Let’s talk fragrance layering
While many of us are very particular about our perfumes and body sprays, some women spend less time thinking about the way their hair smells than the way it looks.
If you spend hours styling your super shiny and healthy hair, but stop there you’re missing out on a fun bonus – extra fragrance. In fact, by layering hair products, you can actually create your unique scent profile. Yes, it’s a thing.
Not Your Mother’s shampoos, conditioners, and stylers are formulated with the most incredible fragrances, so why limit yourself to just one? Many perfumes list their layering notes. You can create a similar experience with your shampoos and stylers. You can even decide on no scent at all or a very subtle scent by using unscented products in the mix.
Scent enhancing formulations
If you’re not sure how to start creating your own scent combo, don’t despair! The hair care mixologists at NYM came up with these hair product combos for incredible scents and ideas for fragrance layering:
Very Vanilla: 3 parts berry vanilla + 1 part warm sugar
If the scent of vanilla always makes you smile, try combining several vanilla-scented products that will enhance that warm and incredible smell.
Try this:
- Shampoo with Not Your Mother’s Smooth Moves Anti-Frizz shampoo and follow with Smooth Moves Anti Frizz Conditioner. NYM’s vegan protein blend replaces animal-derived keratin. The result is frizz-free, glossy, and soft hair with a subtle berry vanilla scent.
- Style with All Eyes on Me 3-In-1 Styling Cream, which can be used as a blow-dry primer or air-dry cream, or simply to smooth any frizz away. You’ll also lock in that sweet berry vanilla scent.
- Lock in the sweet scent with Clean Freak Tapioca Dry Shampoo with the most delicious warm sugar scent. And you don’t have to wait to use it. Did you know that you can use dry shampoo as a styler for added volume and to de-grease your roots?
Tropical Haze for Days: 2 parts coconut milk & agave + fresh beachy vibes
If you swoon at the scent of coconut because it always reminds you of time at the beach or vacations and fun with friends, this combo is for you.
Try this:
- On wash day, shampoo your hair with Not Your Mother’s Coconut Milk & Agave Nectar Shampoo which adds moisture. Follow with Coconut Milk & Agave Nectar Conditioner to lock in moisture. If your hair is a bit parched from summer weather, try combing conditioner through, and leaving it in for up to 10 minutes.
- Here’s where things get fun. Try spritzing Beach Babe Sea Salt Spray through hair and scrunching as you go. Hair looks beach-ready and smells incredible.
Fresh & Fruity: Combine fresh apple with green tea
Here’s an unexpected layering combo you’ll love. The key to layering is finding similar scent profiles and then layering them.
Try this:
Wash your longer locks with NYM Way To Grow Shampoo and follow with Way To Grow Conditioner. Both have an irresistible and crisp red apple scent. Add a bit of mystery to the mix by using Matcha Green Tea & Apple Blossom Ultimate Nutrition Butter Mask, which not only repairs hair, it makes your tresses smell incredible in the process.
An unscented base layer:
If you want one specific scent to shine while achieving the same look, try using a fragrance-free product and build on that.
With Curl Talk Fragrance and Protein Free Gel + Curl Talk Fragrance and Protein Free Cream, you can add bounce and shine along with curl definition. What you won’t be adding are any extra scents.
While not all NYM products are fragrance-free, they are free from the top irritants. Not Your Mother’s products are vegan, dye-free, color-safe, and made in the USA. They’re also cruelty-free, sulfate surfactant-free, paraben-free, silicone-free, and drying alcohol-free. So you can feel good about using all their products no matter what the scent (or even if there’s none at all).
Remember, there’s no right or wrong way to layer fragrance, it’s your personal preference alone!
