Hair Color & Highlights

The Best Perm Stripping Agent

If you were born with naturally straight hair, you may long for curly or wavy locks to spice up your look. Perming kits for home use offer a way to attain your dream, but they are not altogether foolproof. When a perm yields less-than-desired...

Hair That Can Be Used to Do a Latch Hook Weave

Hair weaves and extensions have come a long way since their debut in the fashion-forward, "swinging '60's." The most skillful installations are practically undetectable to all but the most trained eyes. One popular technique, the...

Combining Hair Dye to Make Your Own Color

Even though you color your hair at home, you want to look like you just walked out of the salon when you finish. If you're one of the 37 percent of women "Harper's Bazaar" estimates opt to save a little cash by coloring their hair at...

The Best Tips Before Dyeing Hair to Make Color Last

Whether you’re a bombshell blonde, a rockin’ redhead or a bodacious brunette, nothing stings like dyeing your hair with your signature shade, then watching as the color fades in a matter of days or weeks. Sun and shampoo take a toll on...

The Best Conditioner for Weakened Hair

Weakened hair can be caused by a number of factors, including frequent dying, bleaching and even regular heat treatments like permanents or daily straightening or curling. Whatever the cause, it can make your otherwise beautiful mane look just...

How to Prevent My HiP Eyeliner From Drying Out

Makeup is expensive enough without the added nuisance of it going bad before you hit the bottom of the bottle. But a slew of cosmetics just seem to dry out, crust over or shrivel up midway through their use. This is especially true for those...

How to Add Conditioner to a Hair Frost Mix

Hair frosting kits are an inexpensive at-home solution for highlighting your tresses. The good news is that they're easy to use, but the downside is that they're tough on your hair. The bleach in hair frost mix actually penetrates into the hair...

Can Toner Be Used a Day After Mixing With Developer?

Pizza, casseroles, pasta -- some things work great as leftovers. Hair toner and developer mixed together, however, aren’t meant to be a leftover. When you have a toner and developer mix you would like to use a day after mixing it, the...

Dying Hair Dark Without Losing Dimension

With lighter hair colors, you typically get a whole lot more dimension. You have your red and golden hues that make your hair look rich and thick. Black or really dark brown tend to lie flat without the layers of variations you most often see in...

How to Use a Cream-Lightening Kit on Highlighted Hair

Cream-lightening kits provide no-mess solutions when you need to highlight your own hair. Because the consistency of the bleach is thicker, it's simpler to avoid having it touch your scalp, which can cause irritation. According to iVillage,...

The Difference Between Silk Rebonding & Soft Rebonding

The quest for straight hair doesn’t end with flat irons and chemical relaxers. The world of thermal restructuring, which came out of Japan in the late 1990s, introduced curly girls to hair rebonding. Hair rebonding is a permanent...

The Best L'Oreal Bright Red Semipermanent Hair Color

Dying your hair red is a perfect way to spice up your look, and using a semipermanent dye is a great way to test the waters. The L’Oreal website states that its semipermanent formulas last up to one week -- or seven shampoos -- and do not...

How to Raise Moisture Levels in My Hair

Take a section of hair and rub it between your fingertips. If you hear a sound so loud someone could hear it from across the room, you’ve got moisture issues with your hair. Think about your hair like a plant: When you have enough moisture,...

Which Red & Brown Shades of Hair Complement Cool Complexions?

Getting golden, sun-kissed tans and strands may be an easy feat for California girls, but not every woman needs to be bronzed and blonde. If you have a cool complexion and want to honor your natural skin tone with a complementary hair color, you...

How to Do Rockabilly Eyebrows

The retro rockabilly look harkens back to the Bettie Page era of pinup girl fashion. Feminine, but more edgy than romantic, the makeup regimen consists of applying matte foundation, doing scarlet lips and creating bold eyes and eyebrows. Bold,...

Lowlights vs. Foils

Locks looking dull and drab? Give them a major boost with some color. Highlights and lowlights are a fierce way to enhance your hair without changing it completely. They can boost your natural glow and even make you look years younger. Get the...

Good Shampoo & Conditioner for Perms

Properly caring for your permed tresses can help ensure the longevity of the chemical treatment and keep your locks looking envy-worthy. When you get a perm, the bonds in your hair that make it strong and flexible break down, so the ideal hair...

How to Make Henna Appear Less Red

You want a healthy, vegetable-based dye but don’t want to look like a vegetable after using it. Henna is the only 100 percent naturally derived plant-based hair color available. Chemical dyes brutally break open your hair shaft and force in...

The Best Lip Lacquer

When you want a pout that shouts "sexy!", lip lacquer goes a step beyond regular lip gloss for a standout shine on your kisser. The best lip lacquer for each particular lady depends on her complexion and makeup palette. Across the board,...

What Skin Tones Look Good With Light Ash-Brown Hair?

If you're a color-conscious lady, you know that you should change the hue of your hair only if the new color complements your skin. Just like other hair colors, light ash-brown has undertones that look good only with a compatible skin color. So...