Guy’s Opinion of the Ombre Hair Style

October 20, 2012 By 1 Comment

The ombre hairstyle trend; we’ve seen it in the magazines, on the runways, on our favorite celebrities and walking down our sidewalks. It seems like this coloring is becoming increasingly popular among women, which made us wonder: what do men think of the latest fad? We polled sixty men between the ages of 22 – 40, and asked them to rate their opinion of the look. Here’s the breakdown of our results:

Dan, age 25 (Love it)  – “The gradiation is very eye-catching and interesting. ”

Calvin, age 35 (Like it) – “It’s unique and makes a woman stand out.”

Reid, age 26 (Impartial) – “Whether I like it or not  really depends on the specific girl who is pulling it off.”

Ryan, age 31 (Dislike) – “Often it’s not done well and its, frankly, unflattering.”

Pat, age 27 (Hate) – ” It looks like either she was blond and got a bad dye job trying to go brunette, or she was a brunette who got a bad dye job trying to go blond. Either way, it looks like an accident that she was too lazy to fix.”

Our conclusion? There seems to be no definitive choice among the male half the population, as preferences seem evenly divided between the positive and negative. This ultimately underlines our belief that, while you can’t make everyone happy, you should do what makes you happy. If you like the ombre look, do it for the sake of expressing yourself and not to be please others. Tell us what you think of the trend in the comment section below!

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You hair what you eat

May 26, 2009 By Leave a Comment

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According to a recent WebMD article, what you’re eating can have just as much effect on your hair as your hair products.  Chicago based dietician, Dawn Jackson Blatner, says, “If you eat a healthy diet, you will grow stronger and healthier cells throughout your entire body – inside and out.”  Foods like salmon (contains Omega-3′s which contribute to health scalps), nuts (contain zinc which helps prevent shedding), and low-fat dairy products (contain calcium, which aids in hair growth) are among the list of healthy hair foods.

While its important to follow a healthy diet, there’s also beauty products that can help your hair along like Moroccanoil Oil Treatment, which adds to shine and softness of hair, or CHI Organic Olive Nutrient Spritz that combines natural oils and extracts with active hair spray ingredients.  Also great for your hair is Citre Shine Split End Mender, a miracle formula that contains pure citrus extracts that restores and protects split ends.  

So while you’re choosing the right foods, also choose the right hair products.  Both can have some positive, glowing effects on your tresses!

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The New and Improved Hairspray

March 13, 2009 By 1 Comment

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The hair trends of the 1960′s would not have been possible without the help of some fantastically strong hairspray.   Again, in the 80′s, when hair was back in style, hairspray was practically a necessity for every trendsetting woman (and man)!

Hair trends fade in and out of style, but until recently, it seemed that “big hair” had died right along with eighties hair bands.  While hair trends typically go in and out on their own, there’s a good chance the absence of big hair in the fashion world has had something to with the hairspray industry itself.

Hairspray and the Environment

You’ve probably heard that hairspray and aerosol cans are harmful to the ozone layer.  Research in the 1980′s found that VOC’s (Volatile Organic Compounds), found in most hairspray formulas were responsible for adding to the amount of smog in the environment and destroying the ozone layer.

In 1990, the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) passed the Clean Air Act, which required states to create laws that reduced the amount of VOCs in various household products (including hair spray).  CARB (The California Air Resource Board) was the first state to enact such a plan, which was made effective in January 1993.  The regulation lowered the amount of acceptable VOC in hairsprays to 80%.  The law then re-lowered the percentage to 55% in 2005.  A similar law was passed in New York soon after, and many other states followed suit.

In compliance with the new laws, hair spray manufacturers were required to change their formulas.  Their main problem was that by lowering the percentage of VOC’s, they were in many cases substituting important hairspray ingredients with water.  This dramatically changed the effectiveness of their products.  Subsequently, almost the entire hairspray industry was drenched with ineffective, sticky, and heavy hair spray products.

612011New Hairspray Technology, finally!

Faster Plus is the new generation of hair sprays!  The company (a division of Mastey Products) is one of the first companies to develop a hair spray formula that is much more like those used in the 80′s.   Their products are made without added water (regular hair sprays can be up to 45% water)!  Faster Plus hairspray dries fast, keeps hair in place, but is not sticky or heavy.   They are also 100% in compliance with the VOC laws and do not harm the environment. 

Do we think that big 80′s hair might be coming back, now that there are products to help it along?  Something tells us, history may repeat itself sooner than you think.

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