Actress Emily Blunt (trust us, that’s her as seen from behind to better showcase her elegant updo) wore a glamorous lavender Dior gown to Sunday night’s 62nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards. When it came to creating a hairstyle to match, her stylist Laini Reeves knew just what to do. “We wanted a look that was [...]
Achieving a rock star-worthy do just got a bit easier thanks to two new launches from Rockaholic by TIGI. Dirty Secret Dry Conditioner is a leave-in that adds conditioning benefits to unwashed hair. Use it after Dirty Secret Dry Shampoo to moisturize while controlling flyaways. Follow that up with Rock My World Stellar Smoothing Cream, [...]
Eighty percent of women over 50 color their hair, but gray is just one of six visible signs of aging hair (the others include: change in texture, diminished density, increased dryness, surface dullness and fragility/breakage).
Scientists at Redken research have identified two main categories of aging hair: Chronological aging caused by mechanical, environmental and chemical distress [...]
I actually slept in this morning (this is shocking considering I have a 2- and a 4-year old who get up at day break!). With no time to shampoo, much less shower, I reached for a bottle of Alterna CAVIAR Anti-Aging Dry Shampoo. The talc-free cleanser promises to instantly refresh hair between shampoos leaving it [...]
According to a recent survey, “smoothing” ranks among the most demanded haircare needs of women. In response, Redken is debuting Real Control Slim Supreme. The multi-tasking spray-on treatment is laced with conditioners, proteins, ceramides and shea butter to nourish, strengthen and repair frazzled hair. Just mist it on damp strands before blowdrying and again on [...]
It’s been one unbelievably hot summer. Today’s current 88 degrees F seems downright balmy compared with the weeks of high 90s we’ve been experiencing. Now, more than ever, I’m seeing the benefits of my Pür Minerals 4-in-1 Pressed Mineral Makeup Foundation with SPF15. An ordinary liquid base would sweat off in seconds, but my mineral [...]
At Monday night’s premier of the new comedy “Dinner For Schmucks” at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City, leading lady Lucy Punch walked the red carpet in a flirty red dress and a voluminous, loose hair look. Sebastian Professional Stylist Design Team Member Thomas Dunkin created the tousled do by applying a liberal amount [...]
Hair color? What hair color? Niki and Lara (both 17), two vacationing blondes from Finland, are the real deal. Their blonde hair is 100 percent natural. To get it, you’d need Wella Koleston Perfect Special Blonde (aka the 12 series) or Blondor (if your hair is anything darker than medium blonde) with touch ups as [...]
Textured (aka wavy, curly or pretty much any non-straight) hair was spotted on fall runways from Alexander Wang to Zac Posen. Just in time for you to design your own un-smooth styles, Redken is launching two new texture enhancing products: Wax blast 10 high impact finishing spray-wax and structure wax 17 classic styling wax. Wax [...]
Men and women have been chemically relaxing (aka straightening) their hair for years and while the process delivers desirable results, it can also take a serious toll on the strength of one’s strands without the proper at-home maintenance. Breakage can be prevented before it starts by adding a protein-rich conditioning treatment, like Redken Extreme Rescue [...]
