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Winter Hair Blues

Whatever your favorite hair look may be, everyone knows that healthy hair is the main component of great looking hair. As winter takes over, even the healthiest hair can experience a dry spell. Dry hair means that your hair is that much more brittle and that much more susceptible to damage. You want to ring in the New Year with a great head of hair, don’t you? Of course you do. So don’t let the winter blues get to you or your hair.

Give yourself a break from the heat during your daily styling. You can put your hair in messy bun or even wear try a few well-placed braided styles. And if you can’t kick your flat iron addiction cold turkey, at least go get a tourmaline flat iron. It will give you that straight look without nearly the heat damage that a lesser flat iron will.

Use half as much shampoo and twice as much conditioner. Shampoo strips your hair of its natural oils while it’s getting rid of the dirt in hair. Conditioner is designed to put the moisture back into your hair. You should also try waiting an extra day to wash your hair. For example, if you use shampoo every day, you should do every other day. Instead, use the conditioner in place of the shampoo. Also, try adding a deep conditioner to your hair care routine once a week or every ten days.

Just don’t forget to protect your hair from the elements like snow, rain or wind. Wear a hat or pull your hood up to prevent the cold weather from damaging your hair.

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Guess Who’s Wearing Hair Extensions

Once again, we here at the Look want to point out how universal hair extensions are. The stereotypes may suggest that only black women use hair extensions but that’s just not true. Hair extensions are for anybody that wants to take their look to the next level. Do you have thin hair that never seems to look full? Tired of waiting for your hair cut to grow out? Just want to glam up your look for the holidays? Hair extensions can help.

This month, we’d like to put the spotlight on another celebrity that doesn’t fit the hair extension stereotype: Lauren Conrad.

Lauren Conrad is known for her starring roles in MTV reality TV shows like Laguna Beach and The Hills. She later parlayed her reality TV fame as the quintessential California girl next door into clothing lines, commercial sponsorships and a bestselling book. And through it all, Lauren Conrad has been continually look to as an example of great style for twenty-somethings everywhere. One of her style secrets is hair extensions.

Lauren Conrad has used hair extensions for years to add fullness to her thin hair. She has been quoted as saying she’s addicted to the way her hair looks and feels when she wearing premium hair extensions. She was so surprised at how easily they blend into her natural hair color and turned her shoulder length bob into a bombshell ‘do.

Are you looking to for premium reusable human hair extensions? Head on over the Look Hair and Make Online Store for the hair extensions you need to change it up this season.

Hair Products and Hair Extensions

This week, L’Oreal had been receiving some negative press for a commercial featuring UK celebrity Cheryl Cole talking about how strong and full of life their products have made her hair. The only problem is that she’s obviously wearing hair extensions the ad. Some critics say that wearing hair extensions in a hair product advertisement is misleading. The ad does flash a two second message that the singer’s hair was styled with natural hair extensions. Still, there were several complaints.

So what’s the big deal? Beyonce had been starring in L’Oreal ads for years and she wears hair extensions all the time. In fact, it’s a well know industry secret that just about any hair product ad uses hair extensions on its models to give them fuller, longer looks. This includes actresses like Scarlet Johansson and Sarah Jessica Parker.

Besides, if premium human hair extensions need to washed and styled in the exact same way that the hair on your head does. Using quality products can prolong the life of your hair extensions.

So what do you think? Is it false advertisement for hair models to use hair extensions or for celebrities like Cheryl Cole and Beyonce to be spokeswomen for hair products when they obviously use hair extensions?

Four People That Need a Tourmaline Flat Iron This Holiday Season

Whether you’re making a list and checking it twice or just picking up a few stocking stuffers, tourmaline flat irons make great holiday gifts. Just about anyone can use one, but here are a few suggestions for the gift giving this year.

Your boss: Somebody’s needs to tell her that split ends and dry hair will never been in style. Unfortunately, neither you nor your other coworkers have the balls to do so. So why don’t you all chip in for a tourmaline flat iron. The tourmaline technology will prevent keep her smooth and healthy without you having to risk your job

Your stylist: She’s been working miracles on your hair every week forever. Make her job easier by giving her a tourmaline flat iron this holiday season. It heats up to 410 degrees in just 15 seconds and has a swivel cord that lets her move around easily. Think of all the time she’s save the next time she’s getting your ‘do just right.

Your best friend from college: She’s fun, she’s fab and she’s on the go all the time. Get her a mini tourmaline flat iron so that she can look her best from coast to coast.

Yourself: Because only you know just how good you’ve been this year. Don’t wait for Santa to make a move. Buy yourself a tourmaline flat iron today!

Black Friday Beauty Discount Starts Today

We at The Hair And Makeup Blog would like to Thank all of our readers and customers who have supported us the past year. To our friends and customers we are forever thankful.

Wishing everyone and their families a very Happy Thanksgiving!

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Give Thanks for Great Hair

With Thanksgiving this week, half of you have already unbuttoned your pants in anticipation of Mom’s holiday feast. If you’re like us here at the Look Hair and Makeup Boutique, you can’t wait to have a piece of sweet potato pie and a nice big plate of stuffing. But we’re also all about the hair and Thanksgiving is no exception.

This year, we’ve tried to remind you that whatever you put into your body, affects your hair. So this Thursday, when you’re sitting down with friends and family, think about loading up these foods to improve your hair health. Just think: you can justify having a second helping by telling them that you’re doing it for your hair.

• Collard greens and spinach—Dark green vegetables are loaded with vitamins A and C, which your body uses to produce the natural oils that keep your hair soft.

• Green bean casserole—Beans are great for iron, zinc and biotin, heavy hitters in the war against brittle hair.

• Pecans and Walnuts—You can never break out the nutcracker in the holiday season to break out the nutcracker. That’s because nuts contain fatty acids that give you hair shine and strength.

• Turkey—Protein in essential to healthy, strong hair. Not enough protein can even make you go gray faster. Deviled eggs and eggnog are sources of protein too.

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Fall Color Trends

It’s a good idea to change your style up as each season approaches. Hair color is no exception. Whether you’re spending thousands of dollars at the top salons or doing it at home with a box color kit, you want your hair color to reflect the fact that we’re right smack in the middle of fall.

Most people think that fall hair color must be dark, thinking of blacks, chocolates or auburns. But the truth is that your fall hair color should be a cooler tone, which includes platinum blondes and plums. Just remember that darker hair reflects shine better than lighter hair. It’s also easier to hide breakage and dullness in dark hair. And if you’re thinking of going darker than chocolate brown, you should let a professional handle it to avoid hair disasters.

Instead of changing your entire hair color, consider trying low lights, which are just the opposite of high lights. Instead of adding streaks of a lighter hair tone to your natural color, you would add streaks of a one shade darker. The idea is to get a rich, darker look without looking mousey or plain. Low lights also mean that you don’t have to worry about whether your new look will mesh with your skin tone. There’s also less maintenance.

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Guess Who's Wearing Hair Extensions

There is a stereotype that only black women wear hair extensions. But that’s so untrue! Hair extensions are for any woman who wants to glam up their look without waiting for their own to grow out or in. Women (and some men!) of all colors and creeds use hair extensions to take their look to the next level. Every now and then, we here at the Look Hair and Makeup Boutique like to put a spotlight on hair extensions on celebrities you wouldn’t expect. Who’s in the spotlight now? Kourtney Kardashian.

Kourtney Kardashian is a celebutante, business owner and sometime model. As the oldest member of the Kardashian sisters, she can be seen on the reality TV show Keeping up with the Kardashians.

Kourtney has middle eastern roots and so she doesn’t fit the stereotype of a woman who wears hair extensions. However, in her blog she mentioned how she had cut her hair recently. Even though she loved it, she missed her long hair so much that she started wearing hair extensions to change up her look. Kourtney says she’s waiting for her hair to grow out and is actually being patient about it . . . thanks to hair extensions.

Are you waiting for your natural hair to grow out? Don’t wait! Get your hands on some premium hair extensions from the Look Hair and Makeup Boutique!

Controlling Your Hair as the Weather Changes

Even though fall officially starts in September, many of us are just now feeling the effects of fall. With Halloween gone and the winter holidays right around the corner, the weather is really starting to change. And as the weather changes, so should your hair care routine.

It’s a little early for real snow in most areas, but that doesn’t stop it from raining buckets at least a few times a week. Even if you don’t normally use hairspray, it’s a godsend in wet weather. Use it to lock in those styles when you must be out and about in rainstorms.

For those of you who live in the southern part of the country, it’s probably still hot, with no end in sight. Humidity is still an issue for your hair.  Here’s a tip: the drier your hair is when you leave the house, the less effect humidity will have on your hair. Curly haired girls are the most affected by frizziness. Anti-frizz products should be used on your locks to keep the frizzies at bay.

Midwest girls will be experiencing an increase in wind, chill days and dry hair. Avoid washing your hair too often and when you do wash it, choose products that are specially formulated to combat dryness. Keep your hair tied or clipped back on those windy days to avoid the scarecrow look. You might try a hat or a loose braid for the days that you’re exposed to the elements the most. And consider investing in a mini flat iron with tourmaline technology. It will fit right in your bag and help you freshen up your look after you’ve fought the weather. Also, the tourmaline technology won’t further dry out your hair like some other types of heated styling tools.

Eating Away Your Breast Cancer Risk

Hair extensions and makeup are wonderful tools for taking your look up a notch. But we all know that beauty comes from within. So shouldn’t you be concerned with putting good  stuff in your body? Your health plays an important role in your look. So in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month, we here at the Look Hair and Makeup Online Store would like to touch on some dieting habits that reduce risk factors for breast cancer.

• Have six servings of fruit and veggies every day.

• Replace your caffeinated beverages like coffee and soda with green tea. Green tea contains antioxidants that help prevent infections and ward off all types of cancer.

• Limit your fat intake to less than thirty grams a day. Keeping your weight in check will reduce your risk of contracting all sorts of conditions, including diabetes and breast cancer.

• Tomatoes contain a nutrient called licopene, which research is shows it can reduce your cancer risk.

• Add a little dark chocolate to your diet. It’s been proven to contain cancer-fighting agents in moderation.

Help promote breast cancer awareness buying the pink H3000 flat iron this month at the Look Hair and Makeup Online store. Part of the proceeds will go to breast cancer charities.

Chris Rock's New Hair Piece

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard about Chris Rock’s new documentary Good Hair. He says that the idea to make the documentary came from his daughter asking him why she didn’t have good hair. The movie goes on to visit the iconic Atlanta hair show and even goes to the temples of India, the source of Remy hair extensions.

Although there’s some controversy over how original this movie is or what it has to say about the hair extension industry, Rock has the ability to inject humor into nearly every nook and cranny of this movie. Celebrities like Al Sharpton, Raven Simone and Ice-T all make appearances in Rock’s documentary. The movie also includes actress Nia Long, who hilariously explains what some of us have always known: all’s fair in love and hair.

But Ms. Long has also been giving plenty of interviews lately where she drops a little truth about hair extensions. They are accessories, like your bag or shoes. They add to your look and don’t try to find any other meaning than that. Changing your hair extensions is like changing your outfit. It’s glamorous and fun. And everybody’s wearing them.

Did you see Chris Rock’s Good Hair? And if you did, how do you think it portrayed the hair extension industry?

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