Working a 12-hour long haul route at 35,000 feet means your hair is battling cabin humidity that drops below 20 percent, recycled air that strips moisture from strands, and recycled oxygen that leaves ends feeling like straw. After watching our team talk to flight attendants, pilots, and frequent long-haul flyers over the past year, we … Read more
Teaching five or six Pilates classes a day takes a real toll on your hair. Between the heated studios, the mat work, and the constant sweating, your strands go through more punishment in a single shift than most people put them through in a week. Finding the best hair products for Pilates instructors means looking … Read more
Picking the best hair products for pregnant women can feel overwhelming when every label claims to be “natural” or “clean.” At Mercer Street Salon, we work with expecting mothers throughout every trimester and hear the same questions over and over: Is my shampoo safe? Can I still color my hair? What about conditioner? During pregnancy, … Read more
If you are a breastfeeding mom watching fistfuls of hair circle the shower drain, take a breath. You are not alone, and you are not losing your hair forever. Up to 50% of new mothers experience noticeable postpartum hair shedding between months two and six, according to the American Academy of Dermatology. Our team worked … Read more
If your hair collapses flat by lunchtime and every “volumizing” bottle you’ve tried leaves it feeling like straw, I hear you. Fine thin hair is one of the trickiest textures to shop for because most formulas are built for thicker strands, not the barely-there kind that disappear in a ponytail. I spent the last 90 … Read more
I remember the morning I turned 51 and looked in the mirror, puzzled by the brittle strands clogging my brush. My hair had been through pregnancies, perms, and bleach, but nothing prepared me for the sudden wave of changes menopause brought. After 30 days of testing more than a dozen formulas on myself and four … Read more
When my mother turned 62, she stood in front of her mirror and asked me a question I hear almost every week from women who visit our Mercer Street Salon: “Why does my hair feel like straw?” Her hair had changed, and the products that worked in her forties suddenly left it flat, brittle, and … Read more
If you are reading this at 3 a.m. with a sleeping baby on your chest and a fistful of hair in your other hand, I have been exactly where you are. Postpartum shedding hits somewhere between months two and four for most new moms, and the hairline is often the first place it shows. That … Read more
I noticed my part getting wider about two years ago, and the panic that follows is something I hear from clients at Mercer Street Salon almost every single week. Finding the best thickening shampoos for thinning hair became my own personal mission, then a professional one. I have tested dozens of formulas, talked to trichologists, … Read more
If your salon color fades within a week, you are not alone. I have tested dozens of formulas on my own bleach-and-tone clients, and the gap between a $5 drugstore wash and a true color-care routine is bigger than most people think. The best hair products for color-treated hair do more than cleanse. They seal … Read more