For most women and many men, styling our hair after a shower has become a daily ritual. Either as a necessity to dry or tame fly-away hair, or as part of a regimen to sculpt a “perfect look” – and styling tools have become part of the styling inventory.
Though styling tools and appliances come in a just a few “categories”, their effect on hair styles is pretty substantial…short, long, medium, straight, curly, ethnic, thick or thin hair styles all benefit from styling with the right products for the job. Let’s take a closer look…
Hair Brushes
Ah, the most common, yet most overlooked of the styling tools. Though some may not consider the brush – or comb – as a styling aid, it generally has the greatest impact on the style outcome. The type brush you select – round, paddle, flat – and its bristles can have a measurable impact on your hair.
A couple of considerations: Look for brushes with ceramic coating on the barrel and bristles. Ceramic coating holds up longer to heat, humidity and wear and tear. As bristles lose their coating, they create friction with follicles and tend to tear, strip or frizz hair. As we age, hair becomes more dry and brittle and brushes without adequate coating aggravate damage.
Bristles are usually stiff, soft, plastic or boar’s hair. Though the stiffness and density of the brush is a matter of personal taste, staggered, stiff bristles work better with long and thick hair, whereas boar’s hair provides increased manageability to fine or thin hair style. If possible, look for barrels with ceramic coating for heat distribution with thermal venting for faster drying (of your hair and the brush).
As a note, short hair styles work best with smaller barrels if you are using a round brush and narrower widths if using a paddle. Many stylists prefer small-width paddle designs for their increased flexibility and ease of use for short hair.
Hair Dryers
Probably the more critical, most often used, and easiest to operate, blow dryers & hair dryers have come a long way in the past few years. Many – at least the mores expensive ones – incorporate Tourmaline, ceramic and ionic drying technology to allow for smoother hair without threat of damage. Newest models offer “cold shot” switches that allow you to quickly blast cooler hair assisting setting your style. Separate heat and speed controls allow you to find an ideal setting for your style, thickness and hair type.
The biggest villain in drying is the most obvious – killing moisture in the follicles. Using the lowest setting possible helps reduce damage and ionic and tourmaline technology help infuse moisture into the cortex while eliminating static electricity. Today’s hair dryer’s are no longer only meant to dry wet hair, but are now used to add the requisite volume to the hair and the also control the frizz.
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Saturday, January 14th, 2012
Summer fashion clothes are the base of your beauty which you try to get. Sometimes you lose your beauty when you don’t care for those factors which play an important role to give you an attractive look. The reason is that fashion looks beautiful according to seasons. Different seasons require different styles of fashion. The fashion which you use in summer, can’t be used in winter and the fashion which you use in winter, can’t be used in summer. All the seasons require different types of accessories to use for a fashion therefore fashion is related to the season.
Summer fashion clothes require different styles of designs, colors, matching and stitching. Mostly light colors suit in summer because dark colors vibrate the eyes and also another reason is that dark color absorbs the heat of sun and clothes become hot and sweating start while light color absorbs no heat and keeps your body cool. Pink color clothes are liked because they give a natural look and make your personality attractive. Violet color clothes are liked to make a good contrast with white or sea-green color. The combination of tomato color with the turquoise color increases the beauty which produces an attraction. Contrast of the peach color with red or green color inspires the people. Remember the fashion in fact depends upon the good matching and good contrasting however it should be attractive.
Summer fashion clothes are designed in a particular way because mostly the summer fashion clothes are sleeveless and sometimes half-sleeves. Sleeveless and half-sleeve clothes are considered as recognition of summer fashion. Matching and contrasting are liked very much in summer fashion clothes because light colors give a cool when they are seen and if they are used in a beautiful matching or contrasting then they increase the beauty and look of fashion. Summer fashion clothes are consisted on light fashions but they give a charm as a fully fashionable dress. Shortcuts designs and styles of clothes are mostly attractive in summers because according to season you look good therefore everyone inspires to see your appropriate dressing. In the evening those clothes which are consisted on more splits suit you better than those clothes which you wear in day time. Always you should be more attentive at that time when you go to market for shopping. Don’t confuse to see a lot number of varieties, colors and designs in the shops, just imagine your face look and body shape and decide to buy the clothes for you.
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Thursday, January 12th, 2012
White gold and platinum are now the most popular precious metals for gemstone jewelry. Learn about the differences between these two metals.
The most popular precious metal for fine jewelry is 18K gold. Since pure gold (24K) is too soft for most jewelry, 18K gold (75% pure) provides the best combination of gold purity and practicality. 18K gold is manufactured in a range of colors, including yellow, white and rose. White gold is created by combining gold with white metal alloys such as silver and palladium and then plating with rhodium. Rose gold is produced by increasing the ratio of copper alloy.
Some gemstones, such as ruby, are thought to look best when set in yellow gold. Others, such as blue sapphire, are often preferred set in white gold. White diamonds look whitest when set in a white metal. There has been a definite trend towards white metals in recent years for all kinds of gemstones and diamonds.
White gold can easily be confused with another white metal, platinum. Platinum is also popular for fine jewelry and is often regarded as the most luxurious of the precious metals. Unlike gold, platinum is strong and hard enough to be used in its pure form, and platinum jewelry is usually stamped “950 Platinum”, indicating that it is 95% pure. Platinum is usually alloyed with 5% iridium, palladium or ruthenium.
Platinum is a very dense metal, even denser than gold. And since it is used in an almost pure form, platinum jewelry is noticeably heavier than 18K gold. Platinum is also a much rarer metal than gold, and its price has historically been substantially higher. Only recently has the price of platinum fallen below that of gold. Since the weight of platinum in a piece of jewelry is higher than the weight of 18K gold in a similar piece (because of platinum’s higher density and the purity of the metal used), platinum jewelry is usually much more expensive than 18K gold.
The color of platinum is whiter than unplated white gold. But much platinum jewelry is also rhodium plated to achieve the super high polish typical of rhodium. Some jewelry designers are now using brushed or matte finishes with unplated platinum in their jewelery.
Platinum is valued for its durability and strength. Though platinum can be scratched, it tends not to wear away, and platinum jewelry will usually outlast gold. Platinum is ideal for the prongs that hold a gemstone in a setting, since platinum is strong and stable when set in position.
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