Summer is coming and that only means one thing, my hair is going to go crazy! Actually my hair pretty much always has a mind of its own. In the colder months, my hair is flat and crinkly looking, (not a good combo), and in the more humid months, it’s super poof, but not always defined. I’m always alternating between straightening my not so-straight hair and curling my frizzy, undefined, curls. Which is why I HAVE to have an arsenal of products and tools at my disposal so I can leave the house looking sane.

Enter NuMe. I just originally discovered their curling rods and straightening irons when I was in Europe but now they’re here in the U.S. and I can’t get enough. Or should I say my hair can’t get enough.

I know what you’re thinking; what makes NuMe soooo different? Well, I’ll tell you. First of all they’re 100% tourmaline-infused ceramic plates which prevent dry and damaged hair. They also use infrared heat technology and negative ion technology to reduce frizz and give you shinier more manageable hair. My personal fave, the Vintage Iron has floating plates, so you don’t get any of those annoying creases in your hair. How genius is that? The curling irons even come with a heat resistant glove so you don’t have to worry about burning those pretty little hands.

Considering how many times I’ve woken up looking electrocuted or like Albert Einstein, this is amazing.

The best part is all their products heat up in seconds and have the option of a 110 or 240 volt! Say what? Now all of us jetsetting fashionistas don’t have to worry about frying our appliances when we travel.

No more going to the stylist for picture perfect hair. NuMe was designed for stylists, so all their products are top notch. This is no drugstore brand.

And to celebrate their launch in the U.S. they want to give YOU free styling stuff! Woo! This is what you’ll win

-A Mini Flat Iron

-A Vintage Flat Iron

-A 19mm Curling Wand

Altogether the prize retails for $525 and you could win the whole thing. That’s major. AND if you enter the promo code: MEETNGREET when shopping, you’ll get 70% off!!! Hello, that’s practically free!

Follow the directions on the image above to enter.

Good Luck!

1. Get a good pair of hair shears. Don’t you dare lift your kitchen, fabric or paper cutting scissors for this task because they will damage your hair further. Invest in a pair of professional salon scissors for the best possible results. Tweezerman Spirit 2000™ Styling Shears are a great tool at an even better price.

2. Examine your strands for split ends. You don’t necessarily need a magnifying glass, but remember that damaged hair comes in all shapes and sizes. Get to know your hair and learn to distinguish the healthy strands from the broken. The chart below is a great tool for helping you pinpoint split ends.

Credit: You Grow Girl

3. Separate hair into sections. Looking at your entire head of hair at once can be very overwhelming. Divide so you can conquer and make sure each section is scrupulously taken care of.

4. Prepare your hair for trimming. Work on a small piece of hair at a time to avoid going crazy with the scissors. Hold a piece of hair, no more than an inch long and an inch wide, in between your middle and index finger. Examine the section, looking for the damaged pieces you need to snip.

5. Time to start trimming! Grab your new shears and lightly clip away at those split ends, making sure to snip about 1/4 inch above the damage, cutting perpendicular to the hair strand. Repeat the last two steps with each section of hair.

The best way to prevent split ends is to get your hair professionally cut every six to eight weeks. But there are other ways to stop oncoming damage. Using a nourishing moisturizer treatment every one or two weeks keeps hair from becoming brittle and dry. Phyto Huile d’Ales Pre-Shampoo Intense Hydrating Oil Treatment‘s unique blend of essential oils revitalizes the tresses. Also, using a protectant before heat styling your locks can work wonders in damage prevention. Carol’s Daughter Macadamia Heat Protection Gloss is formulated with macadamia oil to protect your hair from heat damage caused by using blow dryers, curling irons and flatirons.

What are your secrets for maintaining healthy hair?

Guest post from my friends at The Find!

I know the appearance of my sleek flat-ironed tresses may be deceiving, but I actually have super curly hair. Well, I guess “curly” would be somewhat of an overstatement — my hair in its natural state, especially in the hot humid summer weather, is an unflattering and indecisive mixture of wavy, curly, and frizzy. In other words, not cute. That’s why when I want to wear my hair curly, my locks need a little assistance. After all, we don’t all have perfect Taylor Swift-esque spirals, and perfecting the whole “natural” look actually does require a little effort!

Curl-defining products work with your natural curl (or chemically-enhanced curls, too!) to keep your curls shapely — no frizzing up or drooping. It smooths out frizzies and flyaways so that all you have are hydrated curls that are defined but not weighed down or greasy. Bumble and bumble’s Curl Conscious Cream makes styling straight out the shower a snap, while Aquage’s version boasts moisturizing definition without the crispy, stiff feel of most gels or mousses. I just love the fact that I can give my heat-damaged locks a break from the flat iron and maintain a summer style that’s low-maintenance without actually looking like I spent nearly no time on it!

- Alex Gambardella

Save on Curl Defining Products at Drugstore.com from TheFind.com’s coupon site

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Irvine, CA – For hair that has become delicate from coloring, perming, and heat styling, White Sands presents the re-launch of its revolutionary treatment Porosity The Fix. Featuring a brand new packaging design and enhanced formulation, this leave in protects tresses from future damage caused by hot tools and environmental elements by correcting the appearance of extreme dryness and damaged texture patterns.

Fashioned as “makeup for hair”, this product acts as a coveted concealer, filling in the blemishes found in each strand. This revitalizing feature instantly creates illuminating, flawless strands. The Fix will transform damaged, dry locks, revealing youthful, shiny hair.

Based after the hair’s ability to absorb and retain moisture, unnaturally high and low levels of porosity are the main causes of fragile and brittle locks. The Fix instantly reverses this unbalanced state, creating healthy, flawless hair through its restorative properties and unique ingredients including gentle silicones and natural oils. The formula’s light weight silicone membrane instantly “locks in” this moisture, while providing a revolutionary “Timed” Drying Process: the ratio of Cyclomethicones adjusts for drying time to provide maximum shine.

Added Bonus: Pair The Fix with heat from blow drying or ironing to leave hair softer and shinier without weighing the style down.

Suggested Retail Price: 4.0 oz, $19.00 purchase here

LINK LOVE:The Fix Created as Makeup for Damaged Hair

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Favorite Self-Tanning Spray

Body Drench Quick Tan Sunless Mist:  $13.75

Quick Tan™ Tanning Mist

Sunless Tanner, Ultra Bronzing Formula

DESCRIPTION:

The perfect ultra bronzing self-tanner
A fast-drying formula, it gives the most natural-looking tan in a flash while hydrating the skin with botanicals
Leaves skin supple and with a sparkly hue. Dries instantly so you can get on with your life while the golden tan develops
Sweetly scented with a light coco fragrance

PRODUCT USED FOR:
A natural looking sunless tan with an easy at home spray application.

FEEL:
Light mist.

FRAGRANCE:
Cocoa vanilla scent.

TIPS:
Use quick tan™ face scrub and quick tan™ body scrub prior to applying quick tan™ tanning mist, apply every day until desired color is reached. Follow with quick tan™ enhancing lotion the day after application. Quick tan™ tanning mist can be applied as often as twice a week. Use scrub on any areas where streaking occurs.

Also Try:  Flavours Sunless Spray with Bronzer, Fake Bake Instant Self-Tan Spray, Tan Towel Tanning Mist

Favorite Self-Tanner

Tan Towel Self Tanning Towels (Available in Classic Full Body, Classic Half Body, Plus Full Body, Plus Half Body)

TanTowel® Full Body towelettes give you a quick and even application with no streaking, mess or fuss. This self-tanning towelette is a full body application. Color will start to develop in 2-4 hours and your sunless tan will continue to develop for up to 24 hours.

Fair to Medium Skin Tones: Recommended use is Classic Formula  (Darker Skin Tones use Plus Formula)

Total Body Self-tanning Towelette
Ease in travel with no mess (e.g., leaks, spills, etc.)

Single use application

Towel measures 12?x9?

Towelette application
No mess, quick, simple
Single use application
Dries in seconds

DHA : Self tanning agent

Transcutol CG : Solvent for DHA skin penetration

Erythrulose Color : accelerator for a faster, deeper and darker natural looking tan

Vitamin E Acetate : Anti oxidant

Sodium Metabisulfite : Buffer

Pulp fiber towelette : Exfoliates the skin during the application
Allows for smoother softer, healthier skin

Clean citrus fragrance Premium foil outer shell:
The fragrance will dissipate within 5 minutes

Individually heat sealed packet : Maintains quality and integrity of product to ensure long-lasting life.

Also Try:  Fake Bake Self-Tanning Mousse, Sun Ultra Dark Self-Tanning Lotion, Fake Bake Self-Tanning Lotion, L’Oreal Sublime Bronze Luminous Self-Tanning Lotion, Too Faced Tanning Bed In A Tube

Water Sprays

Evian Mineral Water Spray Trio

Why should you be using the world’s leading mineral spray water?
Skin experts have long known, and French dermatologists have clinically proven, that Evian® Spray Brumisateur ( brew-meez-ah-tour) Mineral Water—direct from the French Alps—supplies vital moisture skin so desperately needs to remain soft, supple, healthy and young looking.

Used regularly, throughout the summer and winter, the Evian® skin care atomizer helps to moisturize the outer layers of the skin helping it to better withstand every day wear and tear. Due to the characteristic mineral composition and neutral pH of Evian natural mineral water, the evian skin care atomiser refreshes and invigorates all skin types. It is particularly recommended for expectant mothers, for infants and for babies.

Evian Spray Mineral Water—You can feel good about using it.
Evian Spray Mineral Water is sealed at the source. It cannot be contaminated, and will never leak. What’s more, Evian is propelled by environmentally safe nitrogen, won’t harm the ozone layer, and it’s recyclable. Evian Spray Mineral Water—serious skin care provided by nature.

Also Try:  Evian Mineral Water Spray 5 oz

SunScreen

Lotions/Mists:

No-Ad Sunscreen Lotions

NO-AD (not advertised) is a brand of suncare products that prides itself on bringing consumers the finest quality products for the lowest possible price. We have an extensive line of sun protection products including tanning lotions and sprays, high SPF sun protection, sunless products, specialized sun block sticks for extra protection, and skin care products for before and after tanning. Why spend more on brands that have big advertising budgets? Look to NO-AD for innovative, effective suncare products that will maximize your dollar!

NO-AD SPF  Sun Block Lotion is non-greasy, waterproof, sweatproof and PABA-free

• Provides 30 times your natural degree of sunburn protection

• Contains aloe vera, cocoa butter and vitamin E to soften the sun’s drying effect on your skin

• Provides UVA and UVB protection to help prevent premature aging and skin cancer from the sun.

• The Skin Cancer Foundation recommends this product as an effective UV sunscreen

Also Try:  Ocean Potion Sunscreen, Banana Boat Sunscreen, Hawaiian Tropic Sunscreen

Fragrance

Ralph Lauren Summer Romance Women’s EDP Spray

Summer Romance

This summer, escape to a romantic destination with this lush, fruity floral fragrance, and celebrate memories of your quintessential Summer Romance. Key notes of playful passion fruit, hibiscus, and tiare flowers dance with sensual apricot musk to take you away!

Notes:

Passion Fruit, Hibiscus, Tiare Flowers, Apricot Musk.

Also Try:  Marc Jacobs Lola Women’s EDP Spray, Sunshine Cuties Music Women’s EDT Spray, Burberry Summer Women’s EDT Spray,

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A couple of weeks ago we told you all to mix your hair products before applying, not only will it give you some extra benefits, it gets rid of the massive amounts of product that can cause some grease in your hair.

Though people still say to mix the products, I do have to warn you that there are some precautionary things to take note of. For one, never, I repeat, never, mix relaxers, perms, permanent hair colors, semi-permanent hair colors, or bleach. Never! And another side note, you can mix shampoo and conditioner, but your better off not doing it. When the two form a mixture a salt forms that prevents the conditioner from working.

Tip: Mix everything and observe for a couple of minutes before you apply. If the mixture looks weird then I wouldn’t try it.

LINKAGE: The Beauty Brains

Sometimes to get the hairdo that’s right on the money you need a ton of products to get there. We’re talking gel, mousse, anti-friz cream, and iron guards. It may be just a bit too much product for our locks to handle, and before you know it, your freshly cleaned hair is already looking greasy and overdone. So what do you do?

To my surprise I’ve never heard this tip before, which is odd because it seems awfully simple, and well, pretty obvious. Instead of applying a layer of each of your products, pre-mix all 0f your products and then apply!

LINKAGE: Sephora

When we gave you our ten “Summer Beauty Must Haves“, you may have noticed a few products by Belegenza. But the hair company’s SpotLite Shine and RoMANce Deep Conditioning treatments aren’t the only thing to rave about. When the company first launched, they were on a mission. Any natural products that had already been released were a trade-off; you were giving up luscious locks to go green, something everyone wanted to avoid. So they tackled the dilemma. Bringing everyone high-quality beauty products that didn’t kill your hair or the trees. All of Belegenza’s products are 100% natural and give you that super-silky head of hair that you’ve always dreamed about.

Look for more on Belegenza coming soon, including an interview with the founder.

Sometimes when you go to the beach for the day, you get home and realize that cherished beach hair; the good kind, not that unfortunate hairdo we know the ocean can sometimes give you. But if your looking for that wavy, light beach hair look, Blow Wave Maker Lotion for your hair seems to be just the right thing.

LINKAGE: Allure