You are currently browsing the Hair Care category

Products for Dancers Hair. Hair products for ponytails and pulled back styles.

  • Posted on November 6, 2009 at 7:02 am

One thing that I hate about sports like dance is that they are way to set on body type, shape, your looks, your age, your height, your outfit, etc… and unfortunately, skill and skill sets take second or are about the same amount of importance to the people who everyone thinks you need to impress.  Although having a lean figure is important to be able to show off the lines and positions and your grace while dancing, at the same time there are a ton of larger women who can dance and are just as good, but never get the roles.  There are also a lot of other women who are amazingly talented but since there is a the pretty popular girl next to her or a girl that can afford better beauty products or have a stylist who can recommend the right products to use, she may get the job because her hair and skin and nails may be in better condition.  So in order to help level the playing field for dancers everywhere, I wanted to recommend a few products that may help you to not only increase your appearance from a stage to the audience, but also help you win the judges over so they focus on your ability to dance (which is the most important thing) and since they see you have gorgeous skin and hair and nails, they won’t focus on that.  Once your hair, etc… look amazing, your skill and your talent will help you get the roles you want in the show.  Everyone should be judged on their talent, but because that isn’t always the case, here are some products to look at using.

MoroccanOil Oil Treatment – This oil treatment is one that almost everyone in our office has used and we all love it.  It not only helps you to have shinier and silkier hair, but it will help to repair damage done by a straightening iron for your hair to be pulled in a bun or in a pony tail or however you style it for dancing, but it will also help your hair look and appear more healthy and manageable.  MoroccanOil is a seriously amazing product for dancer hairstyles.  This is a product you have to have if you want good hair for the judges and for the show.  Buy MoroccanOil and you will see the difference almost immediately.

Holy Mud Masks and Dermalogica Acne Treatments – Skin is seriously important and everyone is going to notice skin that has blemishes and that is not moisturized or healthy.  It is important to use masks like the holy mud pumpkin exfoliating masks and the deep cleaning toning mask like the Dead Sea Mud Mask and also use an acne product like the Dermalogica acne treatment so that your skin is clean and new, then use a moisturizer or moisturizing mask like the oat and honey mask to nourish and moisturize your skin.  Having good skin will definitely help your chances of landing a better role in your show.

The last thing to remember is to not use makeup or nail polish that stands out.  You want a nail polish that blends in or is a neutral color so the judges and the people in the audience actually watch you dance and not your hands getting in the way.  Your hands are as important as your arms and legs and if you have a color that stands out, it will take away from what you are doing with your body.  Keep your nails with a neutral color and your dancing will show itself off even more and you will look a million times better. Barefoot in Barcelona is a perfect color for this.  Or use a tan or pink color for your nails.

Anyways, it is absolutely horrible that dancers have to not only dance well but also get judged on appearance, but with the products above and taking a bit of time each day, everyone can compete on all levels and if you use the products in this post, you may begin to get a step up and small advantage over the people who have not found this post.  Dancing is amazing so focus on getting better and let these products work on the rest.  You will not only feel better by using products that can help you look better, but you’ll have an advantage over the other girls when you are auditioning for a role and have an advantage when performing since the audience will have a better chance of noticing your hair and then watching you.   Proper hair, skin and nail care is key to dancers getting roles in shows and key to moving forward in life.  Pick the products that work for you and then work on your skills.

Care to leave a comment?

what do you do if your hair products stop working?

  • Posted on October 28, 2009 at 11:06 pm

A common fear that many women and men have is that their hair becomes immune to the hair products that they like to use.  This has happened to all of us where we used a product for years or even for a couple months because we loved the way it worked, but it slowly stopped working so we automatically think our hair has become immune to the hair product and we need to find new products to use so that our hair can stop preventing the products we love from working and start working with our products again.

Although your hair may stop working with a particular product, the chances that your hair developed an immunity to a specific product or product line is actually very unlikely and although I encourage you all to constantly try something new or if you change your hair style, straighten it or color it, etc… to try new products that are designed for your new hair and treated hair, if you want the keep your same fabulous look and keep using the same products you have been using, you just need to do one simple thing to reactivate all of the fabulous benefits from the products you love.

Clean your hair!  Well I know you probably clean your hair regularly, most of us do, or wash it every other day, but sometimes you need to do something a bit more.  Especially when your hair products stop working in your hair.  If your products aren’t working anymore, even though you washed your hair, you may have residues and left over chemicals stuck in there and in order to get your products to start working again, you will need to give your hair an extra deep cleaning treatment and the best products to use for a serious deep cleaning in my opinion are by far Nioxin Deep Cleansing shampoos, conditioners and treatments.

Not only do the different Nioxin deep cleaning shampoo, conditioner and treatments work to help clean old residue and chemicals out of your hair, but they also help to promote healthy hair and scalps and also help to help you get the most out of all of your favorite hair products.  Even better though is that Nioxin Deep Cleaning also comes in multiple systems and multiple products designed to work with and for people with all different hair types, styles, issues and more. The Nioxin Deep Cleaning system can definitely be one of the very first places to start looking and shopping for when you need to recharge your hair products and deep clean your hair and scalp.

You can buy Nioxin Deep Cleaning products on sale here at Hair Care Discounters.com by clicking any of the links in this post and you’ll be able to buy Nioxin deep cleansing products on sale.  Also, you can use the Nioxin Coupon Code 7off70 to save not only on Nioxin but all products at Hair Care Discounters until 10/31.  Use Nioxin Coupon Code 7off70 to save 7% off your purchase of $70 or more until 10/31.  Search the rest of this blog for even more great coupons and promo codes for HairCareDiscounters.com and save on your favorite name brand hair, skin and nail care products.

Care to leave a comment?

Getting the Volume Back in Your Hair is Easy

  • Posted on September 9, 2009 at 8:41 pm

Has your hair started to go limp.  Is it hard to manage and basically deflated.  Are you tired of a bob that lays flat or curls that fall out and just dangle?  Well chances are your hair just needs to be recharged and revitalized with some serious volume.

The first thing you should think about and ask yourself is:

  • What have I done differently to my hair that could have caused it to go flat?
  • What did I do that could have damaged my hair?
  • When was the last time I used a hair treatment or Hair Mask?
  • Did I change products and try something new?
  • What did I do differently recently or what Chemicals or Changes in Temperature could have effected your hair and made it go flat?
  • How often do I style my hair?

By figuring out which of these or which combination of these things you have done or which ones can be effecting your hair and its volume, you can then start to work on which products you need to start using or what you can begin doing differently to help regain control of your hair and give it that full look and feeling that is not only easy to manage and style, but looks healthy and feels amazing.

So the first thing I would look at is when is the last time you treated your hair to a day at the spa…well not really a day at the spa for your hair, but a Hair Mask or Hair Repair Masque to recharge and give your hair back its life and luster and volume.

If your hair has deflated and you color it, style it, damaged it or it is just flat and boring, there is an amazing hair masque that I highly recommend you start trying from Pureology.  It is the Pureology Thickening Hair Masque.

Pureology Thickening Hair Masque

Pureology Thickening Hair Masque

The Pureology Thickening Masque is an amazing Masque that many women and salons have known about for years.  It is technically designed for people who have colored their hair, but because it is for thickening, I like to recommend it for just about anyone and everyone with dull lifeless and fine thin hair that needs to be thickened for volume and depth so you can more easily style it.

This hair masque not only helps to repair and reverse some of the damage done from coloring your hair, but it also helps to protect your color and add in volume and thickness to your hair.

The Pureology Thickening Masque evens out porosity and helps strengthen your hair as well so that you will not only be able to start to get hair that feels and looks healthier and fuller, but it will help to protect your hair color and give your hair more protection from other damage and harmful chemicals.

Now, suppose it isn’t a lack of treatments or the right treatment for your hair, or you haven’t colored your hair out of volume, what else could have been causing the deflation from fun and full hair with life and volume to flat and boring hair that lays on your head and doesn’t hold any style?  Maybe it is the Shampoos and Conditioners you are using.

Alterna Life Volume Restore Shampoo

Alterna Life Volume Restore Shampoo

Aquage Volumizing Shampoo

Aquage Volumizing Shampoo

Big Sexy Hair Big Volume Conditioner

Big Sexy Hair Big Volume Conditioner

Big Sexy Hair Extra Big Volume Shampoo

Big Sexy Hair Extra Big Volume Shampoo

Brocato Swell Full Body Shampoo

Brocato Swell Full Body Shampoo

KMS Add Volume Shampoo

KMS Add Volume Shampoo

There are soo many volume shampoos and conditioners available today and they are soo hard to choose from.  They all do different things and many have different ingredients.  The on thing that volume Shampoos and Conditioners do have in common is the same goal.  To get your hair back up with a ton of volume, body and fullness and so instead of listing a couple hundred shampoos and conditioners (ok that was a bit of an exaggeration) I am going to mention a few brands that are designed for this and then you can pick the one that stands out the most for you and which one you think may work best for your hair.  All of the Volume Shampoo and Conditioners do the same thing, so pick the one that you feel will be best for you and fit your price range, however, remember that I still stand by not all shampoos and conditioners are created equal, ones like Alterna The Science of Ten and Kerastase (Which are available on our site as well) are amazing and have some of the best ingredients in the world and in my opinion are more than worth the extra money and work a lot better on your hair, however pick one that is for Volume and in your price range and begin using it as instructed on the bottle.  Not as you want to because overuse can actually do even more damage.   If you want to try one of the Volume Shampoos or Conditioners that I recommend, click on the pictures to the left and you’ll be taken to the product page, then go and buy the complimentary Shampoo or Conditioner to it as well.

Soo suppose this is still not what is causing the deflation or boring dull hair.  What else can you do to help stop your hair from deflating and get back that volume and hold.  The one thing that I see over and over again, and I used to do is that people are using the wrong styling products to get their hair to hold up to humidity and hold their volume and curls or stop their hair from deflating. The most common product I see being used which is also one that won’t be able to do what you want is hairspray.

Although hairspray is amazing and will start holding you at the beginning of your day, it is not made for holding your curls for styling or your hair high by itself.  It is however perfect for keeping your style in place and locking it into place so that your hair can hold its shape all day, so although I don’t recommend it for being the base of your hair style, it is still important to use a hairspray to hold your hair style in place and help keep it from deflating.

This is where the other products out there come back from the store.  Most people skip over them or have seen their parents use them and never want to give them a try, however, this could be why your hair style does not hold and why your volume does not last all day and why your curls fall out.  Products like, Mousse, Volume Leave in Conditioners and Styling Conditioners and Volume Sprays get passed over when people as people shop and it is an absolute mistake because these are the products that are designed for big hair, curly hair and hair that wants volume and to stay inflated all day.  Hairspray can help to keep it in place and keep your hair style in shape, but these products are the ones that help create the style and hold it for as long as you want it big and beautiful.

Here are some of my favorite volumizing styling products that are great for big hair, curly hair, wavy hair, bob cuts, hair with volume and styles that need to be full and fun.

Brocato Mousse Volumizing Foam

Brocato Mousse Volumizing Foam

Joico Body Luxe Design Foam

Joico Body Luxe Design Foam

Paul Mitchell Extra Body Sculpting Foam

Paul Mitchell Extra Body Sculpting Foam

Redken Full Frame Volumizing Mousse

Redken Full Frame Volumizing Mousse

Sebastian Thickefy Foam

Sebastian Thickefy Foam

TIGI Catwalk Extra Strong Mousse

TIGI Catwalk Extra Strong Mousse

There are a ton of products out there to help you not only repair your hair and repair your hair’s volume, but there are also products out there that will help you style your hair and hold the volume and body that you want.  The most important thing to remember is to find one that works with your hair and to make sure that you treat your hair correctly because if your hair is happy and healthy and treated with care, your hair will also be able to be styled, have volume and life and you will begin to love it again.

Forget those infomercial products that are incomfortable, you can have hair that is full of volume and life naturally without having to wear or use products that hurt your head and look like crud.  Try using a volumizing mask, the proper shampoos and conditioners to help keep your hair healthy and full of volume and the right styling tools and products that are designed for volume and control and keeping your hair big happy and healthy.

Care to leave a comment?

Why do some Shampoos cost $100 and some $1. Are they really better?

  • Posted on September 2, 2009 at 9:10 pm

Why do some Shampoos cost $100 and up and others cost only $1?  Is there really a difference in the shampoos and do they actually really have that much of an effect on your hair and your scalp.

Alterna The Science of Ten Shampoo

Alterna The Science of Ten Shampoo

The thing is that yes, most of the higher end shampoos and hair products really do work better and are better for your hair.  Now I’m not saying that a $5 bottle isn’t going to help your hair repair damage, or leave it feeling smooth and silky, but when these products are broken down to their bare ingredients and you look at what is actually inside the shampoos and hair products that you are buying, when you choose a higher end shampoo like the Alterna The Sciene of Ten Shampoo, and you see the quality of the ingredients that go into a product like this compared to a cheaper brand you can find at the grocery store with the same ingredients, there really is a huge difference, especially when you are talking about a shampoo like Alterna the Science of Ten.

When you are looking at your grocery store shampoo and debating whether or not you should buy that there or wait till you get home and order a bottle of product that will have better ingredients and actually not be made for mass market, but designed specificaly for specific your hair issues or types, it really should be a no brianer that you would at least consider buying something that was designed for problem hair or to maintain your current healthy hair and improve on it, instead of one made for everyone’s hair that may have a bit of frizz or a ton and that just covers all bases but also uses inferior quality ingredients.

I mean, when it comes to your hair, although it grows back when you are young, the more you damage your hair and scalp, the more it may effect your hair and scalp and the health of your hair and scalp in the future and possibly making it so your hair is not as full of life and health when you get a bit older which is why it is important for you to start taking care of it while you are still young and avoiding these mass market products that are available at the grocery store.

Now, not all grocery store brands are bad, actually some of them are quite good for your hair like TIGI or American Crew, I have even seen Sebastian at some stores, but when it comes down to it, regardless of whether you buy from us here at HaircareDiscounters.com or you buy from your local store, make sure you spend those few extra bucks for a salon quality product and not a cheap one for all product as it is important to always take good care of your hair because when you are older, you’ll want your hair to also take good care of you.  On a quick side note, if for some reason you think that the retail prices at your local store are way to much, then you could always purchase them from us here at Hair Care Discounters where we always have products on sale like you can buy Alterna The Science of Ten Shampoo on sale today for just $41.95 instead of the retail markup at $60.  Heheheh, I had to throw that in so my bosses wouldn’t get mad ;-) .

Anyways, take care of your hair and use proper salon quality products on it so it takes care of you and keeps looking good, healthy, shiny and full of life for your whole life.

Care to leave a comment?