A Safer Way to Fight Frizz.

A few weeks ago, I told you about The Brazilian Blow Out Controversy. With it’s dangerous formaldehyde-laden formula, salons across the country are starting to pull this treatment off their shelves.

The simple fact is, women don’t need to endanger their hair and health with harsh, dangerous chemicals to get gorgeous hair.  There are safe, and natural alternatives. One such alternative is from Ouidad.

Ouidad, the curl expert with salon locations in NY and LA, has encouraged women for over 25 years to embrace their natural hair texture.  Now, says Ouidad, “it’s become a matter of life and death, and not just the risk of a bad hair day. Consumers need to be properly educated about the risks involved with these treatments, and to seek a safe solution.”

Check out the amazing before and after in the video below as Ouidad restores damage and brings curls back to life!

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.

*Press sample(s) of the product(s) featured was provided by brand or brand representative for editorial consideration.