ELLE.com has just posted a story on how to gussy up your hair for the holidays. Here is the link,  there’s really some great advice.

‘Tis the season to be jolly, so don’t let primping and prepping crimp your holiday cheer. Here, 10 ways to dress up your locks from now until the clock strikes 2009!
http://www.elle.com/beautyspotlight/15198/holiday-hair.html

Philip Pelusi, celebrity hairstylist and hair care product extraordinare – is fabulous for the lovely locks he provides (even once upon a time to me!), and was kind enough to offer his expert advice on what’s going to be hot and what’s not so hot for hairstyles in 2009.
Who says you have to spend hours in front of the mirror making hair look perfect. This year’s hottest looks, such as the beehive and bob are over, so let hair go in 2009 for a sexy, fun, “I just threw myself together,” look.
Oh no, my hair just naturally looks this …read more

Looking your very best for the holidays is essential: especially when it comes to your hair!
According to Asha SalonSpa, the largest Aveda Lifestyle SalonSpa in Chicago, this year’s trend for holiday hair is a casual look with a loose, soft appeal. Gwen Liska from Asha SalonSpa says: “Guests are coming to Asha to recreate the looks seen by today’s Hollywood elite, and they realize that these looks are easy to replicate themselves to look just as glamorous.”
Asha Salon Spa’s expert stylist, Gwen Liska, divulges the secrets to readers of how to create the look that will be sure to have …read more

Are you using the right brush on your hair? Most of us have no clue as to what brush we should be using to curl, straighten, add volume; or simply brush our hair with.
Olivia Garden, a leader in the haircare industry, shares their tips on what brush you should be using for your hair type or style:
• Brushing wet hair is a big no-no.
However, there is one brush that you can actually use that won’t damage wet hair: Olivia Garden’s Ceramic + Ion XL Pro. Featuring a soft ionic cushion and ion charged bristles with comfortable ball point tips, …read more

If you are too busy (or just don’t want) to wash your hair every single day, dry shampoo powders are a quick, easy alternative.
One of the best that I’ve ever used is Shampowder by Buttercream Cosmetics. I tried it out early this year and it works great. It has a built-in brush applicator, so you can apply the powder exactly where you want it.
Though I don’t use it often, Shampowder is terrific for hair emergencies. It has light vanilla scent and leaves your hair looking (and feeeling) more manageable. You dab the powder along your hairline and it absorbs the …read more

Derivatives of the active ingredient in Lumigan, a glaucoma drug that has a beautiful side effect – lengthening of your lashes – have been showing up over the last couple of years in the beauty trade, most notably in Jan Marini’s Age Intervention Eyelash. The FDA became concerned about the non-prescription use of this prescription drug and embargoed the supply last year, and seized more of the old supply this week. Also there are several products with a derivative of Lumigan in some relatively expensive products, that have been among those named in a lawsuit earlier this month …read more

We have some truly killer contests going on every day this month!  This one is about to end, and doesn’t have a winner yet – so get on over there!  Hurry!
To enter today’s contest:

*Find a post written by one of our Splendid Members, that was written today, that features a “splendid haircare” item. The words “splendid haircare” will appear in the post. You can find our complete member blogroll, on the Splendicity.com homepage.
*Next, go to Splendicity.com, and leave a comment with the name of the member blog that features the “splendid haircare” post.
*The TENTH correct entry comment …read more

I spend my whole life growing out my hair, I think. I love to wear it short and I love it long, so I am always transitioning to one style or another. So, I am growing out now, from this, which was my spring ‘do, to – well, I don’t quite know yet. I have been lusting lately over Gene Simmon’s wife, Shannon Tweed’s, hair – it really is gorgeous – see (and, ahem, Gene isn’t looking so bad after all that surgery either, eh?)?  I always cut it off before it makes it that long though.  …read more

How you blow dry your hair is extremely important if you want to have volume, fullness and shine. This is a video from WeLoveBeauty.com which is reat – and full of all of the wonderful tips you need to make the most of your
blowdry:

Click To Play
Take from this video not the completely time consuming details, but the eneral methods.1. Overdirect the hair – meaning blow dry your hair in the opposite direction that it is going to lay.
2. Use the right products – gels, oot lifting sprays, mousses, working and finishing sprays. Don’t overuse them.
A general rule …read more

Yep, that’s supermodel Kate Moss. I’m sorry, I have never been a fan. Never seen what the rest of the world has seen in her. I certainly have seen her look beautiful, but most of the time, I just really don’t see it. Even when she first came on the scene – I was never into that waif thing at all. I am sure I’ll get slammed, ’cause I have never knows anyone stay on top like she has, despite all her horrific press. She must have an enormous and dedicated fan base, it …read more