This Year's Top Hair Style and Hair Care Tips

by Chelsi Woolz

At a recent fashion event this year there were 4 key hair style trends: unstructured hair, matt texture (vs shiny glam), quirky ponies, coloured "tie-dyed" and some hair care tips on how to protect your luscious looking hair at winter.

Hair Style

Unstructured Hair
Hair has a simple and almost childlike feel; it is playful and elegantly unstructured. Middle partings on long flowing and tousled hair seem to dominate the runway. There is an abundance of width and horizontal volume that is evident throughout all styles. This width is helping to create much more angular and geometric shapes than we have seen of late. Think fairy floss from the school fair!

Matt Texture
Texture is the big change this season in hair style, with a huge lean toward matt results. Gone is the constant clean sheen we are used to seeing from the "Shiny Glam" look. Light, airy and playful are the buzzwords associated with these new looks.

Ponytails
Ponytails are all about attention to detail. Carefully placed and with slight quirks that are designed to catch the eye and intrigue. Once again contradictions are key, using multiple textures within the ponytail is enough to provide subtle detail. Piecing out selected strands of hair, or using asymmetric partings are just small easy ways to achieve little differences. Hair is also being "brushed back" into itself, or teased for a more dramatic result.

Tie Dyed Colour
Colour is all about layering. Not only are we seeing this come through in most of the clothes, but hair is also adopting this trend. There is a definite "tie dyed" influence in the graduation process of the colour work. Colours are more multi-toned and block in appearance. Very different to your traditional foil highlights! Playful bright tones are designed to make the hair "pop" and become an instant, yet wearable statement.

Hair Care
The chilly weather is the enemy of luscious looking hair! Follow these easy hair care tips to tame your mane at winter.

1. Limp locks are a definite no-no. Fine and limp hair still requires conditioning, although just keep it to the mid-lengths and ends of the hair. Use a bodybuilding product or thickening product like volumising mousse to help pump up and promote stability within your style.

2. Anti Flat shampoo combined with Moisture Therapy conditioner works wonders on fine and limp hair. To create more texture rather than height use texturising spray for a more lived in and gritty feel.

3. Course, dry, or damaged hair is going to need a little more TLC and conditioning. The trick is combining Moisture Therapy shampoo and Silky and Straight conditioner, leave the conditioner in for 3-5 minutes and then rinse. Use a bodybuilding aid with extra moisturisers like the volume booster Mousse to whip that hair back into full flow.

About the Author

When hitting the hairdressers chair this year for your new hair style or just for some hair care treatment, the colours this season are all about "block" techniques creating visual movement by combining two different colours and/or tones.

Healthy Tips - Follow Healthy Tips to Combat Dandruff

by Shilpa Agarwal

Healthy tips should be followed in regard to maintaining good health care for your hair and scalp. An itchy scalp is a sorry condition. It is extremely embarrassing at work or at the bus-stop, at a seminar or a party. There could be reasons like psoriasis, acne or dandruff. Dandruff is a problem that needs to be treated carefully whenever it occurs. There are home-made remedies available. A spoonful of camphor is mixed with coconut oil, or neem oil can be used. Garlic and oil of oregano are also excellent for fighting dandruff.

Dandruff is an itchy, annoying skin disorder of the scalp. There seem to be two different causes of dandruff - internal and external. The internal causes are poor hygiene, emotional stress, lack of rest, excessive sugar and fat in the diet, while the external causes are excessive use of hair sprays, infrequent shampooing or dry indoor heating. Following healthy tips for your hair include using a natural based shampoo every other day, as excessive shampoo can strip the hair of oils. Blow dryers should be used correctly otherwise it can damage the hair. Other healthy tips are a balanced diet to provide your hair with the right amount of nutrients that include fruits and vegetables, proteins and fiber. Drink plenty of water and exercise regularly.

Dandruff is a problem that affects half of the world population, so you do not have to face it alone. It is a health point in your life and needs to be dealt with effectively with healthy tips that you can adopt. There are so many natural remedies which will help you to get rid of dandruff. Vinegar wash is a good home-made remedy. Mix two teaspoons of vinegar with six teaspoons of water, and apply it on your scalp before you go to bed. Apply the same solution in the morning before washing it off. Do not scratch your scalp with your fingernails as it could cause an infection. Following these healthy tips and with the right care, dandruff is manageable and can be kept in control.

About the Author

Shilpa Agarwal owns the firm Sstream Inkk and is herself an experienced content writer who sports content writing as a game rather than work XP. Whether your requirement is for content for your website or for academic publishing, journals or newspapers, PR, blog articles, SEO articles, product descriptions or just general articles; she is just the right stop for you.