Hair Volumizing Tricks of the Trade From Celebrity Hair Stylists

Unless you’ve been living on Mars you know that big hair is back. As this hair style trend develops, volume will become more natural looking, says Redken educator Sam Villa. “Women who have naturally curly hair will learn to control their volume with thermal tools, and those with straighter hair will use thermal tools to get more texture and volume,” he says.

Here are some pro tips:

1. Use Villa’s TEXTUR iron (available at samvilla.com) to create impressions down the hair shaft, pressing the entire shaft or imprinting it at random. Then iron-curl twisted sections, clip them to cool, release and finger-style. The more imprints and the more sections that are iron-curled, the bigger the hair.
2. Spray roots with a volumizer, then lift sections straight up from the scalp as you blow-dry. Then back-comb key areas, smooth and go.
3. After blow-drying, finish with a Velcro roller set, advises Mark Garrison of New York’s Mark Garrison Salon. You’ll get the maximum amount of volume that lasts the longest amount of time possible. Roller size determines how big you go.

Long layers help hair achieve and curl and maximum movement, which creates instant fullness. At home, mist on thermal spray and remove excess moisture, then add spray gel and blow-dry all the way. Finish by using a medium diameter curling iron to turn ends up all around working from the bottom up for a stacked effect.

To pump up the volume, work your layers. For a full style in a hurry, wrap shorter top layers on jumbo-sized rollers. Roll them straight, letting the roller sit right on the narrow parting as it cools. For longer lengths, spiral-set curls to move inward. Once curls cool, brush top sections from underneath and let them fall over longer ones.

A heavily graduated haircut that falls just below your ears will give you width, not height; a long fringe makes it soft and sexy. Dry hair in sections from the bottom up using tension on your brush and bending the ends. Add extra curve in front so you have width without every strand sticking out at the ends.

If you start off you hair style with a root-booster, you can get any look you like. For an asymmetrical bob, mist on volume spray and dry roots first. For a twist, wrap sections vertically around a round brush as you dry sections from front to back. Use large sections for big, chunky pieces, and finger-style to finish.

If you like a little volume on top; start with a layered haircut that’s heavier in the interior and tapered at the ends. Then apply a root-booster or volumizing mousse and blow-dry, keeping the ends close. For a serious post-styling boost, roller-set top layers, then brush through and tease the haircut’s heavy side.

Article courtesy of Harris Publications

For further discussion on how to add volume and fullness to your hair you might want to check out these other articles:

• All You Need to Know About Hair Volume
• Add Volume to Hairstyles for Fine Hair
• Hair Texture Basics
• Hair Volumizer Products
• Hairstyles for Fine Straight Hair
• Add Volume to Fine Limp Hair
• Avoiding Flat, Stringy, Lifeless Summer Hair

Pink Hair – 5 reasons not to go there!

The 39^th Annual American Music Awards gave pink hair styles another trend boost. Who else is a more fitting audience for pink hair than the eclectic music lover types? Pink hair dye isn’t a new whim, it’s been creeping up on us for a while now, but it’s still is a novel idea for most humans, no?

Just because pink hair isn’t on my bucket list doesn’t mean I’m against it. Some pink hair styles I’m into like these . . .

Pink Hair – 5 reasons why not to go there

This may go without saying, but if you are sporting the idea of a pink hair dye . . . a wig, or hair extensions may be your safest bet for many reasons. If you prefer your hair long, do think twice before dying it pink. The longer your hair is the more complicated, costly and damaging a pink hair dye will be.

If you must dye it pink though, please, please, please . . . do it professionally, it will likely save you many tears, many dollars and likely many hairs on your head!

1. Bleaching will be required, unless your hair is naturally a light blonde.
2. Pink hair dye won’t hold worth a c#@p!  Prepare for lots of upkeep!
3. Consider your wardrobe . . . everyday . . . what goes well with pink hair?
4. Think new makeup base, lips and eye shadows.
5. Getting your natural hair color back will be costly and hard on your hair. This is especially true if you needed to bleach your hair heavily to remove color to get it to pink and if you have long hair.

Pink hair even on the best looking celebrities is  a . . . s-t-r-e-t-c-h. Maybe for one big glorious evening in front of adoring fans a pink wig or extensions would be nice, but  . . . dying your hair pink?? Do think twice!

For more discussion on unusual hair colors you might want to visit these other articles:

• Funky Hair Color?
• Trendy Hair Color and Haircut
• Funky Hair Color Ideas
• Funky hair styles don’t get better than this!
• Temporary Hair Dye
• Hair Color Ideas for New Temporary Hair Color Highlights!

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Easy, No Fail Holiday Beauty Tips

The holiday season is filled with parties where you’ll want to look your best without spending tons of time or money – neither of which are abundant during this busy and expensive season. Reveal a new, more beautiful you for the holidays with a few simple and affordable beauty tips from celebrity makeup artist Amy Oresman.

“Everyone wants’ to make a splash during the holidays, the key is to concentrate on making your skin look beautiful and then accessorize with some fun pieces.”

The holidays can take a toll on your appearance. De-puff, conceal and brighten dark circles around your eyes for a rested, refreshed look with the multi-tasking Neutrogena Healthy Skin Brightening Eye Perfector.

For notice-me eyes all day and night, use Neutrogena Nourishing Eyeliner to define and brighten eyes with luminous color that glides on smoothly and transforms into long-lasting finish that won’t budge.

If you’re hoping for a New Year’s kiss at midnight, you only need one week to get softer, rosier and healthier-looking lips with Neutrogena Revitalizing Lip Balm. This sheer tinted balm with exclusive ion2complex instantly moisturizes lips, leaving them looking fuller and more defined.

Visit Neutrogena for more holiday makeup must-haves and ‘tis the season savings.