Hair

Make Natural Waves
Get instant waves by adding a texturizing product to damp hair. Next, twist and twirl sections of your hair around your fingers for naturally loose waves and curls. Spray and go!

Tame the Static
Easily get rid of crazy static hair with a few items from your laundry. Grab a dryer sheet and rub it on your hair, top to bottom to get rid of static electricity.

Fix Hat Hair Fast
Like wearing trendy hats but hate the flat hair? Simply gather two sections of your hair in a ponytail on the top of your head under your hat. By the time you’re ready to take off your hat, you’ll have instant volume.

Did you know...
You should clean your brush often since product and dirt tend to harden on the bristles especially from the heat of blow dryers.

Skin

Protect Your Skin
Makeup alone won’t block the harmful rays of the sun so before you apply your foundation, smooth on a moisturizer that also contains sunscreen. For ultimate coverage, apply to your hands, face, neck, and chest.

H2O = Perfect Skin
It’s no secret; drinking plenty of water throughout the day hydrates you from the inside out. Your skin will glow and look great when you avoid sugary drinks and grab water instead.

Mystery Acne?
If you notice acne around your mouth, chin or cheeks, you might want to clean your phone. The receiver might be picking up more than your voice such as makeup, dirt and bacteria every time you answer.

Did you know...
Simply soaking your feet in Epsom salt and warm water alleviates tension and swelling in your feet and soothes tired skin.

Nails

A Good Soak
A gentle fifteen minute soak in warm water can heal cuticles. Avoid pushing your cuticles back as you may scrape your nails and damage sensitive skin. Instead, apply lotion or oils for soft, healthy cuticles.

Clean Your Tools
Don't forget to routinely clean your manicuring tools to avoid fungus and bacteria from spreading to your nails and into your body.

Harder Nails Instantly

Want harder nails? After you apply your polish, swipe a little polish under the tip of your nail to help prevent breaking and splitting.

Did you know...
Applying clear coat of polish each night keeps polish from cracking and chipping.

Make-up

Moisturize Your Lips
Wake up to smoother lips each morning by applying balm, petroleum jelly or even lotion to your lips at night.

Conceal Dark Circles
Apply a lighter foundation under eyes to conceal dark circles.

Get Dramatic Eyes
For dramatic eyes, apply a darker shade near your lashes and a lighter shade on the lids of your eyes. Be sure to blend the colors for a seamless finish.

Did you know...
To accentuate your eyes, use a softer color on your lips.

Welcome spring with these fresh and stylish trends.

Side-swept bangs offer a polished look that works great on any face shape. Whether you keep your hair long or go for the new cropped cut, side-swept bangs are romantic, fun and perfect for any season.

Choosing natural, lighter colors for your hair will help you evolve to a cooler look for the hot summer months ahead. Be sure you talk to your colorist about the most complementary tones for your hair and face.

"To create and keep these smooth looks, use a smoothing balm and light volumizing hairspray-ideal for the summer months," says Dorothy McKinley-Soressi, Vice President of Education for Empire Education Group.

In the meantime, change up your style with layers and highlights for a fresh, fun and versatile look this spring.

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Soft Bobs

Transition your locks for summer by having your stylist create a soft bob angled toward your face. This   sophisticated cut works for most facial and hair types. And, by adding lowlights blended with your natural blonde hair color, a lighter overall tone will brighten your face for summer. Use a smoothing serum and flat-iron your hair for a classy, refined look or use a texturizer for tousled, care-free hair that looks great at the beach or out on the town.

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Sassy Bobs

Get ready to spring into a stylish summer with a new look. Add a little sass to your bob and ask your stylist to create an edgier cut with razor-sleek angles and side-swept bangs to frame the face. Use wax or gel to accentuate your edgy cut.

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Get a Bang out of Summer

This season’s new trend is side-swept bangs. Opt for long romantic side-swept bangs or the new, fun fringed cut. Keep-up your look and be sure you maintain your bangs. Use a smoothing serum or silk drops to add shine.

Romantic and Soft

The hottest end of summer trends are soft, romantic hair that easily moves no matter if it’s sleek and straight or if you have loose curls. Side-swept bangs will intensify a romantic look. Add highlights to bring more focus on your face and to accentuate your features.

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Balancing Highlights

Layers and highlights will add dimension, texture and a sun-kissed look to your overall appearance for a sleek and sensual style this summer. Balance the tone of the highlights with natural shades such as caramels and ginger. 

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Condition the Humidity

If you straighten your hair, use a round brush to help give your hair a little lift and fullness so hair doesn’t fall flat and limp. If you’re dealing with humidity often seen during the tail-end of summer, make sure you apply silk drops or sheen serum to smooth the frizz and add shine to your locks. Leave-in conditioners also offers hair moisture and relief when it’s sticky outside.

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It’s always best to tailor your hair and makeup for a look that suits you, your skin tone and features best. If you have olive skin like Jennifer Lopez, Kim Kardashian and Eva Longoria, you can play up subtle neutrals and pink pallets of color to accentuate your skin tone or highlight your look with vibrant colors like reds, blues and purples. Without makeup, Eva Longoria looks like her skin tone may be uneven. She knows how to add the right shades of foundation to enhance her bronze skin, and plays up darker eyelashes and eye shadow with rich colors for more definition. Eva even uses a vibrant color on her lips but keeps her overall look simple and not overly done.  

Kim Kardashian also has olive skin and hardly needs much more than lip gloss and mascara to enhance her exotic looks. She also plays up on neutral colors but can easily add more eye popping colors without overstating her look. Without makeup, her skin looks fresh and cared for and has a natural glow.

If you’re fair skinned, fair haired and have lighter colored eyes like Cameron Diaz, playing up your assets such as your baby blues with darker contrasting colors works best. Cameron’s lip color is a barely-there pink which keeps the attention on her striking eyes. Without makeup, it appears Cameron hasn’t used enough sunscreen to protect her skin which can lead to wrinkles and add more years to your face and neck than are necessary.

Kate Hudson keeps her makeup fresh and warm with warm peaches and pinks. She also creates a stunning look with precise liner around her eyes. By keeping her lip color bare and neutral, her blue eyes are more accentuated, proving you don’t need to have dark colored eyes to create a smoky effect. Without makeup, Kate’s eyebrows are barely there. And, although she appears to take care of her milky white skin with sunscreen, she needs more contrasting color to bring out her best facial features and define her lips.

Dark-haired and fair-skinned Kiera Knightly does little to hide her coloring and rather embraces it by emphasizing her brown eyes with more brown and gray shadow. Her lip color is often pink or closest to her actual lip color, but not understated. Even fair-skinned Julia Roberts balances light pink lips with soft shear grays and blues across her lids. The colors open up her deep-set eyes. She also adds a tint of color to her cheeks to brighten up her face. Without makeup, it’s easy to see Kiera and Julia also protect their fair skin with sunscreen or foundation which offers spf protection.

Makeup should be used to enhance your features. You can play up smoky eyes, add darker liner to emphasize lighter eyes, or add more color to your pout. Celebrities aren’t flawless, but they do know how to accentuate their best features with makeup that doesn’t overdo it or understate it! And like many celebrities, be sure to protect your skin with sunscreen, use foundation that also provides spf, and reward your skin with skin moisturizers. Both will help maintain your skin’s natural beauty.

The Pixie Cut

As the leaves begin to change so are the latest trends for hair this fall. One of the hottest trends this season is the Pixie cut. The Pixie can be adapted to be edgy, sleek or feminine. The styling possibilities are endless with the different shapes and looks you can create with this flirty new do. And, unlike the Pixie cuts of yesteryear which featured flat colors, Pixie cuts with subtle highlights draw out your features.

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Spice Up Your Color

Enhance your look by embracing deep rich chocolates, rich copper reds or radiant golden highlights throughout which will offer texture and dimension to the cut. Don’t forget to use the proper styling products such as a leave-in conditioner to help you tame the frizz. Plus, add pomade or clay to help you style sleek and smooth side-swept bangs, or play with a little more of a flirty twist to your overall look.

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Spirals

For a different kind of autumn spice, change up your new cropped look with spiral curls for a feminine and beautiful look. Curls are always fashionable in any season. To keep your look fresh and lively, be sure you’re using the right type of products such as a sculpting glaze and silk drops to define your curls, prevent frizz and add an overall shine to your locks.

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Rich Hues

If you want a new look but not necessarily a new cut, add richer hues or embrace your natural tones. Deepen your color and change your look without cropping your hair. Using silk drops or a leave-in conditioner will help you maintain a healthy shine and softness to your hair.

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Up-dos

Up-dos are the perfect way to add a festive flair to any party dress. Loose and wavy chignons, braided coils and French twists all make for chic up-dos that instantly turn casual and ordinary into classy and fabulous. Choose top-notch mousses, gels, and waxes for an extended hold with a natural texture.

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Accessorize

Around the holidays, money can be tight and holiday party invitations are flooding your mailbox. Don't buy a new dress. Spice up an old ensemble or little black dress with accessories. Jewelry, scarves, make-up, dramatic nail polish or a new hair style can all serve as inexpensive ways to create classy new styles. Lavender hues and deeper shades of silver, purple and green are all in this holiday season. Try a side-part style with loose curls and a shimmering jeweled brooch just above your ear. Large, sparkling hair accessories, like barrettes and hairpins, can add elegance to any holiday outfit.

Soft Curls and Loose Waves

Loosely curled tendrils add body and volume to your hair. Soft curls also add a relaxed  sophistication to holiday styles and are easy to create. They can be produced simply by applying styling spray or curl enhancing products and using a medium-sized curling iron. Curls and waves also accentuate color and shine, which are also major trends this winter.

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Healthy Hair

As the winter months creep in, the air becomes frigid and dry and it takes a toll on your hair. To keep your locks trendy this winter, it's essential to first keep them healthy. This means hair repair treatment in a salon, especially if you color your hair. Another option is deep-conditioning treatment, which you can do at home, normally once or twice a month. Treatments such as this will enhance the vibrancy of color, intensify shine and luster, and keep hair soft for great manageability of winter styles.

Awards season is here and celebrities are at the forefront of the latest trends and styles for 2009. During the SAG Awards show, many celebrities chose high glamour with chignons, ample loose curls and a new twist on trendy up-dos.

Eva Longoria opted for loose curls, pinned in the back and reminiscent of old Hollywood glamour. Her hairstyle gave the standard bun hairstyle a new twist with her soft curls. She chose subtle makeup with peach gloss and glowing peach cheeks to accent her skin tone. 

Angelina Jolie also arrived with a low soft bun with loose, tousled curls and secured with bobby pins. Her style was a bit more intricate in the back. Her makeup, like Eva Longoria, was subtle and soft as she made her entrance with pale pink lips. The latest trends this season are more tousled locks and neutral tones for lips and eye shadow.

Kate Winslet unveiled subdued makeup with shimmery shear eye shadow and pale pink lips to compliment her soft, loose bun with romantic side-swept bangs.

Christina Applegate arrived in full Hollywood glamour as she flaunted a chignon with tousled waves and curls. Her makeup was dramatic with accentuated red lips and luminescent cheeks. The chignon is easy to create and fun to add your own creative flair to the style. Whether you pull it back straight or add curls, the look is versatile and romantic.

In keeping with a Veronica Lake look complete with a side part, long voluminous curls and the peek-a-boo old Hollywood style, were Rosario Dawson and a newly redheaded Evan Rachel Wood at the awards show. This look on an old favorite is always glamorous. The more ample locks you have the better for this sultry style. "The stars have put a little glamour back into hair, make-up and fashion.The looks are easily duplicated for holiday events, socials, dances, proms, weddings, or just that special occasion. Future stylist can add extra earning potential by jumping on the marketing side just like all the fashion designers coming out with the 'Knock off dress just like Kate’s...' why not have 'Look like a Star' as your next marketing tip to grow your business?" noted Empire Beauty Schools' Director of Education, Margie Wagner-Clews.

The Golden Globes welcomed subtle styles and makeup for some of the stars walking the red carpet, putting to rest the past season’s smokey eyes, glimmery lips and angled variations of the bob hairstyle.

Eva Longoria chose a more muted style for the Golden Globes with her parted in the middle style. Her caramel highlighted hair was sleeked back to a low bun. The simple style was complimented with her soft makeup in peach tones for a barely there look. Also arriving in subtle colors was Angelina Jolie, who maintained her consistent pale lips and eye shadow. She showcased her long chocolate tresses parted at the side and hanging loosely at her shoulders.

Kate Winslet glammed up her style for the Golden Globes with striking berry lips contrasted equally with her neutral eye shadow. Her hair was in a dramatic French twist with soft side-swept bangs. Christina Applegate also accentuated her red lips with luminescent cheeks and subtle eye shadow. She also showcased an old favorite, a French twist, with piecy side-swept bangs.

Unveiling a stylish chignon and high glamour was Anne Hathaway. Chignon’s are simple to recreate by pulling a ponytail low and pinning it underneath at the nape of the neck. Anne Hathaway’s makeup was stunning as she accentuated her pale skin with red lips and simple eye shadow and liner.

Zac Efron revealed his newly groomed look at the awards show with a slicked back, formal hairstyle. Efron sported the piecy “teen” shag cut for several years but his sleek new style adds maturity to his look. The Jonas Brothers arrived at Golden Globes in their usual styles. Nick and Kevin Jonas debut their naturally layered curls, while Joe Jonas arrived with trimmed long layers and piecy side-swept bangs.

The 2009 Grammy’s rocked some incredible hairstyles as the stars stepped out for an eventful night.Katy Perry was likely one of the night’s most noticeable stars when she arrived in a bubble gum pink gown complemented with bubble gum pink lipstick and stunning dramatic eye shadow. Perry sported a 1940s era hairstyle to complete her look.

Taylor Swift arrived with a low, tousled chignon and subtle makeup. To achieve Taylor’s cat-like eyeliner, use a liquid liner for precise lines near your lashes and add a few coats of mascara for volume.

Jennifer Hudson arrived with a sleeked back ponytail with subtle lips but dramatic eyes. Beauty experts advise highlighting only one feature to avoid looking overdone. Pair smoky eyes with neutral tones for your lips and cheeks, or make a statement with dark or vibrant lipstick and subtle or barely-there eye shadow. Later that evening, Hudson’s ponytail was tucked and pinned underneath for a slick bun for her performance during the show.

Miley Cyrus opted for neutral peach tones with her makeup but showcased a mature French twist with a side ponytail. Ponytails can easily go from sporty to chic with a few tricks. They can be slick and straight or tousled with some added curls for a romantic twist.

Carrie Underwood unveiled a puffy ponytail with soft strands and loose pieces contouring her face when she arrived at the Grammy’s, and complimented her sophisticated look with smoky eye shadow and pale lipstick.

The Jonas Brothers made an entrance with their usual curly and straight hairstyles. Nick and Kevin Jonas arrived sporting their layered curls. To make natural curls look polished and defined, hairstylists recommend using a gel or a pomade to accentuate and smooth voluminous natural locks. To achieve the straight, choppy look of Joe Jonas, use a pomade and a slim flat iron to feature those piecy strands and style a side part.

The Oscars are known to bring out Hollywood glamour and high fashion. At this year’s event, there was no shortage of alluring up-dos and dramatic makeup on the red carpet.

Stars such as Kate Winslet, Anne Hathaway and Natalie Portman put a new twist on the bun. Kate Winslet was reminiscent of Grace Kelly with her wavy hair, smoothed back and pinned under to form a slight bun. Natalie Portman and Anne Hathaway also showcased variations of the bun with subtle makeup to highlight their striking features. Buns are easy to recreate and by adding a side part like Hathaway or adding a decorative barrette as Portman did, will give any bun a romantic and sophisticated look perfect for a night on the town, a wedding, prom or any event.

The loose, tousled chignon was a favorite for Oscar attendees Vanessa Hudgens from Disney’s High School Musical and Miley Cyrus. While Vanessa chose more vibrant colors such as bright red lipstick to accentuate her makeup, the 16-year-old Cyrus opted for youthful peachy tones and coral lipstick.

An old look given new life was the half up, half down hairstyle for the evening. Whether it was showcased with loose tousles to bring attention to Jessica Biel’s caramel highlights or straight strands for Reese Witherspoon’s honey blonde hair, the Oscars were abuzz when Angelina Jolie arrived with voluminous chocolate curls to complement her half up, half down look.

This is an easy look to create with variations for straight or curly hair. It's always appropriate and always looks romantic and radiant for any face shape and all types of hair.

The Benjamin Button co-star, Taraji P. Henson, arrived looking polished and sleek with her straight hairstyle, side part and soft, side-swept bangs. Heidi Klum also arrived at the Oscars with straight, intense tresses. Both stars opted for dramatic, smoky eye shadow and soft pale lipstick.

Straight locks are easy to mimic using a flat iron. Depending on the length of your hair, you may want to choose either a wider or slimmer flat iron. Remember to use a smoothing serum to add shine and to smooth away flyaway hair.

Beyonce arrived at the awards show with her cat lined eyes and a sleek, low ponytail with ample curls. You can turn a simple ponytail into a sophisticated statement by covering the elastic band with a piece of your own hair. Simply pull a strand of hair from beneath the ponytail and wrap it around the elastic band and secure it with a bobby pin. Ponytails can be sleek or you can add curls for a sassy new look.

Ponytails look great when pulled together at the nape of the neck. And always use either a pomade or hairspray to smooth any loose pieces away from the face.

The gentlemen of the evening kept it clean and polished like Zac Efron who repeated his mature new sleek do on the red carpet, as Brad Pitt showed off his youthful spiky hairstyle during the awards show.

Using a little bit of gel or hair wax to bring definition and texture to spiky hair gives it more of an edge and it’s easy to mold and sculpt spiky hair with a bit of gel when the hair is dry.

Some of the best and worst celebrity hairstyles and individual beauty habits were surveyed and compiled by Sally Beauty Supply. According to the Sally Beauty site, Best Female Celebrity Hairstyles  went to Eva Longoria, Katie Holmes and Victoria Beckham.  

Best Male styles were awarded to George Clooney, Patrick Dempsey and Jake Gyllenhall. The Best Child Celebrity style went to Suri Cruise, Violet Affleck and Shiloh Jolie-Pitt.                                                                             

The Worst Female Celebrity hairstyles went to Amy Winehouse, Pink and Mary Kate Olsen. Worst Male styles for 2008 were Kid Rock, Clay Aiken and Billy Ray Cyrus. As far as bad hair-dos go, most of those surveyed admitted cutting their hair too short was their  biggest  mistake in styling their hair. And like many celebrities, 67% of American women have changed their hair color up to three times, according to the survey. 

In light of the failing economy, the poll stated that 33% of women would give up highlights and or lowlights to save money. And, 56% said they would never give up their beauty regimens regardless of how the economy is faring.