There’s really no way to predict what kind of hair your baby will have before it is born, or, to be honest, whether baby will have any hair at birth at all. Many children come into the world with little or no hair, while others have a nice little mop on top.
If your baby has hair, even very fine hair, it should be washed regularly. But regularly, for a newborn, does not mean daily. Baby’s skin, and therefore scalp, is sensitive, and as he or she isn’t particularly active in the first few months, there’s no need to wash their hair more than a few times a week. Don’t panic if you baby has “cradle cap”, or dry and flaky scalp, as this is common and not harmful.
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Hairstyles for the fall/winter season are all about glamour. And what better way to ring in the cooler days and nights than with elegant curls, buns and twists?

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What parent hasn’t wanted to scream in frustration when trying to wash, de-tangle or merely convince their child to wash his or her hair? While some children love having their hair washed, no one like getting knots combed out or having lice medication applied.

Here are a few golden rules when it comes to caring for your little one’s hair:
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Are you one of those people that runs to the hair stylist religiously every four weeks, or are you more the type to let it go, and not step foot into a salon more than once a year? Well, let’s be honest, chances are the first kind of customer has better hair days than the second.
How often you need to get a cut if you want healthy and vibrant hair depends on your hair, your hairstyle, and of course, your budget.

Brittle and fragile hair types need more frequent salon visits than most. If this means you, go ahead and get a trim every four to six weeks or so. Take advantage of your visit to purchase a moisturizing treatment, or if you can’t afford salon treatments these days, pick up a stylist-recommended product for home-use.

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From auburn and crimson to copper, redheads are a rarity—some figures put them at between 1 and 2% of the world’s population—which is perhaps what makes them so prized. Those women sporting red locks, which are most common in Northern Europe, mainly England, Scotland and Ireland, also usually have pale, freckly sun-sensitive complexions.
While strands of red hair are the thickest—bypassing blonde, brown and black hair—they are also the least dense, so taking good care of your red tresses and watching out for hair loss is essential. (more...)

While brown hair may be considered common, hum-drum, and way less glamorous than blonde hair, it also has a wide and rich variety of shades, ranging from brownish black to light brown.
Brown hair, which is genetically dominant over blonde, is due to a higher concentration of melanin in the hair shaft, and is often matched with brown eyes and a more even, or sometimes olive skin tone. It is the second-most common hair color after black hair. (more...)

Although a large percentage of babies and children have naturally blonde hair, it is less common to keep those golden locks as you grow older, as hair has a tendency to darken with time. Naturally blonde hair is most common in the Northern regions of the globe, such as Scandinavia, with hair types becoming darker the further south one travels.
Perhaps it’s because of its rarity that blonde is such a sought-after color—some statistics claim that less than 3% of the world’s population has naturally blonde hair—and not just because blondes (supposedly) have more fun! (more...)

When most of us think of our hair getting older, we think of going gray. But color aside, there are other more subtle ways in which our hair changes as we age.
Most of these changes are due to the inevitable hormonal shifts that happen as we get older. Many women begin to see their hair change around the onset of menopause, or roughly when they reach their late forties, early fifties. Menopause brings a new balance of hormones to the body, and more specifically, male hormones now take the precedence over female hormones. (This is why you may see grandma sprouting more than a few hairs on her chin!)
As we get older most of us will also experience thinning hair (again, thank you hormones!) as the hair shaft’s diameter shrinks with age.
Our hair will also get drier as sebum production slows down. (more...)

Conditioner has become a regular part of most women’s hair care routine, but what exactly does it do? For one thing, conditioner brings much-needed moisture, volume and shine to hair that is regularly assaulted by the elements (sea, sun) and over-processing—coloring, blow-drying, perms and styling products overdose. It can also give softer locks as a good conditioner smoothes the hair’s cuticle.
Conditioner has evolved from the “cream rinse” of the 1970s, and shoppers are now spoiled for choice—from products that are left in for a few minutes (detanglers, light conditioners), to deep conditioners which have a similar, but less intensive action than a hair mask, and leave-in conditioner which isn’t rinsed out at all. (more...)

Bad hair days happen more often than we’d like. So where do they come from, or in other words, how can you avoid them?
First off, let it be known that the state of your hair does not solely depend on your choice of hair-care brands, how often you shampoo or exactly how you style your hair. As we’ve said time and again in our Blog, healthy hair comes from inside—eat well, don’t smoke, stay out of the sun and exercise—chances are you’ll be on the right track, and will have fewer bad hair days to show for it. (more...)