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Shop by what your hair actually absorbs High porosity needs sealing, low porosity needs lightweight layers. Same routine, different products. Morfose Argan Hair Mask for Dry, Damaged Hair, 16.90 Fl ozMorfose Keratin Leave-In Conditioner Spray, Detangler, 13.53 Fl ozMorfose Barcelino Hair Oil, 12 Oils for Dry Hair, 5.07 Fl ozMorfose Bond Repair Treatment for Bleached Hair, 5.07 Fl oz See all conditioners & masks → Porosity describes how easily your hair takes in water and how long it holds on to it. It is the reason two people can use the same conditioner and get opposite results — one ends up weighed down, the other still feels dry. What porosity actually is The outer layer of a hair strand, the cuticle, is made of overlapping scales. How tightly those scales lie determines how much moisture gets in and how fast it leaves. Low porosity — scales lie flat and tight. Water beads on the surface; products sit on top rather than absorbing. Medium porosity — scales are slightly raised. Hair absorbs and holds moisture without much effort. High porosity — scales are raised or damaged. Water goes in fast and leaves just as fast, so hair dries quickly and frizzes. Porosity is partly genetic and partly earned. Bleaching, permanent colour and repeated heat all lift the cuticle, which is why porosity usually rises over time rather than falling. How to test your hair porosity High porosity: seal it Morfose Argan Hair Mask for Dry, Damaged Hair, 16.90 Fl ozMorfose Barcelino Hair Oil, 12 Oils for Dry Hair, 5.07 Fl oz The float test Take a clean, dry strand of shed hair — not one pulled from your head, since the root changes how it sits. Drop it into a glass of room-temperature water and leave it for four minutes. Floats on top → low porosity Sinks slowly to the middle → medium porosity Sinks to the bottom → high porosity The test only works on clean hair. Silicone or oil residue makes any strand float, which is why people who use a lot of serum often mis-read themselves as low porosity. The two checks that are more reliable than the float test Drying time. Hair that takes a long time to air-dry is usually low porosity — water struggles to get out because it struggled to get in. Hair that is dry within an hour is usually high porosity. The spray test. Mist a small section with water. If the droplets sit on the surface as beads, porosity is low. If they vanish almost immediately, porosity is high. What to use for low porosity hair The problem is getting moisture in, not keeping it. Heavy butters and thick creams sit on the surface and cause build-up. Use lightweight, water-based products and apply them to damp, warm hair — warmth lifts the cuticle slightly and helps absorption. A spray leave-in works better here than a cream. The Keratin Leave-In Conditioner Spray is water-first (Aqua) with hydrolyzed keratin and light silicones, so it distributes without coating heavily. Skip oil as a pre-shampoo treatment on low porosity hair. It will not penetrate, and it makes the next wash harder. What to use for medium porosity hair The easiest type to care for. Regular conditioning is enough, and the main risk is over-treating. Protein-heavy products used too often can stiffen medium porosity hair that did not need repairing in the first place. A mask once a week is usually sufficient. Watch for the point where hair starts to feel coated rather than soft — that is the signal to space treatments out. What to use for high porosity hair Moisture gets in easily and escapes just as fast, so the job is sealing. That means heavier conditioners, and a sealing step after them. Start with a rich mask. The Argan Hair Mask combines fatty alcohols (cetyl and stearyl alcohol) with argan kernel oil and behentrimonium methosulfate — a conditioning base built to stay on the hair rather than rinse straight off. Then seal. For sealing, choose a real plant-oil blend over a silicone serum: the Barcelino Hair Oil is made of sunflower, castor, olive, hazelnut, sesame, black seed and coconut oils with no silicone in the list, so it works as an actual sealing layer rather than a surface shine. If your porosity rose because of bleaching, the toning and aftercare steps matter as much as the conditioning — we covered that in how to use hair toner at home. Frequently asked questions How do I test hair porosity at home? Drop a clean, dry shed strand into a glass of room-temperature water and wait four minutes. Floating means low porosity, sinking to the middle means medium, sinking to the bottom means high. The strand must be free of product or the result is wrong. Can hair porosity change? Yes, and it usually rises rather than falls. Bleach, permanent colour and heat styling lift the cuticle permanently. You cannot lower porosity, but conditioning and sealing make high porosity hair behave closer to medium. Is high porosity hair damaged hair? Not always. Some hair is naturally high porosity, particularly tightly coiled hair. But porosity that increased after bleaching or heat is damage. Why does my conditioner make my hair greasy? That is the classic low porosity signal. The cuticle is lying flat, so the product cannot absorb and sits on the surface instead. Switch to a lighter, water-based leave-in and apply it to damp hair. Should I use protein or moisture for my porosity type? High porosity hair generally benefits from both — protein to fill gaps in the cuticle, moisture and oil to seal. Low porosity hair rarely needs protein and is easily over-loaded by it; focus on lightweight moisture instead. Match the product to your porosity High porosity: mask plus an oil to seal. Low porosity: a leave-in spray instead of a heavy mask, so it absorbs rather than sits on top. Morfose Argan Hair Mask for Dry, Damaged Hair, 16.90 Fl ozMorfose Barcelino Hair Oil, 12 Oils for Dry Hair, 5.07 Fl ozMorfose Keratin Leave-In Conditioner Spray, Detangler, 13.53 Fl ozMorfose Bond Repair Treatment for Bleached Hair, 5.07 Fl oz See all conditioners & masks →

Shop Ossion beard care Trimming is half of it. What keeps a trimmed beard soft instead of bristly is what you put on it afterwards. Morfose Ossion Beard Oil for Men, Softens Coarse Growth & Calms Itch, 0.68 Fl ozMorfose Ossion Beard Balm for Shape & Control, 1.7 Fl ozMorfose Ossion Beard Serum for Men, Split Ends & Breakage Care, 1.7 Fl ozMorfose Ossion Beard Shampoo Wash for Men, 3.38 Fl oz See all beard care → Most bad beard trims do not come from a bad tool. They come from cutting the neckline too high, chasing symmetry from one side to the other, or trimming while the beard is wet. This guide covers the order that keeps those three mistakes from happening. Before you start: dry beard, clean beard Trim dry, not wet. Wet hair stretches, so a beard that looks even while damp will sit shorter and patchier once it dries. Wash and dry first, then cut. Washing matters more than people expect. Beard hair sits on facial skin that produces sebum, and product build-up makes hair clump, which hides the real shape you are cutting into. A dedicated beard wash such as Ossion Beard Shampoo Wash is milder than regular shampoo on facial skin. What you actually need Beard trimmer with adjustable guards Small scissors for stray hairs A comb Good, even lighting — side lighting hides asymmetry Step 1: Comb the beard down and out The two to start with Morfose Ossion Beard Oil for Men, Softens Coarse Growth & Calms Itch, 0.68 Fl ozMorfose Ossion Beard Balm for Shape & Control, 1.7 Fl oz Comb everything in the direction it grows, then straight down. This pulls the hairs to full length so you cut the real length rather than the natural curl. Curly beards especially need this — uncombed, they read shorter than they are. Step 2: Take the length down in stages Start with a guard longer than your target. You can always take more off; you cannot put it back. Move the trimmer against the grain in short passes, then comb and check. Cut the sides before the chin. The sides set the outline the rest of the beard follows, and they are where unevenness shows most. Step 3: Set the neckline (the step most people get wrong) The neckline is the single most common error. It should not follow your jawline — that leaves a floating beard with no connection to the neck. Find the point roughly two finger-widths above your Adam's apple. That is the centre of your neckline. From there, curve gently up towards a point just behind each earlobe. Everything below that curve gets shaved. Tilt your head back to check it, then bring your head level and check again. A neckline that looks right with your chin up is usually too high when your head is level. Step 4: Set the cheek line The cheek line is a matter of preference, but the safe version is to follow your natural growth and only clean up the stragglers above it. If you want a sharper line, draw an imaginary line from the corner of your sideburn to the corner of your mouth, and clear above it. Take less than you think. A cheek line that is too low makes the face look narrow. Shaving the neck and cheeks properly Both of those lines end in a shave, and this is where most irritation comes from. Dry-shaving the neck after trimming is the fastest route to razor burn and ingrown hairs, because neck skin is thinner and the hair there often grows in several directions at once. Use an actual shaving product rather than soap or conditioner. The Ossion Shaving Gel is water and glycerin based with sodium PCA and silica — glycerin and sodium PCA are humectants, which is what gives the razor slip instead of drag. Soap strips in the opposite direction and leaves the blade catching. Shave with the grain on the neck, not against it. Going against the grain gets you closer, but on the neck it is the main cause of ingrown hairs. About aftershave — what it actually does Worth being straight about this: the Ossion After Shave Colognes are exactly that — colognes. Every one of the six scents lists Alcohol Denat. as its first ingredient. That means they work as a scent and a quick antiseptic finish, and they will sting on freshly shaved skin. They are not moisturisers, and nothing on the ingredient list pretends otherwise. If your skin runs dry or reacts badly after shaving, apply a moisturiser first and use the cologne on the jaw and beard rather than the raw shaved area. Step 5: Shape and hold Trimming sets the length. Keeping the shape between trims is a separate job, and the product you use depends on what you actually need. Two Ossion products do different things, and the ingredient lists show exactly how: Ossion Beard Balm is built on Cera Alba (beeswax) with shea butter, argan and bitter almond oil. Beeswax is what gives it grip — this is the one for holding a shape and taming a beard that grows outward. Ossion Beard Serum leads with silicones (tetrasiloxane, dimethicone, dimethiconol) over almond and argan oil. Silicones coat the hair rather than hold it, so this one smooths and reduces the look of split ends. It will not hold a shape. If your beard is coarse and dry rather than unruly, Ossion Beard Oil sits between the two — softening without adding hold. For the difference between oil and conditioner, we covered that separately in beard oil vs beard conditioner. How often to trim For a short, defined beard: every one to two weeks. For a longer beard: every three to four weeks for length, but clean the neckline weekly — the neckline grows out faster than the beard reads as untidy. Frequently asked questions Should I trim my beard wet or dry? Dry. Wet beard hair stretches and sits shorter once it dries, so trimming wet almost always takes off more than you intended. Where exactly should the beard neckline be? About two finger-widths above your Adam's apple at the centre, curving up to a point just behind each earlobe. Following the jawline instead is the most common trimming mistake. Should I trim the sides or the chin first? Sides first. They set the outline the rest of the beard follows, and unevenness is most visible there. How do I fix a beard I trimmed too short? You cannot shorten the wait, but you can even it out. Trim the longer areas down to match the shortest point, keep the neckline and cheek line clean so it still looks deliberate, and let it grow back from an even base. Why does aftershave sting, and should it? Because most aftershave colognes are alcohol-based — Alcohol Denat. is the first ingredient in all six Ossion scents. The sting is the alcohol on skin you have just scraped with a blade, not a sign that it is working. If it bothers you, moisturise first and keep the cologne to the beard and jaw rather than the shaved neck. Do I need beard balm and beard serum, or just one? They solve different problems. Balm holds a shape because of its beeswax content; serum smooths and softens because it is silicone-based. Use balm if your beard will not stay put, serum if it looks frizzy or split at the ends. Finish the trim properly Shaving gel for the neckline you just cleaned up, oil or balm for the beard itself, beard shampoo so the trim keeps its shape between washes. Morfose Ossion Shaving Gel for Men, Salon Size, 33.81 Fl ozMorfose Ossion Beard Oil for Men, Softens Coarse Growth & Calms Itch, 0.68 Fl ozMorfose Ossion Beard Balm for Shape & Control, 1.7 Fl ozMorfose Ossion Beard Shampoo Wash for Men, 3.38 Fl oz See all beard care →