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Hair Care Products: Splurge or Save?

Hair Care Products: Splurge or Save?

Uncertain times have come between you and your hairstylist, your hundred-dollar haircuts and treatments, not to mention your costly hair care products. Never fear. You’ll come out of this economic slump with your tresses looking good enough for a shampoo commercial. Style.com suggests, if you can’t go to your stylist, let your stylist come to you – in the form of hair care products that is. Here are Style.com’s recommended products from your favorite stylists. Splurge: Fekkai One Process Hair C…

Hairstyle Trends for Summer 2009

Hairstyle Trends for Summer 2009

With summer just around the corner, you simply must have the perfect hair to go with you perfectly trendy bikini. So without further ado, here are the hottest hairstyle trends for summer Long hair Straight hair will be a hot trend this summer, but it won’t be the sleek, super straight rods of the past few seasons. Instead, this trend will be a bit messy, sort of rocker chick. Apply a bit of hair shine spray to add gloss and glamour. You can also blow dry your hair then add a bit of wax, scrunch …

Experts Uncover Cause of Greyness

Experts Uncover Cause of Greyness

Do not blame your kids on your gray hair. They have got nothing to do with it. You are simply aging and the hydrogen peroxide in your hair is just building up. This is the conclusion of a study conducted by researchers at the University of Bradford in the United Kingdom.Hydrogen peroxide, catalase, and agingOur body naturally produces this powerful and versatile oxidant, which interferes with our melanin (or the pigment that gives color to our skin and hair). Our body also produces catalase, an …

Preparing Your Hair for Summer Needs

Preparing Your Hair for Summer Needs

Sunny days are almost here. And while you anticipate summer’s arrival with thoughts about the beach and breezy, laid back days, your hair probably isn’t. The summer heat can cause a lot of damage to your hair, so does salt water of the sea or chlorine-infused water of your pool. Check out the following items so you can better prepare for your hair’s summer needs. Start with cleaning your tresses with a gentle yet effective shampoo. Afterwards, apply conditioner to the mid-shaft and ends of you …

How to Choose a New Hairstyle

How to Choose a New Hairstyle

There are a number of factors that you have to consider before you get a new haircut: there is the size and shape of your face and your head, your hair type, your height and weight and your lifestyle. You might be thinking “all of this just for a hairstyle?” Maybe there is a lot to consider, but at the end of it all, you’ll be glad you did. Size and shape of your face and headAll hairstyle work with all face sizes. Case in point: Jennifer Aniston with her then chin-length cut. Sure, nearly every…

Hot Men's Hairstyles for 2009

Hot Men's Hairstyles for 2009

Unlike his prehistoric counterparts the modern man now knows how to take good care of his hair and has his own concept of stylish haircut. Expect a new age of men donning the coolest and most fashionable hairstyles in 2009. So what are the hottest men’s hairstyles for the year of 2009?The old is definitely the new in men’s hairstyle. Call it an old wine in a new bottle, 2009 will have men donning sophisticated and masculine retro hairstyles. But this doesn’t mean exposing your fascination for th…

Spring 2009's Hot Hair Trends

Spring 2009's Hot Hair Trends

Runway hair trendsIf the recently concluded international spring-summer 2009 runways were anything to go by (and they most likely, if not definitely, are), then we will be seeing a lot of ‘up’ hairstyles in 2009, at least during its first half. Most of the international runway shows featured chignons, ponytails and up-dos with headbands, as seen on Yves Saint Laurent’s and Jil Sander’s runway shows. Of course there were the staple long wavy locks, and sleek, straight hair, and messy ‘dos.Hollyw…

How to Find the Best Hair Care Products

How to Find the Best Hair Care Products

Taking good care of your hair means that you have to use the right hair care products. It’s important to know which products work for your hair because it saves you time, money and effort. Using the wrong haircare products are a waste of money because they do not provide good results, and worse, they may also damage your hair – and going to the salon for hair fixes costs a lot of money. Here’s how to determine which haircare products are right for you.ShampooShampoo is used to clean your hair an…

Hair Removal Methods

Hair Removal Methods

It is during adolescence that both women, and even men, begin to have the desire to remove the excess hair on their bodies. This seems to continue until the day we reach old age. We are often aiming to have the hair on our scalp as the only visible hair on our bodies. There are many options available if we want to remove unwanted hair, but among these, there are very few options to get rid of hair permanently. The choice of method should depend on effectiveness, time, skin-type, and the body par…

Hair Styles for Black Men

Hair Styles for Black Men

Hairstyling is a big challenge for many black men whose naturally coarse mane doesn’t seem to cooperate with the style they want. The good news is that you can find a way to don your tresses with sheer sophistication and complete style.Here are some urban hairstyles perfect for black men modeled by four of today’s most stylish black men. Choose from among these and you’ll be amazed how that mop can transform into an impressive coif in no time.The close shaveIf you want to get rid of your uncoope…