The spikes

A new approach by Anna, our founder

"Instead of trimming your ends every 3 months, get a blood test."

We often hear that you should "trim your ends every 3 months" to ensure the health and growth of your hair. However, this has no effect on hair growth.

We only cut our hair if it has split ends, knots visible to the eye or touch, and is damaged, not to prevent breakage.

Keep in mind that hair grows between 0.8 and 2 cm per month, even if it seems to have stopped growing. Hair breakage can sometimes indicate a deficiency in iron or other vitamins. Iron is crucial for hair nutrition and oxidation.

An iron deficiency causes:
• a thinning of the hair
• easier breakage

That's why it's important to have blood tests to check our health. Yes, good health is reflected in our hair.

Let's also not forget to adopt a good hair care routine and use the right techniques if we want to enjoy good hair growth.

Between leveling and trimming the ends

"You shouldn't confuse leveling with trimming the ends."

Do you feel like your hair length has plateaued? As a result, you might be thinking that your hair isn't growing?

Today we are deconstructing the myth of cutting our ends "in bulk" (and not "in detail") see the many "before/after" pictures we often see.
Indeed, a row of sparse, scattered tips is not necessarily a sign that they need to be cut. Why?

Imagine a group of runners at the start of a race. They form a tight group, then gradually each finds their own pace: some struggle to keep up, while others take the lead. Eventually, the group splits up and appears less compact. Yet, it wouldn't occur to the organizers to stop the race or disqualify the runners simply because they are no longer running as a single unit.

This image of running and runners helps us understand that our hair growth is not uniform. It depends on our experiences and our position in the hair growth cycle, which includes three phases:
1- Anagen (growth)

2- catagen (rest)

3- telogen (fall)

Illustration: the tips that protrude may be in an anagen growth phase and the tips above, which appear healthy to us, may be in a catagen or telogen phase and have a difficult history that requires cutting them.

Therefore, prioritize trimming damaged ends “individually”.

What are the signs of damaged tips?

• When touched, you will feel small lumps, a rough sensation, and your ends will tend to catch on healthy hair.
• Visually, you will see these small balls, spikes all jumbled together
• When moisturizing your ends, they will react poorly to the application of the product despite your best efforts with your fingers or brush.

Ultimately, by letting your hair grow at its own pace, you will retain length.

Note that leveling is possible for aesthetic reasons, to create a more uniform look, especially if you straighten your hair. However, as you've probably gathered, it's not the same as trimming damaged ends.

* When cutting your hair, you should of course use a suitable pair of hairdressing scissors like the one from Colorful Black sold in a leather case.