What’s your beauty resolution for the New Year? Is it to switch up your makeup routine, or maybe trying out a new hairstyle. Personally, I’m always on a quest to achieve picture-perfect hair. It may sound unattainable but believe it or not, it’s is just a matter of finding the right products for to use. I think I may have finally perfected my hair styling routine and want to let you in on some of the best hair care and styling products that I’ve discovered. If you have hair that tends to be frizzy, brittle or dry, I highly recommend Redken All Soft Shampoo & Conditioner....  Read More..

The cool, dry fall weather is perfect for donning chic riding boots and layering yourself in chunky knits and leather jackets. However, the weather is not always so friendly to your hair. Just as the summer heat adds extra oil to your hair and scalp, the fall and winter chill quickly dry them out. So I’m always on the hunt for that perfect moisturizer to add to my hair, to give it shine without weighing it down. Enter Beautiful Curls by Alaffia – Shea Butter Curl Oils. It’s a line of two-in-one hair oils made from moisturizing, fair-trade shea butter and other botanicals like...  Read More..

The current weather situation calls for 100% chance of frizziness (aka – a bad hair day), which is definitely not fashionista-friendly. So what’s a beauty girl to do? Pin your hair up with one of these cute and stylish Jumbo Hair Clips by Adia Kibur! The jewelry maven brings her eye for designing statement pieces now to hair accessories and we love this oversized take on the standard hair clip. With this set of two, 6″ long oversized hair clips, pull your bangs back or your sides up with ease, as these large gold, silver or black hair clips make a perfectly functional hair accessory....  Read More..

This week in fashion and beauty: Missoni for Target shoppers crash Target.com website within hours of the sale going live (Fashionista) Top 20 looks from Fashion Week including acid-washed, acid-brights, Hawaiian prints and picnic-meets-punk (Refinery 29) Kanye West hires London-based designer Katie Eary as one of the creative leads for his line that will show during Paris Fashion Week. (Vogue UK) Daphne Guinness wore Hogan McLaughlin to, (and was very, very nervous at) the opening of her exhibition of clothing and films at FIT Exhibit (NY Mag) Kendall Jenner walks the runway at the Sherri...  Read More..

For spring 2012, fashion house Timo Weiland took us on a trip to the beaches of Hawaii with Weiland and Alan Eckstein‘s surfer girl and guy inspired looks. “It’s Basquiat goes to Hawaii, goes surfing, and invites all his cool downtown city girls as guests,” Weiland said. Backstage, Ouidad created free-spirited, relaxed and natural hairstyles with a “surfers-gone-wild” look. Using the Ouidad Climate Control Heat & Humidity Gel, Tress Effects Styling Gel and PlayCurl Volumizing Foam, the team of hairstylists played up texture and created glamorous up ‘dos...  Read More..

If you loved the fishtail braid for summer, then you’ll definitely want to try this new, haute hairstyle. Olivia Wilde sported a funky, must-do hairdo at the Berlin premiere of her new movie, ‘Cowboys & Aliens‘. She wore her unique banded and bunched up ponytail with a little black dress by Tom Ford, and Carrera y Carrera jewelry. It was the perfect style to beat the summer heat, and it can be worn without or with bangs, as seen on Olivia. It’s super chic and easy to re-create, in 3 easy steps! 1. Start by simply brushing hair back into a sleek ponytail. Add extensions...  Read More..

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Want that sexy, tousled beach-hair, but no time to play at the beach all day? I’ve been using Brocato’s Back to the Beach Texturizing Mist and it has given my curls that day-at-the beach sexiness with minimal effort. This mist gives an amazing pumped-up, tousled look, especially when sprayed at the roots. Fortified with natural seed extracts and UV protection, Back to the Beach gives a really sexy, curly look when sprayed on dry hair and scrunched or hit with a blow dryer. If you want more of a wave, spray on the mid-to-ends of your hair. Or be adventurous and spray on wet or damp...  Read More..

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Looking to give your hair a makeover for the season? Try a bold new color. All of your favorite celebs constantly reinvent themselves with a simple change in hair color. Gone are the days of basic blonde, brunette, red and black hair hues. A bold color instantly updates your look and gives it an extra pop! Check out these four celebrity bold hair color trends for inspiration: Bright red hair Rihanna and Florence Welch are just two popular celebrities with a shocking red mane! Whether you’re a natural redhead or not, take your look up several notches with a bright and fun red color. Celebrity...  Read More..

3 Ways to Pump Up Your Ponytail (Real Beauty) Bethenny Frankel to launch ‘Skinny’ and ‘Secret Service’ shapewear lines (Women’s Wear Daily) 8 new designers headed for stardom (Refinery 29) See Blake Lively’s long-awaited Chanel ad (Handbag du Jour) Galliano’s final Dior collection (The Thread) Kanye West may study fashion at Central Saint Martins (Styleite) AmEx cardholders can shop with Alexander Wang at Alexander Wang flagship store (Women’s Wear Daily) 3 Shoe Designers You Should Know (Coco and Crème) LVMH Buys 51% of Bulgari for $3.4 billion...  Read More..

Beauty do or don’t: side ponytails (Glamour) The seven styles of shoes every woman should own (Already Pretty) Naya Shoes giveaway! Win these Bakula pumps (Fashion Pulse Daily) Noted fashion photographer Nigel Barker from America’s Next Top Model gives tips for taking a great Facebook photo – VIDEO (Popsugar TV) Would you wear…a Levi’s adult onesie? (What’s Haute) Who did it better? Givenchy vs. BCBGeneration grey satchels (Handbag du Jour) Breast cancer isn’t an ‘older women’s’ disease (College Candy) Nars Bento Box set for Holiday 2010...  Read More..

I’m a huge product gal when it comes to hair care. If it’s a shampoo/conditioner/styling product or tool, I’m up for trying it. I’ve used Pantene hair care products various times in the past so when I was asked to review their new Pantene Customized Solutions line, I was in. As the name states, Pantene Customized Solutions are a new collection of customized products for different hair types. There are products (shampoos, conditioners, and stylers/treatments) for color-treated hair, fine, medium-thick and curly, and they’re all designed to ‘transform the hair...  Read More..

What is the latest and greatest in hair color? A great highlighting technique that actually works in your favor if you have some root re-growth! It’s called Ombre and it’s been gaining popularity among celebrities like Sarah Jessica Parker, Lauren Conrad, Gisele Bundchen, and Camila Alves. Ombre is hair painting and literally means ‘shaded or graduated in tone’. When hair is painted in Ombre, it is a gradual dark-to-light, or light-to-dark effect that emphasizes the root area, as well as the tips. Long-lasting, from 3-6 months, Ombre is best achieved when it captures a natural...  Read More..

Mizu Salon in NYC is a full-service, high end hair salon offering the utmost in quality hair care and products. Opened a few years ago by Vaughn Acord and Damian Santiago of bumble and bumble fame, Mizu is gorgeous both architechtually and aesthetically. If you are looking for a top-notch artistic team with stylists that specialize in cut, color, styling, extensions, keratin treatment, and Japanese straightening, look no further than Mizu Salon. Always striving to please their clients, Mizu has started offering ‘Breakfast Blow Dries’ for those looking to get their hair blown out before...  Read More..

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Attention all curly-haired, natural do-loving ladies! Miss Jessie’s yummy hair care products will now be sold at Target! That’s right, no need to shop online and wait anxiously for your Miss Jessie’s products to arrive in the mail. Starting March 28, you can walk right into your local Target store and pick up all of your Miss Jessie’s favorites like Baby Buttercreme, Curly Buttercreme, Curly Pudding, Crème de la Crème, Crème de la Curl, Curly Meringue, Stretch Silkening Crème, Super Slip Sudsy Shampoo, Quick Curls, and Rapid Recovery. As you may know, the Miss Jessie’s...  Read More..

We know you watch Bravo. We certainly do. The network is sheer genius – take a bunch of reality hopefuls, challenge them weekly in doing something they love and add a bit of drama and voila! – you’ve got the perfect lineup of shows. Shear Genius is one of my new Wednesday night faves. You get to ‘watch what happens’ when hairstylists are put to the test to create winning hair looks using Nexxus hair products. I’ve long been using Nexxus hair products, including Therappe (shampoo), Humectress (conditioner) and Botanoil (botanic oil) so I love to tune in to see the different...  Read More..