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Have you ever seen What Not To Wear? Well if not all it is really is a guy and a girl who get phone calls from people if they don't like the looks of their friends or family, like how the dress and stuff. So basically they throw out there whole wardrobe and give them a $5000 dollar shopping spree to buy on clothes and shoes and acceroies. After that they do their hair and makeup. Anyway this one episode they have a girl and she's dyed her hair a lot (like me exept highlight a lot)and the guy that does the hair has to cut off the damaged parts and re-dye it properly. I think that's what my hair needs. But what would you call that? I also wanted my hair layered and re-dyed again in April. Please tell me you get what I'm saying!!
My hair turned out great. But I still see some blond in my highlights. How long should I wait until I re-dye my hair the same colour? I was thinking in April is that long enough?
Since I'm dyeing my blond hair light brown, what about my hair that's already brown? I just want it one colour, the colour it is at the top of my hair. But I'm afraid of making it lighter. Please help!
Since I'm dyeing my hair, won't I half to use a colour treated shampoo and conditioner? But I still have frizzy hair! My hair isn't dry, but it's just frizzy! Help!
I've think I'm going to go with light brown from Natural Instincts by Clairol. Is this a good product or choice?
I'm thinking of dyeing or highlighting my hair. But I don't know what to do. I have light brown hair on the outside of my air but on the inside it's dark brown. It's also dark brown at the top. The blond higlights I put in a while ago are slowly coming out. So it's a dirty blond on the outside layer, with dark brown on the inside layer, dirty blond at the bottom and dark brown at the top. My eyebrows are dark brown. So it doesn't really match. I heard you're suppose to stay close to your eyebrow colour. So I either want to dye my hair a brown shade or re-highlight it blond. But nothing red, black or too blond or too brown. Please help!
A month ago, I moved to a new apt. complex. For the first time in 25 years (if ever), I now have *softened* water. I HATE IT! I have thin, fine light brown hair, and I keep it short, double-process highlighted, and it is cut into a style that really is low-maintenance, and keeps it looking much thicker. I'd get out of the shower, put a little root mousse, or some thickener, actually almost any good volumizing product, and I seldom had to do more than a 2 minute blow-dry with a diffuser, and a couple quick turns of the curling iron in the bangs. It fell right into place. Now, it's flat, will not curl, holds none of its natural wave, and just sticks straight up after I dry it. The manager said the water-softener is only in the hot water, so I at least rinse it in cold water (every other day). But I'm very frustrated. I've asked at Sally's Beauty Supply, my hairdresser - I can find no products that exist to remove water softener from hair. Two gals in the Health Food Store said they have the very same problem, and have found no solution, so I know I'm not alone. HELP!! Thanks much! Marty
Hey it's Kayla, I have wavy hair with a bit of curliness (curls), and I have dry ends at the bottom of my hair, and frizziness at the top and throughout my hair, and my hair is sort of puffy (not really I think it's more frizzy). I want it to be straight with no frizz, no curls and a few waves. I use Dove products for my hair do they have anything that could help my hair? If not, what should I use (any home remedies, products)?
My hair is naturally dark dirty blond and I have bleached the entire thing for about a year now, I then last week tried to go to a light brown to stop the all over bleaching but all the roots are orangy and the rest is greenish. My hair is now of course multi length to my chin. Can I re-lighten my hair? I have a lot of extensions I use but they were all blond. My hair is fairly thin too. I use a reconstructer a lot too. My hair is damaged, but I am too fair to go a dark brown to even it out that way.
So. I have question about colouring my hair. It's quite urgent, because I need to know if I can do it in a few hours or after a month or so. It's not like I haven't dyed my hair before - that's exactly the problem. I've had so much done to my hair that my mom thinks it'll turn out orange if I go blond... again. The story for the hair on me now is that it's been blond for a long time. My real hair colour is pretty dark and a bit grayish. In May I coloured it with a pretty dark brown 24-wash colour. After it washed out, I dyed again with the same shade. I went to a hairdresser, and came out with a permanent brown that can't be described blond or brunette (we didn't really understand each other...). It's been over a month. So - is it too early to bleach again? We're having our pictures taken for school tomorrow.
Hi. i just got highlights in my hair at a salon and instead of the color that i asked for which was a chocolate brown shade the highlights were like a orangy brown shade and i think its too bright against my skin. My natural hair color is black. How do u think i can fade my too bright highlights fast before school starts? Which is in 6 more days. Please Help. Thanks! xx
Hi im 13 and i use loreal anti dandruff shampoo but still i have little white flakes in my hair how can i get rid of this?? also do you know the average price in hairdressers for getting a layered cut...by the way i think making the new website wud be a great idea!
I really want my hair cut shorter because now it is very long (half way down my back). im confused though because i dont want to regret it afterwards. i have a roundish face, very dark eyes, tanned skin and smallish lips. i want something a little different but still stylish. thanks x
Hi me again it's Claudia I was wondering If you have any suggestions for hairstyle But, I'm talking about more like hairstyles, hairstyles not haircuts, like pony tails, braids etc... what more ideas do you suggest me??? I have bangs at the front of my face, but till chin lenght and my hair is a short round U at the back. u know just for school.. well hope to receive ur respond sone!!!!
Hey it's Kayla, when you said Suave was bad for your hair, that means hairspray to right?
Hi, I recently cut my hair into layers and it looks really nice but once you wash it it freezese up my hair is naturally wavy and I've tried to use all the products I can but none get ridd of my hair freezing what do you recomend me???
Hey it's me Kayla again, I was also wondering, is Suave a good product for hair and body? I also have frizzy hair and split ends. Do you know any natural ways or not so expensive products I could use?
Hi, actually I've got straight hair but my problem is that I have been making plaits since quite a long time and now it seems as my hairs are curly and I don't like it. Can you suggest me a way how I can get my straight hair back!
Hey my name is Hailey, I have naturally curly hair and it's long too. Every time I try to blow dry my hair it goes crazy!!!! It just frizzes and poofs right up and then I have to end up straightening it which takes forever. Is there any really good products that could help me??
I would love to have the same hairstyle as Jennifer Aniston but I can never find a picture of how her hair looks or any celebrity in the back, only a front view of the style. How do you think her hair is cut in the back???
Hola! I am 14 and I have extremely frizy hair! I have tried several things but none of them work! I spent all my money on these items...so if you have any suggestions that won't cost me hardly anything... well I would really apreciate it! Thanks!!
I sprunch my thick hair all the time but I just get waves that flatten really easy. For a girl that has very little time in the mornings but wants curls really bad whats your advice? P.S. Just a senctence would be great!
Hi. I'm a 16 year old girl. I've pretty much dyed my hair many colours. Recently I tryed bleaching my hair. I bleached it twice and decided all blonde hair wasn't my thing. Later on that same day I dyed it two times with a dark brown. My hair still isn't the colour I want and it's very fried. I need help on what I can do to calm it down and make it not so frizzy! Also do you think I should cut the ends because they kind of break off. And they feel really bad. I flat iron my hair every day and my bangs won't seem to go down anymore either. Basically I need a lot of help!
Hi, I just got a perm less than 24 hrs ago. I work in a dental office as an assistant. I have constant spray and spatter in the air which goes into my hair. For infection control purposes would I be alright to use a shampoo that does not contain alkaline or other chemicals. I have some shampoo and conditioner by Loma which is professional and is natural. Would this be okay to use or must I wait the full 48 hrs as recommended.
I had my hair permed about two weeks ago. How soon can I color it?
Hi, I have thick black wavy hair which is very dry and difficult to manage and my hair tends to be so dry and frizzy. Can you suggest products that I can use to make my hair straight and smooth with that sleek look. I have purchased a Nicky Clarke straightening iron but I am unsure what else I should use. It's been months since I purchsed it but I am soo afraid that using it might damage my hair. Please help me, I have a very important party coming up in my family and I want to look my best. Please.
Hi. I went from natural dark brown to dye yellow blond. I didn't like the results. It looks orange blond, how long do I have to wait to die my hair black? Please email me back, I need help real bad...
Hi , my name is Jessica and I am 17 years old and I'm tring to find a haircut that would look great on me but I'm not sure what would because I have a long square face and I don't really like short hair so if you could help me and tell me what kind of haircut you think would look best on me please e-mail me back some tips.
My hair smells like wet dog after I received a perm, help! What can I do to get rid of this smell? Thank you so much!
My daughter and I are about to color and highlight our hair. We had professionals do it before. My hair was last done before Christmas and I had primarily a head of gray hair. I colored it blonde with highlights and the roots really don't show beause it blends in so well with the gray. We each bought hair color we want to be the main color. Mine is a very light blonde and I was wondering if instead of recoloring all of my hair would it be feasable to simply just do highlights with my color. We're using caps to pull hair through. My daughter suggested my coloring my hair completely and then using her darker blonde for the "highlighting". If I do, how should I go about it? Color, rinse and highlight immediately ?
My sister has naturally light brown hair, that she has dyed using a Feria reddish dye for about 3 months now (dyeing it about once a month). She would like to grow her hair out -- it is quite short right now. When her hair is long she doesn't want it to be this reddish, orangish, purplish color that is has become. She would ideally like it back to its natural color. How would you recommend getting it back to its original color? She has tried dyeing it brown at home, but the color does not take. Can a professional get the color out, or make it so that it looks more natural?
Hey, I just dyed my hair black and red and I really don't like it AT all and my mom was wondering if I can dye it medium to dark brown or dye it a dark red and get highlights but will it turn green or will it cover up the black and red??
Hey. Last night I dyed my hair black and red and I can't even go out side because I hate it so much and I was wondering if I try to dye it medium brown will it turn out ok?
My friend bleached my hair about a month ago and its driving me crazy the way it looks. Before it was dark brown but now the top is kind of bleach blonde with some orange/yellow in it and as you get to the bottom it's still a little brown. We ran out of bleach when we did it so I didn't cover all my hair but basically it's a million different shades of like everything. I went to a salon about 2 weeks ago and she said dye wouldn't take right now but I just want to know how much longer I should wait to dye it? And if I try a darker color will that work? I mean anyway I can get it to one color I'll be happy and hopefully soon and if not how long should I wait? Tips? Thanks!
I have bleached highlights in my hair done about a month ago and I want a perm. Is it ok to do that now?
I have just found out I'm pregnant and I want to dye my hair to my natural hair colour so I don't have to worry about it. My hair is bleached and very dry and I want to go light brown. I have bought a couple of colours that say you can use them after bleach but all the strand tests go orange or grey. I can't afford a hairdresser. What make and colour would you reccomend I can put on it?
I am thinking of getting a perm because my hair is long and really flat. I want to have loose big volumous curls. Do you have any sugg. on what kind of perm to get??? Thankz
I just rinsed my hair brown, but I want it lighter. Is it ok to mix two different types of rinses, expecially when one requires heat and the other doesen't?
Will my hair fall out if I dye it five days after I permed it?
I JUST PERMED MY HAIR FIVE DAYS AGO AND I'M WONDERING IF IT'S OK TO DYE IT NOW.
What is a good shampoo,(reasonably priced),that gets out product, and that I could find at Wal-mart?
My mother-in-law has found a haircut and color that looks good on her... and remains complimentary throughout the years. Do you have any ideas on how to find the right haircut and color for me?
I colored my hair at home in November and hated it (it came out reddish), it's now May... I know I'm okay to color and/or highlight whenever, but I'm not sure what to do to get rid of the red. I wouldn't mind going back to a light brown with highlights. Is that doable at home, if so how? Or do I have to go to a salon? Also, I want my hair straight again. Since having my second child, my hair is straight in the front and curly/wavy in the back. I want to straighten it... and I did it a long time ago myself by just buying a perm and combing my hair whilst perming it but can I do all these things at the same time? How long should I wait between coloring and straightening, if I have to wait at all?
Hello, My name is Shelley. About 4 weeks ago I got semi-permanent hair color put on my hair but in 2 weeks I am going back to the salon and I wanted to know if I can now put permanent color on my hair in the next 2 weeks which will be 6 in total.
Is it ok to dye my hair even if I have spots around my hair line?
I'm black and I recently allowed my hair stylist to highlight my hair. She told me they were going to be light brown or auburn, but instead, she bleached it and they turned out blonde... very blonde. The rest of my hair is sandy brown so now I look like a bumble bee. Three weeks later she put a brown rinse in my hair and it turned the highlights reddish brown. Now.. I just got a perm and the highlights look red. Prom is in two weeks and I need my hair to be one color. My natural color. What am I going to do? Please help me.
How long should I wait to wash my hair after having it highlighted?
Can you chemically remove bleached blonde hair??
I just dyed my hair tiwce and I hate it. I can't even leave the house. What should I do? Is it ok to dye it again?
I dyed my hair about 3 weeks ago and I really need a perm. How long should I wait?
I dyed my hair about 3 weeks ago and I really need to dye my hair. How long should I wait?
I am a natural blonde and have been my whole life. I just dyed my hair brown but it turned out a lot lighter than I wanted. How long do I have to wait until I can dye it again to get it darker?
Hi. I went to a salon to get side bangs, but they gave me wide side bangs and they are shorter than the rest of my hair and it turned out badly. Do you have any suggesions to fix my bangs so they aren't so wide looking? Do you have any way I can put my hair with out showing the wideness in the bangs? Thanks!
I just dyed my hair and it looks horrible. I used the Loreal permanent hair dye. I dyed it extra bleach blonde from a sandy blonde color hair. I don't know how long I should wait to dye it over to my old color. It says to wait 3 weeks but I can't wait that long! Please help me.
Hi. I dyed my hair last week and I want to know how long should I wait until I can get a perm. Thanks!
I got my hair highlighted, then the next week I got it highlighted more because it wasn't light enough. The next day I dyed it blonde because my hair was too white from the highlighting. Now it's light orange, and I hate it. How long do I have to wait to dye my hair back to brown? Will it turn orange?
What would you do if you had honey blonde in your hair and you put a 14k gold in your hair and it turned black?
I dyed the bottom half of my hair pink about 6 weeks ago and now it's fading. I want to dye all of it black. But I'm not sure if it's too soon. My question is about how long should I wait after I dye my hair to dye it again? I dye it very often so I just want to be sure. Thank You.
Is Pantene Pro-V Scalp Therapy still available?
How soon after coloring can I perm my hair?
For the last five years I have sufferd with alopecia areata, since then I have been very careful with my hair and have never put anything on it. At the moment my hair is fine, and I would really like to have some highlights. Do you think highlights will affect my condition?
Hey I just got blonde highlights put in my hair on Friday. I don't like how they look in my hair. Anyways I want to dye my hair so it's all dark brown again. I know these highlights will last 4-6 weeks, but I don't want to wait that long for them to go away. My question is do I have to wait a certain amount of time before I can go ahead and dye my hair? If so.. how long would I have to wait? I know back when I was in high school I had my hair professionally colored, and I tried to dye it back to dark brown a few days afterwards and I got no results. After about a month or two I tried again, and it worked fine. So I don't want to waste money buying hair dye if it's too soon for me to dye my hair after getting these highlights done.
Should I wash my hair with shampoo immediately after coloring and before the conditioner?
I have hairy legs. It doesn't bother me actually. But they're curl and it makes my legs don't look good. How to straighten them away?
I am letting my bangs grow out and when I straighten them they always somehow end up in my face and flat. How can I prevent that?
I always straighten my hair. Is there anything else I can do besides straighten it, put it in a pony tail, or put it up in a clippy?
What do you do for split ends?
My mom is in the nursing home and refuses to go to the beauty shop. Is there a shampoo I can use on her hair without water?
I dyed my hair on Friday, and it is not the right shade. How soon can I try to go lighter?
I just got a spiral perm over the weekend and I love it. I had died my hair lighter months ago and the roots are horrible. I want to dye my hair back to its natural brown color. How long should I wait to dye my hair after getting the perm? Can you please tell me of any other advise or tips I should know? Thanks so much!!!
How do I get my dull brown hair to look more like all of my friends sparkly happy blond curly hair? Can I do this with out damaging my tender roots?
Skin Care
Hi. Due to my dry hairs I have to use oil. But the problem is that this oil comes and deposits on my neck and as I perspire a lot this makes my neck become darker. As far as I am at home it's okay. I can wash my neck as much time as I want. But when I am at school what shall I do? My neck is so oily.
Help! My skin is all stingy and red this morning! I just applied the last Acne-Free bottle and it made my skin do that I think, because I didn't apply the lemon juice since that happened. Now it's late in the afternoon and my skin isn't stingy, but it's still red, just not as red as this morning. But it's only red on my cheeks and chin, and I apply the Acne-Free treatment all over my face. What should I do, I feel like nothing works for my skin!
I was also wondering when I should apply my lemon juice because everytime I use it I feel a if it takes some of the Acne-Free stuff off my face. What should I do?
My freckles are genetic, and the've slowly faded away. Same with my acne scas they've slowly faded away. So should I just keep using the lemon juice?
My freckles haven't faded away yet and it's been over a month now. Also my acne scars haven't faded away either. Please help!!
Hey it's Kayla, I have dark freckles, so does that mean it will take longer for them to fade away with the lemon juice? If so, how longer?
Hey it's Kayla, how long does it take for the lemon juice to work for freckles and for acne scars?