I’ve got curly hair. When it looks good, it’s amazing. When it looks bad, well I look like a cross between Albert Einstein and a sheep dog. I had given up on my hair, it won the battle. Then I heard about Christo Fifth Avenue, a salon whose main clientele are curly headed women and <... >

I’m a bit of a tomboy, thanks to my dad who made me assist him in home improvement projects. When I was eight, I remember putting together a speaker fashioned out of plywood, egg cartons and my sister’s old dress…I can’t recall if I was punished for cutting up her dress. All I remember is <... >

Tivo, Lasik Surgery, and Japanese Thermal Reconditioning. These are just a few of what I consider to be the underestimated “miracles” of modern technology and science. My decision to splurge for the Japanese Thermal Reconditioning Straightening Treatment in April of 2003 was made after much deliberation, having heard rumors of irreversible destruction to my hair. <... >

Ok, I’ll admit it. I have a slight fascination with Britney Spears, but that is not the reason I had been wearing my hair in pigtails for the larger part of three months. With the exception of the bowl haircut I got back in the second grade, I considered my March haircut to be the <... >

This is not your mother’s perm. My mom still sports her 1984 style–the curl is tight, frizzy, and she’s got helmet head. For years I’ve tried to convince her that there’s a better way. Now, I can prove it to her. This summer, I decided I wanted soft, Gisele-like curls, but I hesitated about perming <... >

Away with summertime naysayers! And phooey to those experts who would have you hide indoors for three months to “save” your beauty. Your great looks are not going anywhere but up, provided you take care of yourself – and that includes all the healthy benefits of fresh air, exercise, and yes, even the sun. Taken <... >

If you’ve ever been intimidated by the notion of going to a hip and famous hair stylist then you’ve never been to Edward Tricomi. Also known as “Edward Scissorhands” this hair-guru dry-cutting-master is all about feeling comfortable, confident and coddled…without any of the abrasive edginess you find surrounding other celebrated coiffures. In fact, Edward is <... >

My hair was in hibernation all winter long. I had gotten red highlights back in September and a quick clipping of the strands to try to help my locks succeed in becoming long and luxurious—then I got lazy. It was so cold and there never seemed to be enough hours in the day to make <... >

When I was barely a month old, I got my first hair treatment. Perhaps, scalp treatments would be a more accurate description. I was born completely bald, without even the fine peach fuzz that some babies have when they first enter the world. Apparently my lack of hair made my mother terribly embarrassed whenever she <... >

What’s the beauty buzz in New York City? Well, it’s the same this summer as it was last summer and will be for summers to come: you look gorgeous, you feel gorgeous, and you do as little as possible in the process. Complicated hairstyles and makeup are out the window, which means, basically: if you’re <... >

When I thumb through the pages of my parent’s wedding album, it’s the smile on my mother’s face that captures the spirit of the day. Her petite frame drenched in a lace gown, with hand-sewn covered buttons, and a tiara fit for a queen. Her thick auburn hair, half-up, half-down (a “do” reminiscent of the <... >

Is your scalp irritated? Grab your shampoo bottle and let’s get to the root of the problem. Because a common ingredient found in many shampoos, soaps, toothpastes and detergents is also a known irritant. Sodium lauryl sulfate, or SLS, is a synthetic agent that, depending on its concentration, can penetrate the skin and it could <... >

It was inevitable. My best friend’s engagement to her boyfriend of seven years came as no surprise to anyone. It was a long-awaited happy occasion for all and yet, still, a part of me dreaded it. You see, one of my ex-boyfriends would be on the guest list for her upcoming engagement party. I’ve managed <... >

Recent history has not been good to brunettes. Brown hair has been synonymous with boring for too long. Classic Hollywood was known for raven-haired vixens like Elizabeth Taylor and Vivien Leigh, and now beautiful brunettes like Liv Tyler and Catherine Zeta Jones have brought dark tresses back into the spotlight. Just in time for this <... >

“Don’t call us, we’ll call you.” It’s a clichéd phrase I have yet to hear verbatim at this point in my acting career. But still, more often than not, they don’t call and I am faced with the inevitable rationalizing that follows any failed audition I attend. “I chose the wrong monologue.” “They cast someone <... >

I remember being a freshman in college on a trip home to see my family. I needed a haircut, so my father said that if I wanted for him to pay for it I would be going to a lovely local chain that shall remain nameless. They cut his hair just fine and if it <... >

Have you ever heard of Trichology or Trichoanalysis? No? Ok, I hadn’t either, but I know of it now…and love it! I set up an appointment with the famous and fabulous Christopher Mackin at Gil Ferrer Salon with no expectations and left with a wealth of knowledge, the shiniest hair I’ve ever seen and a <... >

I’ve always been skeptical about the whole hair “salon” experience. The idea that you walk into a place with scissor-handed people eagerly waiting to get a chop at your tresses has always scared me. And that you step out feeling a million dollars was just a far-fetched notion held by insecure women who divulge their <... >

“Microdermabrasion in a jar” sounds about as promising as “Lasik in an aerosol can”. I think of both as expensive procedures best confined to doctors’ offices. Microdermabrasion always seemed too costly for me to contemplate seriously, and even if I did decide to pursue it, how would I find a reputable dermatologist? Since I have <... >

I am a slave to my hairdryer and color treatments. It started when I was in the third grade with permanent waves (it was the 80′s and Ohio) and has evolved, thankfully, out of the perm stage and into the color-me-beautiful lifetime commitment. The caveat: dry, damaged hair. But it doesn’t have to be that <... >