No purple shampoo? No problem. Keeping blonde hair brass and yellow-free is a tireless effort. The easiest way to keep it in shape is by using a toning shampoo or conditioner. There are tons of products on the market these days, but a lot of people complain that toning shampoos can dry out hair and are expensive to boot. A new product from OGX allows you to tone your hair using your own shampoo and conditioner! OGX Blonde Enhance + Purple Toning Drops (I may get a commission from this link) are concentrated purple drops that you mix into the product to create a custom toning product for hair. Just dispense your shampoo or conditioner into your hand, add 3 to 5 drops and mix! Use it just with shampoo, just conditioner or both! You can easily customize the level of toning. I found the less of drops you use, the more “blue” your mix will be. That works great for me because I prefer a blue shampoo to purple. If you don’t know what your color is, read my article on finding your undertones. ...
Mandalay Bay Convention Center was host to the Cosmoprof North America beauty tradeshow this week. Over 700 exhibitors from all over the world were showing off their products to the professional beauty industry including salons, spas, manufacturers and distributors.The show began on Sunday July 18, and ran through Tuesday, July 20th. Many manufacturers exhibit at the show each year to sell existing products and introduce new ones. There was even a product that may be a little over the top or maybe just ahead of its' time, the children's pedicure bowl. As the trend of straightened hair continues, there was an array of flat irons in every color and every style available. An option for frizzy or curly hair is a brazilian treatment. The treatment is applied wet hair and combed through by section. Your stylist will then blow hair dry with a straight or round brush. When hair is dry, the stylist flat irons the hair. The treatment is washed out, hair is towel dried and c...