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Product Review: Philip Kingsley Elasticizer

BellaSugar — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:00:31 PDT

My hair is pretty thin, slightly dry, and definitely looking lackluster lately, so I've taken up to reading reviews on different strengthening and reparative deep conditioners. My best friend is a bleach blonde, and she's been raving about the Philip Kingsley Elasticizer for a few months now, so I borrowed hers so that we could compare notes.

There are a few things that make this conditioner different from others. It comes with a plastic cap so that the heat from the shower can work to activate the ingredients. Since it's highly concentrated, it spreads easily through your hair and leaves behind a lingering light, clean scent. Also, it contains SPF and is recommended for use once to twice a week (depending on the level of dryness of your hair).

It's easy to use. Just apply a generous amount to the roots and lengths of your hair, concentrating especially on your ends. Clip hair up and cover with the shower cap for ten minutes. Then rinse your hair thoroughly and shampoo and condition as usual.

I was really excited by the results. My hair felt softer, looked shinier, and was smoother - it looked like it chugged a can of Red Bull! My friend loves the way it brightens up her hair and takes away all of the yellow brassiness and even some of the frizz. The only downside is that unfortunately, the shower cap isn't re-usable. It got pretty gooey and even after I rinsed it out, it felt like there was a slimy film left over. Still, it delivered results, and at $5.50 for one treatment, I got my money's worth.

5 of Audrey Hepburn's Favorite Beauty Products

Jaime Richards — Wed, 04 May 2011 15:20:00 PDT

Poised and elegant, Audrey Hepburns's beauty regimen was actually quite unfussy. Audrey, who would have turned 82 this week, was known to use Estée Lauder products, and her signature look featured bold brows, separated lashes, and neutral-toned makeup. So celebrate Audrey's birthday in style by checking out a few of her favorite beauty products:

Safety pins: To create her signature doe-eyed look, her makeup artist, Alberto de Rossi, painstakingly separated each of her mascaraed lashes with a safety pin.
A once-private fragrance: Creed's Spring Flower ($130-$350) was originally made in 1951 specifically for Audrey Hepburn. A fruity floral, the scent became available to the public in 1996 and features notes of peach, melon, and apple at the top, rose and jasmine in the middle, and ambergris and musk at the base.
Her signature scent: Givenchy L'Interdit Eau de Toilette Spray ($84) was created in 1957 by Hubert de Givenchy for his muse Audrey Hepburn. It was released to the mainstream in the '60s, and is now formulated with Bulgarian rose, jasmine, pink pepper, orris, and tonka bean.
Go-to soap: Erno Laszlo Organic Sea Mud Soap ($40), which is 97 percent natural, was an Audrey favorite.
Styling product: After meeting Audrey in 1974, stylist Philip Kingsley wanted to create something that would help keep her overly styled hair looking great, and that's how Philip Kingsley Elasticizer Pre-Shampoo Treatment ($45) was born. She was such a fan, it's said she had tubs of it shipped to her regularly.

Stinky Strands: How to Get Rid of Smelly Summer Hair

Jaime Richards — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 03:05:31 PDT

Much as it stinks to say it, sometimes hair can smell not-so-fresh. "The more oily your hair, the more prone it is to picking up environmental pollutants, such as smoke, cooking odors, and other strong scents, that will make it smell," Glenn Lyons of the Philip Kingsley Trichological Clinic explained to the Daily Mail. And while the cause of smelly hair can be attributed to many factors - from actually having dirty hair to fungus infections to changes in hormone levels - there are a few ways you can get your hair smelling sweet this Summer. Find out various ways you can take the stench out of your strands when you read more.

3 Easy Ways to Spare Your Hair While Swimming

Jaime Richards — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 06:00:03 PDT

Swimming is fun, but the tangled, frizzed-out hair that can result is decidedly not. Chemicals in pool water can wreak havoc on your strands while salt water from the ocean has drying effects. There are a few things you can do to keep your summertime style from looking gnarly, dude. To find out more, just keep reading.