Hair

MissRo here! For those that have naturally curly hair, you may be upset to hear that I usually only where my hair curly when I go swimming or I'm at the beach. Every other time, I like to blow dry it straight, because it's just easier for me to take care of and I end up washing my hair only a couple of times a week. However, the other day I wore my hair curly only because I had the help of Mixed Chicks Leave-In Conditioner.

I washed and conditioned my hair as usual. Towel-dried my hair just to squeeze out the excess water. Combed my hair, parted my hair on the side, and massaged through the Leave-In Conditioner. So far, so good! It was light-weight, non-sticky, and as my hair started to dry and my curls started to form, I had no frizz and my hair was super shiny.

MissRo here! My Mixed Chicks experience continues. Last time I told you about their amazing Deep Conditioner. Well now, it's all about their Shampoo.

I'm pretty picky about hair care products. When you have naturally curly hair, you can't just use any product. Most of the time I'm looking for anything that tames the frizz. Everything from Shampoo, to Conditioner, to styling products, everything has to smooth out my hair. So, when it comes to shampoo, it has to be conditioning, light weight, and easily washes out of my hair with no residue.

The Mixed Chicks Shampoo is rich and luxurious with a very pleasant smell. It also lathers up nicely and when you wash it out, your hair is squeaky clean and feels very light weight. With a combination of borage seed and avocado oils it provides the perfect amount of conditioning elements so your hair is smooth like silk.

Meg here! We have a great question for Mr. Marco Pelusi-our hair guru, it's a good one and one I'm sure a lot you want the answer to!
Q: "I am going out for my birthday and I want my hair to look amazing. I
have long wavy hair.  What is a style that looks hip, trendy, yet sexy?"
A: "You're in luck, my dear. Long wavy hair is BACK! It first of all would be nice to get a quick trim, along with adding a few longer, well-blended layers to tame and shape and help control those waves. Go to someone who knows curly wavy hair.  It can be a nice solid line at the bottom, and if it's short enough (closer to the shoulder), it can lean forward. Or it could be cut into a 'V' in the back bottom.

Hi Ladies! It's Jeanasina here and I've had yet another hair compulsion moment that I am compelled to share with you. Let's start out by singing a revamped version of a camp song...ready.? You'll pick up the tune soon and can sing right along with me...here we go...”If you love coconut and you know it wash your hair, if you love coconut and you love it, wash your hair...if you love coconut and you know it, don't be afraid to show it...if you love coconut and you love it wash your hair!” Why am I singing my whacked out version of that tune? Why am I promoting coconut? So here's the deal...

As our story continues, I was walking down an isle at our new and improved Walmart store which had hair products specifically designed for ethnic hair. I didn't even notice that fact, but what I DID see was that Palmer's had a hair care line that was all about COCONUT!!! Let me backtrack a bit here. I have a friend and she and her entire family use daily and swear by Palmer's Cocoa Butter lotion. I mean to tell you that every single time I see her, and hug her, my first thought is....”My God! Your skin is always so soft!” She of course tells me for the billionth time that it's the Palmer's brand lotion she uses. She swears nothing else is as good. So...I did go out and purchase Palmer's Cocoa Butter lotion and it does remarkable great things for your skin but I just personally cannot get past the cocoa butter fragrance on me so I passed it on to my Harleyman Husband who thinks it's just right! So...armed with the knowledge that Cocoa butter by Palmer's rocks out skin, when I saw that Palmer's makes COCONUT products for the hair...well honey,.., let me tell you, I HAD to stop and read the labels! It did not matter to me who this product might be designed for specifically, the fact that it had the word COCONUT in prominent letters on the container just said to me “YOU ARE GOING TO WANT THIS!”

Stylemama here!  Do you believe in the perfect haircut?   I’ve always thought that the right cut could actually make me love my hair.  Makes me wonder, if I could love my hair, what else could I love?  The catalyst for change can often be found in the most simple of places.  We’ve all seen the Dove commercials right?  Can a haircut do that too?  Hell yeah it can, especially when it’s L.A. stylist Jeannine Brousseau doing the cutting.   The hottest A-list stars out there are sporting her styles.  If you are looking for a haircut that is as unique to your hair type and face shape as prints are to fingers, then look no further.

Thanks to our beloved Meg I got to experience all that and more.  Meg always tells us how lucky she is, but as we all know, because of her we are the lucky ones.  She arranged for a haircut of a lifetime for me with the one and only, Jeannine Brousseau.  Pretty amazing, right?

Within minutes of meeting Jeannine I knew everything about this appointment was going to be different.   This beautiful, petite woman exuded a quiet strength and confidence that told me I was about to get the haircut that so far seemed like nothing more than an urban legend.   

Her one chair, strategically placed in the center of her gorgeous salon tells each client just how important she is. Even though the consultation felt like a regular conversation, I could sense something bigger was taking place.  She asked all the right questions and skillfully read between the lines.  I can’t tell you how much I appreciated that.  Have you ever agreed to a haircut you didn’t want because you were uncomfortable, confused, or just too nervous to express yourself?  It’s literally impossible to do this with Jeannine.