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03.14.10

Caviar Dry Shampoo & Oscar Blandi Sheer Gloss hair products, reviews | (3)
The awesome ladies over at Lock & Mane sent me two much buzzed about hair products to test out: Alterna's Caviar Anti-Aging Dry Shampoo and Oscar Blandi Luce Sheer Gloss. First up, I've been using Caviar Anti-Aging Dry Shampoo all week on my in-between washing days. I love dry shampoos--they absorb oil, create volume at the roots, and leave your hair refreshed and smelling great. I favor powder forms, however, since sprays just don't work for me. Case in point: One of my all time favorite dry shampoos is Oscar Blandi’s Pronto Dry. The powder form is amazing, but the spray is ...

Tagged: Alterna, conditioner, dry shampoo, hair products, hair treatments, Lock & Mane, Oscar Blandi, parabens, reviews, silicones, updo
03.10.10

Are Silicones Bad For Your Hair? Beauty Science, hair products | (12)
Recently, I've been researching certain hair product ingredients that are on the "bad" for your hair list, like silicones. Basically, silicones are in nearly every hair product. Pick up a bottle of your conditioner and read the ingredients. Do you see Dimethicone, Cyclomethicone or something that ends in "cone"? Well, that's a silicone! So why are they bad? Put simply: Silicones create a covering over the hair shaft that can create build up. The reason haircare manufactures put silicones into hair products, is because they also smooth the hair, especially while it is wet. You know that slippery feeling you get ...

Tagged: conditioner, hair products, hair science, hair treatments, Jessica Alba, Rare El\'ements, reviews, shampoo, silicones
04.16.09

Product Frenzy hair products, reviews | (0)
Nexxus Emergencee Strengthening Polymeric Reconstructor is one of those products I was always reading about on MakeupAlley back when I had a boring desk job and was obsessed with that site. I learned a lot about hair, makeup and skincare on MakeupAlley, but it always made me want to over-spend. There was always some fantastic new product you just HAD TO HAVE, and everyone was whipping out their credit cards and running to Sephora to scoop it up. Times have changed. Now I just read beauty blogs and drool. Today I came across a half-used tube of Nexxus Emergencee and remembered what a ...

Tagged: hair products, hair treatments, Nexxus, reviews