Dazzling Hair From CHI

Straighten, flip and curl with the versatile Farouk Pink Dazzle CHI 1” Flat Hair Iron ($114.95). This ergonomically designed, limited edition iron is lightweight, and comes with a matching pink travel case. With a side on-off switch and 360 degree swivel cord, this iron is incredibly easy to use on your own hair, or someone else’s. Ceramic plates and coils maintain an even temperature and produce negative ions to give you professional results every time. Traditional copper coils can dry hair and cause damage, but the ceramic heat helps ions penetrate deeply to seal the cuticle and repel humidity. As an added bonus, the CHI iron uses just 20-25 watts of electricity, so it saves energy while saving your hair.

Calm Out-of-Control and Out-Of-Condition Hair

Turn frizzy, flyaway hair smooth and sexy with LUSH Jasmine & Henna Fluff Eaze Hair Treatment ($20.45). Use this treatment to hydrate your hair, enhance color and improve shine. Olive and brazil nut oils deep condition hair to add back moisture and smooth the cuticle, which diminishes frizz. The addition of red henna infusion gives you reflective shine while adding subtle highlights to darker hair. Apply generously to dry hair, leaving on anywhere from twenty minutes to overnight, then rinse. Follow with your usual shampoo and conditioner. The smoky, floral scent of jasmine and ylang ylang has amazing lasting power, even becoming “reactivated” each time you wash! Use the treatment weekly (or less often, if you wash less), and even as a styling aid to add extra shine and scent.

Three Steps to Hydration

Try something new for your dry, damaged or chemically treated hair. Johnathan Product Hydrating Kit ($24.00) uses the Aquaxyl™ Moisture Complex, a sugar-derived complex that increases moisture retention within the hair’s cuticle, preventing dehydration. Not only is this kit great for your hair, a variety of lovely scents like apple, plum blossom, lemon, jasmine and sandalwood add up to a fabulous aromatherapy experience.

The kit includes three deeply moisturizing products: Hydrating Shampoo (2.1 oz.), Hydrating Conditioner (2.1 oz) and a Hydrating Mask (1.7 oz).

A Protein Shake for Hair

We all need simplicity once in a while. Frederic Fekkai Protein Rx Reparative Treatment Mask ($29.00) is an effective deep conditioning treatment that repairs your hair with basic strengthening ingredients like soy and milk protein complexes. This treatment reinforces your hair, preventing breakage and protecting it from future abuse such as heat styling, environmental factors and coloring.

Leave on 10-15 minutes after shampooing, then rinse with cool water to close the cuticle and lock in shine. Use weekly, or more often if needed, for simply gorgeous hair.

Outsmart Rainy Day Frizz!

Bad weather doesn’t have to mean a bad hair day! Follow these easy tips to prepare yourself for what Mother Nature might throw at you (and your hair!) :

-Apply a frizz-fighting serum to towel-dried hair. Use a wide tooth comb to evenly distribute.
-Blow hair dry using a large round brush (like this one, $12.99)- this smooths the cuticle from root to tip.
-Straighten one inch sections of hair to make your locks more resilient against humidity.
-Use a headband or pull hair into a low bun for the commute. This prevents your hair from getting windblown on the way to your destination.
-When you get indoors, let your hair down and admire your soft, shiny style!

Choosing the Right Flat Iron

Not all flat irons are made equal! If you’re ready to go from curly or wavy to smooth and glossy, follow these tips to choose the right flat iron that will give the most gorgeous results for your hair type:

-Flat irons generally come in widths between one and two inches. Wider irons work best on longer hair, while thinner irons work well for short hair. If you’re somewhere in-between, select an iron in the 1.25-1.75” range.
-Adjustable heat settings let the iron heat enough to effectively straighten and shine without being too damaging to your hair. Those with thin or fragile hair will not need to use as high a setting as those with thick or coarse hair. Also, make sure the iron has enough power- 150 watts or more should do it.
-No matter what your hair type, you will want an iron with ceramic plates! Ceramic is less damaging than aluminum or other metals. And those wet to dry irons that allow you to skip the blow dryer? Many work thanks to tourmaline ceramic plates, which produce a flow of protective negative ions to close the hair’s cuticle and ward off damage. If you have especially curly, frizzy or difficult to style hair, wet to dry flat irons may help you finally achieve the look you want! The CHI Wet to Dry Flat Iron (myhairstylingtools.com, $147.95) is a popular choice!

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