Kerastase and J Salon “Our Treat” Event

“Our Treat” was an unprecedented nationwide event that occured on May 20th, that offered hair aficionados the opportunity to indulge in a complimentary treatment and blow dry service at J Salon. This escape into the unique promise of Kerastase will include:

• Hair transformation with immediate, visible results
• The latest innovations from la Recherche Avance L’Oral
• Tailor-made treatments for every hair and scalp need
• Personalized hair and scalp diagnosis by trained stylists
• Comprehensive professional service for the ultimate salon experience

Since the brand’s debut in 1964, Kerastase has attracted a loyal following of clients thatdepend on the brand for its personalized approach to haircare.  Innovative, results-oriented formulas that transforms hair as been their trademark.

Tussled Locks in today’s Economy.

Awesome write up from the folks and Beautyvice on easy tussled locks.

Every woman knows her hair. Every woman can appreciate a good style that is both easy and affordable to maintain, these looks are for the single, the married and the moms. Easy on the pockets saving you the trouble of maintaining your split ends. Straight hair always draws more attention to fine details such as dry and split ends while curly natural looks help compensate for the time most women don’t have to upkeep their ends every 2-3 months for a routine trim. Simplicity and practicality are the dominating trend for 2009.

Spotlight On Kim Vo

To say that Kim Vo knows color is like saying Apple know ipods. Some of that knowledge is bound to come from his experience as a painter. But years of training at New York’s The Spot, and then moving on to some of the most exclusive salons on the west coast, like Cristophe and Privé, where he got to work figures like Hillary and Bill Clinton.

With celebrity clientele like Terri Hatcher, Goldie Hawn, Kate Hudson and Pamela Anderson firmly in his roster, he opened B2V Salon in 2000, where he pioneered in-vogue techniques like American Tailoring and Hair Dusting.

Today, he’s a star in his own right. He’s authored hundreds of articles, and has appeared on Extreme Makeover, Daily 10, and Tease. But his work on Shear Genius has really set him apart.

Kim has recently released his own line of hair care products.

Kim Vo

Appearing in the August Edition of Allure Magazine, Kim has some really great picks and GOLDEN RULES for hair care.

Top Product Picks:

*Your colorists skills are worthless, says Vo, with the right bottles in your shower.

• Kerastase Luminous Softening Shampoo – Kim’s take “This gentle shampoo makes hair really shiny”
• Kim Vo Replenish Moisturizing Masque – Kim’s take “After you shampoo, work this in, them wait – I’ll step out and drink a cup of green tea- before rinsing”
• Nexxus Phyto Organics Canopy Thermal Protection – Kim’s take “This puts a barrier between hair and a hot tool.”
• Kim Vo Perfect Polish Dry Serum – Kim’s take “It’s great at taming flyaways.”
• John Frieda Luminous Color Glaze in Sheer Blonde – Kim’s take “Blondes should use this- gold tones fade in summer.”

Kim’s GOLDEN RULES

*Vo has celebrity clients that bounce from color to color until hair starts to break off.  “Starting with strong hair is my first rule,” he says.  But he’s got 4 more:

• Go Low – “Hair color fades faster in the summer, so I do half lowlights and half highlights to make sure it keeps tis dimension.  For blonds, mix in some caramel shades; for brunettes, try chestnut hues.”
• Learn the Lingo – “When conveying how thich you want your highlights, avoid subjective words like ‘natural’ or ‘bold.’  I like pasta analogies-truly.  My New York clients like highlights the width of angel-hair, my L.A. clients like spaghetti, and my Vegas clients like lasagna.  Lately, I’ve been doing a lot of fettuccine highlights around the part.”
• Take Cover – “I actually like facial sunscreen sprays for hair- they won’t weigh hair down.”
• Get to the Root – “If you need to touch up your roots, buy a hair color in your natural shade – not your highligted color- and smudge it on the roots for 30 seconds.  This will take the dullness off of the regrowth.”

*From INSIDER’S GUIDE in Allure - August 2008

Bumble And Bumble Curl Conscious

What do you do when you’ve got hard to manage curly hair?  You tame it with the Bumble And Bumble Curl Conscious line of course.  Bumble And Bumble specifially created the Curl Consious Products Line to deal with dry, frizzy or out of control curly hair.   They’ve even built a community site at www.curlconscious.com which is dedicated to those with curl hair.

Curl Conscience Community

The Curl Conscience Community has a manifesto which reads:

1. NO TWO CURLS ARE ALIKE.
2. We CELEBRATE curls for their dynamic, inherently unpredictable nature.
3. We are inspired by the fiercely curly; we recognize them as true trailblazers who have refused to adhere to the straight STATUS QUO.
4. We have crusaded to send ringlets down RUNWAYS and into PHOTO STUDIOS while others have opted for their curl-less counterparts.
5. We, as champions of better style for all, continue our COMMITMENT to raising style awareness within the curl community.
6. We will contribute more CURL CONSCIOUS stylists to the world so that curls remain in able hands.
7. We dedicate ourselves to developing a spectrum of tools and techniques that let the CURL COLLECTIVE escape the tyranny of straighteners (or blow-dryers, flat-irons, hats, hoods and other means of curl oppression).
8. It’s time to take on convertibles, rainy days, humid mornings and windy nights with BRAVE NEW CURLS, and for the curl collective to flaunt their individuality.

Some of the strongest curly hair care products are Bumble And Bumble Shampoo and Bumble And Bumble Conditioners such as:

Bb Curl Consciense Shampoo

Bumble And Bumble Curl Conscience Shampoo for Fine To Medium Hair

or

Bumble And Bumble Curl Conscience Medium Shampoo

Bumble and Bumble Curl Conscious Medium to Thick Shampoo and Conditioner Set

So don’t fret, curly hair control is comming soon.

AXE launches new hair care products for men

AXE has been know for it’s great body sprays, but they’ve branched out into another field where men need help.  Hair Care.   Why?  To help men.

AXE set out to prove to men that lack of attention to haircare and styling was a major turnoff to girls.  AXE conducted a national survey, which led to some pretty interesting results.  Basically, guys are clueless when it comes to what women find attractive.  The research shows that “Only 29 percent of guys think hair is very important when it comes to attracting a girl, two-thirds (63 percent) of girls say that guys with bad hair don’t understand that their hair makes a negative impression on girls.”

More from AXE:

AXE Hair includes:

Shampoos

• AXE Just Clean Shampoo provides a fresh scent and invigorating feel for a clean she’ll notice
• AXE De-Glue Shampoo + Scrub features rock crystals and removes the gunky product build-up blocking guys’ game
• AXE De-Poof Shampoo features a hydrating Kukui blend and deflates poofy hair to inflate guys’ appeal
• AXE Anti-Dandruff Shampoo + Conditioner offers zinc-based dandruff control because girls don’t dig flakes
• AXE 2 in 1 Shampoo + Conditioner combines cleansing and conditioning to speed up guys’ clean and their game

Conditioner

• AXE Just Soft Conditioner leaves hair so soft she won’t be able to keep her hands out of it

AXE Styling Products

• AXE Messy Look Paste gives hair a messy, just-out-of-bed look she’ll want to run her hands through
• AXE Spiked-Up Look Putty gives hair hold without all the hard crunch of gel that girls hate
• AXE Clean-Cut Look Pomade gives guys a girl-approved polished look without appearing wet
• AXE Shaggy Look Cream gives longer manes an easygoing look for hair she can’t resist

AXE Hair shampoos and conditioner are available at mass retail outlets for $4.99 for a 12-oz. bottle. AXE Hair styling aids are available at mass retail outlets for $5.99 for a 2.64-oz. jar; enough for 75 uses.

Since most men are as knowledgeable about haircare products as they are about the differences between Gucci and Pucci, AXE spells it out clearly for them.  Each product is named according to what it is supposed to accomplish: the shampoos feature names like “de-glue” and “de-poof” while the styling products are named according to the look they create from “shaggy” to “clean cut.”

And they’ve added a great video to prove the point.

Kerastase Partners with Cynthia Steffe

Kerastase and Cynthia Steffe have partnered together to create a set of luxury cosmetic cases to benefit Dress for Success®.

Dress for Success Worldwide is an international non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of women located in 85 cities across the U.S., Canada, the U.K., the Netherlands and New Zealand. The professional clothing, employment retention programs and ongoing support that we provide our clients symbolize our faith in every woman’s ability to be self-sufficient and successful in her career.  from Dress for Success – Who We Are

One of the luxury cases from Kerastase and Cynthia Steffe

The three exclusive luxury cases will be available from participating retailers when you buy two or more products.  When this limited time offer is over, Kerastase will make a substantial donation to Dress For Success®

We’re Kinda-Sorta back.

A few of the banler employees have decided to keep blogging here.  You see, we keep loving beauty products and we’ve got a lot to share.  So stay tuned for some more blog posts coming soon.

Saying Goodbye

We’d like to thank all of our customers and fans for the all the help and support you’ve given us throughout our time here on the net.  We where very happy at providing luxury beauty product.   Someday you might see us again, who knows?

All the BEST!

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Go to bed!!!

Getting enough sleep everyday is an easy way to improve your physical and emotional state.  We all know if you get to bed late or toss and turn throughout the night, you will probably end up with dark circles under your eyes and a sour disposition.  Unfortunately, that’s not all missing out on some shut-eye will do to you.  Lack of sleep can also affect your immune system, weight, concentration, and your skin’s luminosity.

This is urgent!  Not getting enough sleep can seriously damage all areas of your social life- from your love life to your circle of friends.  This must be remedied.   Here are tips on how to catch some z’s to achieve physical and mental bliss.

• Get yourself on a schedule.  Sync up your internal clock with your daily schedule.  Try easing yourself into an earlier bedtime by getting to bed a little earlier each night until you can get at least 8 hours of sleep before your wake-up time.
• Once you accustom your body to your desired schedule, stick to it!  It is important to keep your routine consistent.  You will arise more refreshed and probably in a better mood too.
• Find a way to relieve stress.  Stress will keep you awake.  It triggers chemical reactions in your body, making it more difficult for you to fall asleep.
• Take a warm bath.  It will help you relax and make you drowsy.
• Turn off the lights!  Making your room as dark as possible will allow your body to release melatonin, a sleep hormone.

The Dr. is Definitely In!

I have been using a couple Dr. Brandt products for a few weeks now and I’m really enjoying the results.  Dr. Brandt Microdermabrasion in a Jar and Dr. Brandt Lineless Eye Cream have been in heavy rotation in my beauty regimen as of late.

Dr. Brandt Microdermabrasion in a Jar is an excellent at-home microdermabrasion treatment.  Magnesium oxide crystals slough dead skin cells away and leave behind smoother, more radiant skin.  It also contains natural extracts that help to soothe and moisturize skin.  Microdermabrasion in a Jar is formulated for all skin types and should be used about 1-2 times per week.

Dr. Brandt Lineless Eye Cream has been my joy and salvation, as I have not been getting enough sleep.  Lineless Eye Cream not only firms and hydrates the eye contour area, but it reduces puffiness and those unfortunate fine lines.  I can definitely notice a difference on the days I use it.