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Your Questions answered

Don't know quite what to do with your hair?
Well a recent magazine article featuring questions and answers may answer some of your queries.

Q I have recently coloured by hair for the first time and want to know how to keep it looking great?

A Daniel Galvin - "I have recently launched the Daniel Galvin Miracle Solution which retails for around £4.99. It been described as the great innovation in hair colour products since the launch of anti-frizz ranges. The natural vitamin formulation works from inside the hair out. The three products are designed to enhance highlights, brighten up colour or remove unwanted tones from hair".

Q My short, textured hair is easy to manage but how can I get it to look drop-dead gorgeous for a glamorous party?

A Trevor Sorbie - "It is all about changing texture. If you usually wear it textured try going slick. Apply a generous amount of gel and comb through with a dead straight parting. To make it look like its been put up just slick back the sides and secure with a grip behind each ear. Slick the hair upwards from the nape and secure. Next, take small sections and mould to give the illusion of an up-do with Trevor Sorbie wax, priced at around £4,99. Finally, mist with a little Sorbie Fixing Spray, around £3.79".

Q I can never get my fine hair to hold a style. How can I get it to spay put?

A Charles Worthington - "To give all day hold and volume use products from my Big Hair range. Apply Big Hair Styling Spray to damp hair for extra body. Pin up the top layers to get to the hair underneath and dry in sections at right angles to the scalp using my Big Hair Rollerbrush priced at around £13. Repeat with top layers, unclip the handle and leave the roller section in your hair for volume. Blast the hair with cold air and remove the roller when hair has cooled down. Spritz with Big Hair Lift Off Ultrafine Hairspray to hold the finished look".

Q I recently dyed my hair a lot lighter and now my roots are showing through. I want to go back to my own colour but how can I disguise the regrowth in the meantime?

A Nicky Clarke Once you have lightened your hair with bleach or tint, the only way to disguise the regrowth is to have lowlights put in and reduce them gradually over time. Whilst dark roots can look sexy and a bit 'rock chick' they are not for everyone. Speak to a professional colourist and start the slow process of gradually restoring your hair to its natural colour. Keeping your hair in tip top condition whilst you restore it to its natural colour is essential - use an intensive conditioning treatment on the mid-length and ends, which tend to dry out the most. Try my 60 Second Secret at around £6.25".

Q My hair is at the mid-length, in between stage and whenever I try to put it up strands always come loose. Any advice?

A Andrew Collinge - "The best way to cope with wayward hair is to use little butterfly clips around the temple and crown. First, dry the hair and work in some of my Thickening Mousse Gel, £4.50. Then put in a few rollers at the roots and leave for ten minutes. Gather hair into nape of neck, twist upwards and secure with a large clip near the crown. Use the smaller decorative butterfly clips to deal with any stray strands".

Views & tips from your side of the counter........

 
DAFFODILS, TULIPS AND MOTHERS!
Spring has sprung! Officially that is.I have not seen much evidence of it myself - well,
not unless you count the two daffodils and four tulips
growing in my patio tub. I say tub, I have actually got a dozen or more but as I can never remember to plant bulbs in the Autumn I have to wait for the warmer (ha!) weather of May to fill everything in sight with minute bedding plants and pray they fill up the spaces quickly. Not quite enough to fool my mother though. On observing my few pathetic stragglers her only remark was "I should stick to evergreens if I were you dear"! Of course, her fifty four daffodils in ten different varieties and eighty two tulips all standing to attention in a rainbow of colours only took half an hour to plant! Greatly given to exaggeration and master of the understatement my mother always manages to undermine my already meagre capabilities. "Are you going to do something with your hair before we go to town dear?" and "Ooh, that is going to be a nasty spot on your nose, love" are the type of comments I have learned to accept. And I never seem to be able to think of a witty, off-the-cuff remark until she has gone home to her immaculate lawn and perfect herbaceous borders! Not that I would dream of saying them if I did. But I could whisper them under my breath behind her back like I did when I was ten! Of course her accounts of my attributes change dramatically when chatting with friends. Eaves-dropping on her weekly tea-party with friends I heard her extol my virtues both real and imaginary, my patience, thoughtfulness, abounding energy etc etc but I really had to stifle a laugh when I distinctly heard her say "And you should see her garden! Marvellous Mavis, absolutely marvellous!".

Well, not wanting to make a liar of my wonderful Mum, this Bank Holiday I went off to the Garden Centre to seek out some instant colour. Oh, and I will be putting a note in the October section of my diary. Buy bulbs. Plant bulbs. Ring Mum!

Did you know?

Did you know - That UV rays and chlorine can turn colour-treated hair green! Protect your coloured hair with a trendy hat in sunshine if you can, and check out some of the latest products specially designed to cater for the swimmers amongst us. Boots stock a good range of these products.

TOP TIP

According to Anthony Mascalo at Toni & Guys, hair should always be gently towel dried before styling. "It removes excess water that weighs down hair during styling. Divide hair into 4 sections and very gently squeeze each section with the towel starting at the roots and working down. Work gently to avoid breakage - remember hair is at its most fragile when wet".


Dying to try

Dying to Try -Origins The Last Straw (Conditioning Shampoo)

I absolutely love the name as it sums up my hair perfectly! On the pricey side though at around £12.50 for 200 ml but it claims to put moisture back into sun-fried (in this country?) dyed and over dried hair, smoothing the hair shaft, making it less vulnerable to damage. Well my hairs neither sun-fried, dyed or over dried but straw-like? Lets just say if I stood in the garden with my arms akimbo no bird would dare to venture near!

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