Review: DS Laboratories Revita High-Performance Hair-Stimulating Shampoo and COR Hair-Growth Stimulating Conditioner

**Disclaimer:  This post has been compensated through a free product (s) or monetary payment.  Opinions are solely mine. All links are "no-follow" links.**

DS Laboratories

I don’t happen to have a problem with thinning hair.  However, my guy is another story.  He won’t admit that there is a sparse section in the back of his head that is beginning to show, despite knowing how many hairs he sheds.  Instead of bringing up a sensitive issue to him, I replaced his shampoo and conditioner with the Revita High-Performance Hair-Stimulating Shampoo and COR Hair-Growth Stimulating Conditioner from DS Laboratories to see if this duo would help improve the situation.

Revita High-Performance Hair-Stimulating Shampoo

COR Hair-Growth Stimulating Conditioner

Knowing how well their Nia Helio Hydrating Shampoo and Conditioner worked for me, I had great expectations of what their technology could achieve.  With multiple compounds of active ingredients such as Procyanidin B-2, amino acids, copper peptides, biotin, apple polyphenol, emu oil, spin traps, and more to feed, hydrate, and revitalize hair follicles, this Revita Shampoo sounded promising. The Revita Conditioner has active bio-adhesive and hydrophobic ingredients like stem cells, spin traps, niacinamide, arginine and others so they will remain on the scalp with the ability to keep on working for at least twelve hours after rinsing.   

When he comes home after working a long day in his office, he is too tired and stressed to notice much of anything during his shower before dinner.  However, his sense of smell caught onto the different scent because the water stopped longer than it takes him to soap up.

I could tell he looked wounded, but I told him I needed his male opinion on these products since they were geared for men.  Although I felt a bit guilty in stretching the truth, it was done in his best interest.   Knowing all the products that I am constantly testing, he nodded in understanding.

I asked what he thought so far.  He mentioned he liked the scent of both products and how good the shampoo felt on his scalp when lathering up, like a message.

The products did make his hair shiny and more manageable.   I moved in and examined what his hair felt like.  

My guy rolled his eyes.  He knows that I was making an initial assessment.  

I smiled because it was soft.  Realizing that you can’t expect miracles overnight, I waited patiently to keep checking his hair every night once he left the shower for any changes.  

Several days and then a week went by with nothing exciting to report except quite not as many falling hairs everywhere.  Another week went by and about the same amount of hairs ended up in the shower drain as that first week.  Then the weirdest thing happened close to the end of that third week, I could swear that emptier spot on his head looked like it filled in just a bit.  

Apparently, my guy also had been examining his head for progress.  “Is it my eyes or do I look like my hair is somewhat fuller?” he asked, staring at the back of his head with my hand mirror.  

“I was thinking the same thing,” I replied.  

This welcome news made my guy’s face light up like a candle.  “Even Martin noticed my hair looked better and asked what I was using.  He wants the link where to buy.”

What my guy experienced and the length of time it took to see his results with these products was based on his individual body chemistry.  You may notice improvement sooner or later or even not at all.  I only can tell you what happened on my guy’s head.

If you’re shedding hairs more than you would like, I think you should pop over to DS Laboratories and learn more about these Revita hair products because they can help.  

*Disclaimer: Free products were provided to facilitate this review--not my opinion.*

Thinning Hair Solutions That Work to Make More of Your Hair!

If you have been finding more hairs in your brush and elsewhere, you might start feeling anxious that you're losing your hair.  However, hair fibers do get thinner with age.  In fact, if you are over age forty and a woman, shedding more hair is normal.  Nonetheless, there are some tricks to often solve that thinning hair problem so cheer up.

First off, consider picking up a thickening shampoo and conditioner.  Read labels for ingredients like panthenol (vitamin B6) and oat protein, which can thicken the strands.   
Equally important is using a hair conditioner even if it usually causes your hair to go limp because one will save further friction to those already damaged strands.   

Something else you may want to try in this situation is to apply your conditioner before your shampoo.  Switching in this way can leave hair less greasy and reduce the chance of going limp.

You also need to be careful when it comes to drying your hair.  Heat, overstyling and tight ponytails will tug and weaken the hair follicles.  The best thing to do is air-dry or set your hair dryer to a low setting and prep with a heat-protective product or styler.  A less constrictive way to pull your hair back is also a thought.

Washing your vulnerable hair too often can result in losing more strands.  You may want to turn to a dry shampoo in between.  Adding some dry shampoo to your roots can help boost the volume and give hair texture.

Hair coloring can definitely help give you the look of more hair.  Since hair color roughs up the hair cuticle, it can thicken it up as well. 

Changing your style is another suggestion.   Your stylist can show you what layering, deep bangs, or even a different part can do to distract the eyes.  Page through magazines for a hairdo that has more disarray to it instead of anything with perfect lines.  A shaggy type of style with layers can be fattened up much easier to hide a thin hair problem.

Another thing to consider is your general health or the drugs you are taking.  For example, steroids are just one family of drugs that can cause hair loss.  Research your prescriptions to learn if losing hair is a side effect.  If so, you might want to ask your doctor if there is any drug substitute. 

Then again, perhaps, you have been ill.  For one, a bacterial infection does cause hair loss.  If you are not getting better, you should make an appointment with your doctor because what's going on internally could be the key.

Eating on the run because you are too busy or skipping meals is another culprit.  You could have a vitamin deficiency that is causing that hair loss.  However, only doctor and a hair analysis can pinpoint what your hair reveals and your body is lacking.
 
Be extremely cautious with your choice of vitamins because this is not an industry that is as regulated as it should be.   Look for quality seals or some sort of acceptable industry testing as a sign because just because something is sold nationwide does not mean it is safe or even labeled as it should be.   

Sometimes though, the problem can be fixed simply once you eat normally again with a balanced diet.

Everything I mentioned could help with a thinning hair problem.  On the other hand, if you are shedding that hair at an alarming rate, you definitely need to visit your doctor and get evaluated.

Redken Intra Force Hair Care Line Review and Giveaway!--Ends June 17, 2011

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Redken Intra Force Hair Care Line 

For those girls and guys searching for a way to help thinning their hair look thicker, but also become stronger, then you will be interested to hear about the Intra Force Hair Care Line that Redken sent me for this review and giveaway and its 3-step system.  You can see how the system works here.

The first recommended step is Purify your scalp with an in salon treatment of a microdermabrasion-inspired service to accelerate cellular turnover and maximize the results of the regimen.

For at home, you might want to try either System 1 with gentle cleansing with Intra Force Shampoo, followed by conditioning with Intra Force Toner and Intra Force Scalp Treatment to stimulate your hair follicles.  System 2 has the same products but formulated for color-treated hair with UV protection as well.

If you need an intensive treatment to combat your thinning hair, especially if the problem is related to stress, seasonal changes or to jump start the suggested salon treatment, Redken has Intra Force Hair Advance in monodose form, a leave in treatment recommended daily. 

Receding hairline trouble could be addressed with their Intra Force Micro Boost, a daily leave in treatment with Arginine, an essential amino acid to aid in hair circulation from the compression of the bulb and Niacin-E and other nutrition your hair hungers for.

For styling, Redken developed Intra Force Hair Densifier, an aerosol mousse to shape and maintain volume.

I think if you are in need of this type of hair solution, you should check out Redken's Intra Force Line further.
*Disclaimer:  This is my own honest opinion.  No money was exchanged.  All I received were free products so I give an opinion.*

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