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Kérastase Couture Styling Range

Ever since my salon visit at Jara Herron salon this past spring, I’ve been having a love affair with Kérastase products. Everything from their concentrated in-salon treatments to their at-home products perform beyond expectations. The luxurious scents and formulas make up a line that can address all hair types and concerns.

Kérastase newest launch is a line of styling products with innovative formulas for soft, touchable hold and protection. Off the bat, you’ll notice these products smell amazing. The formulas use micronized fixative polymers that wrap around hair for natural style memory with movement. Inspired by skincare, the finish products have lasting power without rigidity.

The Construct and Finish collection has nine products. While I love them all, I decided to ask a true expect, Jara Herron herself, to tell us which are her favorites and how she uses them. Her selections:

Powder Bluff: multi-use dry shampoo that can be used on fine hair for extra texture and volume especially in between shampoos.
Spray À Porter: the best beach spray on the market without any stickiness and I love to spray on damp fine hair before blow dry style. Leaves the hair bouncy and voluminous with lasting hold. (editor’s note: this is my favorite from the line)
Boucles D’Art: a super light weight foam works great on all hair textures. Adds great volume with an airy light feel in the hair. Wonderful to define curls.
Touche Finale: a truly weightless shine serum, without any oily feel. I love to use it on frizzy unmanageable hair to polish and add luster and glow. I look at it as an instant anti-aging for hair.

And some of my thoughts: The Laque Dentelle and Couture are hair sprays that give touchable hold and a beautiful finish and offer both a flexible and medium hold respectively. Lift Vertige is one of the first products I’ve found that easily gives my fine hair natural looking lift at the roots. And I selected Spray a Porter as my favorite fall launch over on Makeup.com.

Kérastase products are available at Jara Herron or find your closest salon here.

For those of you in the Tulsa area, I highly recommend Jara Harron for your salon or spa needs. I’m particularly crazy about the talented Shawna. Their beautiful space is located at 3410 S Peoria Ave, Suite 300 and you can reach them at 918.742.3223.

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Ferrum Professional Hair Styler

After finally mastering a round brush blow out this summer, I actually enjoyed the process of drying and styling my hair. Unfortunately, the novelty wore off and I’m saving that round brush for special occasions only. For now, I rough dry my hair. Then I flip my head upside down and use a paddle brush to work out the waves in the back of my hair. Overall, it does a decent job and I look presentable. But my locks definitely could benefit from a little flat iron touch up.

My main beef with flat irons is that they so often leave hair artificially straight and my fine hair is left totally flat. Enter the Ferrum Pro, specifically designed to create straight but natural-looking hair. Truly innovative, this flat iron has the traditional ceramic plate on one side and a breathable static-free fabric on the other side. Together, they create more volume and less damage.

The fabric plate actually allows hair to retain moisture and this in turn prevents strands from drying out. Moisture is key for volume. Dry hair is more prone to breakage. And like tradition irons, the tourmaline plate adds that shiny finish.

The Ferrum Pro is a great size, portable but not too small at 9 inches long and about one inch wide. It also offers adjustable temperature. I recently read that anything over 350F can damage locks, so I love that this iron offers temps from 140-450F. And for those of you always running late, this thing heats up in a jiff.

Available at folica.com.

And some news about steals and deals: BaubleBar is having its friends and family event, offering 10% off orders of $50 or more (enter FRIEND10), 15% off orders of $100 or more (enter FRIEND15), and 20% off orders of $150 or more (enter FRIEND20) till Oct. 13. Some of my favorites:

Dove Intensive Repair Shampoo and Conditioner

I know you guys have been through this. You try and try to grow out your hair. And then, at some point, the realization sinks in that you’ve got a significant amount of dead and split ends. Then comes the inevitable “trim” when you have to suck it up while a couple inches are loped off your locks. After about four years of growing out my hair, I had some great length. But I knew it was time to clean things up. So at the beginning of this month, I cut about four inches (check out this post for details).

After that experience, I vowed to take better care of my hair, nourishing it and avoiding heat styling when I could. I jumped at the chance to try out Dove’s Intensive Repair Shampoo and Conditioner. Hopefully their formulas could help heal and halt any further damage, especially since I’ve started coloring my hair.

Thicker masks that promise to repair my hair often weigh down my fine strands. Dove Intensive Repair delivers moisture without making my hair limp. Keratin Repair Actives helps absorb already present keratin and repairs at the cellular level. Even after blow drying, my hair was ultra-soft and shiny. I loved the fruity, yet sophisticated scent. And the drugstore price point can’t be beat. I’m keeping Intensive Repair in the rotation to ensure my (shorter) hair stays healthy. Maybe one day I’ve finally have ultra-long hair with perfectly healthy ends!

Also worth noting, Dove’s Great Hair Affair Sweepstakes where you can win thousands of prizes! Don’t miss the festivities here.

Dove understands that having beautiful, healthy-looking hair gives you the confidence to feel your best. Whether your hair is dry or damaged, Dove has a tailor-made solution for your hair care needs. After just one wash hair is shiny, healthy-looking and full of life. Thanks to Dove, you can look and feel beautiful from the inside out.

Disclosure: Compensation was provided by Dove via Glam Media. The opinions expressed herein are those of the author and are not indicative of the opinions or positions of Dove.

Finally Bombshell Hair With Sultra!

My hair is so very stubborn when it comes to curls. I have had some luck with professional help as long as they pin the curls as they cool. But that trick isn’t so easy when you are in DIY mode. And a little time consuming for an everyday look. So I was a little hesitant when the new Sultra The Bombshell 3/4 Inch showed up on my doorstep.

This Friday, pre-Journey concert (what better place to try for Bombshell waves?), I whipped out my new Sultra with little hope. After rough drying my hair and using a paddle brush upside down for the most volume (using this product at the roots), I set in for some curl. The Sultra promises to curl in half the time as other curlers. With the Sultra’s high heat and advanced technology, I got a smooth bouncy curl in just around five seconds.

Holding the rod facing downward (in my right hand for the left side and vice versa for the right side), I wrapped a one inch section down the barrel. Wearing the included protective glove, I aimed to get the end as close to the barrel as possible. For more beachy waves or an undone look, leave a little piece uncurled at the end.

Constantly aware of heat damaging my hair, I try to stay away from using things like irons on an everyday basis. But I don’t feel too guilty about the Sultra as it uses their exclusive ThermaTru™ Ceramic Technology, which generates Far Infrared Rays. This technology can mend and defend hair while using constant 380 °F heat. My hair stayed silky and really smooth despite the styling. Thank you Sultra, for my finally DIY bouncy curls.

Moroccanoil Root Boost

I’ve always loved the concept, scent and packaging of Moroccanoil hair products. On one visit to the DryBar, a stylist used their products to make my hair look bombshell with waves and hold. But at home, I always felt weighed down and greasy. I guess I didn’t have the magic touch. Until now…

Moroccanoil recently launched Root Boost, part of their volume collection. Working from the roots, it provides a texturized foundation. What I love most about Root Boost is the easy application and formula. Picture a less fluffy mouse that comes out of a small nozzle. I am able to get product right where I want it and it easily and evenly disperses to the parts of my scalp I need extra volume. The real testimony was when, not only did I get volume, but it lasted! My hair received that nourishment Moroccanoil is known for and I still got non-greasy volume without crispy strands.

For more body away from the roots, I’ve also been testing Moroccanoil’s Volumizing Mousse. I use a golf ball size amount of product from halfway down my strands to the ends. I get hold and volume with still lots of movement and softness.

You can find both of these products in fine salons or at www.moroccanoil.com.

The Top Five Products You Need For Your Next Blowout From Politics of Pretty

I’ve been captivated by Kara’s blog, Politics of Pretty for some time now! Her beautiful site covers it all from daring to classic and all with such beautiful imagary. Today, she shares her “must haves” for the perfect blowout:

Growing up, trips to the salon for my twice-annual haircut was something I always looked forward to (mainly because fresh cut hair plus a fresh blowout meant three to four really amazing hair days). Then, blow dry bars started popping up and girls of all hair types who were craving a great blowout rejoiced. On the flip side, treating myself to salon blowouts has slowly become an addiction and it’s taken quite the toll on my wallet. So if you’re in desperate need of a blow dry spending detox, I’ve rounded up my five favorite products for the perfect DIY blowout at home.

Drybar Happy Hour Shampoo and Weightless Conditioner. Never mind the fact that I’m a shampoo and conditioner chameleon—lately I can’t get enough of Drybar’s sweet smelling shampoo and conditioner.

Pantene Pro-V Ultimate 10 BB Crème. Before I discovered this drugstore gem, I was a hair product mixologist as I tried to combine different products in hopes of yielding some pretty spectacular results. What it ended up doing? Turning my mane in to a ball of grease. This styling cream is a one-step miracle (think frizz control, heat protection, brilliant shine, among others) without having to combine with anything else. Love!

A Paddle Brush, any paddle brush. I have naturally straight hair so a soft paddle brush is my go-to when I’m styling a straight and sleek look. For some reason, round brushes don’t always work in my favor.

Jose Eber Infrared Blow Dryer. I’m always careful about protecting my hair from damaging blow dryer heat, but this innovative infrared dryer by Jose Eber infuses a gentle heat at the hair cuticle, not to mention decreases drying time in half. I am always on the go so this dryer is a time saver for sure!

Serge Normant Meta Revive Volumizing Dry Shampoo. While I have a slew of sample size dry shampoos in my hair arsenal, I always find myself reaching for this spray. I’m attracted to its cedar bark scent and its quick-to-dry (two minutes!) formula. Just a few light sprays keep my hair looking clean and healthy for an extra day.

Click on over to my blog, Politics of Pretty, with my top tips and tricks on how to use these products for the perfect blowout.