What is Philip B?
A range of shampoos, conditioners, oils and body washes that use natural ingredients such as herbs and plant extracts.
Is Philip B a real person?
Yes. His name is Philip Berkovitz (below) and he's a hairstylist from Los Angeles whose clients have included Nicole Kidman and Sharon Stone. He now makes his own line of natural hair-care products and body washes. He says his mother used to make products with simple ingredients from her kitchen, and this helped him in his quest for natural cure-alls to hair problems. He uses ingredients such as shea butter, peppermint, juniper berry, sage and cacoa (there's a chocolate body wash). He was in Hong Kong last week as part of an Asian tour to promote his products.
What does he say about hair?
That it's all about the scalp, and that people don't brush their hair enough to move the natural oils from the scalp up and back down the hair shaft. Because so many people chemically treat their hair, the roots get burnt and they need oil treatments to balance the condition of the scalp. 'Hair is dead and skin is alive,' Berkovitz says. 'Great hair comes from a great scalp.'