5 Creative Ways to Add a Braid

Pocahontas is otherwise known as my biggest hair idol of all time. Why? Throughout my childhood (and maybe some of my adulthood...Pocahontas is a classic, don't judge), I would watch as she effortlessly tied her hair into a braid and pranced around singing songs. While I am not down for prancing and singing songs in the wilderness, I am down for rocking an effortless braid in my tresses. Due to my...

Great Gatsby Hair

Late last night, I was watching the latest episode of Vampire Diaries (my obsession, thanks to DVR). Just as I am getting ready to fast forward through the commercials, I see Carey Mulligan's sultry bob à la the upcoming knockout film, Great Gatsby. Needless to say, I waited two minutes before skipping over and watched in envy as the finger waves and slicked back hair flashed across the screen...

How to Heal Curling Iron Burns

Whoever said "beauty is pain" was seriously deranged...and correct. Nothing hurts more than trying out a new look with a heating tool, and ending up looking like you have a major hickey. The infamous curling iron burn, (aka the bane of every woman's existence). It hurts, it looks bad, and it hurts...did I mention IT HURTS? Like a lot. The truth is, curling irons can be such little devils. Take it...

Jada Beauty: HairScription How-To

At Jada Beauty we recognize one very important concept that we want your clients to embrace. You, as a stylist, are so much more than just an artist. You are a doctor, dedicated to the health and education of your client's tresses. It hurts you to see limp, unhealthy, lifeless hair in the same way that a doctor hates to see a person smoking 4 packs a day. In order to move forward in the educating...

Jada Beauty: Quick Start Guide

82% of your clients walk right out the door without purchasing product. Shocked? Just wait. Let's say you have 100 clients in a month. Now, let's say you manage to sell a minimum of just $20 in products to all the 82 of that 100 that walk right on out without caring about that very sad, very empty, hole in your pocket. That's 1,640 dollars in sales that YOU could be getting commission on in one mo...

Transitioning Tresses: Winter to Spring

See untamed childhood hair humiliation to the left; See updated silky tamed tresses to the right. When I say I have a lot of hair, I'm not kidding. Some would go so far as to say Chewbacca and I are first cousins (okay, not THAT close). Whatever our relation, the last thing Baccy and I want after a cold, gross, i hate you snow, please die long winter of trying to control the 15 pounds of hair w...

Beachy Waves How-To

I learned at a young age that I was never going to successfully have Laguna Beach status waves in my hair everyday. Why? Two reasons. One, I am from a small town about 45 minutes from any sort of water mass (including ponds) and two, I definitely don't look like Lauren Conrad when I leave the beach. As a result, I was forced to find a unique, yet effective method to create the beachy waves I alway...

4 Do's For Your Date Night 'Do

Looking in the mirror, makeup sprawled across the counter top, I stare at my reflect at a loss. I sigh, gazing longingly at my dark skinny jeans and white chiffon top laid out on the bed behind me. The outfit is perfect, the makeup even better, but the hair...what is the freaking world am I supposed to do with my hair? I just washed it, yet it looks like a tub of bacon grease was massaged into my ...