Every month, BeautyNewsNYC chooses a fabulous NYC salon to visit and reveal to our readers its best assets. It has been a regular part of our monthly repertoire for quite some time now and almost every month, the story that comes out of it is a result of someone from BN (like myself) going to <... >

Every once in a while, a hair care line is introduced that deserves a (for lack of a better phrase) grand introduction. We see lots of new hair products every month. Every week. Ok, every day. Really, we do. That said, it’s easy to become jaded – to take for granted the innovation many products <... >

Hundreds of hare products are introduced every year – anyone who spends countless hours searching for hair “solutions” knows this. It’s hard enough to keep track of them all, let alone put them in categories. Gels, pomades, dyes, lotions, crèmes…the list goes on. Perhaps the most refreshing of all the hair products are the ones <... >

Designers have switched off the sewing machines. Models are done changing outfits between shows. Makeup artists have packed up their shadows and lipsticks. And hairdressers have returned to their salons. The highly-anticipated Mercedes Benz Spring 2009 Fashion Week is over and we can safely make predictions about what we’ll see our favorite celebrities and our <... >

While sitting in the chair at the hair salon, you may experience an unusually mesmerizing phenomenon whereby you allow the stylist to take whatever measures he or she deems fit to alter your hair. It’s so mesmerizing, in fact, that by the time you reach the front desk to pay the bill, you may be <... >

Women use a total of 12-20 personal care products a day that contain upwards of 200 chemical ingredients. According to the Environmental Working Group, a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization that advocates for health-protective and subsidy-shifting policies, 33 percent of personal care products contain at least one ingredient linked to cancer. But fret not beauty addicts. <... >

Snuggled almost directly between Madison and Gramercy parks is a woman who has brought to our bustling city a little piece of European folklore. The Alma Salon NYC on East 21st Street is small but cozy. Bright but inviting. Busy but energetic. Simple but enough. From the outside, it appears as a relatively typical NYC <... >

The mobility trend: it began with cell phones and now we couldn’t imagine a world without wireless Internet and meal-replacement protein shakes. Ironically, the more ways we figure out how to multitask on the go, the less time we ultimately have to ourselves. So what happens when you don’t have a free minute to think, <... >

The dog days of summer are here in full-force and with them come a whole roster of woes for your hair. Long days spent on the beach cause brittleness, split ends, faded color and frizziness. But it’s easy to hault lasting damage with a few preventative measures. According to Stephanie Sprankle, Senior Education Development Manager <... >

There’s no debate: seasoned New Yorkers expecting havoc to be wreaked on their hair from summer heat dread July and August over all other months. Surely air-conditioned havens ““ restaurants, the office, cabs, our apartments ““ can hide us from the impending terrors of sweat and sun, but only so often can we escape into <... >

It’s been a long time since I took a turn for natural when it comes to coloring my hair. That’s probably not the most common thing to hear from someone who changes her hair almost monthly. But I’m one of those few that can’t resist a risk. Whether it’s hurling myself out of a plane <... >

In the heat of the summer, two top stylists give Beauty News the low down on DO’s and do NOT’s for summer hair care. Frizzy Do / Frizzy Don’t When dealing with curly hair frizz, expert Dana Gibbs uses dana’s Loft Hair Smooth Me Leave-in Conditioner, available at dana’s loft HAIR on 96 Orchard Street. <... >

When it comes down to it, most of our beauty efforts center around our desire to stay young. The average woman will spend hundreds to thousands of dollars a year on moisturizers, diet supplements, cosmetics, body-enhancing apparel (wonderbra, ladies!), etc. to keep a youthful appearance. A key element to looking and feeling young is maintaining <... >

Each year when May 11th rolls around, the beauty-conscious female enjoys indulging her favorite family member with all the sorts of presents she craves for herself. It’s easy to buy for Mom on Mother’s Day because the beauty, skincare, fragrance, spa and hair industries are never short of exciting introductions for Mom to love. But <... >

Irony has a funny way of creeping its way into our lives and connecting dots that seemed so far from each other. The fact that I’m writing about my experience at an authentic Italian hair stylist’s recently opened NYC salon on a plane back to JFK from a business trip to Milan is just one <... >

You’ve found the perfect man. You’ve planned the perfect day. All you need now is perfect hair. With so many wedding styles to choose from, perfection can seem unattainable, and often is. So we at BeautyNewsNYC opt for the alternative: a beautiful hairstyle that makes you feel perfect, whether your big day is or not. <... >

When it comes to a changing of the seasons, hair is often the biggest victim as it gets trapped in a battle between hot and cold, dry and wet, light and dark. The sun comes up, the temperature goes up, and what does our hair do? It reacts. Sometimes well, sometimes poorly. All we can <... >

They say April showers bring May flowers – but your hair might beg to differ. With impending rain and unpredictable weather that often carries from April through who-knows-when; our hair needs something a bit more powerful than a good cut or blow dry to keep its fashion forward-looking. It needs weatherproofing. Anyone with even a <... >

Not every bride is excited about the countless hours of preparation that seem almost required in order to create a modern-day wedding. Some women get hives just thinking about how much STUFF has to be accounted for; dresses, dinners, invitations, favors…the list is endless. The last thing such a bride wants to do is over-plan <... >

The lure of the drugstore hair aisle is strong for this gal. Sure, my natural deep brown hair with auburn highlights is…nice. But couldn’t it be darker…sexier? I was sure that it could be. So, Feria Espresso was my drug of choice regularly, every six weeks like clockwork. And until I had professional headshots taken, <... >