The hand held hair dryers we now take for granted were not that long ago, unimagined by women confined to bonnet hair dryers. Such powerful tools for exacting the most precise hair styling effects for all hair types did not exist in most minds of the times. And surely, even a subpar blow dryer is…
Going back in time, hairstyles have been a major component of fashion, and considered to be important contributions to the particular lifestyles of each age. Typical trends in hairstyles originate with celebrities and prominent figures, and spread from there on out. Breaking the time periods down into decades, a new prevalence of “conforming to a…
Don’t believe all of the advertising claims. While it is true that what products you use to clean and style your hair have bearing upon how healthy it will be, you don’t have to spend a lot of money in order to get all that slow-mo shine and bounce depicted in the carefully coiffed tresses…
We’re experiencing a golden age of hair color. Everything from rainbow pastel hair to gorgeous mermaid hair are popping up not just in shopping malls but on high fashion runways. No color or style is out of bounds, and people of all types are finding ways to express themselves through hair color — not just…
There are a zillion types of hair and hairstyles, so how are you to know which brush is right for YOUR hair? Brushes have been around since the beginning of time and since first introduced, have come a very long way! With the advances in “brush technology”, professionals have figured out what brush works best…
Skin is THE one thing that people always think of protecting when going out into the summer sun, but hair, being the closest area on the body to the sun, can get really damaged without proper protection. Leave it In! Of course, there is the always awesome leave in conditioner, but not everyone is crazy…
With all of the processes, gadgets and devices available for straightening hair that are available today, it may come as a bit of a surprise that it wasn’t all that long ago, where a desperate generation of curly and kinky headed folks would resort to some pretty drastic hair straightening measures, at the time advertised…
Since the dawn of time, women have sought ways to decorate themselves, and the most likely place to begin has typically been with the hair. In the Stone Age, the accessories of the day were bones, and then over time, they became more refined and artistic and finally decorative. Hair accessories have a way of…
Everyone has heard the old (tired, but true) expression: “The grass always looks greener on the other side of the fence,” and the reason for its lasting use is how it applies to so many other elements of life. It most definitely has always applied to the hair that people were born with. Women born…
We are always on the quest for finding ways to reinvent ourselves in newer, fresher styles that give us a renewed sense of satisfaction. Some of these efforts are more long term goals that are certainly worthwhile, but the length of time involved in reaching them can leave anyone feeling a slump, here and there….