Shine Enhancing Styling Products

What they do:

• Shine enhancing styling products create a glossy finish and make color more vibrant.

Why you need a shine enhancer:

• Not all hair is naturally shiny. Blonde doesn’t show shine as well as brunette, while straight hair reflects light better than curly hair.

How to use shine enhancing products:

• When using shine-enhancers, aka shine sprays or glossifiers, it’s best to go light—just a quick mist or a few drops will do. Otherwise, hair will end up greasy and weighed down. You can also enhance shine with the right shampoos and glazes.

DryShine HairStyler from Pureology uses mica to create a dazzling, grease-free shine. The styler also provides light to medium hold and heavy-duty hair color protection.

Have a natural experience with Shine On from John Masters Organics. A leave-in treatment, it uses organic kelp rather than synthetic silicone to smooth hair strands and leave them extra-glossy.

Dry, brittle hair is unhealthy and luster-free. Right to Shine Shampoo from Collective Wellbeing is a sulfate-free formula with vitamins and moisturizers to restore hair strands to their former glory!

Moroccanoil Glimmer Shine Spray is like gloss in a bottle—after you style your hair, just mist it onto your hair or spray it on your hands and apply with your fingers. It’s also great for windy days because it prevents static.

No time for a salon glaze? Try Alterna Caviar Anti-Aging 3-Minute Shine Boost. It’ll Give your color an almost instant recharge and radiance.

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A Layered Hairstyle For Every Hair Type

A customized layered hairstyle gives you what you want, from volume and movement to more focus on your features.

WHAT TO ASK FOR: Point-Cut Layers

WHAT THEY DO: Lighten up thick locks

If you have a haircut with a strong geometric shape, a few interior layers will break up the surface and add movement. Case in point: This angled bob with carved-out sideburns and a longer nape. Point-cut pieces at the crown add volume, echoing the point-cut perimeter. The thicker the hair, the better this works!

WHAT TO ASK FOR: End-Razored Layers

WHAT THEY DO: Add movement & airy texture

For extra mobility, have your ends razor-tapered into long layers. On a short haircut like this one, you gain mobility and a flirty, textured feeling. To do, gel damp hair and twist-set strands, or start with dry hair and style it with a Marcel curling iron. A few short crown layers permit volume on top, too.

WHAT TO ASK FOR: Face-Framing Layers

WHAT THEY DO: Enhance your features

If your straight hair is medium to dense, try long, face-framing layers that curve around the jaw line to accent cheekbones. Here, they blend toward the side so you can flick up ends, too. For best results, keep styling simple and don’t overwork the layers.

WHAT TO ASK FOR: Surface Layers

WHAT THEY DO: Create volume

If you want a full, rounded bob, have long layers added to the surface—they shouldn’t fall beyond the tops of your ears. This enables you to roller-set hair or blow it out with a round brush to create as much fullness as you like.

WHAT TO ASK FOR: Blended Layers

WHAT THEY DO: Pump it up

Any haircut benefits from blended layers that boost volume on top. Of course, the shorter the haircut, the less weight your layers have to support. This curvy bob hugs the neck, then goes fuller courtesy of top layering, which adds contrast. Get the look by blow-drying hair with a medium round brush.

Article courtesy of Harris Publications

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The Party Hair DIY How To

When you’re headed out at night for those holiday celebrations don’t make do with your everyday style, try one of these party hair styles.

The Back Roll

To get a perfect back roll, use a padded hair “rat”, available at beauty supply stores, to create a firm foundation. Brush hair back, hold the sections as one and pin along an off-center line. Then gather hair up around the rat by positioning it at the ends and rolling toward the pinned seam. Maintain tension, then secure with pins.

Cool Factor

To increase your party hair cool quotient, try a rounded shape with uniform layers. Blow-dry hair for volume, then spiral set surface layers to create  end curl. Tuck sides behind your ears and continue curling as desired. A braid at one side of the hairline incorporates yet another texture effect.

Subtle Approach

For a simple hair style with a special texture treatment, blow-dry your hair for moderate volume, then brush it all in front of your shoulders. Using your flat iron’s edge, wrap sections around the iron and pull it out slowly as you rotate your wrist. This method creates subtle curves from mid-shaft to the ends.

Top Notch

If you’ve never had a ’50s style updo, there’s no better season to give it a try. You need hair that’s at least shoulder-length to make it work. Smooth your hair to the top, hold it taut and secure with a covered band. Then distribute hair evenly all around the center. Use you curling iron to sections with a large barrel iron, then slip a bobby pin underneath to hold the ends.

Amp it Up

Create big, sexy spirals without too much volume, and you’ll look stylish without going over the top. Start by side-parting dry hair, then section out the hairline. Wrap it over a large-diameter curling iron and spiral-wrap to the ends. Hold for 10 seconds, release, then continue spiral-setting the heavy side. For better balance, curve the lighter side straight back, working in vertical sections.

Article courtesy of Harris Publications

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