Oscar Hairstyles

Oscar Hairstyles 2007 Best and Worst

The Oscar Awards 2007 was nothing to write home about when it came to creative Oscar hairstyles. Not much to get excited about. I had a hard time picking a favorite because nothing stood out. “Oscar Hairstyles, Not much to get excited about”

Am I missing something here? If you saw an Oscar hairstyle that was a knockout, please share it with us. I would like to hear what you thought was smashing! Haven’t we all been programmed to look to these shows to see the top fashion styles?

The, what-not-to-do Oscar hairstyle award, was easy . . . it goes to Meryl Streep. Being a nominee for best actress, one of the biggest awards of the evening, you would think would call for a coif of some sort. Her hair looked as if nothing more than a comb had been run through it after getting out of the shower. Nothing, no style, not even the casual looking style applies here, as even the casual look takes a bit of foofing.

The straight hairstyle look showed up again and looked good on Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman and Gwyneth Paltrow. But again, nothing new, kind of boring for the big Oscar night.

So my best Oscar hairstyle award of 2007 goes to . . . .

Best Oscar Hairstyle

Jodie Foster . . . for these reasons. It’s always fun to see a new hairstyle on someone and it was a breath of fresh air to see hair other than the long, slightly layered look. This hairstyle flatters her square face shape with the soft, long razored layering, giving a light fullness and height on top. An airiness and texture was created also with the right amount of high lights.

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Lemon Hair

Lemon Juice as a Hair Lightener

A recent question from a student in my online class Finding the Right Hairstyle for You!, asks:

Lemon juice as a hair lightener will work for some hair types but, it’s not the best choice.

Lemon juice has a low pH level and therefore is acidic. Using this too often on healthy hair will make it brittle. It’s not controllable on chemically treated hair.

Hair care products these days are formulated to have a balanced pH level which leaves the hair in better condition. Straight lemon juice on the hair will dry it out. Here is what I know about using lemon juice as a hair lightener:

• Lemon juice, plus oxygen and UV rays, equals a bleaching product.

• Lemon juice as a hair lightener is only effective on hair that is dishwater blonde or lighter in color. Its bleaching quality is only effective when used in the sun and will not lighten brunettes or red heads.

• Using lemon juice on chemically treated hair can turn it an orange or brassy color.

• It can also dry out the hair with its acidic quality and make the hair extremely brittle.

If you still decide you want to use lemon juice in your hair, don’t use it straight without diluting it. Dilute one tablespoon of lemon juice in a gallon of water and use it daily as a rinse. Use it this way when you know you will get sun exposure and it will lighten your hair, but be aware of how it is affecting your hairs condition.

Lemon juice high lights used sparingly may be fine in healthy, non chemically treated hair. Also think about this, if you use it too often, you will have bleached hair with roots growing in, now what do you do?

Need I say . . . my first recommendation is to have high lighting done by a professional if you want it done right. It may save you lot’s of hair and headaches to come.

For further discussion on hair high lights you might want to check out these other articles:

• How to Fix Bad High lights or Low lights
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• Hair Lowlights – what is it? Can I do it at home?
• Brown Hair High Lighting Options

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Hair Lice Treatment Alert

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Examine Hair Lice Treatment Labels Just in Case

A Colorado hormone specialist has found three boys between the ages of 4 and 10 suddenly experiencing a hormone imbalance after the boys had been exposed to scented oils which contain lavender and tee tree oils.

“Breast Enlargement
in Boys”

The hormone imbalance caused a temporary condition known as gynecomastia, which causes breast enlargement in boys. Probably not much here to get alarmed about as it’s only a very small study and the symptoms seem to disappear as soon as the hair lice products were no longer being applied to the boys skin.

I don’t imagine too many of you are using scented oils on your boys, some of are very likely to see these ingredients showing up in hair lice treatments, That is something that often gets used in boys hair of this age.

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