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 <... >

The address has pure Park Avenue pedigree but the spark of the Yves Durif Salon is generated by the Ludlow-Orchard axis. The style of each distinct East Side neighborhood is culled without the pretense of either, and attentive service (we’re talking seriously personalized, customer-is-queen service) is the standard. The name of the salon floats wittily <... >