Beauty Tips

How to Save $264 a Year on Beauty Treatments

Learn how to extend the life of your haircut, facial, manicure and more

by Anna Jimenez

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How to make your salon blow out last Professional blowouts instantly make hair look refreshed and healthy, but an average salon blow out can cost up to $40 and last as little as one day. Follow these tips from Harwin so your blow out can continue to blow people away.

Tip 1: Find a salon that specializes in blow outs, they will put more time and effort into the process (after all, it's the only service you're paying for). Harwin warns not to be fooled by fancy salons -- they aren't always the ones that do the best job.
Tip 2: If hair starts to get oily on day two, use a dry shampoo. Try Ojon Rub Out Dry Cleanser, $24. Use sparingly and brush though your strands well to make sure you can't see it.
Tip 3: To keep hair at it's cleanest, use a boar bristle brush like Hana K. Diamond Wood Boar Bristle Oval Cushion Brush, $10.99 to comb through your hair before bed to remove dirt and debris collected from the day.
Tip 4: Bring back the old-school bouffant trick by sleeping on a towel to keep your hair from flattening over night. Create your makeshift pillow by rolling up a thick towel into a tube and securing with safety pins. Then wrap it in a pillowcase and swap it for your regular pillow, making sure to place it under your neck as you sleep. If kinks still start to form, run a small flat iron just over your roots.

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great article

by luxe Sunday, March 17, 2013 at 09:58AM Report as inappropriate

I saw some great information here! Thanks!

by EricaC123 Monday, January 21, 2013 at 03:37AM Report as inappropriate

Good ideas! I need to learn how to do some of these.

by Sari Sunday, January 20, 2013 at 11:18PM Report as inappropriate

great article. Totally agree with the previous reviewer, thoug. You definitely can save MUCH more if you do some of those things yourself. It is easy to do perfect (even better than salon) mani-pedi, eyebrow shaping yourself.

by venenumletalis Sunday, January 20, 2013 at 06:48PM Report as inappropriate

If you learn to do a lot of that stuff, you are gonna save. (And have some girlfriends who know how to do too.)

by nicky22 Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at 10:22AM Report as inappropriate

I do everything except for my nails. I do my brows, my friend's brows and I even ombre'd my own hair.

by MizzPink Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at 07:15AM Report as inappropriate

good tips.

by lazorc Sunday, March 18, 2012 at 07:10PM Report as inappropriate

I like doing my own nails. manis are too risky, who knows if they actually clean the tools???

by eatinglipstick Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 01:32PM Report as inappropriate

I cut and color my own hair, paint my own fingers and toes, make my own face and body scrubs, and bribe my boyfriend for massages. I save a lot more than $264 a year!

by xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at 09:59PM Report as inappropriate

Nice

by queenphoto Saturday, February 18, 2012 at 09:26PM Report as inappropriate