Care for Hair

How to Use WEN Hair Oil to Prevent Split Ends

Girl, if you haven’t heard of WEN by now, you must either be living under a rock or avoiding infomercials. This non-foaming, conditioning line of hair products was created by celebrity hairstylist Chaz Dean. Reputed to infuse hair with...

Getting Knots out of Shoestrings

You have a great pair of tennis shoes or lace-ups just sitting in your closet -- but you can’t wear them, thanks to that pesky knot in your shoelaces. Don’t give up on your shoes just yet. Instead, you can use some knot-removal tricks...

Leaving Natural Peppermint & Coconut Oil on Hair

Don't spend a mint to get healthy, shiny hair. Peppermint oil and coconut oil can be used separately or together as a powerful leave-in treatment to add luster to your locks and even boost hair growth. You can use the leave-in treatment as a daily...

How to Get Knots Out of Biracial Hair

Biracial people tend to have tight, kinky curls that many women pay hundreds of dollars to imitate. However, all that curly hair comes with a price. The tight curls are prone to knotting and can end up looking much more like a rat's nest than a...

Tea for Hair Care

Tea can be good for you, inside and out. Derive benefits from sipping a cup or two of green tea a day or applying different herbal or regular teas directly to your tresses. The natural chemicals in the brews deliver amazing effects in the form of...

The Benefits of Cherry Bark for Hair Care

Cherry refers to a variety of trees in the Prunus genus, such as wild or black cherry. You probably know that cherry fruit makes a tasty pie filling, but did you know that cherry bark yields an edible resin, even though it contains the components...

How Would a Hair Weave Affect Highlighted Hair?

No one but your stylist should know that you've got a weave. If you love how highlights brighten your features and you're adding a weave over your highlighted hair, you've got to dye the weave to match your 'do. Otherwise, you'll be wearing with a...

Hairpieces Made From Your Own Hair

Wearing a hairpiece is definitely not taboo in the beauty world, with a host of celebrities sporting them at every turn. Ladies who want to wear one often prefer real-hair hairpieces because of their appearance and care advantages they offer....

The Best Way to Open a Hair Cuticle

Love it when your hair is super smooth and shiny? Who doesn't? When your hair is smooth and shiny, your hair cuticle is closed. Although you probably think you always want your hair cuticle to be closed, there are times when your hair cuticle must...

Peppermint for Hair Care

When you think of peppermint, chocolate-coated, after-dinner mints might come to mind. But peppermint can also help give you a happy head of hair. Peppermint has stimulating and conditioning properties that can help your locks look bouncy and...

The Best Hair Care for Silky, Shiny Hair

If you’re envious of the luscious, silky locks celebrities have, you can make your hairstyle just as shiny and beautiful. “There are a variety of reasons why hair wouldn't be shiny,” said celebrity stylist Genn Shaughnessy, who...

How to Care for a Natural Hairline

Braids and weaves look fabulous and dramatically increase your hair styling options. The downside is that the constant tugging and teasing of your locks can take its toll on your natural hairline. Any style that pulls your tresses taut for long...

Phyto Hair Care

Hair and nature combine in a swanky way with Phyto hair care. Launched in Paris by a famous French beautician, Phyto includes a long list of hair products designed to pamper every hair type. Whether it's frizzies or flyaways, the Phyto line...

The Truth About Hair Care During Pregnancy

Whether you're already sitting pretty with a little nugget in the oven, or have plans to heat up that oven in the near future, it's time to wise up in terms of hair care. That's especially true if you color, relax, perm -- or use any kind of...

How to Add Spark to Your Hair

You've got catch-your-breath-stunning heels, a dress that fits like a glove, and your makeup would make a celebrity jealous. Then you look at your hair, and your look moves from "glam" to "eh." What's missing from your tresses...

How to Care for Hair That's Been Broken Off From a Perm

When you think about it, hair is often put through the ringer. Between styling products, hair accessories and chemical treatments, tresses are often used and abused. Gals who treat their locks to perms commonly experience hair breakage. Your hair...

Vitamin A for Hair Care

Is dry, lackluster hair bringing you down? If you're looking for healthy, glowing locks, try adding a little vitamin A to your diet or your styling products. Vitamin A is the ultimate beauty vitamin. It gives hair that healthy shine we all crave....

How to Care for Your Hair When Stretching a Perm

The phrase "stretching a perm" doesn't mean pulling on curls so that they'll get straight -- it typically means extending the time you take between getting relaxers. Since relaxers, also known as perms, contain some seriously harsh...

What Hair Care Is Good for Hair?

Tumbling tresses or chopped locks --- amazing hair starts with proper hair care. Even a banging bod and beautiful bosom cannot take attention away from horrible hair. Sure, you could shave your head and never have to worry about your hair again,...

Hair Care for Latina Women

A bad hair day is a struggle no matter what type of hair you have. For many Latina women, however, finding the right way to maintain, style and care for your hair may be even harder because of your hair's multiple textures. If you know how to care...

How to Care for Rebonded Hair

A perm to straighten hair -- really? Really. Rebonding uses a combination of flat ironing and perm solution to make your hair poker straight. Perm solution breaks the disulfide bonds that control the texture of your hair. When broken, your hair...

How to Care for Kanekalon Hair

Who says that synthetic hair isn't hot? Kanekalon fibers are made of liquid resins dried and stretched to look just as real as the hair on your head. Kanekalon extensions look and feel just like those made of human hair but cost considerably less....

How to Wash Hair in Hard Water

If you suffer with dull and drab hair that doesn't want to do anything but hang limply off your head, hard water may be to blame for your hair issues. You've seen what hard water does to shower fixtures; now imagine what it might be doing to your...

Ideas With Glue Bond for a Black Hair Weave

Weave bonding is a process that involves using glue to temporarily apply weave to your head. You can sport a glue-bonded weave for two to three months. Also, treat the hair like it's yours by washing, curling, cutting and styling, if it's...

How to Take Care of Hair With Wen

If your hair isn't as awesome as you would like it to be, try something really different: wash your hair without shampoo. The Wen by Chaz Dean line of hair-care products eliminates harsh chemicals and detergents such as sodium laurel sulfate....

How to Take Care of Your Hair at Night

A few lucky girls can just roll out of bead in the morning, throw on some clothes and rock the sexy bed-head look all day long. For others, it's not so simple: morning hair is tangled, frizzy and impossible to manage. Over-tousled bed-head is more...

Care for Overly Porous Hair

Women know that a good hair day can spruce up even the simplest pair of jeans and a T-shirt, while a bad hair day can make even the priciest designer gown look shabby. The hair care industry supplies countless products for achieving that "perfect"...

How to Take Care of Waist Length Hair

Long locks that go the distance demand care and maintenance. Even a simple chore like washing hair takes extra time when you have a long mane. Make your waist-length hair the envy of every other girl by keeping your hair clean, shiny and healthy....

Step-by-Step on How to Put in Human Hair Weaves

Human hair weaves are a fun way to add length and fullness to boring or short hair. If you’re looking to change your look up a bit or just want to add a little oomph to your existing hairstyle, a hair weave will do the trick. Putting in a...

The Best Hair Care Regimen for Black Hair

Once you understand that black hair has basic needs that are very different from naturally straight hair, you can create a regimen that works for you. Your primary goal should be healthy tresses, but you don't have to sacrifice a fabulous...

Lemongrass Hair Care Use

If you’re tired of the same dull, lackluster hair and have tried every shampoo and conditioner on the planet, perhaps it’s time to go au naturel. Before commercial hair care products flooded the market, savvy women used items from...

The Disadvantages of a Hair Weave

Many women have turned to the wonders of hair weaves for instant volume and length. These days there are so many ways to get sexy, beautiful hair including sew-ins, fusion and microlinks. But there are disadvantages associated with many of these...

Hair Care Regimen: Night Time Prep

Not everyone wants to have bed head hair when she wakes up in the morning. It doesn't matter if you sleep a like an angel or a toss like a fish out of water, if you're guilty of hopping into bed without practicing a few nightly regimens your hair...

How to Take Care of Your Hair When There Is a Rinse in It

Confused about hair color rinses? There are two types -- temporary and semi-permanent. Temporary rinses coat the hair and only last until the next shampoo, so no maintenance is required. Semi-permanent rinses actually penetrate the cuticle and...

How to Take Care of Hair & Skin

If you want to look naturally gorgeous, knowing how to take care of your skin and hair can set you on the beauty track to success. Your skin is your signal to the world, one of the first things people notice about you. So be prepared to buff it up...

How to Take Care of Hair That Is Flat?

Lifeless, flat hair is not the glam image you wish to project to the world, but pumping up the volume requires certain products and techniques that bulk up the hair shaft. Keep your tresses looking thick and luxurious. Say goodbye to drab, boring...

How to Take Care of Hair in Winter

Oh, the weather outside is frightful; and so is your hair. As winter rears its ugly head, you might notice that your once-healthy locks are experiencing split ends, shedding, breakage and annoying static. In the winter, the air is nearly void of...

How to Take Care of the Hair & Scalp

Taking care of your scalp and hair now can be the difference between lovely locks and baldness in your future. Your scalp is especially important: it's the mother of your hair, and without a healthy scalp, it's nearly impossible to grow enviable...

How to Take Better Care of Your Hair

Taking good care of your hair isn't rocket science, but it is smart. Sure, if your hair takes a turn for the worse you can always just hack it off and grow a whole new batch, but why not take care of what you've got while you've got it? Don't take...

How to Take Care of Temporarily Dyed Hair

Demanding divas want one thing today and another tomorrow, and that's part of the charm! If you're a go-with-the-flow girl, flaunt your chameleon charm with temporary hair color. Designed to wash out after a few shampoos, the color sits on your...

How to Take Care of Your Hair Follicles

The hair on your head may be dead, but that doesn't mean you get to treat it poorly. Gently loving your locks will nourish and protect your hair follicles so that your hair can grow freely. Hair abuse can result in some scary consequences, like...

How to Care for Thermally Reconditioned Hair

Tired of fighting your curly or frizzy hair every morning? Hair divas unite! Thermal reconditioning is one option for straightening. This permanent treatment will leave your locks pin-straight and free up oodles of beauty-prep time in the morning....

Characteristics of 4A Hair

The hair type classification system was invented by hairstylist Andre Walker (you know, Oprah's stylist) to help people identify, and properly take care of, their type of hair. The system classifies hair into four main types: type 2, type 3, type...

Uses for Coconut Milk in Skincare & Hair Care

There's plenty of hype circling around coconuts these days. The truth is, coconuts have a lot of utility. Their edible, yummy white meat is high in fiber while the water is rich in nutrients. Coconut derivatives -- coconut milk, cream, powder,...

Hair Stylist Vs. Barber

Stylist, barber, miracle maker -- you just want your hair done and done right! But wait ... before you pick up the phone to make your appointment, consider which hair care professional you need to visit. After all, your hair is your calling card...

3C Hair Types

No two girls' curls are alike. In fact, you might not even know how to describe yours. One good way to identify their type is referencing a hair classification chart. If you do, you'll find that 3C is just another name for corkscrew curls. 3C hair...

Mayonnaise for Hair Care

After reading enough "healthy eating" guides to become an expert, you may have added mayo to your enemies list. Time to rethink your relationship with the condiment. Sure, your fridge may think you've fallen off the wagon if you buy some, but...

Hair Care for Redheads

Red. It's a showstopping color, be it as part of an amazingly sultry outfit or on your head in cascading locks. However, taking care of fabulous red hair requires some serious attention to detail. Regardless of whether your hair is naturally red...

Proper Hair Care Routines for Black Women

When it comes to her hair, a black woman can have it just about any way she wants it. This is the beauty and versatility of this hair texture. Want it straight and bouncy? Relax it. Want it curly and huge? Let it be natural. Want a throw-back...

How to Have a Better Hair Weave

If you want to try a funky new style without putting your natural hair through the wringer, you might try a weave. With a weave, you can do just about anything -- from curly to straight, long to short to colors from any spectrum of the rainbow....