10 Ways to Get Your Hair Holiday Ready!

With the holidays here, you want your hair looking its best at a moments notice. Whether you want it to look freshly blown out, curled to perfection, straight and smooth or in a fancy updo, you will need the right products on hand. These are the top products that will have your hair holiday ready all season long.

1. Kenra Perfect Blowout - This lightweight styling creme helps to direct hair when blow drying and gives it the texture and hold it needs so a perfect look is achieved each and every time. When used, I don't need to use any hot tool, just a big round brush and a great hair dryer (like the one below). Buy it from Ulta.

2. Ultra CHI Glitter Sweet Hair Dryer - This fashionable hair dryer features ceramic heat plus infrared and ion technology so hair is dried faster with less frizz. That means, smoother, salon-quality hair in no time. Buy it at Ulta.

3. Proganix Moisture Balm - Made with a blend of coconut water, electrolytes and coconut oil, this moisture balm does a fantastic job at taming unruly flyaways in the dry winter months. Buy it at CVS, Ulta or Walgreens.

4. Show Beauty Premiere Finishing Spray - This hairspray not only finishes and locks in your hairstyle, it does so while giving it incredible shine — more shine than I've ever seen from a hairspray before. I like the small 1.7 oz. size for my handbag. Buy it from Sephora.

5. Scünci Hair Tattoos - Hair tattoos are the latest hair trend, and this set contains two sheets of the hottest designs to wear on the hair. These are perfect to add a little fun design to a half up/ half down look for a holiday party. Buy it from Target or Ulta.

6. Ultra CHI Glitter Sweet 1" Iron - This 1" flat iron will have hair silky smooth in your favorite style and fast. It features 30 second heat-up and ceramic plates for even heat distribution. Negative ions ensure that hair is frizz free too. Buy it from Ulta.

7. Kenra Fast-Dry Hairspray - I am in LOVE with this newer hairspray for two reasons. Not only is it a perfect finishing spray to lockdown my hairstyle and hold it in place for 24 hours, but it is great to use BEFORE using hot tools. Yes! I spray on a light misting of this thermal spray before curling my hair so my hair is protected and curls are held longer and better. It's really unique and what I've been waiting for. Buy it at Ulta.

8. Moroccanoil Dry Shampoo - The holy grail of dry shampoo's, this instantly absorbs oil and product build up without leaving behind any visible residue. It contains natural volumizing and deodorizing agents so hair is revived of volume and is left smelling fresh and clean with a hint of the signature Moroccanoil scent. Buy it from your favorite salon.

9. AGEbeautiful Root Touch-Up Spray - When you're short on time and need to conceal your roots or maybe some gray hair, this spray will do the trick in no time. It saves me in between salon visits and when I pull my hair back or updo's all the time! Buy it at Sally Beauty Supply.

10. WEN by Chaz Dean Re-Moist Hydrating Hair Mask - This is the ultimate moisturizing treatment for dry, damaged, or stressed hair which is going to happen this time of year. Run it through clean wet hair and leave on for about 45 minutes for a salon quality deep conditioning treatment. For a very intensive overnight treatment, put a plastic shower cap over wet hair that has been treated with the conditioner and sleep in it all night. Buy it from Sephora.

Perfecting My Fast and Easy Holiday Hair Look.

It’s that time of year again, can you believe it? The holiday season has officially begun! My calendar is already starting to fill up with holiday parties and I've been perfecting my fast and easy holiday hair look. As you begin prepping yours, keep in mind that CVS/pharmacy has the hair care products you need to create your perfect holiday hair look. If you stop into a store now through 12/5, you’ll save on some of your favorite hair care products, like TRESemme, Dove and Suave too — score! These products have helped me to get my fast and easy holiday hair look.

TRESemme Moisture Rich Shampoo and Conditioner

As soon as it turns colder out, my hair needs an infusion of moisture, just as my body does. I've been using this Moisture Rich Shampoo and Conditioner to start my hair care routine. This duo locks in moisturize just where my hair needs it most. They contain an advanced moisturizing system with Vitamin E so the products help to restore vibrancy to my tresses and make my dry damaged hair soft all without weighing it down.

Suave Texturizing Sea Salt Spray

I've talked about this great product before and it is essential in my hairstyling routine. It adds that extra oomph and texture into my hair that simply makes it easier to style. It really helps to create a loose textured, not so perfect look that lasts up to 24 hours.

TRESemme TRES Two Hair Spray

I've mentioned how much I like TRESemme Hair Sprays, but this one was new to me and I'm really like how fast it works to hold my holiday hair look into place! This hair spray leaves no stiffness or stickiness, just flexible hold yet it is firm and long-lasting.

My fast and easy holiday hair look is easy with a quick shampoo and condition with the Moisture Rich Shampoo and Conditioner. After my hair is about 50% air dry, I spritz on the Suave Texturizing Sea Salt Spray and finish with a blowout where I bend the ends of my hair under with a large round brush. The Sea Salt Spray helps to hold this curl in place. After blowing dry, I give my hair another quick mist of the Sea Salt Spray. I then take a large barrel curling iron (I think mine is 1 1/4") and curl only the few top layers of my hair all around my head. I take my fingers and loosen the curls with my fingers. If I want to loosen them more, I spray some of the Sea Salt Spray onto my hands and then run my fingers through my hair. To make my look different for the holidays thinking I'd be going to a party or special event, I took my side bangs and pushed them forward and added volume to my roots. I held it in place with a quick mist of the TRES Two Hair Spray.

For more holiday hair inspiration, visit CVS.com/YourStyleYourWay ; it's your one stop shop for hair inspiration for a new look this holiday season.

Just by spending $20 at CVS/pharmacy on any of the hair care products I mentioned above or on any participating Axe, Caress, CLEAR, Dove, Suave or TRESemme products, you will get $5 ExtraBucks® Rewards. Offer Valid WITH CARD 11/15/15 – 11/21/15. ExtraBucks® Rewards offer limit of 1 per household with card.

Plus, there are some great additional offers, so shop until you drop and stack the savings!

Valid 11/15 – 11/21
Buy 1, Get 1 50% OFF WITH CARD on participating Dove or Suave hair care products
2/$8 WITH CARD TRESemmé shampoo, conditioner (28-32 oz.) or select stylers
2/$10 WITH CARD Select Premium TRESemmé shampoo, conditioner or select stylers

Valid 11/29 – 12/5
Get $5 ExtraBucks® Rewards when you spend $15 on participating TRESemmé or Dove Hair Care products
Buy 1, Get 1 50% OFF WITH CARD on participating Dove Hair Care products
2/$8 WITH CARD TRESemmé® shampoo, conditioner (28-32 oz.) or select stylers
2/$10 WITH CARD Select premium TRESemmé shampoo, conditioner or select stylers

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Top 10 New Hair Products for Beautiful Hair.

I am obsessed with my hair lately. For years I would pull my hair back into a pony tail. I mean, it was a styled pony, but I wasn't spending a ton of time on my hair styling routine. Now that my kids are older and I have a little more time to spend on myself in the morning, I am wearing my shoulder length hair down almost everyday. I am having so much fun trying different hairstyles and finding the right looks. I've been trying a lot of new hair products - washing, conditioning, volumizing, protecting, and styling to help me create and keep my styles in place and looking beautiful for days. These new hair products are not just new for me, these are new products and I highly recommend them if you're looking for beautiful hair this fall too.

1. Moroccanoil Thickening Lotion - Buy it from moroccanoil.com
For instantly fuller hair, I have been using this thickening lotion. Not only is it enriched with argan oil to moisturize and nourish hair for a soft, touchable finish, this product works to actually expand the hair. It's formulated with high-performance polymers and quinoa proteins, to plump and reinforce the hair from the inside which plumps up the exterior of each strand to smooth and strengthen it.  

2. DESSANGE Paris Balancing Pre-Shampoo - Buy it from Target stores and target.com
This first of a kind clay-mask pre-shampoo is like a skin treatment for the hair and scalp. It utilizes mineral clay to regulate oil production at the scalp plus skin purifying technology to revel long lasting, more healthy looking hair. I've been using it once a week and love how much better my hair look, feels and acts -- it styles better and I swear blow-outs last longer. I apply it just at the roots with the applicator brush then comb it through.

3. L'Oréal Paris Advanced Haircare Nutri-Gloss High Shine Glossing Mist - Buy it from your favorite drugstore or mass retailer like Target
I use this as a final finishing mist for super shiny hair and I'm obsessed. This is an advanced treatment that contains glossing polymers so hair has a multi-faceted top coat-like effect.

4. L'Oréal Paris Advanced Haircare Nutri-Gloss High Shine Shampoo and Conditioner - Buy it from your favorite drugstore or mass retailer like Target
I love showing off my hairstyles so it might as well shine! This shampoo and conditioner uses a technology called Glyco-Silk inspired by technology used in professional glossing treatments. Hair is laminated from the inside out and sealed with shine. Plus, I'm addicted to the smell.

5. 180PRO Smooth + Soft Recovery Shampoo and Conditioner - Buy it from Sally Beauty stores and sallybeauty.com
After a long summer, my hair is more damaged then ever. When I need extra smoothing, I have been using this shampoo and conditioner combo which gently cleanse and condition the hair as they work together to revive damaged, rough and frizzy hair. This shampoo and conditioner are like miracle workers for my hair as they repair up to 2 years of hair abuse in just one use.

6. 180PRO Miracle Repair Damage Eliminator - Buy it from Sally Beauty stores and sallybeauty.com
Made to work with the shampoo and conditioner above, this leave-in treatment is revolutionary. It actually targets the hair’s worst breaking points and locks in strength so that the shampoo and conditioner can get right at the damage to revive hair.

7. Elizabeth and James Nirvana Black Dry Shampoo - Buy it from Sephora
I always extend my blow-out by two or three days with a dry shampoo. This first fine fragrance dry shampoo combines the warm and sensual fragrance of Nirvana Black with a dry shampoo. The scent is there, yet not overpowering.

8. Elizabeth and James Nirvana White Dry Shampoo - Buy it from Sephora
A sister scent to Nirvana Black, this dry shampoo combines hair-refreshing technology with the delicate scent of Nirvana White. I like this dry shampoo that uses rice starch and thickens up the hair as I extend my blowout.

9. Tangle Teezer - Buy it from Sephora or sallybeauty.com
Not a product per se, but I use this handy brush every day to comb through my wet hair. The flexible teeth make it simple to get this must have tool through even the most unruly hair whether wet or dry. This is also what I use to comb through deep conditioners, hair masks and products like DESSANGE Pre-Shampoo mentioned above.

10. Madison Reed Root Touch Up - Buy it from Sephora
I've talked a lot about my gray hairs popping up and covering my roots in between professional hair colors and a temporary solution is a must have for me. I just discovered this hair powder and it's super easy to use. I wouldn't use this all over or in the part, but when I just need a quick touch-up at the temples this is the perfect solution. It comes in seven shades from light blonde to black.