Bridal Hair Care Tips

Tips for Hair Care - Star-Quality Hair

Beautiful hair is a requirement for your wedding. The good news is that with the right planning your hair will look great for your wedding, and the rest of your life. Sound impossible? Well its not. Just follow these 8 simple rules and you'll look great and you'll feel great about the way you look. 

Rule number 1:

Do not do anything drastic the week of your wedding like dying your hair a new color or trying a brand new cut and style. Rushed decisions are rarely good ones especially when you are already nervous and excited. Plus, you will need more than a couple of days to correct a disaster. Your wedding pictures are something you should love and cherish not hide because your hair looked bad! 

Rule number 2:

Do plan early! The week you choose your wedding gown is the best time to start planning you hairstyle. Your 1st step is to have someone take a picture of you in the gown. If you're having your gown made just slip into a similar one so you have a visual representation of its style and fit. Look at the pictures and decide what style or image you want to convey i.e. Renaissance romantic, Hollywood glamour, modern and edgy etc. Then decide which hair style best captures that look. Take the time to thumb through magazines and get a feel for what other people are doing. Once you've settled on 2-4 hair styles take the pictures to your stylist and discuss which would best suit your hair type. Then try a couple. Have someone at the salon take a picture of you in each of the styles. You will know the right style when you see it! 

If you are having an out of town wedding, you should take pictures of your finished style as well as pictures of the styling process like curling, teasing and blow drying. This way your new hairstylist will see exactly what you want your hair to look like, and know what they need to do to get it there

Rule number 3:

If you are going to experiment with color do it at the same time you decide on the style of your hair. The right highlights, low lights or 3-4 color hair weaves can look spectacular and really light up a face. The wrong color can be a disaster. Finding out what works and what doesn't early, gives you plenty of time to correct the color and even try another option without damaging your hair! Make sure that you have your stylist use a low volume, low amonia product. At Chaz Dean Studios we only use Majirel by Loreal to insure the best color and protect the hair from damage. 

Rule number 4:

Drink plenty of water and load up on vitamins. Within 6-8 weeks you will see a wonderful change in your hair! The big bonus is that you will feel great and your skin will look and feel softer and more supple. Water also helps wash away toxins produced by stress that can rob you of energy and leave your hair and skin looking dry and dull. I recommend 8 ounces of water every hour throughout the day. The most important vitamins to add to your diet are zinc (found in beans), vitamin A (found in dark green vegetables) and (B6 found in eggs.) If you have dry thinning hair some herbalists also recommend black-current oil (try 500 milligrams twice a day.) For a fast fix you can also purchase quality hair and skin vitamins from any good vitamin or organic grocery store. 

Rule number 5:

Don't over cleanse you hair! Yes I know it sounds dramatic but its true. Most commercial shampoos and have harsh detergents that strip your hair leaving it dull and lifeless. The commercial conditioners that stop the frizzes end up robbing your hair of volume. We haven't used shampoo at Chaz Dean studios for over 8 years and all my clients' look great. We use Wen, a cleansing conditioner with Rosemary, Mint and eucalyptus. Since it doesn't have any detergents it doesn't lather, or leave a residue. You just get clean gorgeous hair. It also deep conditions, nourishes the scalp and actually helps your hair grow faster, feel thicker, have more volume. 

Rule number 6:

Do any maintenance color or retouching 2-3 weeks before your wedding day. This will leave you plenty of time to counteract any extra dryness or damage. As before, I highly recommend using Majirel by Loreal to insure the best color and minimize damage. 

Rule number 7:

Deep condition your hair one week before your wedding. You can use Wen or an herbal based deep conditioning treatment. This treatment will revitalize your hair leaving it vibrant, shiny, full of volume, and luxuriously soft. Simply massage the product into your hair, cover with a plastic shower cap and sit under a dryer for one hour. If you don't own a dryer, just leave the product in for an additional hour or so. Do not deep condition your hair the day before your wedding. The deep conditioning will make it hard for your hair to hold any style or curl for any extended time. I also recommend doing this treatment every 4-6 weeks as part of your regular hair maintenance routine.

Rule number 8:

Use your hair cleansing product the day before not the day of your wedding. This is especially important for women with straight, fine or thin hair. This will insure that neither you nor your hairstylist will have to deal with fly away ends hours before your wedding. Your hair will also be easier to style and be able to hold a style longer. However, if you have incredibly thick and curly hair like my client Julianna Margulies, I recommend that you do condition the day before and the day of your wedding! 

Remember, you are beautiful and this is your special day. Be prepared for a ton of compliments, and enjoy your gorgeous hair! 

Chaz Dean Biography

Chaz Dean is Hollywood's foremost authority on hair care and creates signature styles for Hollywoods hottest stars including: Julia Roberts, Calista Flockhart, Antonio Sabato Jr., Julianna Margulies, Sela Ward, Maria Shriver, Keri Russell, Robert Downey Jr., Krista Allen, Lucy Liu, Susan Sarandon, Harry Hamlin, Halle Berry, Lara Flynn Boyle, Camryen Manheim and Alanis Morisette. 

Dean designed Wen, the patent-pending herbal based conditioning cleanser to revitalize and condition his celebrity clientele's hair. Now its available to you at ewonderfullife.com.

For over 15 years the Vermont born Chaz Dean has been the vision behind the hairstyles of celebrities like Julia Roberts, Calista Flockhart, Antonio Sabato Jr., Sela Ward, Maria Shriver, Keri Russell ,Robert Downey Jr., Krista Allen, Lucy Liu, Susan Sarandon, Harry Hamlin, Halle Berry, Lara Flynn Boyle, Camryen Manheim and Alanis Morisette. 

Recognized as Hollywood's foremost authority on hair styling and care, Dean has been named LA's premiere colorist by numerous publications. His clientele count on him to create a signature star quality look that brings out their unique beauty, and to rejuvenate over stressed hair. To this end, Dean created Wen; the herb based patent-pending cleansing conditioner that rebuilds hair, adding volume, sheen and vibrance. "Everyone is special to me, and a star in their own right. You can be wearing a ripped T-shirt, jeans and sneakers but if you have great hair you look and feel beautiful. I can't save the world, but I can give my clients great hair!" 

Part of Dean's philosophy includes providing clients with revitalizing treatments that help them look and feel their best inside and out. Moving his Bel Air salon to Hollywood, Dean created the beauty sanctuary, Chaz Dean Studios. Dean's studio provides beauty treatments that soothe body and soul including botanical body polishes, wraps, facials, manicures, reflexology, massage, aroma therapy and cellulite treatments. "True star quality is about feeling great about yourself. That’s what makes you shine and stand out in a crowd. When clients tell me that they love the way they look, they beam, and I know I've done my job!"