“I have shoulder length & relatively thick hair. It’s naturally straight but it looks best curly. I have curlers but when I curl my hair it never stays curled for the entire day so that by 5th period my hair is just a mess.

What can I do to keep my hair curled?”

Pauline, 15

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Dear Pauline,

To keep your hair curled you can do a couple of tricks. First spray your hair with hairspray before you curl it. Then use a really hot curling iron (either 1′ or 1.5′) and wrap your hair around it starting from one end of the iron and wrapping in a spiral pattern down the iron so that the entire strand of hair you are curling touches the iron.

When done curling spray all hair once again with hairspray to give them a longer lasting hold (I like the aerosol kind of hairspray).

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Hi Katie,

I know this probably sounds crazy! LOL! But my hair is very finicky.

I comb it and brush it but it still looks out of place and has stray hairs coming out when i get done combing it and look in the mirror! Any advice would be great!

XOXO      Rachael, 13

Dear Rachael,

Maybe you have been parting it in the same place for so long, that the broken off hairs are all around the top where you part it because you always brush it from that area. Every time we brush our hair, we are breaking strands.

So the best thing for you to try is to switch up the part in your hair to a new area of you head where the strands are still intact and not broken. So for instance, if you normally part down the center, try off to one side, or sweeping it all back.

If this is still not working…you can always lightly dampen the fly away hairs with water then gently mist the hairs with hairspray to keep your hair smooth and appearing healthy.

Best of Luck!

xoxo

It’s semi-long and I have a fair complextion. I’m thinking about going a little shorter.

I am open to many different ideas, im looking for a change and new style.  So what is current and hip right now?   ~  Meila

.Hi Meila,

Layers are hott right now! Try layering it esspecially in the front. It gives you a lot of fun hair to style and curl.

I have layers now and love them,,,its so versitle and gives my hair volume and style. I have gotten so many compliments. Its a great change with out loosing too much length.

Long hair is sexy and layers are a great way to keep it up to date and sylish!

Good luck!

Katie

Hi Katie,

I bleached my hair a few weeks ago and now it is a light yellow blonde. I really want white/platinum blonde hair. I have used a toner and that took a lot of the yellow out but it’s still not as light as i want it. What can I do? 

Please do not tell me to go to a salon. I went to a salon to get it bleached, spent $100 just to get bright orange/blonde that I had to fix myself. I’m not going to another salon.
Please Help!        Danica

 

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Dear Danica,

Try using L’Oreal “Super Blonde” which will lighten your hair all the way…comb it through your strands evenly and make sure you leave it on long enough. (I leave it on for 45 mins to an hour, but since you have already bleached your hair you can skip this step.  But for everyone else, after using Super Blonde, wash it out thourghly and dry your hair. Once dry it will not be the exact color you want it.

It will look really pale and yellowish…this is normal, do not panic! This is the stage your hair is in right now.  So next you are going to use a semi permanent color that is light blonde or golden or ash blonde. Two of my favorites is by Revlon Colorist or Colorsilk

Comb through your hair thoughouly and leave this hair color on you hair for only 5-7 minutes and rinse.  Then, if your color is too brassy or yellow use a purple shampoo such as Shimmer Lights to tone it down…when using this shampoo, lather it really well and make sure not to leave it in too long. Only thirty seconds at a time.

If it is still too brassy or yellowish, use the purple shampoo again each day until you see the results you want. (but make sure not to over use…this will turn you hair a purplish or grayish color) If you use it in 30 second intervals you will achieve the “white or platinum” look you want.

I’ve been doing this now because to my own hair for a couple years now. I know what you mean, I could never get the salon to do it right either! Now I get it just how I want it.

If you have any trouble with using this technique, feel free to email me again and I will help you to get the results you are looking for!

xoxo

Hi Katie
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I colored my hair black about 3 months ago, my hair color naturally varies from a light blonde to a dark brunette. My hair has barely faded, I wash it at least once a day and my color will not come out, I really want my natural hair color back and fast.

Is there any product I could use once or twice a day that would help get it out faster? Or is there any other way without dying it permanently or bleaching it I can get progress??

The box said it should only last 30 washes except if i went drastically darker which i did, so i was thinking it would come out in about 60 but i know i’ve washed my hair at least 30 times and there really isn’t any change in color at all. ~ Gina

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Dear Gina, 

Black is a really harsh color and can be hard to correct…but there is a couple of things you can try.

I color my friend’s hair all the time, and her hair is naturally a sandy blonde color and we colored it a dark brown, but she didn’t like it, it came out to dark so we used this kit and it completely reversed the dark coloring and her hair looked just like it did before it was colored!

But we did it the day after we had colored it.So you may want to check to see it will still work after you have had the color in as long as you have.Good luck, hope you get your natural hair color back.

I have found over time that it really is true that the most flattering color hair on most people is the color they are born with.

Funny how nature just knows what will make us most beautiful!

xoxo

Katie

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