TweetFor a group shamelessly obsessed with straight hair, we’ve never been impressed with the whole flat iron phenomenon. They always seem to sizzle hair while producing minimum results. But to every great cynic, there’s a great product destined to lower that discerning brow, or in this case, tame that tired, unmanageable tress. A few favorites <... >
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Introducing the New Sebastian Professional Flaunt Collection
By Kathryn Holl
TweetStrong, polished hair is the pinnacle of the hair hierarchy. But with so many products available, how do you know which are helping you achieve true radiance and which offer sub-standard shine? We put several products from the new Flaunt Collection from Sebastian Professional to the test to determine if they can help you get <... >
Continue Reading...Tweet‘Tis the season for holiday parties, family gatherings and loads of relative run-ins. Everybody wants to look their best and brightest for all the photos that are bound to become perennial album favorites. Whether you’re looking for the best tools and products for yourself or to stuff in someone else’s stocking, these four items are <... >
Continue Reading...TweetGirl walks into holiday party. Immediately she’s the center of attention”¦and not for a good reason. She’s wearing an excessively-sequined dress, bright red lips AND smoky eyes, silver glitter platforms, Christmas tree earrings and hair as high as the chandelier with far too many clips, crimps and curls. We appreciate her effort, but girl take <... >
Continue Reading...TweetChristmas? Hanukah? New Year’s? Again? Already? How’d that happen? Like it or not, it’s time to start racking your brain and counting your change to gather all the right ideas, and just the right amount of dough, to buy gifts for your friends, family, coworkers, friends’ families, family’s friends, boyfriend’s family, coworkers”¦oh, you know the <... >
Continue Reading...TweetTexas is all about big hair with lots of tease. Seattle women treasure good texture with the relentless rain. But the women of Los Angeles, they love great hair color. The summer shades of glistening gold are transitioning to rich hues in deep dark browns and blondes in pale ash. And to get the hair <... >
Continue Reading...TweetSometimes we’re spoiled in Los Angeles. OK, often. Mostly we just like things the way we like them. Not high-maintenance, just high standards. We see the difference. Take the artists who handle our hair care. If we’re going to be stereotyped as “The City of Blonde,” then it better be the best blonde. And sometimes, <... >
Continue Reading...Tweet In what can best be described as faster than a New York minute, fall has fully engulfed our glorious city and is already passing us by, leading us into colder months. Leaves have changed and fallen and Halloween blew by only a few days ago reminding us that it’s time to prepare for a <... >
Continue Reading...TweetEvery month, BeautyNewsLA chooses a fabulous Los Angeles salon to visit and reveal to our readers its best assets. It has been a regular part of our monthly repertoire for quite some time now and almost every month, the story that comes out of it is a result of someone from BN (like myself) going <... >
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Scott Fontana’s Line Raises Eyebrows
By Kelly Hushin
TweetEvery once in a while, a hair care line is introduced that deserves a (for lack of a better phrase) grand introduction. We see lots of new hair products every month. Every week. Ok, every day. Really, we do. That said, it’s easy to become jaded ““ to take for granted the innovation many products <... >
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