August 20, 2002
Shampooing your hair every day will not harm
your hair but if you shampoo less your hair will look
smoother and the scalp’s natural oil will make your hair
shinier.
Shampooing your hair every day will not harm
your hair but if you shampoo less your hair will look
smoother and the scalp’s natural oil will make your hair
shinier. So try shampooing every other day or so. If you do
shampoo daily, use a mild shampoo. Opaque shampoo has more
conditioner in it, but if a shampoo is clear, it strips more
oil from your hair.
No matter which shampoo and conditioner you
use, they all seem to quit working after a while. The main
reason is buildup on the hair. Use a clarifying shampoo or
treatment if you notice this problem. For shine, use a spray
with a silicon base. Mist the spray onto your hands and then
smooth it over your hair.
“Brushing your hair 100 times a day will
make it shiny” is a myth. If the brush is too hard; it can
damage the root and tear the hair shaft. The oils in your
hair will spread without brushing.
Static may be caused by your brush, so you
may be able to smooth your static-charged hair by cleaning
your brush every day with water and a dab of
shampoo.
1. To add lift, or texture, to your hair,
wait ‘till your hair is nearly dry, then sprits the roots
and blow-dry your hair with your head tilted forward, and
brush from underneath. as far away from the scalp as
possible.
2. Hide split ends by spritsing them with a
volumizer and blow-dry under with a round brush.
3. After shampooing, if you use a
conditioner with moisturizer as well as using a hot oil
treatment, your hair will have more texture.
4. For more volume, have hair cut in
layers.
5. Apply mousse to damp hair, then
blow-dry.
6. Buy lightweight formula styling
products.
To straighten, smooth hair strands with a
flat-backed paddle brush. Brush broad sections of hair from
top to bottom, following along with your blow-dryer with the
compressor attached.
When cutting bangs, stylists first sprits
the hair and then comb the bangs flat on the forehead. They
decide the length they want the bangs, place small sections
between two fingers and cut below that length. They continue
cutting across the forehead.
Then they comb the bangs through and touch
them up wherever needed.
Trendy bangs that are cut for an uneven,
casual look are often cut in one big clump.
If you want the crimped look
1. Start with hair that’s all one length or
with layers only at the bottom.
2. Shampoo, towel dry, comb out hair and
part in the middle and blow-dry straight.
3. Take a one-inch section of hair and clamp
it between a crimping iron, starting at the roots. Hold for
five to seven seconds.
4. Continue down the entire length of the
section until the end.
5. Take another one-inch section about
three-inches from the first so that you leave enough
straight hair between the crimped sections---for
contrast.
6. Repeat steps three and four.
7. Crimp as many sections as you need to
complete the entire head.
8. Sprits with a finishing spray to hold the
style.
Barrettes can be like razors, especially on
wet hair. If your hair is fine, you need to be more careful
because if the barrette gets tangled you’ll rip your hair
when you take it out.
Coloring your hair can damage it if you
don’t know what you’re doing,but if it’s done properly it’ll
make your hair shinier. When you bleach your hair, you’re
lifting color from the hair shaft and with it you’re taking
moisture and protein. This causes your hair to become
slightly damaged, or “stressed”. You should wait a day or so
before shampooing, after you color it, and then use a
shampoo and conditioner specially made for color-treated
hair.
To shampoo color treated hair, make sure
your hair is wet before you put the shampoo on it, lather
only once, rinse well, and condition with every shampoo.
When you lighten your hair, use products that don’t contain
ammonia, as this can be harsh on your hair. Try Clairol or
L’Oreal for lightening your hair. If you’re going to darken
your hair, you won’t be robbing your hair of its natural
oils, but go a shade lighter than you think you want because
you can’t go back but you can always make it
darker.
Hairstyles are all lengths from short to
long and often straight. Men’s hair is longer but not below
the shoulders and it is often brown. Bangs are back for both
boys and girls. Girls’ hair is often worn back away from the
face in a ponytail or a bun. For a special occasion
hairstyles avoid too much height, color or curl.
Try an elegant twist, roll or upsweep. For
girls there are many new hair decorations and hair jewelry
on the market. They are reasonably priced and can be
purchased at super-markets, dollar stores, or
drugstores---Almost anywhere.
There is a wide variety of jewelry for the
hair; jeweled clips and hairpins, and an endless variety of
hair jewelry:
Headbands are popular and are made with silk
and crystal beads, leather, and all the popular materials
being used for all jewelry. There are beautiful, glittery
hair picks, hair clips [small to large, fancy bobby pins,
usually in crystal, snap clips [jaw clips, hair combs, bun
covers, bun accents, crystal tiaras, tiaras with diamonds,
hair pins that attach to the hair with Velcro and are made
of crystal flowers, stars and pearls that appear to float in
your hair.
You’ll find crystal hair sticks for longer
hair. These are used to help hold the bun, ponytail,
topknot, the “weave” or the classic French twist as well as
to beautifully decorate.
There are chiffon sheer barrettes, velvet
barrettes, puffed polka dot barrettes and gold-colored metal
barrettes. There are pony tail elastic bands made with
chiffon, velvet, leather, with beads, crystals and all the
materials and designs that are used for the currently
fashionable bracelets and necklaces.
This is a season of glamour, borrowed from
the 40’ to 80’s.
Some of this hair jewelry sells for hundreds
of dollars---but it is all beautiful.
