Beauty Tips
How to Save $264 a Year on Beauty TreatmentsLearn how to extend the life of your haircut, facial, manicure and more |
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Women who have their hair professionally colored may have to visit the salon every three weeks, says Minardi. She advises that with the right color choice and care, women can extend the life of their color for to up to fourteen weeks. Here are her tips:
Tip 1: Enhancing the natural color of your hair and/or moderately highlighting your shade are the most durable types of color. So, to maximize the time between appointments, go with slight color tweaks to your natural shade of blonde, red or brown, says Minardi. The further away from the natural tone you go, the more frequently your color will have to be touched up.
Tip 2: Sun, chlorine and highly-alkaline shampoos are hair color enemies. To protect your color from the sun, use a sunscreen on your hair like Redken UV Rescue Protective Oil, $15. If you swim in chlorine, Minardi advises to rinse hair immediately after exiting the pool.
Tip 3: The hype is true, shampoos and conditioners developed specifically for color-treated hair really do work, so the short term investment in quality color protectors save you money in the long run (try Joico Color Endure Shampoo and Conditioner). Minardi recommends always shampooing only once (even if hair is oily) and rinsing the hair very, very well.
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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