A Touch of Color: Go Lighter!
November 10, 2009 by Aly Walansky
Filed under Hair Care
My hair is naturally blond – hardly anyone believes me, but it’s true! It’s true!
But women dye their hair for all sorts of reason: Sex appeal, spicing up their look…and maybe looking a little bit younger.
This seems kind of obvious – your gray hair comes out, you cover them up! Insta-young again, everything is taken care of.
Well, not so much. As we start to see those gray hairs peek out, we may think the best course of action is to dye our hair back to our original natural shade. But that’s not necessarily true, and if we are obvious about …read more
Getting Some Color, Right at Home
September 5, 2009 by Aly Walansky
Filed under Hair Care
Remember when we were kids, and would do silly things like use Kool-Aid on our hair?
Well, in theory, maybe we had the right idea.
The argument can be made that Kool-Aid is a chemical in its own right, but the fact remains that we CAN change the color of our hair, without using hair dye!
One obvious solution is all-natural henna dye. You can do this at home, in the same way you’d dye your hair with a box of traditional hair dye, but you can do so knowing it’s an all-natural product with no ammonia or any of that ick factor. …read more
Combat the Age (of Your Hair)
August 28, 2009 by Aly Walansky
Filed under Hair Care
We consulted the fabulous Joseph Mullen, lead colorist at New York City’s BlackStones Salon, and he pointed out something a lot of us don’t always realize: Our skin and body isn’t the only thing that ages. Our hair does as well – but no fear, we can stop it in its tracks (or at least finally slow it down)!
Here’s some tips on how to combat (or reverse) that horrible test of time!
Avoid Going Too Dark!
Don’t follow the lead of those hipster boys who think that they are holding back their inevitable aging by making their hair jet black and painting …read more




