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Frizziness happens due to lack of moisture in the hair shaft. Little hairs, looking for moisture in the atmosphere, tend to drift away from the long hairs. When it rains, the extra moisture in the air means extra frizz… little hairs are coming out to celebrate. The rain is good for them, but the frizz is annoying for the owner.  The key to controlling frizz is MOISTURE in the interior of the hair shaft. When hair has enough interior moisture it stops trying to pull water from the outside air. I recommend hair care products from 2 great companies — Davines, from Italy (www.davines.it), and Kevin Murphy, from Australia (www.kevinmurphy.com.au). Both product lines provide superior results, and both are eco-friendly, with natural ingredients and sustainable practices. You won’t find these in a supermarket, however… check online to find a local salon that carries the lines. 

For fine straight hair types I recommend MOMO Fluid from Davines. This product is put in before you use a styling product… it shouldn’t be used alone. After this I recommend using Davines Defining Relaxing balm. This relaxes any wave or curl without weight or oily feel.I also recommend Kevin Murphy Anti-Gravity… great anti-frizz protection without oily feel. 
For fine curly hair I recommend Kevin Murphy Motion Lotion… great anti-frizz protection with a soft flexible hold.
For thick hair types I recommend Easy Rider from Kevin Murphy. This cream works well and rinses out easily. It smoothes down any thick hair and holds curls, but still offers soft flexibility for styling.For Normal to thick curls I also love to mix Kevin Murphy’s Motion Lotion and Easy Rider… this produces soft, bouncy shape that will last all day. 
Most importantly, you can touch your curls all day with any of these anti-frizz products. No build up, and the aromas come form plants rather than synthetics.

 
We are honored to be apart of The City of Portland mission in creating sustainability in our businesses and our homes. I want to thank Marlowe at the Best  Center for encouraging me to apply. Also Marketshift Strategies  and Julie Howes from Salon Services helping me gather information. Mississippi Ave. Business makes being sustainable easy without worry. It's just the way we should all be doing business. Metro, thank you for finding a way for salons to recycle aluminum foil. Also thanks to Davines for their Zero Impact Program and Kevin Murphy for helping create human friendly products that protect our land / water  while saving the planet. You help make us look and feel beautiful! 

At Belle Epoque, we believe we can change the course of the high-resource and chemically dependent beauty industry. By implementing environmental practices as the core of our business practice, we can impact an industry at the local level through educating our clients, our colleagues, our competitors, and our community. We believe our practices continue to increase the demand for “green” hair salons and products without sacrificing the effectiveness of our services or our bottom line.