Archive for the ‘Hair Care’ Category

Yahoo.com and RealBeauty.com have done a poll of the 15 best hair products that you can buy today.  We have  5 of the 15 products in stock, ready to ship!  We also have suitable replacements for others.  See below!

Best Hair Dryer

T3 Featherweight Luxe Hair Dryer:

The ultimate in super-speed, frizz-fighting, hair-protecting, Tourmaline ceramic drying and styling power. Leaves hair feeling remarkably healthy, radiantly beautiful and incredibly vibrant.

Includes T3 SoftTouch Finger Diffuser

Technology:

• SoftAire™ creates a large, perfectly even cone of heat
• Patented T3 Tourmaline Ionic and Infrared Energy
• State-of-the-art componentry

Features:

• Drying larger areas at a a time means up to 70% faster drying
• Seals in moisture and reduces static
• Lightweight and quiet

Benefits:

• Professionally perfect hair; smooth, shiny and silky
• Frizz-free, healthy styling for a lustrous, polished look
• Effortless, hassle-free styling

Best Hair Brush

Mason Pearson Sensitive All Boar Bristle Brush

A handy size (8-1/2″x2-1/2″) pure boar bristle brush that has 6 rings of stiff boar bristle tufts. Recommended for use on fine or thinning hair.
Beautiful hair

Beautiful hair is soft and silky, brushed to a sheen, clean and fragrant, well cut and styled to flatter the face. And these assets are within the grasp of anyone who is prepared to work at a simple hair care routine. Nature determines the texture of your hair, its natural elasticity and growth rate. All the other qualities depend largely on how – and how often – you use a good hairbrush and a shampoo.

Reconstructor

Enjoy Instant Reconstructor

Instantly give hair new life and vitality! Low molecular weight keratin amino acids (90-150mw) penetrate and repair weak, over-processed hair. Prolongs hair color without weighing hair down. Eliminates frizz.

Tip:
Must be applied to clean hair. For best results, comb or brush this product through the hair before rinsing. Give your hair the moisture and conditioning it craves.

Hair Oil Treatment

Agadir Argan Oil Hair Treatment
Leave in, daily hair treatment that’s super enriched with vitamin E. Leaves hair with radiant shine!

• 100% pure and certified Argan oil
• Repairs, softens and strengthens dry, brittle, frizzy, overworked hair
• Not oily or greasy and there’s no buildup to make your hair heavy and flat
• Reduces drying time (40-50%)
• Alcohol free formula
• Nourishes and eliminates dry, itchy scalp
• Encourages healthier, hair growth
• Great hair control and manageability

BENEFITS

Agadir ™ Argan Oil Hair Treatment

Agadir™ Argan Oil is extracted from the rare and exotic nut (cross between a walnut and almond) of the Argan tree. This wonder oil has the characteristics of being very lightweight and non-greasy. Its conditioning powers are beyond compare when combined with our fine, professional formulation. Argan oil has a low molecular weight, which instantly penetrates into the hair shaft, without weighing the hair down. Agadir™ Argan Oil Hair Treatment is left in the hair for continuous conditioning, leaving it soft, silky, manageable with a long lasting, luxurious shine.

Also Try:  DermOrganic Leave-In Treatment with Argan Oil, Macadamia Healing Oil Treatment

Curling Iron

Hot Tools Ceramic Tourmaline Curling Iron 1″

Professional Features

• testAdvanced Ceramic Tourmaline and Titanium styling surface
• Soft-Grip™ textured handle
• Advanced Pulse Technology® for Gets Hot…Stays Hot™ performance
• Temperatures up to 430° F (220° C)
• Variable heat settings with built-in rheostat control
• Extra high heat
• Fast heat-up
• Heavy-duty long-life heating element
• Foldaway safety stand
• On / off switch
• Pilot light
• 8-ft. swivel cord
• Solid state circuitry
• Bonus! Two extra easy-to-replace springs (Spring irons)
• TouchGuard™ protector for easier handling close to the neck and face (Marcel irons)
• Extra-long thumb grip and powerful spring clamp(Spring irons
• One-year waranty

Shampoo

Mastey Traite Shampoo

Traité sulfate-free moisturizing shampoo cleanses without compromise. A unique cleanser that treats your hair as gently as you would treat your skin, this nutrient rich cream restores moisture, shine and health to hair with a mild formula naturally derived from essential amides and esters. This makes it ideal as a head-to-toe cleanser that leaves both the hair and skin soft, supple and moisturized. The lipid-based cleansing system creates a gentle lather that balances moisture the natural way, leaving hair softer and airy with a reflective, natural shine that prevents dryness.

Traité is unique – unlike other “sulfate free” shampoos it contains no polyethoxylated detergents, sulfosuccinates, sarcosinates, glucosides or polystyrenes. It’s cleansing system is powered by a 93% pure moisturizing cream. Vitamins A, B5 & C, lipids, rice protein and minerals provide comprehensive replenishment for proper nutrient and moisture balance. With Anti-Oxidants, Traité and all Mastey hair care products help maximize the life of hair color.

Volumizing Mousse

Rusk Thickr Mousse

WHAT IS IT? A thickening mousse that provides optimum body, texture and hold without buildup.

WHO IS IT FOR? Anyone with fine, limp or lazy hair.

WHAT DOES IT DO? Thickr™ Mousse contains naturally derived ingredients that dynamically bond to hair to thicken its appearance while moisturizing the hair and providing healthy-looking shine.

HOW DO YOU USE IT? It’s concentrated, so only a small amount is required. It has a light, foamy texture, and is ozone friendly. Dispense upright, work into hands and distribute evenly through damp hair.

Wave Spray

Alterna Hemp Ocean Waves Spray

A lightweight texturizing spray for sexy, “just back from the beach” hair. Provides weightless volume, moisture lock and a natural wavy texture to all hair types. Formulated with Enzymetherapy, UVA/UVB protection, and Certified Organic Botanicals including patented Hemp technology to extend the life of your hair color and protect from future damage.

Conditioner

Mixed Chicks Leave-In Conditioner

Curl-defining formula designed for us. And when we say, “us”, we mean many. Even if you are not mixed, you may have frizz and unruly curls.

USE THIS TO: TAME FRIZZ and DEFINES CURLS for many hair textures & weaves (synthetic or human).

Flat Iron

CHI Ceramic Hairstyling Iron

Ceramic Hairstyling Iron For Silky Smooth Hair

Straighten, Curl, Flip Style

• Versatile “All In One” Ergonomic Design
• Professional Salon Model
• Creates Silky, Shiny Hair Instantly
• Flash Quick Heating
• Swivel Cord
• Limited 2 Year Warranty
• Ceramic, Ionic, Far-Infrared Heat

Hair Spray

Jingles Mega Hold Hair Spray

The strongest hair spray you will ever need.

Mega Hold Hair Spray offers the ultimate holding power needed. Mega Hold is ideal for artistic, creative styles with volume design. Mega Hold’s super-concentrated formulas ensures that your hairstyle will remain exactly as positioned.

Only a small quantity is necessary for a strong hold. Mega Hold dries and holds instantly, and will hold your style around the clock. Mega Hold brushes out easily, won’t flake or discolor hair, and won’t dry hair or build-up. Jingles Hydro Kinetic Workout Shampoo is recommended after use of Mega Hold (as well as other styling products).

Dry Shampoo

Batiste Dry Shampoo Spray Trio

Don’t know which Dry Shampoo to choose? Try all 3!

Contains:

1- Batiste Dry Shampoo Spray Original 5.05 oz
1- Batiste Dry Shampoo Spray Tropical 5.05 oz
1- Batiste Dry Shampoo Spray Blush 5.05 oz

Features and Benefits:

• Quick and convenient “in-between” shampoo to use wherever you are
• Revitalizes greasy, dull, and lifeless hair between washes
• Instantly leaves your hair feeling clean, full of body, and smelling amazing

Directions:

SHAKE CAN VIGOROUSLY BEFORE USE AND IN-BETWEEN SPRAYS. Hold can approximately 30cm. from hair and spray lightly, giving even coverage. Use fingertips to massage through hair and leave for a few minutes. Brush product out, preferably using a natural bristle brush.

T3 has done an entire re-design of their best-selling hair dryers, flat irons, and curling irons.    The upgrades have come in many shapes and sizes, and are not limited to:

Packaging Re-Design

Re-engineering of the motors

New Products

New Technology

It’s no wonder they label themselves the “The Science Of Fabulous”!  We have to tell you, these new products are GREAT!

Hair Dryers

T3 has taken hair dryer design into the future with proprietary, patented technologies to dry and style hair faster, more evenly, and with a finish that is totally damage-free.

By synergizing two innovative technologies: patented Tourmaline infusion with Tourmaline SoftAire™ airflow management, T3 has achieved a beauty paradigm shift.

Every use of T3 dryers improves the condition of hair, leaving it silkier, smoother and luminously vibrant. Its special technology also eliminates the static electricity that causes flyaways.

The visionary hair dryers from T3 represent a major design rethink of the performance, look and inner architecture of the professional dryer.

Conventional dryers use wattage, damaging heat and hurricane-like velocity to dry hair. T3 Dryers have made this old-fashioned process obsolete.

T3 Featherweight Hair Dryer (Allure Best Beauty Buy!):

Everyone knows about the best-selling T3 Featherweight Hair Dryer.  The award winning, patented, Tourmaline dryer. Lightning fast drying for a professionally perfect finish, all encased in a super lightweight body.  This has been the staple of T3 for over 10 years, and continues to be the most important product in line.  This dryer has professional quality and technology, but is home-grade and available to the retail market.

Welcome to the family, the NEW T3 Featherweight Luxe Hair Dryer (includes soft-touch diffuser).

T3 Featherweight Luxe Hair Dryer takes the design of the regular T3 Featherweight Dryer, but adds a little extra flare.  This dryer is more powerful than the T3 Featherweight and comes in a sleek, black shell.  The ultimate in super-speed, frizz-fighting, hair-protecting, Tourmaline ceramic drying and styling power. Leaves hair feeling remarkably healthy, radiantly beautiful and incredibly vibrant.

Flat Irons

T3 incorporates the latest technology with their new flat irons.  They are each a perfect styling tool and are each designed for certain hair types.

T3 SinglePass

T3 SinglePass 1″ Flat Iron is the signature flat iron in the T3 brand.  This iron is for use in all hair types.  It reaches a temperature of 450 Degrees Fahrenheit and is Keratin Treatment approved!

Take the flat out of flat ironing. Our award-winning flat iron for smoothing and shaping world-class hair.

Features:

• Perfectly maintains temperature during styling and fast heat up
• Ionic and Infrared energy seals in moisture and reduces static
• Curved body, bevelled plates

Benefits:

• Effortlessly fast for smooth, shiny and long-lasting results
• Frizz-free, healthy styling for a lustrous, polished look
• Straighten and style; add flips, body, waves, even curls

T3 ManeTamer

The T3 ManeTamer is the next new hair straightener in the T3 line.  The ManeTamer is for thick, coarse, wavy or curly hair—The T3 ManeTamer straightens the most unruly hair types that resist ordinary irons. Optional wet hair usage for maximum straightening.  The ManeTamer also gets up to 450 Degrees Fahrenheit and is approved for use with the Keratin Treatment.

Features:

• Perfectly controlled, high yet gentle heat over a large area
• Channeled & vented plates create hair-relaxing steam
• Perfectly maintains temperature during styling & instant heat up
• Ionic and Infrared energy seals in moisture and reduces static

Benefit

• Straightens thick, curly hair types that resist lesser irons
• Relaxes bonds inside hair for maximum straightening
• Effortlessly fast for smooth, shiny and long-lasting results
• Frizz-free, healthy styling for a lustrous, polished look

Watch the video of the ManeTamer in action:

T3 Volumize

The T3 Volumize is the “short-haired” styler.  Designed with Tourmaline, ionic, ceramic domed plates, the T3 Volumize is the secret to perfectly styled short hair with vava-volume.

Features:

• Seals in moisture, smoothes the cuticle and reduces static
• Creates lift and height to short hair lengths

Benefits:

• Frizz-free, healthy, shiny and long-lasting results
• Sleek height, spiky volume or voluminous layers

Curling Irons

The T3 Twirl 1 Inch Curling Iron and the T3 Twirl 1.25 Inch Curling Iron are the only curling irons you need to create everything from romantic wispy tendrils to lush cascading curls that radiate with a healthy luster while locking in moisture and eliminating frizz.

Create long, long, long-lasting, cascading curls, quickly and easily with state-of-the-art haircare science by T3.

Technology:

• Pioneering T3 Tourmaline Ceramic technology
• Digital SinglePass™ heating with silver-infusion power

Features:

• Ionic and Infrared energy seals in moisture and reduces static
• Perfectly maintains temperature during styling & instant heat up

Benefits:

• Red-carpet ready hair, glamorously shiny curls
• Long-lasting, lush curls
• Quickly curl a whole head

You’ve no doubt heard a lot about Mixed Chicks.  It has been featured EVERYWHERE lately, from your local Newspapers, to all the major magazine publications.  We’ve been getting many requests for this line, and we finally have it!

Finally, a curl-defining system for “you”. Whether you’re black, white, Asian, Latin, Mediterranean, or any glorious combination of the above, you’ll love the way these non-sticky, lightweight products leave your hair inviting to touch as they define and lock moisture into every curl. Be a proud part of our multiracial movement…”MIXED CHICKS” your curls! And yes, it works on weaves.

About Mixed Chicks:

Europe, Africa, Asia, America…we not only come from everywhere, but we are going everywhere. The world is becoming more and more diverse, and we celebrate that. Here is the unfolding story of just two of the many millions of “mixed chicks”:

For years, multi-cultural people with hard to manage hair traveled from store to store, trying to blend products in a hopeless attempt to tame their locks. Wendi LEVY (left) and Kim ETHEREDGE (right), two “mixed chicks”, created a product line because they needed it. Then, something happened…friends and family started encouraging them to package it, and soon they had a full blown business running out of the garage. After a little door to door hustling, a few celebrity endorsements, and a ton of online customer support, MIXED CHICKS is bringing their products to the world.

Products:

Mixed Chicks Leave-In Conditioner:

10oz of the curl-defining formula designed for us. And when we say, “us”, we mean many. Even if you are not mixed, you may have frizz and unruly curls.

USE THIS TO: TAME FRIZZ and DEFINES CURLS for many hair textures & weaves (synthetic or human).

Also Available in 33.8 oz

Mixed Chicks Deep Conditioner:

Detangling DEEP conditioner (8 oz / 236ml)

Nourish, detangle, and restore your thirsty locks with MIXED CHICKS exclusive conditioning blend which penetrates and reconstructs damaged areas, transforming style-stubborn-hair into resilient, easy to maintain tresses.

KEY INGREDIENT: safflower seed oil

Also Available in 33.8 oz

Mixed Chicks Shampoo:

MIXED CHICKS shampoo gets defiant locks sqeaky clean.

KEY INGREDIENTS: borage seed, avocado oil, & panthenol for healing and luster

Also Available in 33.8 oz

Mixed Chicks Hair Silk:

Mixed Chicks Gloss and Shining HAIR SILK

Have you ever watched someone enter a room or walk down the street, and their hair seemed to have a silky sparkle? MIXED CHICKS 1.7 oz hair silk makes you and your hair look more vibrant. How? It is our light reflecting formula that not only gives you added shine, but prevents fly-aways and splits.

USE THIS TO:

add a POLISHED texture
help color treated hair look vibrant
works for curls or straight looks

Watch This Short Video To Learn More About Mixed Chicks!

We’ve spoken with YOU, our customers, and some of our employees to compile a list of our favorite summer products!  Please let us know what you think and provide any feedback in our comments section.

Favorite Self-Tanning Spray

Body Drench Quick Tan Sunless Mist:  $13.75

Quick Tan™ Tanning Mist

Sunless Tanner, Ultra Bronzing Formula

DESCRIPTION:

The perfect ultra bronzing self-tanner
A fast-drying formula, it gives the most natural-looking tan in a flash while hydrating the skin with botanicals
Leaves skin supple and with a sparkly hue. Dries instantly so you can get on with your life while the golden tan develops
Sweetly scented with a light coco fragrance

PRODUCT USED FOR:
A natural looking sunless tan with an easy at home spray application.

FEEL:
Light mist.

FRAGRANCE:
Cocoa vanilla scent.

TIPS:
Use quick tan™ face scrub and quick tan™ body scrub prior to applying quick tan™ tanning mist, apply every day until desired color is reached. Follow with quick tan™ enhancing lotion the day after application. Quick tan™ tanning mist can be applied as often as twice a week. Use scrub on any areas where streaking occurs.

Also Try:  Flavours Sunless Spray with Bronzer, Fake Bake Instant Self-Tan Spray, Tan Towel Tanning Mist

Favorite Self-Tanner

Tan Towel Self Tanning Towels (Available in Classic Full Body, Classic Half Body, Plus Full Body, Plus Half Body)

TanTowel® Full Body towelettes give you a quick and even application with no streaking, mess or fuss. This self-tanning towelette is a full body application. Color will start to develop in 2-4 hours and your sunless tan will continue to develop for up to 24 hours.

Fair to Medium Skin Tones: Recommended use is Classic Formula  (Darker Skin Tones use Plus Formula)

Total Body Self-tanning Towelette
Ease in travel with no mess (e.g., leaks, spills, etc.)

Single use application

Towel measures 12″x9″

Towelette application
No mess, quick, simple
Single use application
Dries in seconds

DHA : Self tanning agent

Transcutol CG : Solvent for DHA skin penetration

Erythrulose Color : accelerator for a faster, deeper and darker natural looking tan

Vitamin E Acetate : Anti oxidant

Sodium Metabisulfite : Buffer

Pulp fiber towelette : Exfoliates the skin during the application
Allows for smoother softer, healthier skin

Clean citrus fragrance Premium foil outer shell:
The fragrance will dissipate within 5 minutes

Individually heat sealed packet : Maintains quality and integrity of product to ensure long-lasting life.

Also Try:  Fake Bake Self-Tanning Mousse, Sun Ultra Dark Self-Tanning Lotion, Fake Bake Self-Tanning Lotion, L’Oreal Sublime Bronze Luminous Self-Tanning Lotion, Too Faced Tanning Bed In A Tube

Water Sprays

Evian Mineral Water Spray Trio

Why should you be using the world’s leading mineral spray water?
Skin experts have long known, and French dermatologists have clinically proven, that Evian® Spray Brumisateur ( brew-meez-ah-tour) Mineral Water—direct from the French Alps—supplies vital moisture skin so desperately needs to remain soft, supple, healthy and young looking.

Used regularly, throughout the summer and winter, the Evian® skin care atomizer helps to moisturize the outer layers of the skin helping it to better withstand every day wear and tear. Due to the characteristic mineral composition and neutral pH of Evian natural mineral water, the evian skin care atomiser refreshes and invigorates all skin types. It is particularly recommended for expectant mothers, for infants and for babies.

Evian Spray Mineral Water—You can feel good about using it.
Evian Spray Mineral Water is sealed at the source. It cannot be contaminated, and will never leak. What’s more, Evian is propelled by environmentally safe nitrogen, won’t harm the ozone layer, and it’s recyclable. Evian Spray Mineral Water—serious skin care provided by nature.

Also Try:  Evian Mineral Water Spray 5 oz

SunScreen

Lotions/Mists:

No-Ad Sunscreen Lotions

NO-AD (not advertised) is a brand of suncare products that prides itself on bringing consumers the finest quality products for the lowest possible price. We have an extensive line of sun protection products including tanning lotions and sprays, high SPF sun protection, sunless products, specialized sun block sticks for extra protection, and skin care products for before and after tanning. Why spend more on brands that have big advertising budgets? Look to NO-AD for innovative, effective suncare products that will maximize your dollar!

NO-AD SPF  Sun Block Lotion is non-greasy, waterproof, sweatproof and PABA-free

• Provides 30 times your natural degree of sunburn protection

• Contains aloe vera, cocoa butter and vitamin E to soften the sun’s drying effect on your skin

• Provides UVA and UVB protection to help prevent premature aging and skin cancer from the sun.

• The Skin Cancer Foundation recommends this product as an effective UV sunscreen

Also Try:  Ocean Potion Sunscreen, Banana Boat Sunscreen, Hawaiian Tropic Sunscreen

Fragrance

Ralph Lauren Summer Romance Women’s EDP Spray

Summer Romance

This summer, escape to a romantic destination with this lush, fruity floral fragrance, and celebrate memories of your quintessential Summer Romance. Key notes of playful passion fruit, hibiscus, and tiare flowers dance with sensual apricot musk to take you away!

Notes:

Passion Fruit, Hibiscus, Tiare Flowers, Apricot Musk.

Also Try:  Marc Jacobs Lola Women’s EDP Spray, Sunshine Cuties Music Women’s EDT Spray, Burberry Summer Women’s EDT Spray,

Blow Dry Care

Go beyond ordinary hair care to blow dry care. Created by the experts at Blow, the award winning New York Blow Dry Bar, this exclusive collection of “blow dry care” products was specifically designed to give you better blow dry results at home. Nourishing, yet weightless, formulas provide all the protection you need and the lasting style you want— from voluminous body, sleek & shiny, wavy curls and every style in between. Free of sulfates and parabens that deplete hair and limit the life of your blow out. 100% Keratin compliant. Never tested on animals.

Our Favorites:

Blow “Blow Out” Non-Stick Hair Spray:

Enhances the movement and fluidity of blow dry styled hair while preserving the look all day. Prevents frizz and flyaways – even in the most humid conditions Fortified with a proprietary Pure Protein Blend so the hold is soft, natural and healthy

blow tip: For maximum volume and fullness, flip hair upside down or to the side and spray throughout sections. Work through with your fingers and then flip hair back.

Created by the experts at Blow, the famed New York Blow Dry Bar, Blow Out serious non-stick hair spray is the first and only hair spray designed specifically for the needs of blow-dry styled hair.

Description

Inspired by the fashion runways of New York and Blow’s signature, award-winning blow out’s that leave hair looking full and bouncy, this weightless wonder goes beyond traditional hair sprays to actually enhance the movement and fluidity of blow-dry styled hair while preserving your style in any kind of weather.

• Fortified with an exclusive Pure Protein Blend, including natural soy and silk, Blow Out extends the look and life of your blow out without the stickiness and crunch.
• The look is soft and natural. The hold is serious. Totally versatile and sure to become your next “must-wear” beauty accessory, Blow Out is the perfect finisher for hair worn down or up in the latest chic messy chignons.
• Blow Out dries instantly and sets in a flash so no time is wasted after your blow out. Why is Blow Out different from other hair sprays:
• Enhances the movement and fluidity of blow dry styled hair while preserving the look all day.
• Prevents frizz and flyaways – even in the most humid conditions
• Fortified with a proprietary Pure Protein Blend so the hold is soft, natural and healthy.
• Never tested on animals.
• No CFCs
• Made in the USA

Directions

Shake before using. Holding can 6 inches away, spray all over blown out hair for long lasting, natural looking hold. For maximum volume and fullness, flip hair upside down or to the side and spray throughout sections. Work through with your fingers and then flip hair back.

Blow “Beach Blow” Texturizing Mist:

Great for Summer!

Award winning product creates sexy, “tousled” texture. Soft matte finish doesn’t flake or dull hair’s natural beauty.

blow tip: Apply in sections after blow drying and “scrunch” hair to form natural waves and texture. Perfect finish after using a curling iron, too.

That ever coveted, sexy “beach” hair can be achieved 365 days a year, 24/7 – no surf or sand required. Simply mist on Blow’s Beach Blow and style to create natural waves. Formulated with pure proteins including rice, sweet almond and milk to enhance manageability, add softness and moisturize, this lightweight mist nourishes and strengthens hair while still creating a perfect day-at-the-beach style without feeling stiff, sticky or salty.

• Never tested on animals
• Free of sulfates, parabens and artificial fillers
• 8.5 fl oz / 250 mL

Directions

Spray on freshly cleansed and conditioned hair. Blow dry using your fingers to create tousled texture. Blow tip: Apply in sections after blow drying and “scrunch” to form natural waves. Perfect finish after using a curling iron too.

Blow “Faux Dry” Dry Shampoo:

Instantly absorbs natural oils and prolongs style without water. Adds volume and body.

blow tip: For added body, instead of using a brush use your fingers to work extra fine, translucent powder through hair from root to tips. Styles stays fresh an extra day.

A dry shampoo by blow New York that helps to instantly remove excess oil and buildup without water. For anyone who wants to prolong their blow dry-styled hair. Safe for color-treated and processed hair.

Description

This dry shampoo dramatically transforms limp locks with Blow’s exclusive pure protein blend of amaranth, lupine and wheat. The perfect solution for the fashionable girl on the go, Faux Dry cleanses hair, absorbs excess oil with micronized corn starch and instantly volumizes at the roots without weighing down locks. Unlike other dry shampoos, Faux Dry won’t leave behind a powdery residue or make a mess, thanks to its exclusive fool-proof application. Whether you overslept or simply need a style freshen-upper, Blow’s Faux Dry is to the rescue.

• Never tested on animals
• Free of sulfates, parabens and artificial fillers
• 2.4 oz

Directions

Shake well. Holding bottle upright 6-8 inches away from hair, divide hair into sections and squeeze middle of bottle until translucent “poufs” of fine powder appear. Massage into scalp and brush or comb hair as usual. Blow tip: For added body, instead of using a brush use your fingers to work powder through hair from root to tips. Style stays fresh an extra day.

Blow Hair Care is the NEW hot line in the beauty industry.  Check out ALL of their products here

While we can’t help you work hard on your beach bodies (we know you are), we can help you perfect your summer look when you go to the beach!  Summer time is all about bright colors and protecting your skin and hair.  Take a look at our list, and feel free to add anything that you think we missed!

Sunscreen

Your most important Summer Beauty product!  NEVER underestimate the need to protect your skin from the sun’s rays.  Remember that you can still get tan while wearing sunscreen, it’s never OK for your skin to get burned.  Even when it is cool, breezy, or overcast outside, it is still very important to wear sunscreen during the summer.

Around here, our favorite suncreens are by Hawaiian Tropic.  Each of their suncreens have a great coconut fragrance which smells amazing on our skin.  We also have many other sunscreens by No-Ad, Banana Boat, Ocean Potion.  All of our suncreens are located here.

Try These For Extra Sunny Days:

Hawaiian Tropic Sheer Touch Lotion SPF 50 8 oz:

Sheer Touch Lotion

Indulge and protect your skin with our line of Skin Beauty Protection products. Rich, creamy formulas infused with an exotic blend of flora and fruit extracts provide your skin with optimal coverage. Now with our new and improved signature tropical coconut scent!

Features & Benefits:

• NEW exotic coconut scent!
• Formulated with our patented SunSure® Technology
- Tested in the natural sunlight!
- Less chemical sunscreens
- Advanced UVA Protection
• Very water resistant
• Invisible Sheer Touch formula
• Oil-free & non-greasy

Ocean Potion Anti-Aging Sunscreen Mist SPF 50 6 oz:

Ocean Potion® Instant Dry SPF 50 Mist® Anti-Aging Sunblock with Parsol® 1789 (Avobenzone) provides the highest sunscreen protection without rubbing onto skin. This non-greasy instant drying formula is ideal for all outdoor activities. Provides Broad Spectrum UVA I, II, and UVB protection for xtreme sun exposure. Solaplex™ enhances the stability of Parsol® 1789 (Avobenzone) which makes Ocean Potion® sunscreens more reliable and longer lasting.

Please refer to our old post debunking the myths of sunscreen

Hair Protection

Did you just get your hair highlighted or colored for summer?  Do you want those colors to last longer in your hair?  Make sure you protect your scalp and hair from the harsh sun using these Hair Conditioning Sprays.

Alterna Hemp Sun Recovery Spray

A nourishing bi-phase leave-in conditioner that delivers an instant boost of moisture to sun-parched hair and offers UV protection during the hot summer months.

Instantly revitalize sun-parched hair with this nourishing leave-in conditioner works deeply to infuse moisture, improve manageability and enhance shine. Formulated with Enzymehterapy, UVA/UVB protection, and Certified Organic Botanicals including patented Hemp technology to extend the life of your hair color and protect from future damage.

Benefits:

* Bi-Phase Leave-In Conditioner
* UVA/UVB Protection
* Certified Organic Botanicals
* Patented Hemp Technology
* Free of: Parabens, Synthetic Color, Phthalates, Petrolatum, and Mineral Oil

Product is a member of Alterna’s Summer 2010 SUMMER HAIRx Collection

Directions:

Shake well and apply to towel dried hair. Do not rinse. Style as usual.

Goldwell Dual Senses Sun Reflects Leave-In Protect Spray:

Leave-in Protect Spray

• Protects from the effects of the sun,
pool and sea water
• Detangles the hair
• Provides intense moisture

DUALSENSES SUN REFLECTS.

When the sun is shining, so should your hair.

UV rays, pool and salt water dry out the hair, leaving it brittle and without shine. Recommend the ideal solution for the summer season to your clients: dualsenses Sun Reflects.

Features & Benefits:

• Instantly visible shimmery shine and a healthy, smooth feeling: thanks to the innovative Instant Microfluid Technology with care action that you can feel and see instantly.

• Developed for the needs of sun-stressed hair: the new Sun System – with passion fruit oil and UV filter- intensively regenerates and helps protect hair from external harm.

• Easy and efficient: shorter usage times and leave-in products – ideal for the summer.

Lip Balm with SPF

There’s nothing worse than dry, sunburned lips!  Protect them with these Lip Balms that contain SPF.

Banana Boat Aloe Lip Balm with SPF 45

Aloe Vera with Vitamin E SPF 45 Lip Balm

No more Chapped Lips

Aloe Vera with Vitamin E SPF 45 Sunscreen Lip Balm helps prevent sun and wind-chapped lips. Apply this balm for moisture and protection to your face’s sensitive skin: your lips.

• Moisturizes and protects dry lips
• Very water resistant
• Net Wt. 0.15 oz

Also Try:  Burt’s Bees Lifeguards Choice Lip Balm, Kiss My Face Lip Balm SPF 30

Wave Building Spray

The trend for the summer is to have wavy hair.  This means no straightening!  Keep your hair looking voluminous and natural with these texturizing sprays.

Alterna Hemp Ocean Waves Spray

A texturizing spray that creates tousled beach-like waves with a matte finish and creates weightless volume for that sexy fresh out of the ocean look.

A lightweight texturizing spray for sexy, “just back from the beach” hair. Provides weightless volume, moisture lock and a natural wavy texture to all hair types. Formulated with Enzymetherapy, UVA/UVB protection, and Certified Organic Botanicals including patented Hemp technology to extend the life of your hair color and protect from future damage.

Benefits:

* Lightweight texturizing spray
* UVA/UVB Protection
* Certified Organic Botanicals
* Patented Hemp Technology
* Free of: Parabens, Synthetic Color, Phthalates, Petrolatum, and Mineral Oil

Product is a member of Alterna’s Summer 2010 SUMMER HAIRx Collection

Directions:

Spray on damp or dry hair from roots to ends and shape with fingers for a loose, tousled look.

Also Try:  Aquage Sea Salt Texturizing Spray, Enjoy Texturizing Spray, Pravana Beach Wave Kit

Nail Enamel

Bright, Brighter and Brightest!  The summer is all about looking flashy with the brightest colors you can find. From OPI, Essie, China Glaze and Color Club we have the boldest and brightest shades for you!

Can’t Decide on 1 Shade?  Try the OPI Mini Brights Collection:

Mini OPI Brights Nail Lacquers Plus A Mini Rapidry Top Coat.
Bright Lites Mini Pack by OPI

Mini OPI Brights Nail Lacquers Plus A Mini Rapidry Top Coat

Contains:

1 – 3.75 ml – 1/8 fl. oz. OPI Charged Up Cherry Nail Lacquer
1 – 3.75 ml – 1/8 fl. oz. OPI Need Sunglasses? Nail Lacquer
1 – 3.75 ml – 1/8 fl. oz. OPI No Room For The Blues Nail Lacquer
1 – 3.75 ml – 1/8 fl. oz. OPI Rapidry Top Coat

Or GO Green with OPI’s Shrek Collection

Also Try China Glaze Fun In The Sun Set w/Free Beachball!

Soon to come:  More OPI and Essie Summer Collections

Tinted Moisturizer

Want perfect-looking skin without the heavy mask of foundation?  Use Tinted Moisturizers!  Especially great for the summer as these will keep your skin feeling soft and protect from burning!

The Balm Tinted Moisturizer Fair/Light:

BalmShelter Tinted Moisturizer SPF 18

Want perfect-looking skin without the heavy mask of foundation? Introducing the BalmShelter Tinted Moisturizer SPF 18. Designed for all skin types,

BalmShelter Tinted Moisturizer is a superior, hydrating formula that’s packed with sun protection. This smooth lotion has just enough color to even skin tone, while leaving you with a polished complexion every time. Key ingredients include:

Allantoin is a healing, moisturizing, soothing, anti-irritating and non-toxic agent. It is a valuable cell-proliferating healing ingredient, which stimulates healthy tissue formation and improves skin over time with daily use.

Hexyl Laurate helps maintain smooth, soft pliable skin and acts as a conditioning agent so skin stays hydrated.

Octinoxate and Octisalate work as safe and effective UV-B absorbers.

Avobenzone provides broad-spectrum UV-A protection when combined with Octinoxate and Octisalate.

theBalm is known for clever design, fabulous formulas, and gorgeous shades. Many products serve dual purposes and provide a quick fix to make you look and feel your best. Our sassy names reflect the personality of theBalm – a mix of sexy and serious, smart and funny, romantic and rebellious.

Also available in Light or Medium

Peter Thomas Roth Un-Wrinkle Foundation SPF 20

Our famous patent pending Un-Wrinkle® blend of active wrinkle relaxing and anti-aging peptides and neuropeptides infused in a luminous foundation with light-diffusing pigments that diminishes the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles while SPF20 protects skin from the damaging rays of the sun.

Our exclusive, patent pending Un-Wrinkle® blend of six powerful, active wrinkle relaxing and anti-aging peptides and neuropeptides is infused in a luminous foundation with light-diffusing pigments that diminish the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles while SPF20 protects skin from the damaging rays of the sun. Hydrating, oil free formula moisturizes skin while preventing excess oil from settling on skin’s surface. Long wearing, buildable coverage glides on effortlessly to create a natural veil for flawless coverage.

KEY INGREDIENTS:

• SYN®-AKE
• SNAP-8
• Argireline®
• SYN®-COLL
• MatrixylTM 3000
• Licorice Root
• Vitamins A C & E

BENEFITS:

• Immediately reduces the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles to impart a flawless, natural finish
• Long term anti-aging benefits of Un-Wrinkle’s peptides and neuropeptides
• SPF20 protection
• Hydrating formula moisturizes skin to leave a healthy glow
• Buildable formula for areas that require additional coverage
• Protects against free radical damage
• Extremely long wearing
• Oil and fragrance free

USAGE:

Apply a small amount with fingertips or brush. Blend gently into skin for a flawless finish. Reapply as needed for desired coverage.

Also Try Other Tinted Moisturizers

Any products that you don’t see here?  Have other summer beauty secrets?  Let us know in the comments section!

Have a Frizz Problem?  Control it with No Frizz Hair Care and Styling products from Living Proof!  Their products have been featured in just about every magazine, including; O Magazine, Allure, Women’s Health, Lucky (the list just keeps going on!!).

Usually products that control frizz contain way too much silicone, which will actually dull the hair and weigh it down.  No Frizz uses a non-silicone molecule which keeps your hair light, but without any frizz!  The great thing is, you can’t use too much of this product (they actually recommend “saturating” your hair with the product)!  We recommend using a comb during application to spread the product throughout your hair.  Remember, the products will NOT weigh your hair down, you’ll love the way it feels.

If you’re new to the NO Frizz family, you may want to try one of their starter kits:

No Frizz Starter Kit for Fine/Medium Hair

Contains:

2 oz No Frizz Shampoo
2 oz No Frizz Conditioner
1.7 oz No Frizz Straight Spray
1.7 oz No Frizz Wave, Curl Spray

No Frizz Starter Kit for Medium/Thick Hair

Contains:

2 oz No Frizz Shampoo
2 oz No Frizz Conditioner
2 oz No Frizz Straight Cream
2 oz No Frizz Wave, Curl Cream

No Frizz Starter Kit for Thick/Coarse Hair

Contains:

2 oz No Frizz Shampoo
2 oz No Frizz Conditioner
2 oz No Frizz Straight Treatment
2 oz No Frizz Wave, Curl Treatment

Each kit is $31.99.

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