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Mommas Home Made Avocado Hair Conditioner

If you are searching for natural home remedies for your hair look no further! Try this amazing avocado home based conditioner. It is just as good as the leading deep conditioners from Redken, Joico and Tigi but much much cheaper. It will leave you hair soft, shiny and luscious and ready to go or style into your favorite hairstyle.

Avocado Hair Conditioner

Ingredients

• 2 Teaspoons of Avocado
• 2 Teaspoons of of Olive Oil
• 2 Teaspoons of of Canola Oil
• 2 Teaspoons of of Coconut Oil
• 2 Teaspoons of Honey

Method:

1. Put all of the ingrediants into a saucepan except for the honey.
2. Mix slowly on a low temperature setting. Let the mixture heap up but not reach boiling point. Take it off the stove and let it cool down.
3. Once the mixture has cooled down add the honey and mix togther well.
4. Add the mixture to your hair and comb through delicately with a fine tooth comb.
5. Leave the mixture on the hair for about 15 minutes.
6. Was the mixture off with warm water.

Note: You can only keep tis mixture in the fridge for 2 to 3 days and then you should throw it out.

To Go Short or Not

There are many reasons for cutting ones hair short; relationship break-up, birth of a new baby, to get rid of hair damaged by excessive dying and styling or an intense need to make a change. Whatever your reason going from long hair to a short hairstyle is something that requires a lot of thought and consideration. So here are a few things to consider before taking the plunge.

Does Short Hair Suit Everybody?

In theory short hair should suit everyone but in practice pulling off short hairstyles really depends on the individual and how they make it work. There are a few basic rules:

Oval Face Shape:

Basically anything suits this face shape, even a shaved head will look beautiful. Think of Natalie Portman.

Rectangular Face Shape:

Short hair with fullness at the sides of the face instead of the crown of the head will balance a long and slender face .

Round Face Shape:

Add volume to the crown of the head to make the face appear longer, keep sides of the hair shorter.

Square Face Shape:

Keep some long wispy layers around the face to soften the strong facial features. Avoid short hairstyles that are too structured as it can make your features look harsh.

Upkeep of Short Hairstyles

Many think that having a short hairstyle is easier to maintain than long hair. This is not true. With long hair if you are having a bad hair day you can tie it up in a ponytail and be done with it. Short hair requires styling and more regular visits to the salon to keep it looking stylish.

Basic Tips For Looking After Short Hair

• Try to limit the use of heated styling appliances such as the flat iron and hair dryer as they cause stress and damage to the hair giving it an opaque appearance and creating split ends.
• Do not apply hair products to the roots, keep it to the tips to avoid greasy and oily looking hair, after all you don't want to look like a pirate! Stay away from silicone based products.
• Wash your hair with more frequency as the natural oils will cover your hair making it look oily.
• Protect your hair from the sun using the same sunscreen you use on your body.
• Avoid chlorinated pools as much as possible, especially the first few days after dying your hair.

How to Take Care of your Gorgeous Blonde Hair

Beautiful blonde locks from highlights to platinum blonde hair requires maintenance to keep that brassiness away. Meet your new best friends; toners, silver shampoos and many different hydrating and protein based treatments to add the moisture that the bleach rips away. Following is a compilation of products that are tested and proven to work for your blonde hair to keep it an ash tone as opposed to that dreaded brassiness.

Toner

• Goldwell 10P toner or Goldwell 10V toner, which one you chose depends on which shade of blonde you prefer. It is quite a good product to keep your hair from going brassy and lasts up to 3 weeks. Your hair must be bleached quite pale to notice the effects of this product. Mixing the Goldwell 10P and the 10V together can also give beautiful results
• Iceflower toning mousse by Schwarzkopf for a platinum blonde produces quite good toning effect and cuts out brassiness
• Ultra White Minx water rinse by Roux
• Napro Live Silver Toner has a very pretty color and lasts about 8 washes. It is a good cheap toner that you can get in most drug stores or supermarkets
• Fudge Paintbox's 'Lighter Shade Of Pale'

Shampoo and Conditioner

• Matrix shampoo- So Silver
• Matrix Earthy Tones conditioning tube- Violet
• KMS blonde shampoo
• Wella Bonacure Silver Reflex
• Alfaparf silver shampoo is very good. A trick with these shampoos is to leave it on for about 20 mins and it will act like a toner.
• De Lorenzo Silver Color Care Shampoo can be used once a week to maintain your perfect blond color
• Paul Mitchell Strength Range is good for bleach damaged hair to restore its strength

Treatment

• Redken All Soft
• Redken Smooth Down Butter Treat
• L'Oreal Techni.art Liss Control is great for fine hair
• Paul Mitchell Strength Super Strong Treatment

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Masque

• L'Oreal Absolut Repair mask
• Kerastase Masquintense
• Matrix Moisturising Mask

How to get Perfectly Straight Hair

Japanese Hair Straightening - Thermal Reconditioning

Curls, movement, waves and body... no matter how hard hair stylists try to tell us that they are in fashion, the majority of women still dream about straight hair. I am talking about the kind of straight hair that is wash and go, not one that requires hours of brushing with a hairdryer or ironing with a hair straightener. The type of hair that laughs in the face of humid weather. The big cosmetic companies know of our plight and have infinite hair products on the market that promise to make our hair sleek and smooth and straight, but rarley do the job alone without the help of heat appliances if at all.  So then we start thinking about permanent hair straightening, the perm of our times... Thermal Reconditioning a.k.a Japanese Hair Straightening, ionic retexturing, rebonding, yuko system and bioionic straightening.

How does Japanese Hair Straightening work?

Protein and heat is used to restructure the hair bonds covering the hair in an anti frizz film that leaves it smooth and silky. The treatment takes between 3 to 8 hours to achieve and will leave your hair wonderfully straight for between 3 to 8 months. The beauty of this process is that you don't run the risk of ending up with porous or kinky strands. You should not wash your hair right after the treatment; wait for at least 2 - 5 days. The result is smooth, pin straight, silky hair without the need of dryers and you can give up your GHD to more unfortunate friends.

Things to be Aware Of When Getting Your Hair Straightened

It is very important to go to a hair stylist that comes highly recommended for this procedure as the end result is dependent on their level of skill. You should really do your research and ask around. Thermal Reconditioning will cost you between $300 to $900 with hair length being the deciding factor on price. Make sure that you get a free consultation from your stylist of choice as not all hair types are suitable. This includes some hair that has been colored, lightened hair (sorry you girls out there with platinum blonde), hair that has been straightened already with a sodium relaxer, henna treated hair, previously chemically treated hair permed curly or wavy and African hair (this hair is very fragile and cannot tolerate the heat involved in the process).

Looking After Your New Straight Hair!

Once you have had your hair straightened you have to take extra care of it by applying deep conditioning treatments 1-2 times a week to avoid dryness. Getting your regrowth done depends on how curly your hair is and how long you feel you can go without it. If your hair is quite long you can go longer as the long hair weighs down your roots.

Following are some examples of Japanese Hair Straightening: