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Share a Cuppa With Your Hair

Tea is rich in antioxidants that fight free radicals and keep our bodies healthy, but it also can be therapeutic for your hair and scalp. Break out the tea pot, and brew these tried and true do-it-yourself hair treatments:

• Fight dandruff and add shine with 1/4 cup of dried lavender simmered in two cups of water. After cooling, saturate hair and scalp and leave on fifteen minutes before rinsing.
• Help stimulate hair growth by steeping 1/4 cup of dried rosemary in two cups of water until it reaches room temperature. Massage onto scalp, cover hair with a shower cap, and leave on as long as you’d like, even overnight, to tone and clarify.
• Add subtle, natural looking highlights to blonde hair with a rinse made from 1/3 cup dried chamomile flowers steeped in one quart of hot water until cool. Strain well, and pour over hair, repeating if desired. Leave in hair for fifteen minutes, then rinse.

A Classic, Comfortable Headband for Everyone

Finally, there is a headband that stays in place comfortably all day long! The Scunci Braided Flexi Wrap Headwrap ($4.99) has an elastic loop back that molds to your head to prevent sliding or pinching. The “braided” design looks great on hair of all types and lengths, and the classic tortoiseshell color goes with practically anything. This is the perfect hair accessory as back-to-school season approaches!

Make An Avocado Hair Treatment!

Avocados aren’t just healthy for your body; they can work miracles on your hair! With 15% fat content, avocados are super moisturizing. They also are rich in several beneficial B vitamins, as well as vitamins E and K. Let your hair soak up some of their nutritional bounty by making your own avocado hair treatment right at home! Combine one half to one full avocado (depending on hair length), one egg yolk, and one half teaspoon of olive oil. Apply all over hair before shampooing, and leave on thirty minutes or longer. Rinse out, and shampoo and condition as usual for softer, shinier hair!

Purify Your Water For Healthier Hair

You may have heard that washing your hair with bottled water before a big event can give you shinier, more beautiful hair. Why not make every day a big event, and filter your water with Johnathan Product Beauty Water Shower Purification System ($95.00). This easy to install system attached to the shower head, redirecting water through a high quality filter to balance pH and remove chlorine and heavy metals which strip and dry out hair. You’ll feel like you’re showering in natural spring water every day!

Make A Little Go A Long Way

Trying to get the most out of that expensive conditioner that you finally splurged on? Or, are you saving the tiniest bit of your now discontinued favorite product? Make conditioner go farther by trying these tips:

• Before applying conditioner, squeeze out as much excess water from hair as possible. Otherwise, the conditioner will be diluted, and may drip off of hair rather than being absorbed.
• Apply conditioner only to your “trouble spots”- for example, your ends- rather than all over your hair. Unless your hair is very dry, the midsection of hair will probably not need much conditioning. And if you have oily hair, conditioner applied to the roots might actually be making your hair more flat. Experiment with applying conditioner to certain sections of hair and observe the difference.

• Have a great scented conditioner that just gets covered up by other styling products? Use it to replace anti-frizz or shine serums to get amazing smelling (and looking) hair. Rub a small amount between your palms and smooth over hair. Use a small travel shampoo bottle like these to take it wherever you go for a scent and style touch-up!

The New ‘Feathered’ Hair

 

Don’t be surprised when you see feathers accenting clothing and accessories at your favorite stores next season! Designers like Carolina Herrera, Badgley Mischka and Marc Jacobs have used the deep gem-tones and sensual texture to create pieces that are as beautiful as the creatures who inspired them. Be part of the flock with bold hair accessories like this Plumage Headband from Urban Outfitters ($18.00). The headband is simple and classy, and works well with all hair types and lengths.

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