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Airplane-Approved Hair Tricks from Louis Licari
Who knew? Hair colorist Louis Licari has a blog! Although he has high-profile celebrity clients such as Susan Sarandon, his down-to-earth blog has a lot of surprisingly easy suggestions for low-maintenance women, too.
Coming Soon: Kérastase Ciment Thermique
If you're already a fan of Kérastase shampoos and conditioners, you'll be excited about the line's forthcoming styling product. Ciment Thermique, debuting in October, is a heat-activated "reconstructor" styling product. Meant for weak, fine and aging hair, it promises to leave hair shiny, smooth and stronger.
Coming Soon: Lush Styling Products
Lush, the British beauty brand known for its handmade cosmetics, is branching out with a new hair care range. While it's had shampoo and conditioner for years, this soon-to-launch line of products focuses on styling.
Lush has created three vegan styling gels, all of which have cheeky names.
New Product Alert: Yarok Green with Envy Shampoo and Conditioner
Mordechai Alvow is an editorial stylist, which is a simple way of saying that he creates the unbelievably beautiful hairstyles you see in magazines such as Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Allure and Vogue. He's also created looks for Alexander McQueen, Anna Sui and Yohji Yamamoto. Yet despite his background in high-profile, edgy styles, his eco-friendly product line, Yarok, would get the thumbs-up from the biggest earth child you can imagine.
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Bella Bargain: Buy One, Get One Free at Miss Jessie's
Just in time for gift-giving season, Miss Jessie's hair care is offering an amazing deal: buy one item, get another free. The product line offers styling solutions for curly, kinky, and wavy hair, including the cult-favorite Curly Pudding. Through Dec.
Relaxed vs. Natural Hair vs. Weaves vs. Dreads
Here are highlights from OnSugar blog Krissy's One Stop Beauty Spot.
Women, especially black women, have the ability to change hairstyles like underwear. I support you ladies no matter what you do — just do it right and take care of your hair. For the most part we all practice the same principles when it comes to proper hair care (co-washing, ACV rinse, trims, deep conditioning, etc.). I'm always willing to help people with hair questions and concerns, or at least point them in the right direction. I know plenty of people in that area.
Where I stand on a lot of hair issues:
- I'm anti kiddie perms and kiddie dreadlocks on children if they're at an age where they can't make that choice for themselves (unless, of course, it's part of your religion).
Cancer Patients Can Look Good, Feel Better
Cancer treatments are often accompanied by unpleasant changes in hair, nails, and/or skin, and that's why over the past 20 years, Look Good . . .
Doing Drugstore: Palmer's Dark Chocolate Peppermint Lip Butter
I have a hard time going into Walgreens without picking up some sort of lip thing or other, and my initial purchase of Palmer's lip butter ($2) was no exception. I've always loved Palmer's cocoa butter — my dear mama swears by the stuff, and even sometimes sends me care packages with sticks of it — but I've only used it as a hair and elbow/knee moisturizer.
I assumed anything made with cocoa butter would be creamy and need a little heat to deliquesce, so I was pleasantly surprised by the lip butter's moist, gel texture (I think the result of added vitamin E).
Beauty Byte: Self's 2007 Healthy Beauty Awards
Self magazine just announced the winners of its 2007 Healthy Beauty Awards, which recognize skin-care, makeup, and hair products that are both good and good for you. I love lists like this, because they always give me ideas about new products to try (as if I needed more, but whatever).
The Self awards are a great mix of drugstore treasures and high-end brands.
Overcome the Woes of Winter Hair and Skin
During the winter months our skin gets flaky and dry, our hair becomes more brittle, and because our nails aren't exposed to as much vitamin D from the sun as they are in the summer, they tend to weaken and grow more slowly. So before the temperature plunges below zero and any moisture that's left gets sucked right out of you, take a moment to read about a few simple ways to ensure that your hair and body stay healthy all winter long.
- Pamper your senses in the shower Showers are your special time to breathe in the stimulating aromas from a shampoo, body scrub, or soap.
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