Hump Day Hair

Katehrm777 here with more advice to help you tame your locks and manage your main!  It always seems like we want most what we can’t have.  I have probably permanently ruined my skin from countless hours of tanning while my best friend slathers on SPF 75 when venturing out because she doesn’t want to get “too dark”.  I wear six inch heels and can barely walk while my 5’10” friend whose legs I would die for laments that she must always wear flats.  Many friends have spent countless hours teasing, curling, spraying,  and complaining that they just want a little more volume when the one thing I have ALWAYS longed for above all else stick straight, shiny, NORMAL hair .  So when I saw I had received Clairol’s ColorSeal Conditioning Gloss Treatment for dramatically glossier, shinier hair I thought yes!  Maybe I can be Demi Moore after all (AFTER intensive blow drying and straightening of course).
 
Clairol’s ColorSeal Conditioning Gloss claims to take over-processed colored hair and make your hair “healthy looking, long lasting and shiny.”  I used about half the container on my head when trying to cover all my hair (but, as mentioned above and 7 million other times, I have very thick hair) and worked it through, letting it sit.  I washed it out and blow dried and straightened it like always.  The verdict?  This is a very nice intensive moisturizing treatment that left my hair soft.  However it was no softer or more manageable than any of my other intensive conditioners of choice and it did very little if anything for shine.

Meg here! When you hear the name "Lisa Oliver" you know you're talking to someone that knows who the major celebrity hair players are in Los Angeles. Like the Jimmy Choo heel and the Birken bag, getting your hair colored at The Sally Hershberger salon is quite the status symbol.

Lisa Oliver has been in ridiculously high demand there! Someone better hope Sally isn't the insecure type. I leapt at the chance to have Lisa give me a new color (Hello fiery redhead Meg). Of course when she was finished, my hair looked amazing. Sitting next to me I chatted with another client of Lisa's. She is from BOSTON! I know, I think even I looked at her like she was crazy. She flies from Boston to LA every 6 weeks so that Lisa can do her hair. I probably wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't had the conversation with her. I mean, I'm from Boston. That's a bitch of a cross country trip.

It is not a rare tale, well-heeled women from all over the US fly to see Lisa Oliver regularly. She is one of the most respected hair gurus in town and her client list reads like the Academy Award announcements. We are talking very A-list.

For those of us that are not able to get to Los Angeles-and jumping on a flight every 6 weeks isn't feasable, I wanted to get into the brain of Lisa Oliver and see if she'd tell us some hints and a little about herself.

Meg: Does God know best?  Should you really stay within one to two shades of you own when picking a color?

Lisa:   You know part of me really wants to give you a straight answer, like a yes or a no...And part of me wants to say "Yes” to the question.  But the longer I am in this industry...going on 25 years of my life...the more I want to say, that there really is no more rules to this game at all.  There's time when that rule might apply or can apply, and then you have a client or meet with someone new and you're looking at their skin tone, their eyes, their features and then "right in that moment" you realize that with this person some sort of "space" opens ups and you have that "epiphany" and realize that all rules that used to apply, don't apply here.  That is where every hairdresser has the chance to come alive and see what he/she is made off.  Our chance to perform and put our let our work speak for itself...and when done right, almost any person can "pull off"  just about any type of haircut or any type of hair color, key word..."done right."  For the most part, I like to keep someone’s color at the roots maybe 2-3 shades lighter and then “push” the highlights a few more levels than at the roots, when you do that you have a lot more room to create different looks and you have a lot more options to work with.

Meg:  What is the hardest color to pull off?

Meg here! We have such a great give-away! Google Marco Pelusi! He's won award after award-his celebrity clients are box office gold and we are lucky enough to have him!
I could be such a beyotch right now. I went to an ultra famous salon that is written up everywhere. They actually have the camera's on them non-stop. The $800 a hair-do stylist said to me, "Oh, use this"..When none of the footage was taping. "It's the BEST out there!"
I was so excited, yet so shy to tell her, that not only did I have this Marco
Pelusi Color Guard Conditioner but it is the best hair product I've also ever found! With this item he's minutes away from his own show!
I was offered free haircare from a very nationally known salon. I was blown away (pun intended) at the offer but I get offered the VERY BEST for FREE! I am an extremely lucky girl. I'm also smart(ish) and I know the best.
Marco Pelusi is an expert at chemistry, color and sex appeal. When I left his chair I went to walk to parking and I had men (not just truckdriver's- but my self-esteem needs them too, yell out how hot I was!)
Megken said "I love you no matter what, but OMG you look so so hot!"
How hot is that? Being told you're hot makes you want to act and feel sexy!
We have 2 colorguards to give away and-if you can get to LA- ONE FREE CUT, COLOR AND STYLE FROM MR. MARCO PELUSI
He will rock your world!

Megl here! I'm filling in for Katie today and I'm happy to do so because today's hump is on a brand that I'm a huge fan of! I am also a die-hard Marco Pelusi follower. I've seen his genius first hand and he has gotten absolutely crazy positive reviews on megsmakeup before Marco's previous raves

I was over the moon when he let me know he has a gloss out. I can't get a brush through my hair without his anti-frizz leave in conditioner and I'm pretty new to the world of glosses. I have really fine hair that's dry and brittle on the ends but can get uber oily around the scalp. Gloss and shiners translated to "oily" and "limp" in my mind. I was all "OMG Marco! I can't wait to try it!" But inside I was nervous because I am a total newbie and wasn't even sure how you work a gloss. Marco, being not only a hair guru but teacher to so many stylists calmly explained it to me "After you blow dry, you need to make the hair look healthy and shiny, take a TINY amount (about the size of the tip of a q-tip for my fine tresses).Work it through your hair, it will detangle and control fly-aways and promote sheen

The Master had spoken. He said this to me while working on a woman in his chair at his signature salon. I felt even better when his client said " Oh, you'll love it! It's great! It makes my hair look so good. I always get compliments that my hair looks fab when I use it." It wasn't that I doubted Marco, it was that I doubted my hair. How can a girl doubt Marco? He really does think of everything. This is the Rolls Royce of glosses. It has color guard and sunscreen and vitamin e and silicone and its water soluble. He really is an expert on color so does everything he can to jam pack his products with all the goodies to keep your lock vibrant and protected. It's not a huge bottle but when used properly will last 6 months. It also is not sticky and made my hands feel great! It's just a quality product and I am now THE GLOSS QUEEN! After I give myself a blow out I grab for this gloss and I'm very happy with the results. If you suffer from any dull or dryness I would recommend you try his leave-in conditioner and finish off with this gloss. You'll be having many a great hair day!

Kate here! Winter is usually a time for dryness. Now those of you who don't live in sunny Southern California like me (little dig there...sorry I couldn't resist) may be saying "what on earth is she talking about?" Winter for most places is a time of rain and snow and general wetness, and it even rains occasionally in Southern California! But when I say dryness, of course I am talking about the havoc that winter wreaks on our skin and hair, turning supple soft skin into a flaky, scaly mess and silky, shiny hair into straw. To fix your alligator scales, you will have to ask elsewhere, but I am here to help you restore some moisture into that dried out, winter-ruined hair of yours!

Enter here Unite Seven Seconds Conditioner Leave in Detangler. Unite is a new line that combines the high quality ingredients of Europe with the cutting edge technology of America. I bought this product on a whim from my hairdresser and had never used it, similar to a few other things I have bought. Ok fine a lot of the things I buy, but I digress. I decided to try it for the first time about three months ago and I am officially in love. It is a fine mist that smells incredible that you spray all over wet hair. After I spray it on, I can literally feel within seconds (7 seconds perhaps...hmmmmmmmm...maybe I am onto something) that my hair is softer and more moisturized . It is very light and more moisturizing than probably any product I have ever used. I ran out last week and didn't use it the last time I washed my hair, and I felt a definite and noticeable difference. My hair felt off until I washed it again, this time not making the mistake to be out of this wonderful product again.