Shun Pittman

Master Cosmetologist, Global Salon Educator & Author

Shun Pittman is a Master Cosmetologist, Author, Owner, and Founder of Corps d’Elite Salon and Corps d’Elite Beauty. With over 25 years of international experience, she is dedicated to and specializes in providing luxury salon services to all hair types and textures and every skin tone and shade. Her services include hair conditioning treatments, cutting, coloring, styling, extensions, and makeup application. Shun has experience working with, coaching, training, and mentoring beauty professionals from multiple companies including L'Oréal, Wella, Matrix, Paul Mitchell, Redken, Big Sexy Hair, and Toni & Guy. She is also a host for national and local media outlets and her work has been featured in The Washingtonian, The Cheddar Network, and WJLA Good Morning Washington's Beauty and Fashion Police segments. Shun is the author of “50 Things Your Hairdresser Wants YOU to Know (and a few things we don’t...)".

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I need help with my greasy hair.
There are two reasons people have greasy hair. The first reason could be an overactive sebaceous gland that lives below the scalp. It excretes FIBA, which is a natural lubricant that moisturizes the hair, but sometimes people can produce more than average and they'll have a greasy scalp. So shampooing your hair is what remedies that.

I don't recommend that people shampoo every day because that's really drying. So to help with that, use dry shampoo. Dry shampoo soaks up that excess oil and it makes the hair feel like it's freshly shampooed. Once you use dry shampoo, you don't want to use it again until you use a wet shampoo because buildup can form in your hair.

The second way that people have greasy, or oily, hair is using too much product. They could have lots of serums or creams that build up and weigh the hair down. Cleansing is what's going to help rectify it. You could potentially just rinse your hair, but if it's a heavy product, then use a wet shampoo to remedy that product buildup.

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