Category Archives: Hair/Beauty

My Favorite Dolly Parton Quote

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Gotta love Dolly!!

“Lots of women buy just as many makeup things as I do. They just don’t wear them all at the same time!”

 

Judy DeLuca’s Latest Novel

Towel Dry and a Good Cry is about a young girl, new to the hairdressing business, that learns all too quick that there is more to standing behind the chair than just cutting hair.  A story full of laughs and tears lies and fears with characters you’ll love, hate or will leave your jaw hanging open!

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Key Ingredients To Look For In Anti -Aging Products

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Many skin care experts recommend these key ingredients in skin care products for fighting the aging process, co-enzyme Q10, Vitamin C and E, Flavonoids, Idebenone, Lycopene, Hyaluronic acid and Retin A. These are all ingredients to look for in anti-aging products.

You don’t have to spend a million dollars, either. Many drug store lines have some of these ingredients and are very affordable. Always consult a Dermatologist’s advice if you are not sure what is best for your skin and age.

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Judy DeLuca’s Latest Novel

Towel Dry and a Good Cry is about a young girl, new to the hairdressing business, that learns all too quick that there is more to standing behind the chair than just cutting hair.  A story full of laughs and tears lies and fears with characters you’ll love, hate or will leave your jaw hanging open!

Available at your favorite ebook store

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The Shag Haircut Is In For Spring And Summer

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Back in the early seventies a hairstylist by the name of Paul McGregor

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created the shag hairstyle for Jane Fonda in the movie, Klute,Shag-260x300 inspiring a whole new trend. Many celebrities helped launch this unisex haircut that lasted throughout the decade.

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I’ve always said, being in the business as long as I have, what goes around comes back around only with a new spin on it. This ‘new’ shag hair cut has lots of choppy layers making this style very care free to wear short or long.

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Celebrities are making this cut a sure comeback for spring and summer!

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Judy DeLuca’s Latest Novel

Towel Dry and a Good Cry is about a young girl, new to the hairdressing business, that learns all too quick that there is more to standing behind the chair than just cutting hair.  A story full of laughs and tears lies and fears with characters you’ll love, hate or will leave your jaw hanging open!

Available at your favorite ebook store

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Eye Lash Curling

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I was thinking today, as I curled my eyelashes, of a makeup artist I met years ago and the trick she taught me on how to best curl your eyelashes.

After giving your eyelashes that first squeeze with an eyelash curler, loosen the grip without taking your eyelashes out of the curler. Then raise your elbow up so that the eyelash curler’s handles are facing the ceiling and give one more squeeze. This extra step in curling your eyelashes really makes them flip up. When you put your mascara on afterwards your lashes will appear much longer and more noticeable! Try it, it really works!

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Judy DeLuca’s Latest Novel

Towel Dry and a Good Cry is about a young girl, new to the hairdressing business, that learns all too quick that there is more to standing behind the chair than just cutting hair.  A story full of laughs and tears lies and fears with characters you’ll love, hate or will leave your jaw hanging open!

Available at your favorite ebook store

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Simple Way to Create Spiral Curls

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spiral curls 1Want a simple way of creating spiral curls without the trouble of curling irons and heat tools?

Wrap damp hair around a drinking straw!

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Take small sections of hair, hold the hair by its end, hold and place the straw at the root area and wrap the hair all the way down to the bottom of the straw. Secure by putting one end of a bobby pin through the whole of the straw and the other end of the pin securing the end of the hair. Start at the nape of the neck and work your way up to the top of the head. This is a great and easy way to create those gorgeous spiral curls.

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Judy DeLuca’s Latest Novel

Towel Dry and a Good Cry is about a young girl, new to the hairdressing business, that learns all too quick that there is more to standing behind the chair than just cutting hair.  A story full of laughs and tears lies and fears with characters you’ll love, hate or will leave your jaw hanging open!

Available at your favorite ebook store

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Best Cure For A Zit

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Sometimes we can spend a ton of money on products for pimples and they seem to only dry out the top layer of skin and still leave the pimple. I’ve always said the old-fashioned remedies are the best and this one I’ve done myself and is totally amazing and the best cure for the occasional zit. This is for the random pimple not acne. Good old-fashioned honey.

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Put a dab of honey on a Bandaid before going to bed and watch what happens in the morning! Amazing.

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If you have what I call the “undergrounder” that seems to take a little longer to get rid of repeat the process a few nights in a row and you will be utterly amazed and you’ll have saved yourself a lot of money!!

 

Judy DeLuca’s Latest Novel

Towel Dry and a Good Cry is about a young girl, new to the hairdressing business, that learns all too quick that there is more to standing behind the chair than just cutting hair.  A story full of laughs and tears lies and fears with characters you’ll love, hate or will leave your jaw hanging open!

Available at your favorite ebook store

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What’s the Difference Between a Facial Serum and a Moisturizer?

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A moisturizer is an emulsion that hydrates the skin.

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A serum is lighter and contains “active” ingredients that claim to do something extra for the skin such as, reducing wrinkles or brighten the complexion. Serum’s work well underneath your moisturizer for added benefits.

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Judy DeLuca’s Latest Novel

Towel Dry and a Good Cry is about a young girl, new to the hairdressing business, that learns all too quick that there is more to standing behind the chair than just cutting hair.  A story full of laughs and tears lies and fears with characters you’ll love, hate or will leave your jaw hanging open!

Available at your favorite ebook store

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Lower Lid Mascara Smudge

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We’ve all had it! Yes that Alice Cooper look at the end of the night! Here’s a tip to help with that problem of your bottom lashes smudging under your eyes.

 

 

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Your lower lashes smudge more easily than your upper ones. So, if you are prone to smudging leave your bottom lashes bare or try this tip.  Wipe your mascara wand with a tissue and holding the wand vertically, go back and forth from the inner to the outer corners of your lower lashes.

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Take a small fluffy shadow brush and dab across with translucent powder or a good makeup sealer up as close to the lash line as you can get. Works wonders!

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Judy DeLuca’s Latest Novel

Towel Dry and a Good Cry is about a young girl, new to the hairdressing business, that learns all too quick that there is more to standing behind the chair than just cutting hair.  A story full of laughs and tears lies and fears with characters you’ll love, hate or will leave your jaw hanging open!

Available at your favorite ebook store

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Men and Women Sick of Ingrown Hairs?

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Ingrown hairs are the hardest thing to remove without destroying your skin by squeezing and trying to tweeze them out. Shaving and waxing are usually the culprit. Dead skin piles up around the hair follicle causing the hair to get trapped causing these nasty bumps called ingrown hairs.

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Men usually get ingrown hairs on the the neckline and face.

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Women tend to get them in the bikini area and other places that they have  waxed.

Use a scrub and moisturize the skin everyday to prevent ingrown hairs. Make sure you use a scrub designed specifically for the face or the body.

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If you have an ingrown hair, use a dab of scrub on a clean toothbrush, going gently back and forth over the area to loosen dead skin and it will make it easier to release the hair.

 

I think Tend Skin this is one of the best products on the market to combat the problem of ingrown hairs. If you are diligent with this product night and day, use a scrub and a moisturizer, then it will only take a day or two to release that hair.

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Judy DeLuca’s Latest Novel

Towel Dry and a Good Cry is about a young girl, new to the hairdressing business, that learns all too quick that there is more to standing behind the chair than just cutting hair.  A story full of laughs and tears lies and fears with characters you’ll love, hate or will leave your jaw hanging open!

Available at your favorite ebook store

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Shampoo’s And What They All Mean. Which One Should I Choose?

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It’s very confusing without the help of a professional to decide on what shampoo you should buy for your type hair. I did another blog post recently called ‘Choosing the right shampoo for your needs and budget”. In this post I talk a lot about sodium laurel sulfate. Trust me on this one, I’ve been a hairdresser for 34 years and that ingredient is a gig no-no in shampoo products, so you might enjoy reading about it. Here’s the link to it:

Choosing The Right Shampoo For Your Needs And Budget

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CLARIFYING-Uses ingredients designed to strip through the hairstyling products that are built up on the hair. Using monthly is something you should always do or when your hair is feeling flat or weighed down.

COLOR ENHANCING-These shampoo’s are used once a week to prevent your hair color from fading. They contain color depositing agents that rejuvenate your hair color in between visits to the salon and enhance the color from fading. Consult with a professional for choosing the best shade that matches your hair color. These shampoo’s are really awesome from keeping your hair from fading!

COLOR PROTECTIVE-These shampoo’s use less aggressive ingredients (like no sodium laurel sulfate) to prevent hair from drying out and fading hair color.

FAST DRYING-This type of shampoo limits the amount of moisture the hair absorbs, making drying time a lot quicker.

MOISTURIZING-Almost always has no sodium laurel sulfate adding the most moisture possible to dry hair.

pH BALANCED-Stops scalp from becoming to acidic or alkaline where bacteria can thrive causing irritation.

THICKENING SHAMPOO-These shampoo’s often use panthenol to thicken the hair shaft. Many also create an electrical charge within the hair to prevent strands of hair from sticking together, making hair look fuller.

VOLUMIZING-Using thickening and firming agents to create and left hair. Panthenol B5 penetrates the hair shaft causing it to swell and thicken. Check ingredients, a lot of volumizing shampoo’s are not color safe so be sure to check the ingredients before purchasing.

When in doubt always consult a professional when trying to decide which shampoo is best for your needs.

 

Judy DeLuca’s Latest Novel

Towel Dry and a Good Cry is about a young girl, new to the hairdressing business, that learns all too quick that there is more to standing behind the chair than just cutting hair.  A story full of laughs and tears lies and fears with characters you’ll love, hate or will leave your jaw hanging open!

Available at your favorite ebook store

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Nasty Bumps On The Back Of Your Arms?

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Hate those bumps on the back of your arms? Want nice smooth skin?

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Those small bumps on the back of your arms and legs are caused when dead skin piles up around a hair follicle.  They’re especially common in the winter. The only way to rid these unwanted bumps is to exfoliate. Exfoliate with a nice body scrub and loofah every time you shower and most importantly, immediately follow with a thick moisturizer. You have to be diligent and bumps will disappear with in two weeks and your arms and legs will be soft as a baby’s bum….promise.

Here are my favorite moisturizers, a little pricey but I feel some of the best for this problem,

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On the lower budget I think one of the best drug store products is good old faithful Aveeno.Aveeno-Daily-Moisturizing-Lotion-381370036005

 

Judy DeLuca’s Latest Novel

Towel Dry and a Good Cry is about a young girl, new to the hairdressing business, that learns all too quick that there is more to standing behind the chair than just cutting hair.  A story full of laughs and tears lies and fears with characters you’ll love, hate or will leave your jaw hanging open!

Available at your favorite ebook store

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How Can I Find Out If A Brand Is made Ethically or Not

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It is a growing concern today whether products are tested on animals, humane working conditions for employees and products that are committed to an environmentally healthy process.These concerns go from household things, baby products, clothing, health and beauty products and many more of the consumers concerns. If you are wondering where you can find out such information here is a website that has ethical and environmental ratings and the information you seek about products.

http://www.ethicalconsumer.org

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Judy DeLuca’s Latest Novel

Towel Dry and a Good Cry is about a young girl, new to the hairdressing business, that learns all too quick that there is more to standing behind the chair than just cutting hair.  A story full of laughs and tears lies and fears with characters you’ll love, hate or will leave your jaw hanging open!

Available at your favorite ebook store

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Making Facial Peach Fuzz More Noticeable

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A lot of women make the mistake of thinking the more makeup they put on their face the less noticeable their peach fuzz will look. That is not true, in fact, that is the complete opposite of what you should do.  Putting more makeup on actually makes the peach fuzz more noticeable.

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Try to avoid using thick foundations or powders on area’s where you have superfluous hair. These products can cause the hairs to become more visible by forming a coating over them. If coverage is essential wipe off the excess with a tissue or boar bristle makeup brush.

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magnification to be sure your makeup doesn’t bring out that peach fuzz.

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Facial hair has been an issue for women forever but, there are many ways to treat it temporarily or permanently.

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And many many more choices of temporarily ridding that unwanted hair.

Electrology is the only permanent way of removing peach fuzz or dark bristly hair.

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Laser hair removal is also the only permanent way of removing hair but only dark hair. It can not be used on superfluous light in color hair.

Judy DeLuca’s Latest Novel

Towel Dry and a Good Cry is about a young girl, new to the hairdressing business, that learns all too quick that there is more to standing behind the chair than just cutting hair.  A story full of laughs and tears lies and fears with characters you’ll love, hate or will leave your jaw hanging open!

Available at your favorite ebook store

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Best Shadow Brush For Doing A Smokey Eye Fast

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Using a wide contoured eye shadow brush with soft bristles that comes to almost a point in the middle is one of the best brushes to get that smokey eye affect in a hurry.

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It’s the perfect shape for blending shadow in the outer corner of the eye and into the crease!

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Judy DeLuca’s Latest Novel

Towel Dry and a Good Cry is about a young girl, new to the hairdressing business, that learns all too quick that there is more to standing behind the chair than just cutting hair.  A story full of laughs and tears lies and fears with characters you’ll love, hate or will leave your jaw hanging open!

Available at your favorite ebook store

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Barber’s Back In The Day

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This is one of my favorite pictures I put in my photo Museum of Hair History on my website. Those were the days when a barber could ride around and do haircuts right out on the street! If anyone has a photo of anything old they would like to add to the museum please let me know. All contributions are welcome. I can’t help loving all the old beauty items of barbering and hairdressing. It’s a link to my profession’s past and I find it fascinating.

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Judy DeLuca’s Latest Novel

Towel Dry and a Good Cry is about a young girl, new to the hairdressing business, that learns all too quick that there is more to standing behind the chair than just cutting hair.  A story full of laughs and tears lies and fears with characters you’ll love, hate or will leave your jaw hanging open!

Available at your favorite ebook store

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