Rihanna Red Hair

What do you guys think of Rihanna's Red Hair? The 22 year old singer has been rockin this hair for the past year. Rihanna's stylist Ursula Stephen keeps it creative by changing the length and texture but keeping the same signature color.

Here we see Rihanna's short cut that first made her someone to watch for cutting edge hair. Then a more processed, fluffy 80's looking texture...fun and flirty with a bit of lace. Hhmmm..I'm least crazy about the long straight red without bangs. It feels a little trashy,talk show guest, but she is undeniably beautiful in any style.

I like the use of color here...a little more fiery on top and browner/more violet in the lower ends..This contrast can be done with any range of colors...something to consider ladies...maybe even in dark brown black hair, washing the bottom with blue to give a slightly more intriguing tone.
With these red curls, I love the shape of her cut. You can see that curly girls can have just the right framing bangs and shorter layers. If you look where the ends pop out, you can see short piecey layers.
And, the signature Rihanna mohawk in red.

Overall, I'm enjoying her transformation. When I was 20 I had my hair hot pink. It was fun. I felt like a super hero, and it gave me life and energy. Hair helps define moments in life and is a great form of self expression. I feel like it can change personalities a little making people more outgoing, serious and businessminded, free, or the full spectrum...just depending on the time of your life. Enjoy the changing beauty of hair:)

Behind the Scenes With the "Black Swan" Costume and Makeup Teams

Check out the Swarovski crystals in the costumes that create a rainbow of light making the costumes more dynamic. The fabrics dance and have complexity like the characters. I also love the ghoulish metal crown. The hard surfaces are not pretty, pretty princess material but something heavy weighing Nina down but also making her the powerful queen.

Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis

The Black Swan has been the talk of the salon for the past few weeks with very mixed reviews. I just went to see it last Friday, and it set me into a mood since then. It's a movie that effects you. My coworker might have even developed a touch of vertigo from all of the whirling scenes. She was dizzy for days and had to miss work. But, it becomes mentally and physically exhausting if you actually let it in.

For hair...She wears it tight in a ballerina's bun..Her dark counterpart Mila Kunis wears it loose, tied in a floppy bun for practice. I think the only time Natalie has her hair down is when the white and black swan go to get drinks...Showing that she is beginning to let go of having to be perfect.

In the scene where Nina, the new star, takes the place of the old star which couldn't have been cast better as Winona Ryder we can see a clean, polished, sophisticated french twist on Nina. This style speaks classic elegance, and is kind of conservative. The french twist is a great go to style and is very popular for brides. We can see Winona in a shaggy, messy, flipped style. The bangs are a little overgrown falling over her eyes, the texture is a little frizzy and uneven. And, her eye makeup is smudged from tears of anger, sadness, and loss. The hair and makeup give her the look of a star that has fallen, a girl that must pull herself together to survive her next chapter of life or stay frazzled in her effort to hold onto her moment of fame instead of evolving gracefully.



Winona's makeup also plays a role when Nina steels the old stars red lipstick to try and seduce her teacher into giving her the lead role which requires her to play the white and black swan. Someone who can embody perfection/purity and instinct/sexuality.

The "Black Swan" was visually amazing. The costumes, the hair/makeup, the dancing, and the casting were spot on.

Polamalu tackled by hair

Head & Shoulders -Troy Polamalu Polamolecule Commercial

Superbowl Hair

Here are a few images of Pittsburgh Steeler, Troy Polamalo my Super Bowl hair hero...

How does he take care of his curls? With Head and Shoulders? With any products/ oils? I wonder...

Curly hair can be hard to deal with as anyone with curls will tell you. Touching it makes if fluffy...Rain makes it frizzy...Sleeping on it you can wake up and it's either gorgeous or flat on one side and crazy on the other...

Curls shouldn't be washed everyday. Maybe twice a week. You can rinse your hair with water to refresh it and bring the curls back together....When you wash it sometimes it will make it seem fuller or too much conditioner or a lot of shampoos/conditioners have waxes in them that can coat the hair and make it flat. The waxes can also clog pores in the scalp leading to weaker hair follicles which can eventually cause hair loss. I also believe in conditioning or moisturizing the scalp. My coworker Bett and I have noticed that scalps with tight skin are more likely to have thinner hair and flexible scalps have thicker hair. I'm not sure if this is anything that can be prevented, but drinking water, moisturizing the scalp, and taking biotin(which helps hair growth) can all help with thinning hair.

xo Steelers fans!!

Troy Polamalu Super Bowl Hair

I grew up in a small college town in Indiana, PA near Pittsburgh, and the STEELERS will always be my team... It looks like they are on their way to the SUPERBOWL! I love being a Steeler fan!! They are now tied with the Dallas Cowboys for attending the most Superbowls(fact according to my lovely sister Maria) I was on the phone all the 4th quarter with Maria...She helps understand every play...Love you sister..

So..being girls we talked about the players and hair of course...

Troy Polamalu has been growing his hair for 10 yrs. to show love for his Samoan roots. Hair only grows about 6 inches a year (1/2 and inch a month)...I'm not sure how long his hair is, but it's long and luscious.

Troy Polamalu's hair has a $1 million dollar insurance policy against on field hair loss. Players are allowed to pull hair to take his down. It's the 1st head of hair in sports history to be insured...pretty cool...Check out his "Head and Shoulders" commercials.. I would probably suggest Pureology Super Smooth or Hydrate Shampoos. I bet he would love the minty tingle and smell of Pureology's Hydrate conditioner...But, boys will be boys and use whatever they like:)I've heard guys also like Dove for a head and body wash.

I love that the NFL has an Official Shampoo...Thank you Head and Shoulders...