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Obtaining an affordable, easy and manageable dye job may seem like a daunting task. With today’s economy, many have decided to DIY when it comes to beauty and haircare — whether it be an at-home manicure, or, what we’re here to talk about today, dying our hair without running to the salon. The secret to a great dye job that anyone can achieve involves three steps: selecting the right color, applying the color evenly and, finally, maintaining the color. Read on as we discover the best products to get the …

This Valentine’s Day, don’t wait until the last minute to decide how you’re going to wear your hair. Up? Down? To the side? So many choices. We asked owner and lead hairstylist Nicholas Penna, Jr., of the Salon Capri in Boston’s Newton Highlands and Dedham’s Legacy Place, some of his favorite hair styles to wear for the year’s ultimate date night. Read on to find out step-by-step how to create four easy, romantic, do-it-yourself hair looks, along with some of Nick’s favorite products.
 
Sock Bun

This styling trick plays up the volume …

The Brazilian Blowout controversy rages on as California lawmakers demand that the manufacturers of the Brazilian Blowout and Acai Professional Smoothing Solution, GIB LCC, put warning labels on their packaging.
We covered the Brazilian Blowout dispute back in 2010, when word got out that a stylist in Oregon claimed that they experienced difficulty breathing, eye irritation and nose bleeds when applying the Brazilian Blowout products which consist of 8-10% formaldehyde (a carcinogen), according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
With all of this going on, it’s comforting to know that those …

 
Award show season continues on with tresses styled to perfection with Wella Professionals care, styling and color! ((remember the hairstyles from the Golden Globes?)  The “it” girls at tonight’s Screen Actors Guild Awards®, including Michelle Williams, Emma Stone, Shailene Woodley, and Zoe Saldana, put their hair in the hands ofWella Professionals stylists, who used a variety of Wella Professionals products to get unique looks fit for the big night.
Want to know how you can look like an A-lister, too? Read on for tips, straight from the stylists themselves, on how you can recreate each look!

Michelle Williams
Styled by Chris …

It’s the dead of winter (for those of us living in a colder climate). And we’re waiting for that moment when we can soak in that summer sun. But, with the talk of summer, come our admired beauty editors’ caveat about the usual summertime beauty/skincare protocol: the importance of sunscreen; articles describing the harmful effects of UVA and UVB rays, etc. It seems all too much and overplayed, but, let’s be prepared for the summer as I add one more vital, but often overlooked, piece of information to the seasonal lecture: …

We often get questions from members of the BeautyStat.com community about the ingredients found in makeup, skincare and hair care products. So we decided to put together a glossary or dictionary of the most common ingredients found in beauty products.

Commonly used cosmetic ingredients
Here is a list of cosmetic ingredients that we come across in daily.
Vitamins
Vitamin A: It is known as Retinol. It normalizes skin’s texture and smoothes out fine lines. The more stable form is Retinyl Palmitate.
Vitamin C: The chemical name is Ascorbic Acid. It is an antioxidant, skin lightening …

The red carpet sparkled and shined tonight with award-worthy tresses. We watched the red carpet arrivals with Wella Ambassadors Aura Friedman, Ricardo Rojas and Alexandra Matiz pick out the hair trends they noticed and loved on tonight’s red carpet.
RETRO STYLE
A TREND REPORT BY AURA FRIEDMAN, WELLA COLOR AMBASSADOR
“I loved the retro-styles 60’s styles that popped up on the red carpet this evening – very unexpected. It was both bad-ass and darling to see these girls bring these styles on to the red carpet.” – Wella Color Ambassador Aura Friedman

Stars sporting this …

It feels like every day something is different with my hair.  One day it’s frizzy, the next day it’s flat or it’s tangled, un-manageable, dry, blah, blah, blah.  Well, it occurred me that my hair might not be as healthy as I would like, but why would I even care? It’s just dead cells…right? Wrong! Healthy hair is more important than one would think; especially, if you want to be a contender for a celeb-worthy hairstyle.  Not only does a healthy head of hair look shiny, silky and overall gorgeous but also …

When it comes to how often you should shampoo your hair it seems everyone is different.  Those with thin hair shampoo all the time because it gets too oily and those with curly hair go longer between suds as their hair becomes too dry.  Everyone around me seems to be on a different wavelength, which seems about right when even beauty experts are conflicted.

Among dermatologists and hair stylists, their opinions about shampooing differ.  Some say it’s necessary in order to prevent the build-up of oil that can clog pores and …

The length of your hair does not dictate what style you can rock, but it does limit some of those great celebrity styles we all want to wear.  Needless to say these days celebrities are taking more risks and their hair is in all shapes and sizes from buzzed off to butt-length.

Short hair definitely takes guts, but these ladies show us how to wear the short hair without fear and with great style.  A celebrity that has had short hair for most of her career is Halle Berry.  No matter …