Easy Summer Hair Tips For Blondes


Updated 07/21/11 9:19 AM · Posted by · 4 comments

Easy Summer Hair Color Tips For Blond Hair

Do blondes have more fun? That's up for debate, but Cameron Diaz makes it seem that way. We're loving her bright, bouncy, blond hairstyle, so we caught up with her colorist Tracey Cunningham, Redken creative consultant for color. She's known as one of the best in the business, and if there's a hair color heating up, you can safely assume that she's on it. If you're a blonde — or are thinking Read more

20 Gorgeous Hair Color and Makeup Combinations For Spring


Updated 03/14/11 7:07 AM · Posted by · 7 comments

20 Gorgeous Hair Color and Makeup Combinations For Spring 2011

Most of us spend time thinking about our hair and makeup separately, but why not consider them together? Spring is just about here, and this year's hues are particularly bewitching, so I've assembled 20 lovely looks designed to bring out the best in your hair and eye color, and leave you looking fresh and flawless. Check them out and find your inspiration for the new season. Photo courtesy Greg Read more

5 of Our Favorite Beauty Features From the Ladies of Harry Potter


Updated 11/11/10 10:00 AM · Posted by BellaSugar · 0 comments

Beauty Characteristics of the Female Characters From Harry Potter

It's almost the end of the Harry Potter flicks, my friends. Or more accurately, the happily ever after. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I arrives in theaters on Nov. 19, so to gear up for the occasion, we'd like to pay tribute to the young women of Hogwarts — and Beauxbatons Academy of Magic, to be accurate. So here are five of the things we loved best about Hermione, Luna, Ginny, and Read more

Best of Bella: Sexy Dark Lips, Sparkly Golden Eyes, and More


Updated 10/03/10 6:05 AM · Posted by BellaSugar · 0 comments

How to Do a Sexy Dark Lip, How to Wear Gold Eyeliner, the Hottest New Nail Polish Colors For Fall 2010, and More

Do these celebrities look better as “Betty” or “Veronica”? You decide. Wear 24-karat eyeliner in two ways. Nail it with this season's coolest enamel colors. Guess who has a star tattoo. Follow these easy tips on applying daytime blush. Try this trendy ombré hair color for everyday wear. Do you know your novels vs. perfumes? Get in Read more

Purple Hairs: Toning Shampoos For Blondes


Updated 06/22/10 1:54 PM · Posted by BellaSugar · 4 comments

Blonde Hair Shampoo

Being a bottle blonde is not for the dumb — or lazy, for that matter. You have to maintain roots all the time, and then there's the ultimate enemy of all blondes: brassiness. But how does one fight the creeping orange, besides frequent trips to the salon and/or Walgreens hair dye aisle? Purple shampoo. More specifically, shampoo with violet leaf extract, which is a deep and slightly staining Read more

Trend Alert: Light Roots


Updated 03/20/10 7:00 AM · Posted by BellaSugar · 16 comments

Naturally Light-Haired Celebrities Who Dye Their Hair Dark

We're used to seeing dark roots on all the chemically assisted blondes in Hollywood, but lately things are going the other way — women with naturally light hair are going dark and showing off their much lighter roots as their hair grows out. Kristen Stewart, Lindsay Lohan, and Agyness Deyn are all sporting the look. It's an interesting reversal that's sure to garner mixed reactions. What do Read more

Love It or Hate It? Carey Mulligan's New Blond Locks


Updated 02/20/10 7:25 AM · Posted by BellaSugar · 10 comments

Picture of Carey Mulligan With Blond Hair

Perhaps you caught my slideshow of what's hot right now in hair color, in which celebrity colorist Johnny Ramirez described how he recently lightened Carey Mulligan's cropped pixie from a medium-toned red to a dark blond hue. On Friday, he paired up with Carey once again to create this much lighter shade, which we first got a glimpse of as she snuggled with boyfriend Shia LaBeouf on Valentine's Read more

Definition: Eumelanin


Updated 11/11/09 4:43 AM · Posted by BellaSugar · 5 comments

Eumelanin

Simply put, melanin is pigment, but there are two types of melanins that give hair color its own distinctive coloring. I already gave you the scoop on pheomelanin, the pigment that produces red and yellowish strands, so let's move on to eumelanin. As you might have guessed, eumelanin gives skin and hair black and brown coloring. Therefore, people with darker skin tones will have more of this Read more

Definition: Pheomelanin


Updated 12/05/09 12:45 AM · Posted by BellaSugar · 2 comments

Pheomelanin

Simply put, melanin is pigment, but there are two types of melanins that give hair and skin its distinctive coloring. Let's start with pheomelanin, which lends reddish tones to the body. While pheomelanin can be found in light- and dark-skinned people, females tend to have more of this type of pigment in their skin than men do. Hence, you'll often notice a slightly more pink or reddish quality Read more