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Advanced Goodness since 1989. AG Hair is a luxurious hair care line that restores hair to optimal condition with all shampoo and conditioners being PH balanced to restore hair's health. With a full line of styling products for sleek or textured looks, you'll have no problem reaching your hair goals with AG Hair. Clean is in AG's nature, combining science and nature by selecting the highest quality ingredients to develop formulas that deliver purposeful results. Driven by care, the entire collection is free from drying sulfates, vegan and cruelty-free. AG's Natural hair care line is for the modern minimalist. AG's newest products have been stripped down to their essence and formulated with up to 98% natural and nutritional, plant-based ingredients. They have combined a beautiful aesthetic with innovation and an abundance of natural ingredients to create healthy hair from the inside out. AG's line for Curly Hair keeps curls beautifully hydrated, with shine and bounce. Most curly-haired people know the more you mess with curls, the less they shine. AG knows that your hair pattern is personal, so its products are designed to help you create a healthy foundation for your curls to flourish. Each product infuses the hair with moisturizing and curl-enhancing ingredients that are rich in nutrients. After an early career in hairdressing in England, John Davis moved to Vancouver and met his partner in life and business, Lotte, who was then fully immersed in retail merchandising and design. It wasn't long before they combined John's expertise in hair styling and product performance, with Lotte's creative and marketing background, founding AG Hair in 1989. They started by filling bottles by hand out of their Vancouver home. Demand grew faster than they could have anticipated, and it was not long before they moved their operation into a full-scale manufacturing facility. Today AG can be found in thousands of salons around the world. AG still manufactures its own products in Vancouver, as well as bottling and each stage of development. Giving back is pretty important to them. AG's Co-Founder Lotte Davis is passionate about empowering women. Originally from Africa herself, she was acutely aware of the disproportionate inequality women and girls in Africa suffered, and in 2008, she began to work on a plan to help alleviate this. She started her own charity called One Girl Can, and through regular visits to Kenya and Uganda, a very unique, holistic program developed. It ensures the successful transition of one girl living in extreme poverty to one woman working in a career of her choice, having a voice in her community, and eventually giving back herself to ensure the next generation gets the same opportunity as she did.

KMS KMS was founded in 1976 in Redding California, and gets its name from the initials of its three founding owners, Kornfield, Mazzotta, and Smith, or because at that time their focus was on Kinetic Molecular Systems, which had been originally shown on their packaging. In 1976, a 40-year journey began with a now long-standing philosophy that fused together two unlikely worlds: Nature and Technology. Revolutionizing the first hair care products with innovative formulations derived from nature, creating a Shampoo with Natural Essential Fatty Acids that included oil-based moisture to target chemically dry, thick, and coarse hair types. In 1984, KMS launched the first thermal protection product to market called Control, now known as the popular heat styling product ThermaShape to fend off the damage of heat styling. From 1985 through 2017, KMS has brought powerful innovation to the beauty world with products that deliver unparalleled performance and unwavering loyalty from clients and stylists alike. Products such as Leave-In Conditioners and Reconstructors, Sea Salt Sprays to care for texture then Hybrid and Heat-activated stylers that changed the way people felt about their hair and daily beauty routines. KMS continues to leave their mark on the world, sending a statement to the masses of the world that your personal style is important and limitless, clarifying that KMS is dedicated to the evolution and maintenance of that style indefinitely. KMS Science KMS defines their science with a TRIfinity Technology inspired by all cultures that are organized into Start, Style, and Finish categories to provide you with a foolproof guide to managing your hair care needs and bringing your looks to life. The Start products feature an AHA Structure Complex to prime your hair to optimum health for your styling. The Style products are infused with Shaping Blends to make your style easy to achieve. The Finish products feature Flexible Sealing Compounds that allow for a 3-day hold with humidity protection, for long-lasting effects. Product Lines Add Volume Designed to give those with fine, flat hair a way to add fullness and bring life to limp locks. Color Vitality Lighten and brighten your blondes or restore and maintain color vibrancy for bold hues. Curl Up Bring bounce back to your curls with the Curl Up line that moisturizes while reviving elasticity to enhance and define your look. Hair Play Create the unique looks you have always wanted, this line is designed to mold, hold, and make hair do as it's told. Plain and simple. Hair Stay From light to maximum hold, take control of your style with the Hair Stay line. Dedicated to a brilliant finish on every look. Head Remedy Head Remedy Deep Cleanse Shampoo is a gentle daily cleanser that leaves hair clean and healthy while clearing all the product build-up, minerals, pollutants, and hard water residue. Moist Repair Ideal for brittle, dry, and over-processed locks that need some extra love with intense moisture for superior luster and health. Tame Frizz Lock in your signature style while locking out frizz and fly-aways! This line focuses on taming your tresses so you look and feel your best. Therma Shape Protect those lovely locks from thermal and environmental damage with this line dedicated to the heat styling trend. Add Power Add Power collection features a shampoo and styling fluid that helps to make fine, weak hair feel stronger and more resilient. Conscious Style This gentle collection features a shampoo, conditioner, and cleansing mist. This collection is ideal for maintaining the natural balance of both the hair and the scalp. Awards KMS Add Volume Liquid Dust was named Editor's Pick for Volumizer and won a 2018 Total Beauty Award. KMS Salons received Salon Today STAMP 2017 Awards Giving Back . KMS proudly sponsors the Beauty Changes Lives Experience. Partners with MENCAP a learning disability charity, to raise awareness by hosting Style Sessions for youths with learning disabilities. Press . Featured in Modern Salon. KMS California's UK Editorial Collective worked backstage at London Fashion Week. Featured on Global Zoom 17 Webcast. KMS Creative Team styled models and featured KMS products at New York Fashion Week. KMS Lela Rose presentation at New York Fashion Week. Featured in The Craft Magazine. KMS sponsored Modern Salon's Balayage & BOHO contest KMS Sustainability Commitment:. They are proud to look back at 45 years of researching and manufacturing some of the finest hair care products in the world. Their founders‘ vision was to fuse innovative technologies with the best that nature has to offer, creating high-performing products for every hair type. KMS has always focused on environmentally friendly products and transparency on how products work. This philosophy remains at the heart of their brand and will further guide their future commitment. .