Winter Hair Care

It's that time of year...where moisturizing everything from my head to my toes two to three times a day is literally on my 'to-do' list. Everything is so dry and my skin gets so sad. Even though I drink more than my body weight in water, it just never seems to be enough, especially for my hair. So, out goes my light airy summer products and in come the big guns...

I am a huge fan of Phyto products after my friend introduced me to Phyto 9 Nourishing day cream. I literally felt like I had a hair transplant because my ends were almost instantly transformed. To be honest, my hair hasn't been the same since I decided to drastically change it by going grey (remember that?). Sigh, I'm still trying to bring it back to, well...as healthy as I can get it since I still use heat styling about every other day.

1. I start by washing my hair with Phytojoba Intense hydrating brilliance Shampoo. Smells amazing and really deeply cleans your scalp which I need since I usually use a day or two of dry shampoo and never want residue.

2. After Shampooing, every week I try to do an intense hydrating hair conditioning mask. Phyto Extreme Exceptional Mask. After using this product, I've seen a significant difference in my ends especially. Nothing I hate more than having to cut more off my ends cause they are too dry and this mask has helped dramatically. Leave in for about 20 minutes on towel dried hair OR if you can, leave it in over night and wash out in the morning. *NOTE: If you have thin hair, I would not put this product into your roots/scalp..it will make your hair greasy! I usually put it from mid-hair length, down to the ends.

3. While hair is still a bit damp after washing out the exceptional mask, add the Phyto 9 Nourishing Cream to your ends. Great thing about this product is you can add it to dry hair as well and your hair literally soaks it all in without any sticky residue. I use this before putting in a little Moroccan oil + added styling products. Use the Nourishing Cream as a base before other products for hydration. Unfortunately, no protection with this creme but you can just layer a heat protection product on top of it.

Phyto is available at Sephora and I've even found some products at my local CVS! If you buy through Sephora though you can get your awesome reward points, yay perks!

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Pony Up

I just love a good pony tail. Being able to push all your hair away from your face, especially on those hotter summer days. In the Spring/Summer issue of The Gentlewoman I was thrilled to see this beautiful story on Pony Tails. A little retro with a modern twist. Thankfully, you need very few products to achieve these chic looks.

I like to start with a good 'froth' or mousse. It helps your hair hold the style without weighing it down. For the first Pony look, curl your hair from the middle of your hair, down (about 2 inches at a time) and then brush through lightly for a more vintage type curl at the ends. I like to curl in one direction, away from my face. For the high pony part - flip head upside down and gather hair at the crown to get the height you would like. Wrap around with a tie and shimmy the pony a little atop your head so the grasp isn't so tight and you get a little volume. Finish the 'tail' with some shine serum for a very polished look.

For the second Pony look, again, begin with the mousse. I like to put the product straight on my brush and brush it through my damp hair so that the product is distributed evenly throughout. Blow dry. Gather hair at the nape of the neck for a low ponytail and fasten with a black hair tie. Between the hair tie and nape of neck create an opening large enough to get the ponytail looped through. Loop through once or twice depending on how tight you would like the pony to be, pull tight but not too aggressively so the twist doesn't lose it's form. Use a little serum to polish up the ends and bring down fly-aways. Et, voila!

// Lena C. Emery for The Gentlewoman S/S 2015//

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Mood Board Monday.

Thinking in shades of pink today ~

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Going Grey.

Who knew I'd one day be skipping into a hair salon and asking my hairstylist for grey locks but, here we are. I've gone grey with blue tones and I couldn't be more excited! I wanted something subtle but different and I'm not a pastel type of gal so I knew lavenders and pinks were definitely a no-go plus, I didn't want to destroy my hair with bleach since I wanted to keep most the length. So i decided on an ombré grey. Unfortunately, my hair is so naturally dark that the bleach didn't lift as much this first time around so it's a dark subtle grey, for now. I'm thinking of heading back to my magician of a hairstylist and adding lighter grey and silver tones next month. But for now, this color is crazy fun and I'm thrilled I did it!

Trending | Purple Locks.

I am seriously in love with the pastel hair trend. I know it's been off and on for a couple seasons but if you have the blonde locks to do it I would say go for it - even if it's only for a couple weeks. It's so fun and playful and can look really beautiful if done correctly. I wish more than anything I had blonde hair just so I could color it purple or light pink but my brown tresses would be killed if I tried going through the bleaching process. Could it be worth it?

Ireland Baldwin

I got excited all over again when I heard Ireland Baldwin died her hair purple and then next thing I know - so has the darling Nicole Richie. Ahhh - I want! Have any of you tried the colored trend?

I found this awesome blog post on Nasty Gal for hair chalk! Another great way to get these fun colors minus the permanent, bleaching part. A lot safer, especially if you are unsure about the color. Check out the post here.