The 5 Commandments of Dry Shampoo

Still a skeptic about using a dry shampoo?  Feel the need to wash your oily prone hair every single day?  You purchased dry shampoo from Jada Beauty because your friends rave about it, but are unsure of how to use it? Fear no more!  Learn the 5 commandments of dry shampoo use, and forever be confident with your use of this life saving product. 1. Dry Means Dry -- While some hair products can ...

3 Ways to Style Spring Into Your Look

Whether or not March brought spring in like a lion this year (in Chicago we’re still waiting for it to roar in), I set on St. Patrick’s Day determined to emulate the change of season, as well as my Irish heritage, with my head to toe look.   Here are three current trends to incorporate into your spring look to both push the issue, and remind Mother Nature that spring is in fact here, and to ...

5 Wedding Hairstyles for 5 Different Kinds of Brides

Your wedding should be two things: 1. all about you, and 2. as unique and memorable as you are. Although I’m not getting married anytime soon (or possibly ever), I still love to peruse bridal magazines and read the magical stories of celebrity nuptial celebrations.  No, not because I am Ms. Wishful Thinking, but because I love seeing how the couples’ personalities are beautifully incorporated...

5 Decades of Hot Hair Trends- What’s Next?

I feel like recently we’ve been seeing a resurgence of trends from recent past decades, such as 80’s revival neon, Mad Men inspired pencil skirts, and skinny, ankle length denim reminiscent of the 1950’s. With all of this being noticed, I wonder how the second decade of the millennium will be defined with regards to style, since all the current fashions appear to be modern interpretations of...

Top 5 Timeless Looks That Took Home The Oscar

Award season is in full throttle now, with the Grammys this past Sunday now raising the fashion bar for the 2013 Academy Awards, which are only just over a week away! This year, the age for Best Actress nominees ranges from 9-year-old Quvenzhane Wallis to 85-year-old French actress Emmanuelle Riva.  Fashion trendsetter 22-year-old Jennifer Lawrence is in the middle of that range, and along with N...

Top 10 Most Outrageous Avant Garde Hairstyles

Avant-garde.  French words used to describe endeavors that are experimental or innovative.  A category used to push artists, designers, politicians, and of course, stylists past the boundaries of normal or ordinary to aid in cultural progression. Hair, a pertinent component of fashion and design, has proved to be an excellent medium for artistic expression.  Runways now not only showcase imagin...

Hip, Edgy Hair Rocked by Ashlee Simpson

Yeah, you read that headline right, and it’s okay, don’t feel bad that your forgot all about our favorite Saturday Night Live lip syncing, kid sister to Jessica, “Pieces of Me” crooner Ashlee Simpson.  Sometimes I do too, but due to the fact that Ashlee’s debut album was the unofficial soundtrack to my senior year of college, she will always be a part of my nostalgia. But enough about ...

The Hottest Hair Color Trends Coming Up in 2013

It’s here ladies: the New Year- 2013- and with it, all the excitement and change that the beginning of the calendar always brings.  2012 was full of bright, bold color, from the colors of our toenails, to our jeans, to our hair! Remember hair chalking? In addition to color, ombre was made famous and trendy by the likes of Khloe Kardashian, and Kelly Osbourne made grey hair look young and hip. ...