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This shared recognition celebrates the strength of industry collaboration in advancing professional mobility.
A new haircare and color line, packed with beneficial ingredients, has come to Cosmo Prof! See what LeaLuo has to offer.


Built on inclusivity, genderless expression, and colors to make your TikTok feed jealous, LeaLuo is the latest beauty brand to hit Cosmo Prof retail stores. The brand has launched both in-store and online with the brand name (Lea) standing for being aware and caring, and (Luo) the fierce will to express yourself.
The wide product range includes quality hair care and color products for all salon needs. Using recycled packaging and PETA approved, all of LeaLuo’s products are made with transformative ingredients such as tiger grass and cannabis seed oil.
Cosmo Prof Artistic Team Member and Master Barber Keon Washington (@keonthebarber) is particularly excited about LeaLuo’s Galaxy Paint Hair Masks. “After using the LeaLuo product line for a big color transformation recently on a client, I can say that I am permanently sold on this line,” he says. “There’s no doubt this will be one of my go-to color lines moving forward.”
Get the details of each new product in the line below.

Keep your head in the cosmic clouds. This is a vibrant pick-me-up direct dye for the shower routine or easy client transformation. Galaxy Paint is a colorful range of 8 semi-permanent hair masks that will bring intense color to the hair, lasting for up to 15 washes. Each Galaxy Paint contains active ingredients such as tiger grass, upcycled ingredients from pomelo, peach flower and olives, as well as a specific ingredient uniquely matched to the individual color.
Washington loves Galaxy Paint for its high vibrancy, perfect consistency, and beneficial ingredients. “These shades are extremely vibrant and stay true to the color on the box,” he adds. “They’re even more vivid in person. My absolute favorites are the Mars Red and Stellar Yellow.”
The secret is that this series contains the dynamic duo of wheat protein and cannabis seed oil. The wheat protein actively works to bring the moisture from both of the brand’s star ingredients, into the core of the hair shaft. The ingredients boost up the conditioning effect in all layers of the shaft.

This soothing, hypoallergenic series plays on the scalp by being fully boosted with the soothing ingredients green tea and lime. These two ingredients have a humectant and conditioning effect and are also antioxidative. In addition, tiger grass and its anti-inflammatory properties help calm the scalp. Piroctone Olamine is added to counteract itching and dandruff.

That great volume is all thanks to a protein complex from kale, carrot, and lemon. The vegetable protein complex effectively creates texture and liveliness while adding shine.

This unforgiving duo gets rid of unwanted brassy, yellow tones with the violet pigment Acid Violet 43 and blue pigment Basic Blue 99. At the same time, it won’t leave the hair dry or stripped. Thanks to the active ingredient grape extract, you’ll get more than just a cool tone as it will leave the hair soft and moisturized.

This hair mask is deeply moisturizing thanks to argan, Abyssinia and apple oil. It repairs damaged hair and adds amazing shine. This mask is perfect for chemically treated hair and split ends and is packed with additional vegetable proteins to further repair damaged hair. Tiger grass and cannabis seed oil help to moisturize the scalp, while the upcycled ingredients from peach, pomelo and olives add shine to the hair.

This weightless hair mask is a light and creamy mask that weightlessly moisturizes and strengthens all hair types with coconut oil and avocado oil. But this mask doesn’t only focus on the moisture; it also builds volume using vegetable protein from kale, carrot, and lemon, leaving the hair feeling rehydrated without weighing it down.

This shared recognition celebrates the strength of industry collaboration in advancing professional mobility.

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