Introducing R+Co & R+Co Bleu: Our Top 5 Reasons to Try Them and Our Top Picks for Pros

When it comes to hair care and styling products, we love innovative formulas that offer a range of benefits like heat protection, added shine, and hold. That's just one of the reasons we're thrilled to announce we've added R+Co to our Camera Ready Family! This innovative brand offers professional-grade and luxurious hair care and styling products in their two hair care lines: R+Co and Bleu.

In this blog, we'll break down our must-haves for pros from each line, discuss the difference between them, and will share more about why they're one of the hottest hair care lines worldwide!

Our Top 5 Reasons to Try R+Co Hair Care Products:

1. Their formulas are thoughtfully created by a team of industry-veterans, so you can trust they're designed to target the hair needs for both pros and beauty enthusiasts alike
2. The R+Co team focuses on creating products that include innovative ingredients and avoid harmful ones
3. Many of their best sellers are available in travel and kit-friendly sizes
4. Hair stylists around the globe trust them for photoshoots, big events, and on the runway
5. Their products deliver immediate results

R+Co is a collective of some of the most forward-thinking, rule-bending hairstylists in the business. Their team of editorial and salon stylists and educators have a combined century of hairdressing knowledge and experience.

They know that when it comes to hair care, it's about the entire experience. The packaging and fragrances were designed to enhance that experience and evoke a feeling, place, style or attitude. You’ll know just by looking at a bottle or tube what a product is meant to do, and the subtle yet sophisticated fragrances—meant for both men and women.

R+Co Bleu is the couture-caliber capsule collection from R+Co. Combining modernity and style with breakthrough innovations in formulation, sustainability and iconic packaging design, this new range brings glamour, sophistication, and unparalleled quality to daily hair care.

Editorial edge and salon styling merge in this groundbreaking range of consciously created, sustainably developed luxury hair care. R+Co Bleu is a best-in-class couture collection of essential products created for all hair types and textures. Informed by the R+Co collective’s decades of knowledge and know-how—an expert craft they continue to hone backstage, on set, and in the salon—it is dedicated to visionary beauty and timeless style.

Designed for salon professionals and their clients, R+Co Bleu harnesses leading-edge scientific innovation and proprietary technology to deliver transformative results. The line was created to empower clients and to foster community and shared knowledge among industry stylists. The professional-caliber line simplifies the process of selecting and using products, giving women and men the tools to confidently express their own individuality and style.

What Makes R+Co Bleu Unique from Other Hair Care

Each product contains the proprietary Blue Molecule Complex designed to build strength and shine, the qualities that are most important for healthy, luxurious hair. Micro-encapsulated sugar molecules gradually deliver active ingredients, treating the surface of the follicle and restoring the cuticle to its virgin state. As a result of best-in-class ingredient innovation, R+Co Bleu’s cleansing, treatment, and styling products leave hair in better condition better than it was before. It is an uncompromising, results-driven range, created for consumers who care for their hair with the same thought and dedication they devote to their skin.

Their award-winning line of haircare products feature unique ingredients and benefits designed to deliver immediate, high-performing results while keeping hair and scalp health at top-of-mind.

R+Co's award-winnning shampoo, conditioner, styling, and treatment products are:

• color-safe
• heat and UV protective
• vegan
• cruelty free
• gluten-free
• paraben free
• sulfate (SLS or SLES) free
• mineral oil-free
• petrolatum free

From superior ingredients to formulas created by award-winning Fekkai himself, it's easy to see why we're excited to offer his products to you! However, we wanted to give you a quick and easy way to see why we know you'll love his clean, sustainable, and scientifically-based lineup.

OUR TOP 5 R+CO Product Picks for Professionals

1. Death Valley Dry Shampoo- Instantly refresh and add body to your tresses with Death Valley Dry Shampoo. It easily absorbs extra oil and adds texture for an untamed look.

2. Moon Landing Anti-Humidity Spray- Nothing is more frustrating than having to touch-up a client's hair style in between shots than pesky flyaways and frizz. That's why we love Moon Landing Anti-Humidity Spray. This lightweight, aerosol spray controls frizz and absorbs instantly leaving a controlled satin finish and flexible hold. Tames flyaways and is designed to work in the toughest humidity. It repels moisturize to keep the style in place, so it's a perfect option for all forms of artistry and especially for brides.

3. Waterfall Moisture + Shine Lotion- If your client's perfect look calls for healthy, lustrous, and shiny hair, look no further than Waterfall Moisture + Shine Lotion. This creamy formula will leave hair glossy, soft and manageable without weighing it down. Perfect for fine to medium and extra-long hair.

4. Outer Space Flexible Hairspray- If you need a little extra hold with the ability to change up looks between shots, Outer Space Flexible Hairspray is for you. This hairspray is a must-have for stylists on set to easily change looks, layer and evolve styles. Formulated for all hair types.

5. Vicious Hairspray- For ultimate hold that can keep your style in place for 24 hours+, Viscious Hairspray is the perfect choice. It provides seriously strong hold that you can brush through without cracking or flaking - and style and re-style all night-long. To create a new style after spraying, simply rake your finger tips or brush through, style, and lightly spray again.  

If you're seeking extra luxurious products to add to your kit, we've curated our top R+Co Bleu products for you!

OUR TOP 3 R+CO BLEU Product Picks for Professionals

1. Smooth & Seal Blow Dry Mist- This fine blowdry mist strengthens, repairs, nourishes, and protects. Prevents thermal damage from hot tools up to 450 degrees F, helps provide lasting frizz defiance and seals the cuticle for silky, sleek, humidity-resistant hair.

2. Reflective Shine Hairspray- Unlike some hairsprays that provide a matte or satin finish, this styler provides mirror-like shine and lightweight hold adds instant glamour to any style. Brazilian Tucuma butter keeps hair soft and sleek for a flake-free hold.

3. Lifestyler Volume & Texture Spray- The ultimate style booster: Weightlessly add texture, pliability, lustrous body and movement. Use as a finishing touch or a refresher to restyle and revitalize hair without stiffness or residue, but with light, flexible hold.

Camera Ready Cosmetics was founded in 2003 by Makeup Artist Mary Erickson. She dreamed of having a pro makeup showroom where artists could play with professional products without the typical makeup store attitude.

Today, our team of beauty industry veterans work together to curate the best quality products on the market. We partner with brands who respect the industry and formulate products for true working artists. You won’t find CRC in high-end malls, and we don't wear matching brush belts.

If you want to play with products for a few hours and buy nothing, that's okay ... come in and play! Our store is your playground.