Going Red? Complement Your Shade With These Chic Color Combos


Updated 04/16/11 5:21 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

Drew Barrymore's Red Hair and the Best Clothing Colors For Redheads

Drew Barrymore is no stranger to setting trends with her hair — when she went ombré, tons of fashionistas followed suit — and after debuting her new red locks at a book launch party, I'm sure we're going to see more ladies going red soon. Other gorgeous redheads like Julianne Moore and Marie Claire's style and accessories director Taylor Tomasi Hill also serve up great inspiration for Read more

Which Redhead Do You Find Red Hot?


Updated 03/02/11 9:10 PM · Posted by TresSugar · 26 comments

Famous Men With Red Hair

Poor redheaded guys! Carrot Top gives them a bad name. But there are plenty — no, that's a lie; there are a handful of famous redheads who meet the hot quotient. I only came up with four, but that's because they're so rare: Prince Harry, Seth Green, Rupert Grint from Harry Potter, and Conan O'Brien. I have a clear favorite, but I won't inflict you with my bias. Vote for yours below. Read more

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

Seeing Red: Gingers Set a New Guinness Record


Updated 07/30/10 12:50 PM · Posted by BellaSugar · 5 comments

Redheads Set New Guinness World Record

From lightning-fast lipstick applications to the longest ear hair (yep, you read that right), when it comes to setting Guinness World Records, the topics at hand are practically limitless. Adding to the latest entry of the book of extremes is the Seattle suburb of Sammamish, where those with a variation of the MC1R gene flocked over the weekend. The mission? To assemble the largest gathering of Read more

How To Curl Your Hair Like Victoria From Twilight Eclipse


Updated 07/28/11 4:47 PM · Posted by BellaTV · 0 comments

How To Curl Your Hair Like Victoria From Twilight Saga 2010-06-23 18:39:12

Celebrity hairstylist Philip Carreon from Project Runway stops by BellaTV to show us how to get perfectly coiled curls as seen in the Twilight saga on Victoria the vampire. Get excited for the new Eclipse movie and channel your inner vampy vixen with this simple hairstyle. Check out our video for more tips from the expert! Read more

People Who Really Shouldn't Tan Are the Most Likely to Do It


Updated 04/30/10 10:35 AM · Posted by BellaSugar · 25 comments

Redheads and Pale Women Most Likely to Use Tanning Beds 2010-04-29 13:00:00

It's clearer than ever that tanning beds are dangerous and carcinogenic, but that apparently isn't stopping the people who are most vulnerable to skin cancer from using them — at least in the UK. The British Association of Dermatologists conducted a study and found that redheads and other pale, freckled people were the most likely to use tanning beds, even though they're at much, much higher Read more

Have You Ever Encountered Any Redhead Bullying?


Updated 05/19/10 6:56 PM · Posted by BellaSugar · 75 comments

Redheaded Girl Bullied Into Leaving School

For some redheaded (or "ginger") kids in the UK, where there's a virulent strain of prejudice against people of the flame-haired persuasion, going to school can be an awful experience. (Bullies, of course, will pick up on any arbitrary feature as a reason to taunt and torture.) Recently, one little girl in England was forced to leave school after receiving death threats from a bullying clique. Read more

Every Time Australians Drive and Talk, Two Redheads Get It On


Updated 04/07/10 6:26 PM · Posted by TresSugar · 8 comments

Australia's Don't Be a Dickhead Ad

This very real ad by the Australian government features two people in bed, then says, "Don't Be a Dickhead" by driving and talking on cell phones. I get it, I thought. The message is: you wouldn't talk or text while getting it on, so why would you do it while driving? Wrong. The ad says every time someone drives and talks or doesn't wear their seat belts (safety last!), two redheads (or Read more

Is "Ginger-ism" Growing in the United States?


Updated 11/27/09 9:09 PM · Posted by BellaSugar · 38 comments

Discrimination Against Redheads and Gingers 2009-11-25 04:00:08

If you've seen the South Park episode "Gingervitis," you know how Cartman feels about gingers, or fair-skinned, freckled redheads: they're less than human. While most people viewing the episode probably took it as, at best, a morality lesson about arbitrarily discriminating against others, and at worst a joke in poor taste (maybe both), it isn't so funny in real life. A group of students in Read more