia Volubilis Seed, Quinoa Seed, and Jamaican Black Castor Seed Oils help strengthen and moisturize hair helping create smoothness and shine.

So easy to use too!  Work through a small amount onto damp hair every morning prior to other styling grooms for daily help with UV ray and heat styling protection or apply prior to, and during, sun exposure to damp or dry hair for beautiful results.

Want more Tela Guardian education?  Go to Tela Virtual Product Classes (busystylist.com)

To see all Philip Pelusi Trend Alerts, go to Trend Alerts (busystylist.com)