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Explore your benefits at associatedhairprofessionals.com 33 What are the key moments a client should have during the shampoo experience? One thing that is always big for me is how intentional we need to be. We can get wrapped up with forgetting the person at the bowl needs this time and space for an experience, an escape. e amount of time they are with you at the shampoo bowl is so important, and it needs to be relaxing. We need to be intentional with our touch, because touch gives you peace and can shake you out of a funk. It's just as important as detangling, which is one of the most important parts of conditioning. is all can't work unless you're going back to the intention. I want to treat my clients how I want to be treated. For example, my barber is someone who magically found the time and space among seven other barbers to make me feel safe in his hands. He thanked me for trusting him. at was so mindful. How do you prep your brides so they have optimal hair health before the big day? What products do you recommend they take on their honeymoon? I did wedding hair for 15 years. at's how I got my start. I did updos in Santa Barbara [California], a top wedding destination. advertisement As hair professionals, we have the unique opportunity to work with bridal parties before the wedding. I liked to work with brides a year in advance and took the opportunity to start a conversation about what I wanted them to do for their hair health. I put my brides on a regimen of Olaplex No. 3 Hair Perfector once a week. For their rehearsal dinner, I would have them wash and condition with Olaplex No. 4 Bond Maintenance Shampoo and Olaplex No. 5 Bond Maintenance Conditioner. On the day of the wedding, I would go in with Olaplex No. 6 Bond Smoother and Olaplex No. 7 Bonding Oil when doing a blowout. When styling brides with curly hair, I used Olaplex No. 9 Bond Protector Nourishing Serum. Seeing them before the wedding gave me more opportunity to see their hair transition, even if I didn't see them again after that. I knew the integrity of the hair would hold up beyond the wedding night and into the honeymoon.