Cosmetology, Hair Matters!
“You wanna be taken seriously, you need serious hair.” - Melanie Griffith in the film Working Girl There is something epic about hair. From fairy tales to Broadway songs, the qualities of a beautiful, healthy head of hair have been...
The Naked Truth About Hair Loss Supplements
Most of us will lose between 50 and 100 hairs each and every day. It’s really nothing to worry about. Because 50 to 100 new hairs are growing in to replace the ones we lost. But some folks may see a lot more stray hairs in the bathtub drain after...
News Flash, You Cannot Nourish Your Hair
We all seen the advertisements encouraging us to, “Nourish Your Hair!” But the cold, hard truth is, you can’t nourish you’re your hair. To nourish something involves providing it with “the food or other substances necessary for growth, health, and...
Extra Long Hair, a Trend that is In
Long hair on ladies has been in style for a while, but with fashion models and movie stars sporting extra-long locks, lots of women are letting their manes flow more freely than in recent decades. But growing it long can take quite a bit more care...
To Beard or Not To Beard: That is the Question
Male facial hair is a fact of life. What a male chooses to do with that facial hair is a whole different discussion. Should you go clean shaven? Full-on mountain man? Trim and tidy? Goatee? Van Dyke? Sideburns? Fu Man Chu? Mustache?So many options...
Why You Need Beard Oil
The beard is back, baby. And whether you like yours neat and tidy, or unkempt and blowing free in the wind, there are still a few things a man needs to keep to his facial hair comfortable, and looking incredibly good! One of those things is Beard...
Top Cosmetic Surgery Procedures Revealed
Each year, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) reveals the most popular surgical and minimally invasive cosmetic procedures in the United States. 2018 saw a dramatic increase of around a quarter of a million more cosmetic procedures...
The Glamorous Career of Hollywood Makeup Artist
Who hasn’t wanted the Oscars or Golden Globes and marveled at the perfectly coiffed and made-up beauties on the red carpet? Or maybe you’re enthralled with the special effects makeup that transformed our mild-mannered office boy into a super hero...
Fashion Trend, Eyelash Extensions
Once limited to celebrities and super-models, eyelash extensions have gone mainstream, with everyone from the girl next door to the soccer mom in the bleachers wearing them. Extensions can make eyelashes look longer, fuller and more youthful, not...
Treat Thirsty Skin with Hyaluronic Acid
Ask a skin care pro for the three most important steps in keeping your skin looking healthy and youthful and her response will likely be, “Moisturize, moisturize, moisturize!” And one of the most highly touted ingredients in skin care products that...
Nail Tech Safety
More than 375,000 people work as nail technicians in salons across the United States, according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. When it comes to dangerous careers, nail tech might not register too high on your list...
Microblading
2017 might have been the Year of the Eyebrow, but that doesn’t mean eyebrow trends are no longer fashion forward. On the contrary, eyebrows are in – whether big and bushy, thin and manicured, arched, curved, rounded, angled, sloped or even unibrow...
Adult Acne
Nostalgia for the Good Ol’ Days is all well and good, but one thing you probably don’t think of fondly from your teenage years are those annoying acne breakouts. Now that you’re an adult, those days are a forgotten memory in the rearview mirror of...
Makeup Trend: Eye Popping Eye Shadow
As the summer heats up, so does eye shadow trends, with everything from baby-soft natural looks to bold, bright anything goes palettes to the return of the cat eye. While the rules are…well, there really aren’t any rules beyond ‘you be you,’ you...
Big Hair is Back
Remember those rock bands of the 1980s, like Whitesnake, Guns N’ Roses, Stryper and Bon Jovi? We lovingly referred to them as “Hair Bands” for obvious reasons. Big hair was, well, big in the ‘80s. And now it’s back. At least for gals (there seems...
Rethinking the Saturday Night Bath
If you’ve read those charming prairie pioneer books like “Little House on the Prairie,” or if you’ve just watched some old westerns on late night television, you may have come across the quaint old tradition of the Saturday night bath. We tend to...
No More Mascara?
Lovely lashes that go on forever with no need of messy mascara? If something sounds too good to be true… well, you know the rest of that old saying. But when it comes to eyelash growth serums, you might just be able to skip the mascara; for a...
How to Apply Moisturizer to your Face
You know you’re supposed to moisturize. Every beauty magazine in the world has told you so. The real question is, what exactly does it mean to ‘moisturize,’ and how do you do it? The truth is, while moisturizing your face is a simple process, there...
Moisturizer for Acne Treatment? Yes!
Acne. Yuck! Around 85 percent of Americans will experience an outbreak at some point in their lives, and at any given time 60 million Americans have active acne, according to the American Academy of Dermatology. While there are numerous factors...
Makeup Trend: Skin is In
Flip the pages of beauty magazines for trends for 2018, and chances are you’ll notice a shift toward more natural appearing makeup. In other words, skin is in.That does not, of course, mean going bare-faced to confront the world. After all, those...
Eyebrow Trends
Eyebrows. Everybody has a couple of them, but it seems nobody really knows what to do with them…at least when it comes to fashion. Trends showing up in fashion magazines and on haute couture catwalks have included everything from ‘squiggle’ brows...
Festive Holiday Nail Stamping
Want to get a festive upgrade for your fingernails for that holiday office party? Try nail stamping! It takes a bit of practice to get the technique now, but once you do the results can be stunning.What you need: Nail stamping plate; Scraper; Nail...
Hair to Dye For
What’s your natural hair color? Do you even know anymore? It’s not as silly a question as you might think. According to an article in Thoughtco.com, approximately 75 percent of American women dye their hair on a regular basis, up from around only 7...
Neurocosmetics
Neurocosmetics might sound like the preferred foundation makeup for a Replicant in Ridley Scott’s reboot of the Bladerunner franchise. But despite the futuristic name, neurocosmetics are nothing new. In fact, the term was coined shortly after the...
Celebrating Silver
One of the key emerging trends in cosmetology is the emergence of mature women who prefer to act their age, rather than trying to cater to society’s celebration of eternal youth. This newly christened “Silver Category” includes women over 50 years...
Fashion Trend: Eye Gloss
Lip gloss has been a staple in your makeup case forever, but this year gloss is moving on up – to the eyes! That’s right. According to Harper’s Bazaar, glossly eyelids have made the leap from editorial photoshoots and catwalks to mainstreet.Eye...
Botox: Poison for your Face
You’ve probably heard of Botox, the anti-aging miracle drug that can magically, though temporarily, improve the look of moderate to severe crow’s feet lines and frown lines between the eyebrows in adults. Botox (referred to technically as botulinum...
Eyelash Perms
Long, lush lashes have been a sought-after beauty trait for generations, and one primary means of achieving that desired “wide-eyed doe” look is through curling the eyelashes. Curled lashes just look longer and fuller than straight lashes. While...
Window Dressing for the Soul
If your eyes are the windows to your soul, your eyelashes must be the draperies that make the windows more beautiful. While beauty is in the (ahem) eye of the beholder (wink, wink), generations of fashionistas have touted the aesthetics of long...
The Cost of Going Hairless
You like the feel of smooth, hair-free skin. You’ve done your research and discovered that laser hair removal, when performed by a competent professional, is a safe and effective procedure. You want to take the plunge, but there’s just one more...
Laser Hair Removal
Laser hair removal has been a staple on the American Society of Plastic Surgeons Top 10 list of most popular minimally-invasive cosmetic procedures for years. It’s no mystery why so many women (and men) utilize the procedure. It drastically reduces...
Treat Your Skin Gently
Your skin is your body’s largest and fastest growing organ, and it serves a multitude of indispensable functions, the most obvious is keeping your insides, well, inside. But your skin does so much more! It helps keep you warm when it’s cold...
Toxic Beauty
Beauty has always been in the eye of the beholder, and it is amazing the lengths we will go to achieve whatever standard of beauty is en vogue. Today, popular cosmetic surgery procedures such as breast augmentation, butt lifts, and laser hair...
Reality Show Pressure
Pressure produces diamonds. At least that has been the experience of Cuban-born, Miami-based fashion designer, Oscar Garcia-Lopez. The winner of Project Runway: Under the Gunn’s debut season, Oscar was pressed to create finished, runway-ready...
Meet Ema Koja
The ancient city of Tirana where Ema Koja grew up, was strategically situated in the central region of Albania. Ema was raised under one of the most repressive communist regimes the world has ever known; an upbringing not typically considered...
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