Hairstyle World Article for Women

Blonde

By Lisa L.

Sheer Blonde
Ok blondes, we all know you love to soak up that sun but so does your hair.

Natural sun and heat damages your hair vaporizing all the moisture needed for your hair to look healthy and shiny.

Texture doesn’t really matter nor does the shade of blonde, as they all are more prone to damage in the sun. Frizz is common in the summer and with good conditioner and frizz control you can look like any celebrity.

Try Frizz-ease or Split Ends by BC Bonicure to control frizz after or before your blow dry. For added protection apply a blow dry sealer before you start to blow dry your hair. It will protect your blonde hair from heat and this is for high damage control. There are also newer sprays and conditioners specifically formulated with SUV protectants helping your hair from damage. For a great feel try Back to Basics - Kiwi Melon Body Boosting Conditioner.

If your hair starts to go a green from being in the water a little too much, Resolve by JOICO is highly recommended. It will strip the chlorine buildup letting your hair breathe. Eventually you’ll get back to your great color.
Sheer Blonde is available at most drug stores. It’s formulated to enhance your blonde while protecting it from further damage.

Frederic Fekkai Baby Blonde Conditioner is a daily conditioner and enhances your hair with a great shine. Using sunflower seed oil, lemon peel and other natural products it helps with your hair’s elasticity and this product is used specifically for color treated blonde hair.

For further protection, use a wide toothed comb or pick while your hair is wet. If you need a great detangler, BC Bonicure’s Spray Moisturizer is the best product on the market for detangling those hard annoying tangles.

Blonde will always have high maintenance and expensive to maintain. The tips above are to help you in between visits to your stylist. It’s still more fun to be blonde at any cost!

Add comment May 5th, 2006

Haircare magnate pays $150m for Picasso ‘Shrek’ portrait

NEW YORK -

An unflattering portrait of one of Picasso’s most celebrated lovers, artist Dora Maar, has sold for US$95.2 million ($149 million) at a Sotheby’s auction in New York, the second-highest auction price paid for an artwork.

The 1941 Dora Maar au Chat transforms the visage of his glamorous girlfriend into a female Shrek. Despite its overt misogyny, the eye-catching portrait almost doubled its presale estimate of US$50 million.

The unidentified buyer, seated in the back of the salesroom, outbid several phone bidders. The seller was a member of the Gitwitz family, which made its fortune from Helene Curtis hair products.

Maar has talon-like fingernails in the painting, a 120cm by 90cm canvas with a profusion of colours including green, red, orange and purple.

“It’s a very handsome painting and I like the way the hands are painted,” Picasso biographer John Richardson said before the sale.

The most expensive artwork ever sold at auction was Picasso’s Boy with a Pipe, which fetched US$104 million at Sotheby’s in 2004.

Richardson called the Maar painting “more commercially saleable” than the more abstract portrait of Picasso’s first wife, ballerina Olga Khokhlova, that sold for US$34.7 million this week at Christie’s International in New York.

Add comment May 5th, 2006