Hair Care

Last year at this time, I wrote about how impossible it can be to get an appointment at the salon this time of year.  After all, no one wants to be immortalized in holiday photos with inch-long black roots, or streaks of white hair! Frederic Fekkai's solution to the holiday hair-color dilemma last year was to introduce Hi-Lights hair mascara (still available at beauty.com, for those of you who want to be prepared for a last minute touch up). This year, Fekkai Salon Color has been introduced!

If you can't make it to a salon to refresh your all-over color during the holiday season, simply hit Bloomingdale's or Beauty.com, and buy one of the 20 shades of Fekkai Salon Color.  The formula is so rich, each kit comes with a bowl and brush for professional-style application!  What can you expect?  Rich multi-dimensional hair color, complete gray coverage, and shiny silky hair!  Salon results for only $30?  Sounds like a dream…

Click HERE to buy Frederic Fekkai Salon Color at Beauty.com

Click HERE to buy Fekkai Salon Color at Bloomingdales

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“Under Five Minutes To Veronica Lake Hair” was written as a Fall 2007 feature story… but who couldn’t use softer, smoother looking hair at any time of year?

The hair of Fall 2007 is either pin-straight or has a slight hint of wave to frame the face.  In both cases, sleek, smooth and shiny hair is paramount.  These products will help you get that Veronica Lake look!

	A minuscule amount of Alterna Caviar Polishing Serum is all it takes for hair to shine like the stars.  Simply pump a drop or two in your palms distribute evenly through the hair.  A 10-second investment goes a long way, as this miracle-in-a-jar will make your hair feel like silk!  Alterna’s Caviar Polishing Serum retails for $26 at Beauty.com.
	Biolage Hydratherapie Cera-Repair is an at-home version of a their well-known salon treatment.  This conditioner works its magic in 3-5 minutes, and rinses leaving hair feeling soft, but not weighed down.  Each application is individually packaged, so stash some in the locker room!  Cera-Repair retails for $14.95.  To fine a retailer near you, check out the Biolage website.
	It’s tough to get more portable than Ted Gibson Hair Treatment Sheets.  Each sheet comes individually packaged for a mid-day conditioning treat that can be slipped into a laptop case.  After using a Hair Sheet, hair looks refreshed and smells shower clean.  One box of Ted Gibson’s remarkable Hair Sheets retails for $35 (5 sheets are included) at Sephora or Amazon.com.
	Phyto’s Phytodefrisant Botanical Hair Relaxing Serum is a gentle way to eliminate frizz for all hair types.  Plant extracts are utilized to smooth hair without any active chemicals.  This formula is non-oily, and leaves hair feeling soft without weighing it down.  A 3.3 oz tube retails for $26, and a 5.9 oz tube retails for $32 at Sephora and Beauty.com.
	Ojon Hydrating Styling Cream is all about smoothing and hydration.  This handy product helps keep frizzy hair at bay while simultaneously protecting hair from heat-styling.  Use on wet hair prior to styling to keep locks smooth and silky.  Use on dry hair prior to heat-styling to protect the hair shaft from breakage.  The benefits of using this product range from UV protection to prolonging the life of hair color.  This product is also sold in a handy 2.0 oz size for travel!  2.0 oz retails for $10.  4.3 oz. retails for $30 at Sephora and Beauty.com
	With got2be Dazzling Shine Spray, a spritz or two is all it takes for hair to shine.  This drugstore-sold formula can be used on wet or dry hair to add shine and softness to dry or chemically-treated hair.  Dazzling Shine Spray also leaves hair smelling fresh-out-of-the-salon clean.  This product retails for $5.99 at drugstore.com.  For more info, check out the got2b website!

In the 80s, I lived for Aussie haircare products.  I was equally enchanted by the product and the magazine ads of the founder and his blond brethren in their bathrobes. 

Recently, I’ve had the opportunity to sample products from Aussie’s new Opposites Attract collection.  I’ll make a confession…  I sample a ton of haircare product for Raging Rouge reviews.  While I love many drugstore brands, they generally migrate slowly from my bathroom to the guest bath to make room for incoming high-end product.  Aussie’s Opposites Attract made no such migration.  The entire line is still mine all mine!

Why do I love it so?  I’m not fond of any styling product that leaves my hair stiff.  Opposites Attract gives hold, but without that unpleasant side-effect.  And the fruit-infused scent of the entire line is delicious!   

Looking for strong hold?  No worries!  Similar to Aussie men, this product is only available in strong or extra strong.

Read more about Opposites Attract by clicking HERE to visit the Aussie website.  Buy it at drugstore.com (where each product in the collection retails for a mere $3.99).

In need of a shine boost?  Prive’s Shine Serum delivers.  A pump or two is all the product you’ll need… work through damp or dry hair to impart shine and smoothness.

Prive products also happen to be incredibly attractive.  If I were a realtor staging a house, I’d certainly choose Prive products to adorn the master bathroom countertop.

Prive Shine Serum retails for $19 at select salons.  Ask your stylist!

Click HERE to visit the Prive website, for more information on this line and its founder, the famed Laurent D!