So You Want to Amp Up Your Red Hair? One Easy Way to Do It


Updated 11/10/10 11:18 AM · Posted by · 3 comments

How to Make Red Hair Color Look More Bold

He famously took Lady Gaga from blond to silvery-gray for the September cover of Vanity Fair, and now celebrity colorist Johnathan Gale is giving us his tips on amping up our own hair color. He's already talked about how blondes can spice things up, so let's see what he has to say about redheads. For a quick and easy way to perk your reddish tones right up, just read more. Read more

Colorist Marie Robinson Talks Fall's Hottest Trends and More


Updated 10/12/10 7:00 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Fall 2010 Hair Trends

Not only is Marie Robinson the color director for Clairol and colorist to stars like Anne Hathaway and Rachel McAdams, but she's also owner of the posh Marie Robinson Salon in NYC. Since last week, Marie's been sharing her advice with us on doing color right, from her at-home coloring essentials to selecting box color, but for the final installment of this series, Marie's talking Fall trends. To Read more

Colorist Marie Robinson on Getting the Best DIY Hair Color Results


Updated 10/13/10 5:08 PM · Posted by · 4 comments

Tips For Coloring Your Hair at Home

What's so cool about celebrity colorist Marie Robinson is the fact that even though she runs an upscale establishment, Marie Robinson Salon in New York, and works with clients like Sarah Jessica Parker and Rachel McAdams, she's still down with talking about DIY box color. I call that instant cred. I recently chatted with Marie, Clairol's color director, about how we can get the best results while Read more

Eyebrow Beauty: Choosing the Right Shade For Brunettes


Updated 07/03/10 9:50 AM · Posted by BellaSugar · 5 comments

How to Choose an Eyebrow Color If You're Brunette

When it comes to makeup, nothing finishes off your look quite like some well-groomed brows. We already know that blondes should go a shade or two darker when shaping and filling in their brows, but what about brunettes? Generally speaking, brown-haired women look best using a product in a shade or two lighter than their hair color. This way, the brows won't look too heavy or unnatural, and the Read more

Get Anne Hathaway's Caramel-Accented Hair


Updated 05/21/10 6:00 AM · Posted by BellaSugar · 0 comments

How to Get Anne Hathaway's Hair Color

If you're looking to do something different to your hair color but don't want to spend a lot of money, colorist to the stars Marie Robinson has some advice. A few weeks ago, Anne Hathaway requested shades of gold and caramel to help add dimension to her brown color, and you can achieve a similar look yourself. Marie went to work applying a semi-permanent color, as she notes, Anne "doesn't have Read more

Why Isn't There a Name For Black-Haired Beauties?


Updated 08/29/10 3:32 PM · Posted by BellaSugar · 37 comments

Why Isn't There a Name For Black-Haired Beauties?

People with blond hair are called blondes. The same goes for brown-haired beauties, who are known as brunettes. If you have red hair, you're known as a redhead — whether it's copper, auburn, strawberry, or colored with reddish-violet undertones. Easy. But when it comes to those with raven locks, why isn't there an official name designated for those with the darkest strands? Is it simply that 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

How to Choose Eyeglasses by Your Hair Color


Updated 10/28/09 6:27 PM · Posted by BellaSugar · 4 comments

How to Choose Eyeglasses by Your Hair Color

Recently, I made my yearly — OK, it's been more than a year — trip to the eye doctor. I've worn glasses for about 14 years now, and from one "trendy" frame to another, I've had lots of different looks. Since some were good, and others I'd prefer to forget, that was the inspiration behind this series of posts on choosing eyeglass frames. Since we've already looked at face shape, eye color, and Read more

Hair Color How-Tos: Keeping Browns Beautiful


Updated 06/10/09 1:02 PM · Posted by BellaSugar · 10 comments

How To Keep Brown Hair From Fading

All this week I'm giving tips on how to keep hair color looking full of life. I've got you covered already, redheads, and brunettes, you're up next. Whether you're a light toffee shade or a bold espresso, brunettes have lots of options. Besides the obvious color-keeping strategies of using a color-safe shampoo like Matrix Biolage Color Care Shampoo ($17) and Matrix Biolage Color Care Read more