London was home to L’Oreal’s Professional Colour contest earlier this week, where 41 teams of aspiring hairdressers from across the United Kingdom came to show off their skills and compete for the top prize. Want to know which looks stole the show? Well, here’s the 411. According to Reuters, the contest was all about bright [...]
Coming soon to a store near you, VIBRATING MASCARA. No, this is not a joke! We actually think it’s an interesting concept. The experts at Maybelline have created new Pulse Perfection™ by Define-A-Lash® Vibrating Mascara. Just think, no more zig-zagging to make sure you get every lash. Maybelline thinks we’ll love it because… Patent-pending elastomer [...]
We just learned of this program from Bella Sugar. Every year, an estimated 706 million gallons of oil enter our planet’s oceans. Since 2000, a group called Matter of Trust has been working with thousands of salons throughout the US and abroad to get them to donate their hair clippings, which are made into mats [...]
Did you know that every April 30th is Hairstyle Appreciation Day? I just found out! According to Holidayinsights.com, Hairstyle Appreciation Day celebrates uniqueness of all styles of hair. (Even Big Hair!) It allows us to express our individuality. So, in honor of this special day I leave you with this horribly bad picture of me [...]
Congrats to model Amaris Brown of Detroit and stylist Kevin Carter of the Detroit suburb Farmington Hills for the “Proud Peacock.” The team is the winner of the International Fantasy Hair Competition. Talk about a work of art! The event attracted stylists and their models from around the country with prizes ranging from $1,000 to [...]
The International Fantasy Hair Competition is taking place today in Manchester, NH and I so wish I was there! In what will be deemed the couture show of the hair world, 50 contestants will compete for the biggest hair and first place prize of $7,500 as they raise money for the New Hampshire Food Bank. [...]
This just in from our friends at StyleBell Blog… Paul Mitchell Schools are offering haircuts starting at just $10 as part of their ongoing commitment to incorporate green practices into everyday activities. During Earth Week, April 20-24, 2009, visit any Paul Mitchell school to take advantage of this killer deal! The hair clippings will be [...]
The Today Show featured horses with hair extensions this morning. Award-wining photographer Julian Wolkenstein chronicled horses getting these fancy hairdos about three years ago and the photos are just now getting a lot of attention. The horses look fab and we hear that they loved getting pampered! Check out the whole story and more pics [...]
Totalbeauty.com just released the top 13 cities in the US where you will probably have bad hair. Why these? A toxic cocktail of humidity, pollution, sunshine, hard water and lack of hair salons put these towns on the map — but not in a good way. #13 – Eugene, Oregon #12 – Albuquerque, New Mexico #11 [...]
Pantene Beautiful Lengths is thrilled to announce that it has reached its most impressive milestone since the program began nearly three years ago. This week marks the receipt of more than 1 million inches of hair donated to make free, real-hair wigs for women who have lost their hair due to cancer treatment. That’s a [...]
