MONAT hair care products: which one for which concern?

MONAT hair care is a range of care systems, each built around one main concern: dry hair, lack of volume, hair that looks thinner, breakage or frizz. On top of that come two scalp lines, the REJUVENIQE® care oil and the Studio One™ styling range. To begin, pick a single system for the concern that bothers you most day to day and wash with it for three to four weeks. You can tell whether it suits you by your roots the day after washing and by how easily a comb glides through the lengths.

Which MONAT hair product suits which concern?

Find the concern that bothers you every day in the left-hand column and read across the row. Hair thickness here means the single strand: if you can barely feel it between thumb and forefinger, it is fine; if it feels like sewing thread, it is thick.

If two rows fit, take the system from the more annoying one as your base; the second concern gets one extra from the next table at most. If you are torn between two systems, the free hair analysis asks about scalp, hair thickness, condition and goal one by one. All the lines side by side, with their limits, are in the comparison of MONAT systems. If only the shampoo matters to you for now, find your MONAT shampoo with a scalp test the morning after washing.

What a system contains and what you can add

At its core, a MONAT system is a shampoo and conditioner from the same line; some sets, such as IR Clinical™, also include a serum. That base is all you need for the first few weeks. Anything else is an extra for a second concern, and at the start you rarely need more than one.

A leave-in stays in the hair and is never rinsed out. At MONAT, REJUVENIQE® means two things: the botanical oil complex in many formulas and the stand-alone oil. As a finish, the oil goes drop by drop onto dry ends; as a pre-wash treatment with REJUVENIQE® oil it goes more generously through the lengths. For fine hair that turns heavy from a single drop, some markets carry the lighter REJUVENIQE® Light. With Studio One™ the order matters: heat protectant before the hairdryer, dry shampoo only on the day between washes, and which Studio One™ product goes in when depends on your style.

Scalp: clarify or soothe

The two scalp lines do opposite jobs. Purifying Vinegar cleanses more thoroughly than your everyday wash and lifts sebum, styling residue, dry shampoo and limescale from hard water. That makes it an in-between wash every one to two weeks, and it stays out of your daily routine. Scalp Comfort is meant for a scalp that feels tight, itches or feels dry after washing; you apply it parting by parting after washing and leave it on.

If your roots get greasy while some spots are irritated at the same time, leave out the clarifying wash until the skin feels calm again and only soothe until then. Which of the two lines suits your scalp comes down to whether your roots tend to turn greasy or feel tight.

Be Gentle™ and Be Balanced™ are not scalp lines. Both are MONAT facial skincare: Be Gentle™ for dry, sensitive skin, Be Balanced™ for normal to combination skin. Which of the two facial systems suits your skin you decide by looking at your cheeks and T-zone. How the MONAT skincare systems are put together and what MONAT means by Biotech Beauty are covered separately from hair care.

One wash with your system, step by step

The shampoos are concentrated. The amounts below are starting points for hair of normal density; for very thick hair, go one step up. If the label says something different, follow the label.

Step 1 — Soak. Hold your head under lukewarm water for a full minute, until even the hair at the nape of your neck is dripping. A concentrated shampoo barely lathers in half-wet hair, and that is when it gets tempting to add more.

Step 2 — Shampoo on the scalp only. Rub the amount from the table between your palms, spread it over the scalp and massage with your fingertips. The lather cleans the lengths as you rinse. If it barely foams, there was a lot of sebum or styling residue in your hair: rinse and wash a second time with half the amount.

Step 3 — Conditioner from ear level. Squeeze the water out of the lengths with your hands, spread conditioner from ear level to the ends, leave it for one to two minutes and rinse with lukewarm water. At the roots it leaves fine hair flat by the evening.

Step 4 — After towelling, in a fixed order. Press the water out with a towel rather than rubbing. Then come leave-in, heat protectant before blow-drying, styling and finally the oil on the ends. Blow-dry on a medium setting at about 15 cm. If a mask or serum joins in, the order of hair products by hair type keeps it straight, and how often you should wash at all depends mostly on your scalp.

Combining without overdoing it

To start: one system as the base and one extra at most. Only once the base has been running for three to four weeks do you know what the extra still has to do.

• For fine, dry hair, Advanced Hydration plus one drop of REJUVENIQE® on the dry ends is enough.
• Thick, damaged hair gets Renew™ and the Replenish™ Masque once a week.
• If fine hair gets greasy at the roots quickly, the Purifying Vinegar shampoo replaces one Revive™ wash every one to two weeks.
• Wash bleached or often straightened hair with Bond IQ™ and spray on heat protectant before every blow-dry. Rejuvabeads only join once the ends visibly split.
• For waves and curls, use a moisture line and the Curl Perfection™ cream, as in the curl wash-day routine with Curl Perfection.

The most common mistakes and what to do instead:

How to tell whether the line suits you

How easily the comb glides through your lengths and how your hair feels, you notice after the first wash. How long your roots stay fresh you judge after three to four weeks without switching products. The parting needs the most patience, because hair grows only about a centimetre a month. If you use IR Clinical™, photograph your parting on day one and after three months in the same light, and compare the pictures rather than your memory.

When MONAT won't help you

All the products are cosmetics. They change how hair and scalp feel and look, and they do not reach any cause inside the body. Hair that suddenly falls out in clumps or leaves round bald patches belongs with a dermatologist, because iron deficiency, a thyroid disorder, hormonal changes or an autoimmune reaction can be behind it. The same goes for hair loss after starting a new medication, for open, weeping or painful spots, and for strong itching that does not settle after two weeks without the new product. Ask for ferritin and thyroid levels to be checked if they are not part of the tests anyway.

If you have a known fragrance allergy, read the ingredient list on the label before your first oil and wear one drop in the crook of your arm for 48 hours before it goes on your hair.

Quick questions

Where do I buy MONAT hair care?

Through independent consultants or the brand's online shop. MONAT sells direct and does not supply chemists or supermarkets. The seven criteria for legitimate network marketing help you judge whether a sales model is sound. If you want to recommend MONAT yourself, plan for fixed weekly hours and start-up costs; a beauty business alongside your job only works through regular customers.

Can I combine shampoo and conditioner from different lines?

Yes, when your scalp and lengths need different things. A clarifying shampoo for greasy roots and a moisturising conditioner for dry lengths are a typical pair, covered in detail for oily roots and dry ends.

Can I mix MONAT with other brands' products?

Yes. A heat protectant or dry shampoo from another brand will not upset your system. Just make sure two products are not doing the same job twice, such as two leave-ins layered on top of each other.

Is MONAT hair care also for men?

Yes. The systems are chosen by hair and scalp. For short hair and little effort there is MONAT Black™ Shampoo + Conditioner in one bottle, described in the hair-care routine for men.

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The free hair analysis works out which row of the table is your base from your answers on scalp, hair thickness and goal.