where to buy redken products?

[Meme81]

Originally Posted by HalfAngel

How much time do you put into your hair every day? What haircut do you have? That would depend on what I would recommend too. What does your hair do? What doesn't it do that you want it to?

Couple examples:
My hair is very short (also fine and limp) and I use a gloss/paste/pomade to give me a shiny, messy look (think Natalie Portman when she went really short). I use a clarifying shampoo once a week, because I use so much product that I don't want to build up.

My sister has shoulder length hair, fine (but thicker than mine). She has a long layered look, kind of angled at the face and uses a texture spray to blow dry, then a lighter pomade to run through at the end to smooth things over.

I don't put a lot of time into my hair (probably my problem..hee hee). My hair style sounds kinda like your sisters. Not quite shoulder length, but layered, angled around the face, parted to the side, with bangs.

Also, what type of shampoo would you recommend for dandruff? My 12-year old son has terrible dandruff. At first I thought it was that he wasn't rinsing his hair well, but now I'm not so sure.

[HouseCat]

Originally Posted by sadkins3

To be honest, if someone is selling Redken (or any other professional product online) on ebay or online and without a professional recommendation, there is no way to guarantee that it is authentic. Can you find the real deal? Of course, but it's a chance you take.

I have to require salons buying Redken now have to sign a contract that prevents diversion and online selling. So if HalfAngle would purchase a bunch of Redken and was found selling on ebay, she could face a lawsuit. They are really starting to crack down so hopefully you will see a decrease in this activity. These products are meant to accompany a professional recommendation.

Trust me, as a mother of 2 I know what it means to be thrifty. If you have to choose and can't purchase everything at the salon, get the shampoo and condtioner/treatment and purchase the discount styling products. You are better off skimping on mousse or gel than a shampoo that washes your color down the drain and dries up all the natural moisture. I do know that salons do run specials and price breaks in Southern Maryland. Some even offer frequent buyer programs. It never hurts to ask. I think your stylist will appreciate your business and honesty.

Hope that helps.

Thanks. I guess its time to find another salon that doesn't overcharge.

[JandJ]

Half Angel??? If it's not against the law for you to offer to buy product at Davidson to "resell" to someone else, (with or without profit) then it is most definetely ETHICALLY WRONG... and how can you have actually worked as a hairdresser and think that you could "recommend" something without actually seeing the hair itself??? I am quite frankly astonished...and your offering this online like this just makes all professional hairdressers look bad...SHAME ON YOU.

And MeMe??? you would be much better off going back to the VO5 crap than to try to buy something from someone online who is a supposed hairdresser, just because someone can get a license does not necessarily qualify them to make a recommendation via cyberspace...unless they have some magical powers that came along with their license...

if you want to afford any product your stylist recommends then put it in your budget, maybe bring your lunch to work a few days, back off starbucks or wawa,,, you can easily afford $15 to $20 for a few decent professional products.

We are all worth it.

[fumanfyter]

Originally Posted by JandJ

Half Angel??? If it's not against the law for you to offer to buy product at Davidson to "resell" to someone else, (with or without profit) then it is most definetely ETHICALLY WRONG... and how can you have actually worked as a hairdresser and think that you could "recommend" something without actually seeing the hair itself??? I am quite frankly astonished...and your offering this online like this just makes all professional hairdressers look bad...SHAME ON YOU.

And MeMe??? you would be much better off going back to the VO5 crap than to try to buy something from someone online who is a supposed hairdresser, just because someone can get a license does not necessarily qualify them to make a recommendation via cyberspace...unless they have some magical powers that came along with their license...

if you want to afford any product your stylist recommends then put it in your budget, maybe bring your lunch to work a few days, back off starbucks or wawa,,, you can easily afford $15 to $20 for a few decent professional products.

We are all worth it.

and davidson's aka. "cosmo prof" now, makes you sign a paper stating that you won't buy their products to resell to others. and most professional hairdressers make a small commission off of the products sold too, so it would def. hurt a little if everyone started going through people buying from davidson's.

[HouseCat]

Originally Posted by JandJ

if you want to afford any product your stylist recommends then put it in your budget, maybe bring your lunch to work a few days, back off starbucks or wawa,,, you can easily afford $15 to $20 for a few decent professional products.

We are all worth it.

Good grief, you sound like she's selling plutonium or automatic weapons on the side. It's just hair care products. In the end, its the consumer who gets screwed anyway. Its the whole principal of overcharging that pisses me off.

[HalfAngel]

Okay - so where did I say I re-sold anything anyway?? Yes, I buy things there for my mother - who paid $$$$ for me to go to beauty school, or my sister, and my friends. Big whoop - trust me when I say that the industry is not going to suffer over these small purchases! When I buy things for my family & friends, I do not make a profit on what I purchase. And when I put myself out there to make purchases here - I wouldn't have made a profit there, either, had anyone taken me up on it.

Next time you want to make a smarta$$ comment, read the post in it's entirety first - I never made a recommendation to anyone about anything. I merely asked a few questions, and gave product examples of people whose hair I do know. I did NOT tell anyone what to buy!

Get over yourselves!