Rachel Valentine

Rachel Valentine

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London hairdresser, L’oreal Colour Specialist and Academy manager and Educator �

16/07/2026

Part 2 All a bit of fun! Hairdressers what do we think?

14/07/2026

1. Check with your colourist they’re using a binder when colouring your hair (bleaching). This protects the hair from damage and breakage.

2. Don’t shop for your colourist based on price. A lot of the time you’ll need to pay double to get it fixed

3. They’re faster, last longer, tame the hair better and less damaging

4. Throw those straighteners you’ve had since you were 16 PLEASE you will not regret it

5. I’m talking about proven scalp serums with active ingredients, not rosemary oil

6. Shower filter to reduce minerals in water

7. If your hair is thick, frizzy, course hard to tame they’re amazing

13/07/2026

Anyone else watching or just me as usual 🙃

Photos from Rachel Valentine's post 03/07/2026

Keratin Alpha Sleek

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Smoothing treatment

Mask

Spray oil

30/06/2026

Solving your hair issues part 4

Thick hair comes with its hardships too! It can be very hard to manage and tricky to get it to sit right

30/06/2026

Solving your hair issues Part 3

For hairdressers and colourists, note that you can still colour the hair as long as there’s no open wounds

30/06/2026

Formula
multi tech 8 levels bleach
Root shadow 5 dialight
Toner half 7 half 9.13

30/06/2026

👉🏼 Avoid freehand painting: when the bleach isn’t saturated, this can create warmer areas. Saturate each section fully for the best lift

👉🏼use fine weaves or slices: helps to fully saturate each section for the best lift

👉🏼 dry the hair before the root shadow: this helps the shadow drop more rather than a translucent finish on damp hair

👉🏼 Lift a shade or half a shade lighter than the desired result: this helps the colour look less warm when the toner fades

Formula:
multi tech 8 levels bleach 30vol
Root shadow 5 dialight, toned half 7 half 9.13 dialight

Any other tips you have?

30/06/2026

Formula:

Multi tech 8 level bleach and 30vol
Root shadow 5 dialight
Toner half 7 half 9.13 dialight

25/06/2026

Episode 2 of solving your hair issues! The form is still available to fill out in my bio if you’d like to take part

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