Do-It-Yourself Dynamic Hair Color From L’Oreal

Get professional looking, multi-tonal color in your own home with L’Oreal Couleur Experte Hair Color System. The only at home hair color kit to combine a permanent base color with a specially selected shade of highlights, for coordinated color without a trip to the salon. This winner of Allure’s Best of Beauty Award comes in nineteen color combinations, and includes Multi-Tonal Creme Developer, Multi-Tonal Gel Creme Permanent Color Base, Colorist Gloves, Illuminating Creme Developer, Micro Fine Illuminating Powder and Multi-Moisture Creme Conditioner.

Frederic Fekkai Salon Color…Right From Home!

Available only at Bloomingdale’s, Frederic Fekkai Salon Color ($30.00) is a professional bowl and brush hair color system that is drip free and easy to use. Get salon-worthy results with this kit, that comes in 20 long-lasting shades personally created by Fekkai colorists to look natural and vibrant. Get complete gray coverage and 40% more silkiness and shine. The kit includes hair pre-treatment, developer, colorant creme, hair post-conditioner, 3-Minute Mask, protective gloves, application brush, mixing bowl and step by step instructions and tips from Frederic Fekkai for the best hair color results.

Make Your Own Sugaring Hair Removal Paste

Nervous about the mystery ingredients in hair removal products, or trying to find something less harsh for your sensitive skin? A do-it-yourself sugaring paste may be the answer! With just a few ingredients found around the kitchen, you can make a cheap, effective, and skin-safe mixture to remove your nuisance hair.

• Combine two cups of sugar, 1/4 cup lemon juice (for it’s exfoliating and antiseptic properties) and 1/4 cup water in a saucepan on low to medium heat. Stir continuously until the sugar turns dark brown.
• Pour the mixture into a thick, heat-safe plastic container. Let it cool until it’s spreadable, but still somewhat warm. If it does cool too much, re-heat in the microwave for a few seconds.
• Gather a tongue depressor and cloth or disposable strips. Spread a thick layer of the paste onto skin using the tongue depressor, the size of one strip.
• Immediately apply the cloth strip, pressing down in the direction of hair growth to smooth.
• Hold one end of the strip firmly, then pull the strip off in the opposite direction of hair growth. If hair is not completely removed, wipe area clean of paste and repeat.

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!

Salon Waxing At Home From Avon

Getting salon-quality hair removal results doesn’t have to be a pain! Avon Skin So Soft Fresh & Smooth Hair Removal Microwave Wax for Face and Body ($12.99, now 13% off!) allows to you rid yourself of bothersome body hair right at home, quickly and easily. The kit includes 5 oz. of microwave wax, .5 fl. oz of Soothing Oil, 20 cloth strips, 2 applicator spatulas and instructions. The oil reduces ingrown hairs with exfoliating salicylic acid, and soothes freshly waxed skin with witch hazel, which reduces inflammation.

Electrolysis at Home?

Now you can skip the long wait and awkward appointments to get rid of annoying body hair. For less than the hourly rate of many salon professionals, the Verseo ePad effectively and painlessly removes unwanted hair from your legs, bikini area, face and and more. Using the same galvanic technology as many professionals, hair can be completely removed in as little as one treatment! The variety of pads allows you to treat multiple areas at once for fast, convenient hair removal- right at home!

The Verseo ePad kit includes a digital control unit, two leads with pad connectors, seven self-adhesive gel pads, tweezers, two AA batteries, instruction guide and carry case ($59.95).