Shampoo/conditioner

Klorane is very popular in Europe and I often see their dry shampoo backstage during Fashion Week (though when I was in Paris for the shows two years ago I noticed the brand being used considerably more over there). Well…the Europeans are on to something! The brand’s philosophy is to meld natural ingredients with proven [...]

As much as I love Oscar Blandi’s dry shampoo, it’s not convient to travel with (I’d have to tape down the cap and even then I’d risk the powder spilling out), so while I was in Seattle I took the opportunity to test out a new dry shampoo and went with Keratin Complex Volumizing Dry [...]

As much as I would like to have two hours to get ready before I go out, the reality is I have about 30 minutes on a good day. So with few precious minutes, hair washing is out of the question. At the risk of sounding gross, yes, I do sometimes leave the house with [...]

I don’t know how my friends who only wash their hair 1-2 times a week do it. Maybe it’s because I have thin hair, which tends to need to be washed more often than thick/curly hair, but I can’t go more than a day without at the very least conditioning. Last week however was one [...]

I prefer oils and milks when it comes to facial and body cleansing  – I’m not big on the super-squeaky clean feeling. Oils seem to make me feel less oily, not more so. Which might sound a little strange. But it looks like I’m in good company! Back in the late fifties, the brilliant makeup [...]

When I see a product that promises soft hair, I shy away. My hair is naturally stick-straight and limp, so heavy “softening” treatments leave it oily and even limper. But I couldn’t call myself a beauty snob if I didn’t keep giving new products a shot, so I still tried Redken’s All Soft line. Surprisingly, [...]