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Send hair donations now for clean up!

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Hair donations needed Now for oil spill cleanup!

RIGHT NOW, you can help with cleanup operations in the gulf by getting the message to your neighborhood salons and pet groomers that hair donations are needed!

Hair donations, pet groomers, wool farmers and individuals alike are being asked to send hair donations, fur clippings and nylons to Matter of Trust for the makings of hair booms and mats to help in the oil spill cleanup. Donated hair, fur and wool are stuffed into nylon hoses (booms) that are then used to soak up and trap the oil.  Brilliant!

“Hair Donations Help Clean Up the Oil Spill”Warehouses have been donated and set up all along the gulf coast.  Matter of Trusts says, “A delivery address in the Gulf will be emailed to you. We’re not posting warehouse addresses on the web, because we’re coordinating how much goes where. All along the Gulf Coast new harbor depots are being temporarily donated to this cause. We’re doing this in WAVES (now on WAVE 8) due to the unprecedented surge of donors signing up every hour!

They’re coming in from all over the US as well as Canada, UK, France, Spain, Germany, Turkey, Australia…! It’s an international philanthropic community phenomenon!”
Check out the latest video of what hair donations as well as fur, wool, nylons and funds are doing to help the cause: 

Phil McCrory, a hairstylist from Alabama made the discovery that hair was a material which would be resourceful for collecting and containing petroleum spills. Since 1998 Phil’s company Ottimat.com has been producing hair mats made from recycled hair purchased in China. Ottimat has partnered with Matter of Trust to coordinate an International Natural Fiber Recycling System. They have been successful at stimulating green jobs and the textile industry!

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP TO DONATE NYLONS & HAIR / FUR / WOOL… Sign up now and you will receive an email telling you where you can give hair donations. Over 500,000 pounds of hair and fur have been received so far!

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Current hairstyle names and how to get them!

“Hairstyle Names, Take the Test”Hairstyle names come and go but . . . the terminology for cutting techniques is mostly universal and sticks around. Become knowledgeable with what the stylists hair cutting terminology refers to and you are more likely to get the look you want!

Kate Hudson’s Beachy Waves

Beachy Waves - Hairstyle names like ‘beachy waves’ describe this style pretty well. The look has loose waves that are a bit disheveled with a windblown effect. Notice the ends are either lightly curled or not curled at all.

• Get the look: Use a volumizing mousse and blow-dry till 90% dry. Use curling iron, velcro rollers or a quick hot roller set leaving the ends out. Lightly rake curls through with fingers. Mist with a light finishing spray.

Choppy Hairstyles

Choppy Hairstyles - Hairstyle names with ‘choppy’ in them refer most often to short, straight cuts with uneven layered ends. Hair Stylists most often use a razor but may also use a thinning shear or texturizing shear to get the look. A ‘Choppy’ hairstyle may also refer to uneven face-framing layers in longer hairstyles.

• Get the look:  In order to see the ‘choppy’ hairstyle effect, the hair needs to be straightened. Get volume with a root lifter. Use a straightening serum and blow-dry smooth. Finish with a flat-iron for your best choppy looking hairstyle.

Rihanna’s Piecey Hairstyle

Piecey Hairstyles - Hairstyle names with ‘piecey’ in them allude to short cuts with defined ends.

• Get the look: To get ‘piecey’ ends straighten the hair with a flat-iron. Use a wax or gel to separate ends into chunky, face framing pieces.

Beyonce Pompadour Hairstyle

Pompadour Hairstyles - Hairstyle names with ‘pompadour’ in them refer to both men and women’s hairstyles these days. A pompadour has exaggerated height at the top/front of the hairstyle (think Elvis and Rihanna) and can be styled a number of different ways. Bangs or long layered bangs are helpful to hold lift put in that area.

• Get the look: Get this pompadour look by backcombing the top/front of hair, leaving out some bangs to smooth over. Mist with hairspray. Smooth over lightly and secure with clip into a half-updo with sides.

Side Swept Bangs - Carrie Underwood

Side Swept Bangs - Hairstyle names with ’side swept bangs’ can point to a number of different lengths and cuts of hair. Now, however the most current look with side swept bangs being asked for in hair salons is what Carrie Underwood is wearing here. Smooth long hair with long face framing layers.

• Get the look: Blow dry hair smooth, use a straightening serum if needed. Use a large barrel curling iron to lightly curl long layers towards face. Make a deep side part and smooth and slightly bend bangs with iron.

Retro Glam Hairstyles (Old Hollywood Glamour) Kate Winslet

Retro Glam Hairstyles - Kate Winset wears this hairstyle at the 2010 Academy Awards (as did a number of other stars.) Hairstyle names with ‘retro or old hollywood glamour points to the obvious . . . the glamorous stars of the 30’s and 40’s. Kate channels Veronica Lake with this retro glam look.

• Get the look: This hairstyle is coiffed smooth and with no volume. Use a smoothing or straightening serum and blow-dry smooth and flat. Curl hair starting three or four inches from scalp into vertical or horizontal waves. Pull a shine serum through hair and make a deep side part for a glamorous effect.

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How are you going to find your best hairdresser?

Who would of thunk it? Technology and the creatives in the hairdresser business have combined to make it possible to find your best hairdresser online!
“Finding Best Hairdresser Now Easier” This is huge I think! Can’t tell you how many women over the years in my Finding the Right Hairstyle for You! classes, expressed desperation in their search to find a best hairdresser.

A ‘best hairdresser’ isn’t an easy find for the general public, but Lorien Olsen thought outside-the-box to create this new Web site that gives potential client’s a better picture of what they can expect from a new hairdresser or salon.

Whatcutandwhere.com is a site hairdressers and hair salon owners can join where they are able to visually show you some of their work. Hairdressers post sample pictures of hairstyles they have created on the site. Photo’s are sorted into hair length, updos and gender categories. Information is available about the cut ie; the hair type and texture of the model they are showing as well as the ethnicity; style and age. All the contact information for the salon is available as well as the price range for their haircuts.

Find your best hairdresser from their portfolio!

I spoke with hair salon owner, April Diaz from Spaids Hair Salon in Amarillo, Texas who said, “The site has been a great spot for networking with other hairdressers. I’ve been able to connect here with other hairdressers and share hair coloring and hair styling techniques that help us all to grow in the industry.” This is really a creative new way for best hairdressers to reach a new client base.

Lorien created this site out of her own frustration of finding the best hairdressers without having seen their work. She offers a 60-day free trial period for interested hairdressers and hair salons. After that they can opt for monthly or yearly fees to stay in the loop. The site is still new so you can expect more to come as she has been successfully working to get the word out across the country.

You know it’s different strokes for different folks, so now we will be able to choose our best hairdresser from portfolios of hairstyles we know can be duplicated . . . brilliant no? (Psssssssssst . . . pass the word to hair salons near you to get the ball rolling!!)

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