Meredith Humphries https://mymanebio.com/author/clarkmer/ Microscopic Hair Analysis Sat, 17 Nov 2018 21:11:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/mymanebio.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/cropped-IMG_0470-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Meredith Humphries https://mymanebio.com/author/clarkmer/ 32 32 148557435 Humidity https://mymanebio.com/1523/humidity/ Sat, 17 Nov 2018 21:11:07 +0000 https://mymanebio.com/?p=1523 If humidity makes you want to hide under your bed, you are not alone! The biggest feat with humidity is CHANGES in humidity. Say, for example, you style your hair inside which may have a relativity low humidity level but then you step outside and your perfectly set hair balloons. 🎈🎈🎈Water molecules inside your hair […]

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]]> 1523 Chlorine https://mymanebio.com/1521/chlorine/ Sat, 17 Nov 2018 21:08:49 +0000 https://mymanebio.com/?p=1521 Swimming is good for the body and the soul. 💦😁💦Not always so great for your mane, though. 😩 Want to know why??? When chlorinated water gets into the hair strand it can cause damage and swelling of the cuticle layer. (The higher the chlorine level, the worse the damage.) A thin layer of moisturizing oil […]

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]]> 1521 Good Alcohols? https://mymanebio.com/1517/good-alcohols/ Sat, 17 Nov 2018 21:06:17 +0000 https://mymanebio.com/?p=1517 Did you know that not all alcohols are bad for your hair? Cetyl Alcohol is known as a “fatty alcohol” and is actually solid at room temperature. Because of its unique properties it keeps the water and oil in your products from separating, helps in product distribution, and helps soften hair. This is an alcohol […]

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]]> 1517 Pregnancy https://mymanebio.com/1514/pregnancy/ Sat, 17 Nov 2018 21:04:38 +0000 https://mymanebio.com/?p=1514 Hormones play a big role in determining when and how much hair we shed. So a lot of women get thicker, longer hair during pregnancy 🤰 because the amount of hair they shed decreases drastically. However, some women report thinning hair during pregnancy 🤷‍♀️ which just shows the unpredictably of hormones!

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]]> 1514 Porosity https://mymanebio.com/1511/porosity/ Sat, 17 Nov 2018 21:02:09 +0000 https://mymanebio.com/?p=1511 Did you know a strand of human hair has four main layers? The cuticle (outermost layer), the cortex (protein-rich layer), the medulla (innermost), and a cell membrane complex that glues the layers together. And you gotta take good care of every layer! Your hair’s porosity is determined by your cuticle layer which is made up […]

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]]> 1511 Protein https://mymanebio.com/1508/protein/ Sat, 17 Nov 2018 20:53:27 +0000 https://mymanebio.com/?p=1508 Did you know that a single strand of hair can hold 3 ounces of weight? 💪 (Yes, that’s the same amount that TSA allows in your carry-on containers!) Strength in your hair comes from a protein called keratin. It’s the same protein that is found in our fingernails.

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