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The fashion runway this fall has taken hair volume to new heights. And while you love how it looks, you’re not exactly sure you can replicate the look on your own head. I mean, calculating volume in geometry was hard enough…
Of course, it’s easy to rationalize that perhaps you were meant to lust from afar. I used to say such foolish things as well. But then I discovered my inner volume vixen (read: I found the right tools), and I’m about to intro you to …

The fair-skinned English knew a thing or two about protecting their skin in the summertime when they carried parasols as religiously as Lindsay Lohan wears leggings. Well, luckily, we’ve heard of SPF, right?
In this amazingly techno-beauty age where sunscreens now come in the form of soaps and spritzers, leaving the house without some form of UVA/UVB protection is no longer acceptable. Especially if you’re freckled with skin a la Julianne Moore or even the lassie Lindsay — and even if you have skin as dark and mocha pretty as Halle Berry’s, …

Like the gift of the Magi on a particularly cold winter morning, these three beauties arrived at my doorstep for testing. Now, I’ve always been a huge fan of Redken’s styling products, from the Aereate texturizer to the Glass 01 Smoothing Serum.
But these three new products really go the extra mile in volumizing and texturizing your hair. If you want seriously JERSEY GIRL hair, then these products should really belong in your closet.
These textures are inspired by looks straight from the runway, and if you’re hair has felt flat and …

I have to say that I absolutely adore this product: the new REDKEN Aerate 08 is a stiff paste that you apply to towel-dry or damp hair and then blow dry to get amazing volume.
Check out this picture!

Directions: Take a dime size amount of the Redken Aerated Cream-Mousse and then apply it all over hair, then using a tourmaline blow dryer, blow dry hair from the roots all the way to the tips (actually the best thing is to leave the tips alone, since they become brittle from blow drying …

I do love my straight hair. Except that it’s not really straight — it’s wavy. No surprise really, since my mom has hair that’s curlier than a honeysuckle tendril.
But since I won’t do Japanese Keratin treatments, I’m always on the prowl for products that will “de-wave” my straight hair. And thankfully, this quest led me to Redken’s Sheer straight and Align 12 Straightening Lotion.

The Align 12 is a protective straightening lotion for medium hair. Its sole mission is to protect and defrizz and tame unruly hair, and it offers …