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Do You Backcomb Your Hair?
Back in my junior high years, backcombing was a very close personal friend of mine. How else was I to achieve claw bang perfection? Whether you call it teasing, ratting, or backbrushing, backcoming helps create volume, hide thin spots, and/or provides a base for updos.
How-To: Lo Bosworth's Teased Chignon
Yesterday at the Lauren Conrad LA Fashion Show her BFF and new roomie Lo Bosworth (also of The Hills) styled her hair in a chic, teased chignon. The teasing gives height to the crown and sides of her head (which gives symmetry and balance to an oval face). To learn how to re-create this fashion-forward look at home, just follow my directions.
How-To: Teasing Your Hair
Big hair is back! And since the glossary post about hair teasing turned out to be so popular, I thought I'd create a little do-it-yourself guide so you can see just how easy it is to create some volume at your crown.
For step-by-step instructions, read more
Definition: Tease
Get your mind out of the gutter! This week's glossary term has nothing do with nooky and everything to do with hair. Teasing, also known as back-combing or ratting, is a process that involves taking sections of the crown of the hair and combing it from underneath.
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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.
Tuesday Giveaway! Bare Escentuals Big Tease Mascara
All month long, we're pairing with Sephora to bring you daily giveaways—all featuring Bare Escentuals products!
Today's giveaway is for Bare Escentuals Big Tease Mascara. Remember back when hair was teased a mile high?
Witchy Makeup Ideas: Teen Witch
Have you seen Teen Witch? If not, I suggest you do so, merely to see the fabulous rap scene of teenage angst circa 1989. The flick stars Blake Lively's older sister Robyn Lively as Louise Miller, a teenage descendant of witches from Salem.
Gorgeously Retro: How to Look Like Samantha in Bewitched
Watching Bewitched on Saturday afternoons was a childhood ritual for me, and I dreamed of being as gorgeous and funny as Elizabeth Montgomery. Sam is still my favorite witch of all time, and if pressed, I might admit to a small crush on poor, sweet, OCD Darren (original Darren, of course, not the second one). But what's even more classic about the show is Sam's gorgeous hair and makeup, which I think is totally timeless.
Reader Review of the Day: Philosophy Field of Flowers Shower Gel
I have been known to tease loved ones about their use of granny perfumes, since, right out of the bottle at least, I can't imagine wearing most of them. So this review of Philosophy Field of Flowers Shower Gel ($16) was really interesting. Reader hippiecowgirl says:
"I found this product in my mom's bathroom when I was visiting and decided to check it out.
How-To: Mila Kunis's Simply Sexy Ponytail at the 2009 Emmys
Who says you have to spend lots of dough to get a young Hollywood hairstyle? Tresemmé Celebrity Stylist Mara Roszak sure didn't. Roszak, who styled Mila Kunis's hair for the Emmys last night, used only three Tresemmé products — totaling just under $13 — to achieve the simply sexy ponytail the young actress wore on the red carpet.
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