Biome+Beauty: Healthy Hair How To
Best practices for scalp and hair health.
New Mamas: Nurturing Your Baby With a Healthy Microbiome
Nurture your newborn and bolster their immune system by understanding the crucial role that new mothers play in building and supporting their baby's microbiome.
7 Tips to Ageless Hair
Hair, like skin, changes with time. Your hair care routine might not produce the same results it once did. You don’t have to take it lying down. Read on to learn more about why your hair changes, and how to keep your locks healthy and vibrant with simple anti-aging tips.
Summer Hair: How To Keep Hair Healthy at the Beach and Pool
Summer is hard on our hair. Between chlorine, salt and sun - chances are you already feel a texture change. When your hair begins to feel like hay, it’s not your imagination! The good news is, you can avoid or recover from damage by following some simple practices.
Detox Your Locks!
Can You Detox Your Hair? You’ve been there. You fall in love with a new hair product and for a while everything’s golden – your hair looks good, you feel great… until things start going south. Your hair doesn’t have that bounce like it used to. Maybe it’s getting harder to style. The texture seems off; dull, flat and lifeless.
What are Sulfates? And Why Should you Care if a Shampoo is Sulfate-Free?
Sulfates, such as sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS), are chemicals used to create strong detergents. Because they are such efficient cleansers and degreasers, sulfates are commonly used in manufacturing and construction industries to clean heavy machinery.
The No Poo Method: What You Need to Know
Certainly there are some health and beauty benefits to shampooing less frequently, especially if you are using standard hair care products containing sulfates, silicones and parabens. By cutting back on how often you wash, you reduce the frequency of stripping away important natural oils and proteins from your hair and scalp.
Why is My Hair Falling Out?
Alarmed at the mounds of hair stuck to your brush or collecting at the bottom of your shower? Should you be concerned, or is it natural? Learn the ins and outs of hair loss, and how a range of different factors affects your particular hair type, and find out what you can do to keep more of your hair on your scalp, rather than in your brush.
Biome Care - Healthy Hair Starts Here
Meet the the dermal biome - it’s nature’s brilliant design that keeps us healthy and protected. Our scalp's natural ecosystem made up of our skin, follicles, hair, sebaceous glands, proteins, peptides, lipids and the microbes that live symbiotically with us. Understanding this ecosystem is the key to unlocking the secrets to having healthy hair for life.
Our Patented Formulas
The illumai Essential System is the only biome care system for the scalp and hair. We use unique, naturally-derived ingredients that never overstrip, weigh down, irritate or destroy. By respecting the biome, illumai's 7 simple ingredients simply deliver ... and do no harm.