Nice 'n Easy Color Blend Foam.

Nice ‘n Easy has decided to shake things up a bit by adding a new foam hair color to it's line of Nice 'n Easy hair coloring products. It's called Nice 'n Easy Color Blend Foam. Being a fan of Nice 'n Easy and using Root Touch Up every few weeks, I thought an easy to apply foam was the natural way to go.

Like traditional home hair coloring kits, you get a tint and developer that you shake together and squeeze out of the bottle to get the foam. The foam makes for easier saturation of each strand as it expands when applied to fill in all the little places you might accidentally miss when coloring. It also is a lot less messy when using, as the foam acts as a solid that turns to liquid when applied, but enough so that the foam stays where you put it - no drips.

To see exactly how to use and apply the foam, check out this great "How To" video produced by Family Circle magazine.

Well, a foam hair color may be a natural way to go if you want to do an all over hair color. If you are a novice and/or like to totally change your hair color often, then this foam is for you. The fact that I keep the same color base and only touch up my roots and get an occasional highlighting treatment at the salon, I won't be a regular user of the foam.

If you want to try the new Color Blend Foam, then you need to save the date and head on over to  Facebook, because Clairol is giving away 100,000 free boxes. Beginning January 24th through the 27th, Clairol will be giving away the free boxes of Color Blend Foam on their Clairol Facebook page.  All you need to do is "like" the page for more details on how to claim your free box. I can't wait to hear how some of you like it.

Nice 'n Easy Color Blend Foam is available in a full range of 18 shades and is available now at mass retailers and drugstores for $9.99.

Sponsored: Pantene Customized Hair Solutions.

Do you know anyone who colors their hair? I mean, if you don't need to color, lighten, brighten or cover up your grays, consider yourself blessed. I have been using hair color on myself since I was 16 years old. Yes - years and years of hair damage has been done. It is true what they say too. Once you start, you cannot stop. So if you are anyone you know does the hair color routine, you need to repair hair as much as possible from the damage, and only a colored hair system will do. Pantene recently launched a full line of product to do just that.

Pantene Pro-V Color Hair Solutions is a customized product line-up specially designed for us with color-treated hair. The series contains six customized shampoo and conditioner systems plus a conditioning/nourishing treatment designed to bring hair back to health. Volume, fullness, silky smooth styles or beautiful shine can be yours. Yes, even for your color treated hair. You just have to select which customized shampoo and conditioner system meets your needs.

 

If you want shine, try these:

• Pantene Pro-V Color Hair Solutions Color Preserve Shine Shampoo - $3.99
• Pantene Pro-V Color Hair Solutions Color Preserve Shine Conditioner - $3.99

Looking for volume and fullness, then you should try these:

• Pantene Pro-V Color Hair Solutions Color Preserve Volume Shampoo - $3.99
• Pantene Pro-V Color Hair Solutions Color Preserve Volume Conditioner - $3.99

Do you want a smooth and shiny, sleek style? Then try these:

• Pantene Pro-V Color Hair Solutions Color Preserve Smooth Shampoo - $3.99
• Pantene Pro-V Color Hair Solutions Color Preserve Smooth Conditioner - $3.99

If you want to really enhance your color or highlights, then you should try one of the Daily Color Enhancing products. Made with liquid crystals (all non- color depositing) help to prevent fading by protecting from daily damage, while helping to keep the rich color intensity you want after coloring.

Look at the range here for the different type of hair color you have:

• Pantene Pro-V Brunette Expressions Daily Color Enhancing Shampoo with Liquid Crystals - $4.99
• Pantene Pro-V Brunette Expressions Daily Color Enhancing Conditioner - $4.99
• Pantene Pro-V Highlighting Expressions Daily Color Enhancing Shampoo with Liquid Crystals - $4.99
• Pantene Pro-V Highlighting Expressions Daily Color Enhancing Conditioner - $4.99
• Pantene Pro-V Blonde Expressions Daily Color Enhancing Shampoo with Liquid Crystals - $4.99
• Pantene Pro-V Blonde Expressions Daily Color Enhancing Conditioner - $4.99

No matter which of the shampoo and conditioning pairs you select from, all color treated hair needs to make use of this deep conditioner. It is the Pantene Pro-V Color Nourishing Treatment. For only $3.99, you get a large tube of conditioner that is to be used just once a week for enhanced color and shine. The formula is very moisturizing which helps to seal damaged cuticles and repair the porosity that can cause hair color to fade. I use it in the shower after shampooing and let it marinate in my hair for two minutes. It makes my hair instantly softer, more manageable and full of shine.

All of the new Pantene Pro-V Color Hair Solutions are available at drugstores and mass merchandisers nationwide. The price could not be more right, nor could the solutions themselves. To find out more about the products, visit Pantene.com.

Disclosure: A free review sample of this product was provided by Pantene via Glam Media.

Temporary Touch Up with TouchBack.

I swear that I see gray hairs popping up around my hairline more and more often these days. Usually, I am good to wait three weeks into a coloring before I have to use my Root-Touch Up to hide the grays. Not anymore. In about 10 days time, I am starting to see those pesky grays peek through. When I pull my hair back, they are really noticeable and I need a disguise. My new mask? TouchBack.

TouchBack is like a temporary, yet stubborn, marker for the hair.  But this temporary fix is different. It bonds to the hair and blends in like no other product I have tried before. Yet, it washes out when I shampoo.

"TouchBack's patented formula uses certified hair colors, but without harsh chemicals — no ammonia or peroxide — so, it's gentle on your hair."

The marker is genius with it's specially designed tip. So genius, in fact, that it won an Insiders Choice Beauty Award from CEW this year.  You see, the color flows out of the tip with gentle pressure and it comes out evenly as you run it through the hair. And it dries quick so you don't need to worry about any kind of drip marks at all. When dried, you can even brush it through and nothing comes off - no flakes, no color. It simply stays put until it is washed out.

TouchBack is available online for $29.95 and is now available in Ulta stores as well. It comes in a range of eight shades (I use Golden Blonde) so there is always an easy match to your hair color.

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