HairBoutique Blog

As part of my job writing about hair and beauty over the past ten years I have received lots of samples of new products to try.

Lately I seem to be receiving lots of press releases and/or product announcements about more and more celebrity hairdresser products lines. I was asked once by an editor at the now-defunct Shop, Etc., Magazine (I adored that publication from Hearst) who started the celebrity hair and beauty product line craze in the United States.

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John Frieda hair products have been around for some time but they have staying power. I love the John Frieda line because they are somewhat like a bridge product line.

They offer many of the advantages of salon products but they are mostly sold in mass markets like drug, grocery and e-stores, like HairBoutique.com’s Marketplace. This means users get a fabulous celebrity hairdresser product line at drugstore prices. What could be a better deal than that?

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Well maybe she has a new haircut and maybe she doesn’t. Only time will tell. Rebecca showed up in New York to attend the G-Star Fall 2008 after party during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at the Gramercy Park Hotel on February 5, 2008 in New York City. She was there with her husband, Eric Dane and she appeared to have her long tresses cut to a full shoulder length bob.

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In case you haven’t been reading my Men’s Hair, Grooming & Fashion blog entries, I am on a men’s hat kick. Why? I recently spent time at a menswear show and was amazed by all the different men’s hats. I also was unsure how men buy hats online and make sure they fit properly. No, I’m still not sure if I know the answer but I have figured out how to measure the head for a hat and that there are basically three types of heads.

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I promised I’d try and figure out the whole men’s hat sizing question and I have found some sites with sizing information.

MensHats.com have just about every type a hat a man (or woman for that matter) could want. They also have a great sizing chart. According to MensHats.com before buying a hat, take a soft tape measure and measure around the widest part of your head where you want the head to rest. Take those measures and match to the Hat Size Chart which they provide.

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