I'm 20 years old, working as a hairstylist. So, my expertise is your hair, makeup, and nail care needs...but I also have plenty of life experience under my belt...so feel free to ask!
E-mail: Courtneyglynne@hotmail.com
Gender: Female
Location: South Carolina
Occupation: Cosmotologist.
Age: 20
AIM: Courtneyglynne69
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is there any shampoo recipes i guess thats wut you w ood call it that u can make ur own shampoo (link)
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Here are a few links!
http://ezinearticles.com/?Making-Your-Own-Herbal-Hair-Shampoo&id=31263
http://curezone.com/blogs/m.asp?f=235&i=10
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/18711/make_your_own_hair_care_treatments.html
Shampoo bases can be found at your local beauty supply store, or online. And most of the herbs and ingredients used in these recipes can be found at your local grocer/farmers market.
Good luck!
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i just got my hair dyed yesterday. ( it was just a rinse, so it fades eventually )Also, My hair was cut to short and im looking for ways to grow it back. I read somewhere that you could wash your hair with peppermint or spearmint tea to promote hair growth. Will the peppermint/spearmint tea make my color fade even more than just washing it with shampoo? (link)
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Actually the tea would promote the longevity of your dye. Shampoo has chemicals in it that strip your hair of unknown chemicals, such as dye. But, sadly, it won't cause your hair to grow any faster, but it might make it healthier. The sad truth is that nothing you can put in your hair will make it grow faster. Regular trims and massaging your scalp when washing will promote faster growth though.
Good luck.
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What brand of hair products would you say is the best? and from that brand, what would be the best shampoos, conditioners, sprays, etc. for naturally frizzy, wavy, curly, knotty, puffy hair?
and also, names of good hair dryers and hair straighteners/curlers would be appreciated! (link)
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The best products you could use if you're not on a budget is Paul Mitchell. Paul Mitchell has an awesome line for your hair type, you just have to check it out! If you're on a budget, Aussie. Their volumizing line is great for people with curly and knotty, puffy hair. It silkens it without weighing it down, giving it a lot of volume that you would lose with other products. Any of their curling serums, creams, and mousses are great, as well as their 3 minute miracle conditioners (helps with the knots).
As for hair dryers and flat irons...Remington is a great brand. Always choose a hair dryer with a medium sized barrel, never long, just creates more work. Flat irons - always go ceramic or porcelean, tames frizzies and leaves your hair in better condition that before. The Wet 2 Straight from remington is a cheap, amazing straightener.
Good luck!
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hey this other girl asked a similar question butttt not exactly the same so i was just wondering:
how do you straighten your hair and have volume at the end? like this is precisely what i'm looking for:
in the march issue of cosmogirl! with LC [ laguna beach ] on the cover, if you turn one or two pages, here's this girl advertising for DKNY jeans and she's wearing a denim mini and a yellow flower belt. (she might be in other magazines)
i really really want my hair to look like that! not curly, but just like that really natural not STICK straight hair kinda look.. any ideas?
btw- respond as many times as you like. i rate based on advice, not on how fast you respond. :] (link)
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Okay, so, you don't want stick straight hair...you want volume but a do that's not frizzy. There are two ways you can do this!
You can blow-dry your hair as you normally do, I'd use a sleek cream, to fight against frizzies as well as a volumizing mousse, but only use it on your ends. After blowdrying, go plug in the family iron. The one you get wrinkles out of clothes with. Use a hand towel, folded to protect your hand with and place is over your hair on top. Take the iron and put it under and run along the length of your hair. A iron does not get as hot as a flat iron that you use on your hair, so it won't have the drastic straightening affects, so it'll let you keep some volume.
Also, you can use a curling iron. Put it on a medium setting and "straighten" your hair with it. It's round so it gives a lot of volume to your hair.
Butttttt...if you just want to use a flat iron and keep it silky straight: when you straighten your hair, start at your roots and as you start to pull the flat iron along, pull it up and down, rather than straight down, that adds height to your roots thus creating volume. I'd also invest in a volumizing spray for finishing. You just flip your head over and spray it in the roots, flip back and finger through.
A good way to keep volume for days is to take a loose scunchie, pull you hair ON TOP of your head. Not a little to the back, but on top of your head and sleep with it that way. IF you're hair gets really oily, use baby powder.
Hope I've helped, I might have rambled a little, but it's late :-)
Good luck!
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Has anyone used any of the Dove/Pantene styling products for curls? Especially;
http://www.pantene.com/en_US/products/collection/curls/styling_milk.jsp
http://www.pantene.com/en_US/products/collection/curls/curls_shaper_anti_frizz.jsp (link)
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Well, as a professional I would warn you not to use ANY Pantene product on your hair. All of their products have a certain type of wax that in the long run can ruin the shaft of your hair strand. Dove on the other hand is a great line of hair products, but...their curl line isn't on the upside. They tend to weigh down your hair and produce flat and ultimately frizzy looking curls. Their straightening cream works wonders! Anyways. Got2B is a wonderful product line that you could try. All of their curl line (sprays, creams, mousses, and sculpting glazes) work extremely well. I use their scultping spray on my clients. Just make sure that you spray it on damp hair and scrunch with your fingers, blow dry upside down, scrunching then finish off by spraying with your favorite hair spray. Most of the products can be bought at a WalMart super center or at your local Riteaid, Walgreens, or Eckerds.
Good luck!
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im getting my hair styled and cut.
this is what i look like...
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k98/smichele427/l_d5367eec1ed8639ded5a74c405d7b9a7.jpg
i dont plan on dying it... just getting it restyled.
so what should i do?
i was thinking side bangs and layers?
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Hair length is coveted, so I'd ask for graduated layers and to keep all your length. Beware that your hair will still have it's length in the back but it will be shorter in the front, around your face. Then ask for a bang to the opposite side of your part that blends in well with the layers.
Good luck :-)
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sorry, wrong category i know. anyways, every time i get out of the shower, my hair is super tangley. i use shampoo and conditioner every time, and ive tried a bunch of different stuff. but it is always extremely knotted and stuff when i blow dry or comb it afterwards. it takes forever to get it dry and untangled. what should i do about this?! please and thanks :] (link)
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Disclaimer://I am a professional hairstylist, but do not take my advice at word. I cannot fully analyze your situation without a current photograph front, side, and back. If you would like further advice, please contact me on AIM.
There is a very cheap, very concentrated conditioner that Aussie makes. It's called Knot-Forgotten. It is VERY concentrated and eliminates ALL knots. And makes your hair really smooth and slick. It also repairs damaged cuticles and ends from having to detangle your hair with a brush or comb.
Also, rubbing your hair with a towel, otherwise known as traditional towel drying, frizzes your hair and makes more knots than what is called for. Try just grabbing the hair with the towel and running it down the shaft of the hair. Works better and is better for your hair!
Good luck!
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black female/15
What makes relaxed hair curly not nappy but curly and wavy, besides braiding it and then taking the braids out.??? (link)
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Disclaimer://I am a professional hairstylist, but do not take my advice at word. I cannot fully analyze your situation without a current photograph front, side, and back. If you would like further advice, please contact me on AIM.
You're hair is going to be tricky to get it curly and wavy without being nappy. Depending on the length of your hair you can use a small barrel curling iron at a low setting to curl. But, since you just had a relaxer, use a cream, hair food, or gel specifically made for your hair BEFORE applying the heat. When curling your hair, section is starting underneath at the bottom most layer of hair . After making a curl, tug on curl until it's lose and spray with a tightener spray.
Good luck!
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so i have really really pretty hair. it's blonde with natural highlights on top and natural lowlights on bottum that are dirty blonde. It's great so now i was wondering what kind of hair style i should get because my hair is soooooo plain. I can make it cute but its hard cus its sooo thick. so what should i do about it? oh, and it's length is right above my boob. lol. so how should i cut it? i don't wanna color it at all though and i already have naturaly wavy hair so no perm. would short cute layers make it awsome or make it seem too thin? (link)
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Disclaimer://I am a professional hairstylist, but do not take my advice at word. I cannot fully analyze your situation without a current photograph front, side, and back. If you would like further advice, please contact me on AIM.
If you want a different style and all your length, ask for graduated layers. It will make your hair look thinner, but not too thin, as layers tend to give volume and take away poof. I'd advise you to search photo's in magazines and online and take one into you local hairstylist so they'll have a picture perfect idea of exactly how you want it because layers are hard to perfect on someone who isn't really sure what they're asking for :-)
Good luck!
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Dreadlocks - my latest 'craving', you could say. There's this girl in my uni who has it and it looks amazing on her.
I was just wondering how it's done...I know someone who'll do it and stuff but I wanna know how. Also, will I be able to wash my hair? And after how long will it start to get all loose and weird? And are there any negative consequences (like the 1.5 million different fleas found in Bob Marley's hair)?...
I admit I'm a hygiene freak (must wash my hair before 24 hours are over between each wash)and I just want to make sure I won't do something I will regret.
Thanks for your time.
=) (link)
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You can have dreadlocks and keep a clean scalp! There are things called Synthetic dreads that are just like regular hair extensions. Synthetic dreads come in all types of materials from snake pipe, real hair, plastic, etc, etc, etc. They are easy to put in and you can still wash your scalp without ruining the do. And, they also have Dread falls...that you put in over you're hair that has been tied up. Here are a few sites. I think think this would be a lot better than dreading your own hair seeing as if you do that and keep them for a long period they have to be cut out.
http://www.angrycaninelovestick.org/dreads/index.html
http://www.divinitydreads.com/
Contact me if you'd like to get synthetic dreads at a cheaper price. I have friends who make them :-)
Good luck!
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i have kinda of curly frizzy hair and i straighen it everyday. Im going to florida in april and im not gunna have time to strighen my hair everytime i take a shower. is there antying, such as shampoo, conditioner, cream, spray, anything that would make my hair straight, if not just a little straight? also is there anything i can put in my hair when its wet that when it drys there would be pretty curls and not fizzy ones and can withstand the heat?
thanks (link)
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Well...if you're washing your hair everytime you take a shower, you shouldn't. Washing your hair daily is not healthy for it. Shampoos and conditioners strip away and replace your hairs natural oils (WHICH KEEP IT HEALTHY), which man made elements that in the long run make your hair frizzy and split easier. You should only wash your hair once a week and usually straightening your hair with a good straightener once will keep for three days. If you hair starts to get oily and you still don't have time to wash it...take baby powder in your hands and work it through your roots and make sure to shake and brush it out well so that it won't leave your roots looking white. They also sell hair powers in a wide variety of colors (Paul Mitchell, John Frieda, and Aussie) that work the same wonders as baby powder, but baby powder is much cheaper. That's what I use and I'm a hairstylist and get my products at cost from the company, lol.
Good luck.
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are there any subsitutes for nail polish remover? i don't have any and i need to take off my nail polish.. i need answers quick!! (link)
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Take half vinegar and half rubbing alcohol and mix. Apply to a clean cloth and rub on nails. Then apply a second coat of nail polish and rub off. All the nail polish should come off then. Vinegar seeps into the polish and breaks it down, while the alcohol liquifies it when combined with the vinegar. After that...make sure you wash your hands thoroughly to get all the vinegar off because that can cause your hands to dry up and crack and could also make your fingernails brittle!
Good Luck!
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i was thinking of getting highlights for my hair. i have the filipino skin complexion, you know like the asians do. so i was thinkin about what color to highlight my hair. i want to get like a reddish kind but i'm not sure. and i'm also to emo kind so yeah. and my hair is also straight and layered, if that helps. (link)
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You're complexion has a lot to do with what will look 'natural' on you, but is has nothing to do with your own personal style. A redder auburn or tinted brown would complement your complexion. But if you want an obnoxious effect that just screams at people I'd go for a really lite, almost platinum color. Since you're hair is layered, you could always get interchanging layers colored or just the underpart of the hair dyed. But if you want to go for a more subtle look, try dying around the face and just on the upper most layer and if at all possible, go to a professional.
Good luck.
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How can you do french braiding on yourself--the EASY way? HELP please!! I want to do 2 french braids .. kind of like pigtails.. only french braids..if that makes any sense? lol.
& another question ...
Every time I try to curl my hair (With a curling iron, of course), it doesn't even stay in. Yes, I've used hairspray and those curl shampoos or whatever don't work. I've stopped believing in them. LOL. So any tips or tricks?...I need them by tomorrowish, maybe... (link)
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French braids are tricky to do on yourself. And there are two types, over and under. Over looks like a larger cornrow and under is the traditional french braid. I try to cut this into small steps.
1-Section hair down middle of your head, clip or tie one side.
2-start at the peak of your hair in the middle of one section and seperate three peices like you're going to do a regular braid.
3- Braid them one to three times, then with the two outer peices of hairi n the brain pick up a little more hair starting from the outside of the section...just repeat until it's braided all the way down and try to keep it as tight as possible.
4- You can braid to the tips of your hair or just at the base of your scalp, but secure tightly.
And for fly aways...spray with hairspray and rub the braids.
Now...for curly hair :-) After you've washed your hair put a curl gel or glaze from root to tip while it's still damp. Then flip your head over and blow dry while scrunching your hair with your fingers until completely dry...then spray with a sprunching spray (preferably Aussie Sprunch Spray) and sprunch again.
Good luck!
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I want to make my hair wavy. I already have natural waves, but they aren't that strong, and anyway they're frizzy. My friend uses mousse and scrunches up her hair, and she also uses tongs. I told my mum I wanted to make my hair wavy, but she keeps saying that the only way you can have waves in your hair is to get a perm. It's not, is it?? Because my mate says she's never had a perm. But whatever I say, my mum keeps saying that you can't have wavy hair unless you get a perm, my mum ALWAYS thinks she's right, I can't get through to her. Anyway, how do you make your hair wavy? Please tell me any products/tongs etc that are good, and if there are any sites that tell you how to get wavy hair then I'd appreciate it. I used to curl my hair with tongs, because I did Irish dance competitions. But the curls just fell out like 30 minutes later, so if you know how to actually keep the waves in place, that would be helpful too (I tried tresemme gel spray but that didn't work). Thanks! xo (link)
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Loose Pin curls, lots of heat, and a hair spray. I recommend Aussie Mega Hold.
Or, try a big barrel curling iron, maybe a 2 inch barrel and loosely wrap your hair around the barrel and hold for a few seconds. If it's too tight of a curl, just pull them and spray.
Or, if you want more of a curly wavy look, get a Regis styling glaze, or any styling gel/glaze made for curly/wavy hair. You can put it in your hair dry or wet. Then flip your head over and blow dry it with a diffuser. No hair spray needed. If you don't have a diffuser application that came with your blowdryer, they're only 6$
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