Selecting The Right Hair Color

Changing your hair color can be a renewing confidence booster- or a complete disaster! Here are a few tips to ensure that you get a color you love:

• Think about how much time and money you want to invest in hair color maintenance. How often will the roots need touched up? Will my hair require extra conditioning treatments? Can the addition of highlights or lowlights make this color more manageable? The answers will vary depending on the color, technique, and how extreme the color change. Remember, you won’t love your hair if it feels like a hassle!
• Choose a color that is right for your skin tone. Warm tones bring out pink, so if you have redness to your skin, cool shades (like ash brown or champagne) may work best. For olive toned or ashy skin, warm golden tones or reds work well.
• If you do decide on red, choose coppery reds instead of bluish reds- they yield a more natural look. Be aware that red is the most susceptible to fading and most difficult color to maintain.
• Once you pick a color, bring pictures! Don’t depend on word descriptions to get your stylist on the same page. No one wants an Espresso that’s too black, or a Cinnamon that’s more “fire engine”.

Plump Up The Volume!

This fall’s hair is all about volume, so get ready with Redken Body Full Plump Treat. This leave-in thickening treatment makes hair more dense, adding substance and body. The treatment’s special Anti-Gravity Complex is a combination of style-saving polymers, carbohydrates for big, thick hair, and protein for strength and support. Long lasting conditioners make hair shiny and help prevent flyaway, windblown hair. This product helps you get more control with long lasting manageability and hassle-free style!

Be A Wax Artist!

Hair wax can add unbelievable texture and extreme definition- or, when used incorrectly, it can flatten your style in a matter of seconds! To apply hair wax without a hassle, try the following tips:

• Look for a water-based wax, like Garnier Fructis Brilliantine Shine Wax ($3.99). It’s more pliable, which means no hardening or stiffness, and makes hair easier to style.
• Less is more! Scoop out just enough to cover the pad of your finger. Remember, you can always add wax as you go!
• Rub the wax between your fingers before applying to hair. This warms the wax, making it easier to apply, and also distributes it evenly across your fingers to avoid clumping.
• For “blown back” or softer styles, lightly run your fingers through the hair to shape. For more intensely defined styles, try putting a small amount of wax on both hands, gripping the section of hair you are styling, and sliding both hands down the section from root to tip with ample pressure.

Silky Smooth Perfection!

Who needs the time-consuming hassle of shaving when you can even better results from the Braun Silk-epil Soft Perfection epilator ($43.99). This fun, pink epilator removes hair at the root for smooth skin that lasts longer than other hair removal methods. The Advanced SoftLift® system lifts hairs so you don’t miss shorter or flat-laying hairs. Four-way massage rollers minimize the “pulling” sensation, so this product removes hair not only efficiently but painlessly as well!