L'Oréal Debuts Ammonia-Free Permanent Hair Dye


Updated 08/07/11 9:46 AM · Posted by BellaSugar · 6 comments

L'Oreal Ammonia-Free Permanent Dye Goes From Drugstore to Salon

L'Oréal's new INOA (Innovation No Ammonia) permanent dye is debuting to a lot of fanfare, since ammonia is not only damaging to your hair shaft, but it's bad for your health as well. Only thing is, ammonia-free permanent colors have existed for years already — they just never caught on in most salons. And L'Oreal's even put out an ammonia-free permanent color before: Natural Match, which was Read more

Everything You Need to Know About Dying Your Hair Darker


Updated 04/11/12 2:07 PM · Posted by BellaSugar · 3 comments

How to Dye Your Hair Darker

Hair colorist Jennifer J. has dyed the hair of actresses like Kristen Stewart for Twilight and Lily Collins for Mirror Mirror, so she knows what it takes to make a drastic change. From choosing the right shade to keeping your roots in check, see Jennifer's essential tips to darken your hair to the deepest depths on the color wheel when you read more Read more

Why Pink Slime Is About More Than Burgers


Updated 03/15/12 8:23 AM · Posted by · 2 comments

How to Avoid Pink Slime in Burgers

We are excited to share one of our fave stories from Shape here on FitSugar. Yes, pink slime is gross. No one wants to think about anything being in their burger except actual meat. But the huge controversy may be about more than just pink slime. The biggest concern with pink slime is that we're buying (or eating) a product and we don't exactly know what it's made of, says Prescott Frost, a Read more

31 Days of Spring Cleaning: Clean Your Cell Phone


Updated 03/03/12 11:35 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

How to Properly Clean Your Smartphone

Neglecting to clean your cell phone is a nasty tech habit to break this year. Cell phones have been proven to carry bacteria, germs, even feces. Yes, feces. If there's one new routine to create for yourself this Spring, it's keeping that smartphone shiny and clean. Your health will thank you. Check out a few of our tech-friendly tips to clean that gadget, below. Cleaning your touch screen Read more

Love Your Laptop: 8 Tips For Keeping it Healthy and Happy


Updated 02/16/12 1:24 PM · Posted by · 3 comments

How to Care For Your Laptop

Valentine's Day doesn't just have to be about giving affection to your significant other. It can be about showing your appreciation for the people and things that make your life awesome. Take your laptop, for example. Your window to the vast Internet, your laptop works really hard for you without asking much in return. Give your laptop a little TLC this Valentine's Day with these tips that will Read more

Nutrition Myths That Can Cause Weight Gain


Updated 12/08/11 12:27 PM · Posted by · 8 comments

Reasons People Gain Weight

We are excited to share one of our fave stories from Shape here on FitSugar. Myth: Going Vegan Will Make You Lose Weight "While various research shows that vegetarians and vegans, on average, consume fewer calories and less fat than omnivores (a 2009 Oxford study found that vegetarians weigh 3 to 20 percent less than their meat-eating counterparts, and a National Cancer Institute study found Read more

Celebrity Colorist Johnathan Gale Goes Nutty For Hair Care


Updated 03/25/11 4:25 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Celebrity Colorist Johnathan Gale Launches Hair Care

Colorist Johnathan Gale has worked with stars from Kirsten Dunst to Lady Gaga, and unsurprisingly, he knows hair color. (We love his tips for red hair.) While most of us can't score an appointment with him, he's happy to make house calls in the form of his new hair care line, Couture Color. The collection's star ingredient is the Brazilian pequi nut, whose oil is used in every product. Nine Read more

Spring Clean Your Computer on the Outside


Updated 03/17/11 8:26 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

How to Clean Your Computer

You've cleaned the inside of your computer in honor of Spring, now it's time to clean up the outside. Keyboards attract grime, monitors attract dust, and toting and using a laptop can make it dirty, fast. Here, a few dos and don'ts to keep in mind while cleaning your computer: Do make sure your computer is turned off before you attempt to clean it. Don't use typical household cleaners for your Read more

Bella Donna: Jean Harlow


Updated 03/03/11 5:10 PM · Posted by BellaSugar · 4 comments

Beauty Biography of Jean Harlow

Born Harlean Harlow Carpenter, Jean Harlow will forever be known as the original platinum blonde. In fact, so popular was her flaxen hair, women of the '30s rushed to lighten their own locks in droves. While Jean apparently denied that she had her hair colored, word is that Max Factor was responsible for bleaching her hair to her signature shade. It's also been said that a harsh mixture of Read more