HairBoutique Blog

A lot of hair myths exist involved “medium” length hair.or hairstyle.  Really, what is the true definition of medium length hair versus very short, short, long and ultra long? 

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Life & Style Magazine - April 14th issue - interviewed Ashlee Simpson about her new album - Bittersweet World - told the weekly magazine “I never thought my life would end up taking the turn that it has. I always saw myself with blue hair in a band. So it’s great to be in the place that I am right now. Either way, I’ll be happy. I’ll probably still have blue hair one day.”

(Image of Ashlee Simpson - DailyCeleb.com - all rights reserved - 2008).

I for one have no doubt that will happen since the singer, actress and newly crowned t-shirt designer for wet seal has morphed from platinum blonde to deep burgandy red with a few stops in the chocolate, black and strawberry shades along the way. Going blue with her hair? Why not?

Ash is not only in the news for her new CD and T-shirt line, she is also fighting rumors that she and long term beau Pete Wentz are pregnant. The very private Ash doesn’t want to talk about it although she is willing to talk about her recent engagement to the Fall Out Boy band member which they announced on the Web.

Will Ashlee have blue hair for her nuptials to Pete? Unlikely.

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Although it might seem the least likely texture to tangle, fine hair definitely has tangling challenges. Especially when fine hair is damaged or allowed to be blown about in the wind.

Fine hair that is long is also more prone to tangling and some will find that the tangles form tiny little knots at the nape of the neck if the tangles are not dealt with immediately.

Most hair experts will tell you to deal with tangles effectively with either rinse-out conditioners (right after you shampoo), leave-in conditioners (after you towel blot) or deep conditioners.

While that advice MAY work for some people with fine strands, for the most part it does not work. Why? Because fine hair tends to flatten easily and while rinse out, leave-in or deep conditioners might help initially with removing tangles, the likely result is flat hair. Or even worse….the beginning of oil slicks from too much conditioner.

If you read the advice to use conditioners for thin or fine hair, throw it away.
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Besides being HairBoutique.com CEO, editor-in-chief and writer, one of my other hats is buyer.

Now that HairBoutique.com has over 15,000 SKUs (and growing constantly), I don’t buy for all the many different lines, but I do still buy all the hair accessory lines.

(Side & Top Cuff views from Gerard Yosca - Photo from HairBoutique.com Photo Library - all rights reserved - HairBoutique.com).

Maybe because I have my own designs - Karen Marie - or because I have been buying hair accessories since day one of our Marketplace…hair accessories are my “thing”.

Everyone at HairBoutique.com says I have “the eye” for buying great hair accessories. Or maybe they say that because they don’t want to be bothered and it is a good way to flatter me into volunteering to do the deed (which I actually love to do).

Allow me to spiral off into a few memories and I promise to explain the “tingles” which is part of this title.

When the Hairboutique.com Marketplace was first getting started we have a few “hand made” hair accessories from a long haired designer out West. The accessories were very simple in design and construction but all I could find at the time.

After all, I went from telecommunications systems engineer geekette (they actually called me dudette at my last telecom job) to buying all sorts of hair goods and accessories. I knew absolutely nothing about what I was doing. Seriously naive about sooooooooooooo many things it is actually scary that I managed not to screw up more than I did.

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If you’ve watched Laguna Beach or The Hills you have spied some glimpses of Lauren “Lo” Bosworth, BFF to Lauren Contrad aka LC.

Lately Lo Bosworth has been hitting the scene and has been photographed wearing some of her BFF’s new designer styles.

One important change over the past few months has been Lo’s hairstyles. Looking back at her tresses in September 2007 Lo appeared at Christina Aguilera’s Pre-VMA Party at LAX Night Club with her hair in a messy, bed head, natural texture style.

(Lauren Bosworth at Christina Aguilera Hosts A Pre-VMA Party At LAX Night Club - 9-08-07 - DailyCeleb.com - all rights reserved).

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