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One of the biggest beauty busters during Thanksgiving besides those extra helpings of pumpkin pie is stress. We all know stress can cause last minute blemishes to pop out, cause fits of insomnia which means more concealer for those dark under-eye circles. Stress is a major beauty buzz killer which can cause hair to get yucky.

Yeah… OK…. what do I mean by yucky? It can mean many different things to different people but generally stress can cause a tight scalp, dry frizzy tresses or generally unmanageable. For others it can mean excessive oiliness resulting in limp or lank strands.

Beside popping a pill, which may also be a beauty buster depending on what pill you pop, what are some beauty tricks to relieve stress during Thanksgiving?

Listed below are some of my own health and beauty stress relievers which keep my hair and skin looking beautiful during the Thanksgiving Holidays. It also save my family from dealing with me acting like a stressed out Ms. Cranky Pants. (more…)

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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