Hair Care

Ethical-Hair-Extensions-Great-Lengths

Hair extensions are a tough topic to tackle when it comes to environmental and ethical responsibility. Consisting of human or synthetic hair sewn into strips, hair extensions can provide volume, length, or both for the follicularly challenged. As their popularity has grown, they’ve become readily available online and in beauty supply stores. But where, exactly, ...

woman with healthy, shiny, long, thick hair

Your level of health can manifest itself in many different ways. Our skin, nails, and hair are some of the features that people notice first and among the most visible signs of health. Is the hair thinning? Is it brittle? Has it lost its luster? Is it limp? Because your hair is composed of discharged protein ...

natural shampoo conditioner

Why do we care about shampoo and conditioner being natural? Our scalps are located near a major hub of activity, blood flow and snapping synapses. Many shampoos and conditioners are full of questionable ingredients, often with documented toxicity and those chemicals are likely to leak into that hub of activity, where they don’t belong. The great news ...

jennifer lopez at 2013 golden globes

The hottest hair trend seen on the red carpet for this awards season is the side-swept wave, as shown above on Jennifer Lopez. Hayden Panettiere, Naomi Watts and Jessica Chastain are just a few glamour girls featuring this look at this year’s Golden Globes and other red carpet events.   It's actually somewhat easy to achieve ...

male hair

There are many theories, truths, half-truths and misconceptions surrounding the common problem of hair loss, affecting millions of men and women. Hair loss, either temporary or permanent, is traumatic and to say the least, life-altering to those affected by it. The most common types are male pattern baldness and female hair loss, both of which ...

Surfer Girl Beauty

End of summer? Not for surfers! We live by endless summer rules: savor every sunny moment on the sand and in the surf ! You don't have to live in California or Hawaii to follow our lead. Even if you’re a city-dweller or country girl with no desire to hang ten, with these surfer girl secrets, you ...

Zerran Natural Hair Care

People from all over flock to green hair stylist Bobby Fintor who keeps his hair treatments safe, clean and eco-friendly when he beautifies women and men in New York City. I was lucky to find Bobby for my own hair a couple of years ago.  Our relationship started because of mutual "green ideals" and I've learned a lot ...

summer hair style with natural Yarok products

I don't know about where you are, but here on the east coast August is just ridiculously hot and humid. The idea of using any kind of heat producing implement on hair seems like torture. For anyone with wavy or curly hair the frizz-inducing humidity is frustrating.  Being that I have naturally wavy hair and a ...

ginger lemon beer

Bring out the sun and get ready to welcome the new season with sunny locks!  Emphasize those tresses with a brew of lemon, ginger and beer. Lemon lightens hair -my brunette gets coppery, black tends red, and blond just gets blonder. Ginger spices up your scalp circulation and stimulates hair growth. Meanwhile, beer coats your hair and adds ...

Many of the same all-natural and good-for-you ingredients in your fridge and pantry are also healthy and effective applications for your hair. When tending to your tresses, here are some DIY hair care products you can make with common ingredients from your kitchen. Every single ingredient listed in the concoctions below are edible. With these DIY products, ...