Bumble and Bumble Styling Lotion

Hormonally-induced insanity made me do it. In the first few bleary days after my son was born, I may have over-reacted to a certain loving, harmless gesture by my husband.  I can admit that now.  But at the time, his near constant attempts to brush my bangs away from my eyes seemed a good … [Read more...]

Stop Sweating the Small Stuff

Summer in Georgia is hot. So are fall and spring, for that matter. Step outside, and you're often overcome with the feeling of being wrapped up in a warm, wet towel. And that's at 8 a.m. Now, I do not consider myself someone who sweats profusely.  But honestly, a walk to the mailbox can … [Read more...]

Aveda: Be Curly

Remember when I showed you how to cut your bans in THIS post and my hair was straight?  Well less than 2 weeks later I applied some Be Curly by Aveda and got these results. (disclaimer: my hair goes through phases of curly, then straight, then curly, then straight but not normally overnight … [Read more...]

Superstar Hair on a Budget

Let's talk about hair.  My three-year-old was blessed with waist-length ringlets.  EVERYONE comments on her gorgeous "adult" hair.  Me?  Not quite so well endowed.  I have shoulder-length hair that's mostly straight, but with enough wave to make it positively … [Read more...]

Q & A with Chaz Dean of WEN hair products

Chaz Dean of WEN hair products answers our writers' questions: 1) What specific hair damage do you continually see from the use of regular shampoos?Color being stripped, dry, frizzy, unmanageable, lifeless hair, hair and scalp damage and loss due to the harsh chemicals and stripping agents … [Read more...]

Q & A with Chaz Dean of WEN hair products

Chaz Dean of WEN hair products answers our writers' questions: 1) What specific hair damage do you continually see from the use of regular shampoos?Color being stripped, dry, frizzy, unmanageable, lifeless hair, hair and scalp damage and loss due to the harsh chemicals and stripping agents … [Read more...]

Winning with WEN

Looking for a haircare product that can do it all? By jove, I think I’ve got it. I was flipping through the channels the other day and for some reason I stopped on Chaz Dean, a celebrity hairstylist. He was talking about a new product he had developed called WEN.  WEN boasted the ability to … [Read more...]

Pump Up the Volume

I was born with fine, stick-straight hair. In our family, my sister was the winner of the genetic lottery, scoring a bountiful amount of thick, shiny tresses. My luck of the genetic draw, on the other hand, resulted in an alarming number of childhood hair-tastrophes. For example, I was … [Read more...]

Is That Cucumber Salad I Smell, or Did You Just Wash Your Hair?

Years ago, before someone finally sat me down and lay the truth on me about things, things being my out-dated, fuzzy, bleached out, dried out pitiful rag of a hairstyle, I played the part of my own do-it-yourself stylist.  I drug-stored colored and weed-whacker cut my own hair.  For … [Read more...]