Update your cut
05 Mar 2010 Leave a Comment
in Good Cut, Simple Cut Tags: Blunt Cut, Drastic Change, Hair, Hairlines, Medium Length Hair
“If you keep an outdated cut simply because you’re comfortable with it [yes, this is a thinly veiled Friends reference; there are still a few die-hards out there], you’re making a big mistake,” says Debbie Spaar, a hairstylist at the American hairlines Salon in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. But updating doesn’t have to involve a drastic change: Spaar’s advice: “Just lose the shaggy bits, so you’re left with a sleek—and ultrahip—bob. “New York City Salon owner Kim Lepine suggests an alternative—though equally happening—look: blunt-cut medium-length hair with slightly “grown-out-looking,” asymmetrical bangs. – Olivia Vale
How to pick the right hair colour (2 of 2)
28 Feb 2010 Leave a Comment
in Warmer Shade Tags: Blonde, Brassy Blonde, Hair, Hair Color, Natural Color, Right Shade, Semi-permanent Color, Skin Tone, Warmer shade
Good morning everyone. This is the second part of my article on how to choose the right color of your hair. Let me continue here . . . .
How to tell if you’d make a great blonde
A basic thumb rule is that people who had blonde hair as children have the right skin tone to be blonde adults.
The right shade of blonde
Brassy blonde colour or highlights on someone with a warm skin tone can be harsh. Opt for warmer shades instead. If you have brown hair and want to go blonde, you don’t want to go too light. Opt for contrast.
When to go red
Almost everyone can go red, what’s most important is finding the right shade to complement your skin colour. Women with a cool or pink skin tone pull off red best, according to Jennifer J, a stylist quoted in the February 2006 issue of Marie Claire.
How to hide that gray
Gray hair can be hard to colour because of its coarse texture. If your hair is less than one-thirds gray, opt for a semi-permanent colour that’s a shade lighter than your natural colour (or matches your colour). The gray will blend right in. Semi-permanent colour is less damaging than permanent colour.
Uh-oh, the colour’s all wrong
It is strongly suggested you seek out professional help if your dye job went wrong. Colouring over colour can be tricky and you don’t want to over-process your hair.
Don’t go extreme
At-home colouring is best for people looking to go a couple shades lighter or darker or to cover gray. If you have light brown hair, a dark blonde will look beautiful on you. For extreme changes, it’s best to seek out professional help. – The Times of India
Feed Your Hair
06 Dec 2009 Leave a Comment
in All-natural Hair Care Products, Appearance of the Hair, Caring Hair Root, Inadequate Diet, Non-living Keratinized Proteins, Poor Dietary Choices, Raw Food Nutrition, Rich Network of Capillaries Tags: Blood Poor Circulation, Blood Vessels, Body and Shine Hair., Capillaries, Chemical Treatments, Cold-pressed Oils, Cortex, Cuticle, Desirability, Diet, Dietary Choices, Dull Hair, Eating for Beauty, Fibrils, Food Nutrition, Fresh Fruits, Fresh Vegetables, Hair, Hair Appearance, Hair Care Products, Hair Central Core, Hair Follicles, Hair Health, Hair Root, Hair Scalp, Hair Shaft, Hair Strands, Healthy Bouncing Hair, Healthy Follicles, Keratinized Protein, Lean Proteins, Living Organism, Malnourish Hair Follicle, Medulla, Minute Strands, Mucus, Network of Capillaries, Nutrient-rich Foods, optimum Hair Health, outermost Layer, Sebaceous Glands, Sebum, Self-esteem, Stress, Tension, Tiptop Shape, Whole Grains, Youthfulness
If you are what you eat, what is your hair made of? If the answer is fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, lean proteins and cold-pressed oils, you’re already eating for optimum hair health.
Our perception of ourselves—our youthfulness, self-esteem and desirability—is greatly influenced by the appearance of our hair. To build esteem, we cut it, color it, curl it, straighten it, perm it and subject it to an array of chemical treatments. But to get to the root of caring for your hair, you have to start from the inside out.
Your tresses demand the very same care as every other part of your body: nutrition and nurturing. Food choices are vital to hair health, since hair is typically the first area of the body to benefit or suffer as a result of poor dietary choices.
Healthy hairs originate in healthy follicles nourished by a rich network of capillaries, the tiny vessels that bring blood to the tissues. Inadequate diet, in addition to poor circulation due to muscles tightened by stress and tension, can nutritionally shortchange the 100,000 strands that push their way through your scalp.
While the scalp is a living organism, hair is not. Comprised of non-living keratinized proteins, each hair shaft consists of three parts: The cuticle, or outermost layer; the cortex, minute strands called fibrils that form 80% of the hair shaft; and the medulla, or central core of the hair. Sebaceous glands at the scalp’s surface lubricate the firs inch or two of hair with an oily substance called sebum keeping the remainder of your locks in tiptop shape is up to you.
“Malnourishment of the hair follicle is primarily caused by the clogging of the fine capillaries with mucus from mucus-forming foods,” says David Wolfe, authority on raw food nutrition and author of “Eating for Beauty. If dull hair is weighing you down, introducing more nutrient-rich foods to you die, in addition to using supplements and all-natural hair care products, can bring back healthy bounce, body and shine. – Susan Weiner
Manageable Hair…
12 Sep 2009 Leave a Comment
in Glowing Hair, Healthier Hair, Manageable Hiar, Softer Hair, Ultra Hydrating, Unwanted Frizz Tags: : Biolage Hyydrating Systeme, Frizz, Glowing Hair, Hair, Healthy Luster, Hydrate, Rejuvinates
Hydrate your hair, the salon way.
Now the Biolage Hydrating Systeme offers a formula tailored to every hair type.
Hydrating
Nourishes normal to dry hair. Revives hair with a healthy dose of moisture. Rejuvenates body and bounce for softer, healthier and more manageable hair.
Ultra-Hydrating
Nourishes thick, coarse hair. Adds a potent shot of moisture and instant conditioning while controlling unwanted volume and frizz. Leaves hair glowing with a healthy luster.
Photo courtesy: alphabeauty
