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Bella Brand: Hair Rules

BellaSugar — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:00:46 PDT

Longtime readers know that PopSugar has beautiful curly hair - perhaps you remember her advice for curly girlies? So when I found out about Hair Rules, a new collection of hair care, I knew who could help me try the products. What's cool is that the line is divided into styling products for kinky, curly, and wavy hair; it's not a one-curl-fits-all kind of thing. The products are meant to hydrate and protect textured hair without weighing it down or trying to straighten it out.

To find out whether it lives up to its promises,

Pop tried a few products from the line over a three-week period, so she has plenty of things to say. "The smell of the products alone is reason enough for me to buy them," she raves. "The citrus-pineapple-papaya-like smell is so fabulous to wake up with every morning. They use words like shea butter, coconut, jojoba, honey, ginger root, lemon, and gardenia so I'm not sure the best way to describe the scent - I will just call it heaven."

I'll let her take it from here:

Wavy Mousse
"This was my favorite product. I substituted it in my mousse routine and it made my hair smell great, feel softer, and have more-defined curls. It is more watery than a regular mousse. At first try, it felt like I had shampoo in my hair, but once I kept using it and got used to it, I loved it!"

Daily Cleansing Cream Moisture-Rich No-Suds Shampoo
"First I had to get used to a shampoo that doesn’t foam. I know it still works, but it's weird. That said, knowing I need as many moisturizing products as possible this is a great choice. Again, the smell is amazing."

Quench Deep Conditioner
"I might have a new favorite conditioner. Again, the smell is unbelievable and my hair felt really well moisturized after I used it. Some days I skipped the shampoo altogether, but I used the conditioner. It’s a medium thickness but goes on well."

Hair Rules: Too Cute or Too Much?

Annie Tomlin — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:19:12 PDT

It's not hard to make a charming commercial when your stars are unstoppably cute, curly-haired little girls. This new Hair Rules spot features four girls dancing, hopping around, and generally having a fantastic time. I'm loving their sass and confidence, but some of their dance moves are a little more (unintentionally) sexualized than others. The girls probably picked up the hip-gyrating from music videos, and lots of kids innocently mimic grown-up behaviors, but there's still something a little off-putting about seeing children move provocatively. Do you see it that way or is this just a fun video?

See Rihanna's Latest Hairstyle: Dreadlocks

Jessica Cruel — Fri, 25 May 2012 10:08:00 PDT

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5 Steps to Your Best Blowout Ever

Allure — Thu, 24 May 2012 06:05:00 PDT

We're happy to present this story from our friends at Allure:

It's not every day you get a lesson in blowouts from Alli Webb, founder of the Drybar blowout bars. Rule number one: If you've gotten your blowouts down to 10 minutes, you're doing something wrong. (Sorry!) Webb gave me the rundown on the other most common styling mistakes - and how to get the ultimate results. Get her advice when you read more.

Until Next Year - See the Fashion, Hot Couples, and Bold Beauty Trends From the Met Gala!

Katie Henry — Tue, 08 May 2012 23:55:47 PDT

Red carpet fashion and beauty coverage:

See your favorite stars, couples, and designers at the Met:

New Girl's Max Greenfield Talks Schmidt and Cece and Says True American Is a Real Game

Shannon Vestal — Tue, 01 May 2012 14:00:42 PDT

Max Greenfield plays Schmidt on New Girl, a character that has a tendency to be materialistic, inappropriate, shirtless at any given moment. He can also be a sweetheart, thanks to Greenfield's funny, careful portrayal of him. I recently chatted with Greenfield while he was promoting Zevia, an all natural soda with no artificial sweeteners. Zevia has launched a campaign against artificiality, and they chose Greenfield to work with since he's a person who says what's on his mind and, like Schmidt, isn't afraid to be real. With that in mind, Greenfield and I chatted about when Schmidt is being the most real, the relationship between Schmidt and Cece, the sexual tension between Nick and Jess, and how real the show's drinking game True American is.

BuzzSugar: When is Schmidt being the most real?
Max Greenfield: I honestly think he's never not being himself. And that's his best quality and his biggest fault. He's always being real. Sometimes it would be nice if he had a filter every so often.

Buzz: Do you feel pressure to work out because you know shirtless scenes are coming?
MG: Uh, would you? It's terrifying! I'm not one of these guys who's just like, "Yeah I'm ripped. I can eat whatever." I work out so hard. And I work out really hard to get to a decent point. But so easily I could go off and go on a three, four day bender where I'm just throwin' down cookies, bread, sandwiches, and at the end of four days, you're like, "Oh yeah, I can see a significant difference."

Buzz: You also have to wear stuff like tiny bike shorts; do you ever get resentful when you see your costars Jake Johnson and Lamorne Morris wearing jeans and t-shirts?
MG: I don't get resentful toward them. I get resentful every once in a while toward the writers, just because sometimes it's like, "Really, guys?" I'd just like to know this is happening. They're on set and they're watching it, they can see everything. They have seen everything. Our showrunners, and our crew, and everybody else, has seen everything.

To find out what else Greenfield had to say about New Girl, its budding relationships, and the confusing drinking game True American, just keep reading.

Fifty Shades of Grey, Fight Club, and the Complications of Male Dominance

The Good Men Project — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 02:00:55 PDT

We're happy to present this story from one of our favorite sites, The Good Men Project. Clarisse Thorn sees nothing new in eroticized images of male dominance and violence, but she sees plenty that's thought-provoking.

Much is being made of the highly successful S&M erotica novel 50 Shades of Grey. People are blaming feminism for making women into submissives, blaming feminism for preventing women from being submissives, blaming women for having sexual desires at all, and a whole lot of other boring and typical stuff that comes up in any conversation about women and S&M. News flash: it’s not the feminist revolution that is "causing" women to have fantasies of submission. S&M fantasies have been around since the beginning of time. (And the 1950s S&M-sensation book, The Story of O, was much better written than 50 Shades of Grey.)

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As an S&M writer, I hear a lot of allegations about how "all" (or "almost all") women are sexually submissive and how this must Mean Something. This is echoed in the coverage of 50 Shades of Grey, in which everyone is demanding to know What It All Means About Women. I wrote a piece a while back called Inherent Female Submission: The Wrong Question, in which I took on a lot of this stuff. But there’s another submerged question here - about men. There’s plenty of talk and stereotypes about how men are inherently violent, or more aggressive than women, or "the dominant sex."

Keep reading below.

4 Details to Look Forward to in Pixar's Brave

Kelly Schwarze — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 15:16:16 PDT

The magic of Pixar's Oscar-winning films is in their ability to take seemingly ordinary story lines about childhood toys or a garbage-collecting robot and transform them into emotional narratives about love and life. The studio's upcoming Summer film Brave is its first foray into the familiar coming-of-age tale, this one as told through the experiences of a defiant teenage girl. Pixar's first female lead, Merida, is a princess with an affinity for archery in ancient Scotland who refuses to give up her freedom by submitting to an arranged marriage and sets off to change her fate.

Though the movie isn't due for release until June 22, 2012, we caught an unfinished preview of the first 30 minutes of Brave, and there's a lot to get excited about in this Pixar period piece. Here's why the film is worth the wait:

Pixar Technical Wizardry - Brave demonstrates the studio's technical prowess at its best. Merida's gorgeous curls (seen in the above picture) are no easy feat of animation. There's a reason so few of your favorite animated characters have big, curly hair - it's very difficult to create on the computer. Over 111,000 individual curls were hand-drawn for Merida's mane, which was then digitally rendered as 1.8 million strands. Pixar then had to create a physics simulator to mathematically control how the waves move in the wind and exist within gravity.
The Art - Without verging into awkward moments of uncanny valley, Brave has moments of startling realism amid its fantasy story line. The overcast skies and moss-covered landscape of Scotland have been painstakingly studied, drawn, and shaded to create a setting worthy of this new legend. By the time filming wrapped, 111,394 storyboard drawings were created, a number that far exceeds the preproduction that went into most other Pixar films.

Keep reading how the film's great for gingers and view the official trailer after the break.

Gwyneth Paltrow's Fun, Fabulous Pre-Oscars Beauty Routine Revealed

Jaime Richards — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:17:01 PDT

When you head out for a night on the town, you might have your friends over beforehand, but chances are, Cameron Diaz is not among the bunch. If you're Gwyneth Paltrow and it's the Oscars, however, that's exactly how it will go down. (Who knew they were so close?) And as you might imagine, prepping for an event like the Oscars is no small feat. "Getting the dress, the jewelry, the hair and the makeup requires a lot of work from stylists and designers who prepare months in advance for the event," Gwyneth revealed on her website, GOOP.

For this year's Oscars, stylist Elizabeth Saltzman scored big in procuring Gwyneth's memorable white Tom Ford - complete with a classy cape. "Once we had the dress decided on that week [before the Oscars], everything else fell into place," Gwyneth said. See all the details on how it all came together behind the scenes when you read more.

5 Awesome Hair Secrets From Celebrity Stylists

Miriam Lacey — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 05:00:00 PDT

Celebrity stylists are the kind of hair helpers most of us can only dream about. Not only are these talents quick on their toes, but they are always coming up with new ways to make their clients look better. Luckily, your favorite stars' hair-y godparents are often nice enough to drop a little knowledge on the rest of us. Here, find five of the smartest tricks and tips revealed by the styling elite. Learn your lesson(s) now.