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• Weatherproof Beauty

  Look your best in rain, snow, heat and even hurricanes with these tips from The Weather Channel's Stephanie Abrams.

• Shampoo Secrets

  How you're lathering up may be the cause of your good -- or bad -- hair days. Wash beauty right into your hair with these steps.

• 5 Habits of Women With Gorgeous Shiny Hair

  From choosing the right products to being savvy about how they use hot tools, women with gleaming tresses swear by these rituals day in and day out.

• Hot New Haircut: The Lob

  The long bob is an easy-to-manage style that looks good on everyone. Just ask celebs like Emily Blunt, Heidi Klum and Tyra Banks!

• Post-summer Hair Repair

  Months of sun, salt water and chlorine can leave tresses fried and frayed. Here's how to get your hair healthy, shiny and gorgeous.

• Summer Hair Protection

  Want to keep your hair gorgeous all season long? Here’s everything you need to know from top hair experts.

• Know Your Hair Type: The Secret to Healthy Hair!

  Fine or thick? Frizz-prone or apt to flop? Knowing what type of hair you have is key to picking the products that are right for you. The payoff? Beautiful hair that stays polished longer.

• Summer Beauty Makeover

  Forget what you’ve done in summers past. This season, makeup and hair are getting an update. Here are five simple steps to your new look.

• From Damaged Hair to Dazzling Hair

  Do you have over-processed, frizzy and damaged hair? Nurse it back to gorgeous health in six simple steps.

• 6 Solutions for Stress-free Hair

  Do you want to banish bad hair days? We thought so. From a fast way to revive limp locks to a polished look in a flash, follow these simple steps for gorgeous, healthy hair.

• Your Beauty Toolbox

  The difference between a long-lasting polished look and one that quits midday? It's all about the brushes you use.

• 7 Simple Ways to Go Green in Your Beauty Routine

  From multitasking products to water-conserving ways to shower and de-stress, here’s how to make your beauty regimen planet-friendly.

• Gorgeous Hair: Getting the Most From Conditioners

  Choosing the right conditioning products for your type of hair will keep it salon-lustrous. But how do you know which product is right for you?

• Health, Beauty and Earth Benefits of Vegetables

  Giving up meat once a week isn’t just good for your health -- and your looks -- it’s good for the planet too. Just ask Gwyneth Paltrow.

• Secrets to Getting Gorgeous Hair

  Styling cream, gel, pomade, paste, mousse, wax, serum -- oh, my! Stylists decode 10 top products and explain which will help you get to-die-for hair.

• Top 7 Beauty Resolutions

  Make 2012 a gorgeous year with these small tweaks to your skin- and hair-care regimens.

• Simple Steps to Beautiful Holiday Hair

  Need a dazzling party look for the holidays? These three hairstyles will have you turning heads.

• Keep Your Long Hair Healthy and Beautiful

  You've patiently grown your hair long -- an enviable feat. We've got the secrets on maintaining luster and tip-top condition.

• The Romantic Bride: Long, Loose and Shiny Hair

  Kate Middleton proved that wearing your hair down on your wedding day can be gorgeous, modern and elegant. Here’s how to get your tresses in tip-top shape for those soft, princess-like waves.

• The Safe Way to Get Straight, Silky Hair

  Experts are warning that salon keratin-smoothing treatments may be hazardous to your health. Here’s how to get beautiful, glossy hair -- safely.

• Blow-dry Your Hair Like a Pro

  Want to emulate that perfect blowout your stylist did yesterday? The secret to salon-perfect hair is in your hands.

• Put an End to Split Ends

  Banish dull, fraying ends with these five simple steps. Hello, smooth and gorgeous!

• Top 8 Tips for Managing Your Curly Hair This Summer

  Keep your tresses from spiraling out of control -- even when the humidity and temperature soar.

• Michelle Obama’s Hair Care Secrets Unclassified

  From her classic updos at state dinners to the slicked-back ponytail she sports on family vacations, Michelle Obama always shows off hair that is perfect for the occasion. Pros share how the first lady pulls this off.

• Curly-haired Ladies: How to Get out of a Hair Rut!

  Whether your curls are loose spirals or tight coils, you don’t have to stick with the same hairstyle day after day. Here’s how to shake things up.

• Can Your Favorite Beauty Products Stop Working?

  Do skin and hair care products really lose their effectiveness over time? We talk to the pros about how and when to adjust your beauty routine to maintain your skin and hair at its healthiest and most beautiful.

• Hair Care Products: Do You Need His-and-hers?

  Sharing hair products and styling tools with your man seems like the smart thing to do: an eco-friendly, economical and clear-the-bathroom-clutter choice. But is it? Here’s what you need to know about partner hair care.

• Kate Middleton: Royal Wedding Beauty

  How should the future queen wear her hair and makeup for the royal wedding? Plus, a four-week countdown to your most beautiful hair for your own big day.

• Simple Ways to Touch up Hair and Makeup

  From getting rid of a shiny T-zone to going straight from the office to a glamorous night on the town, there’s a method to touching up your hair and makeup. Here’s where to start.

• New Hair Trends for Spring

  It’s not too early to start thinking about a new ’do for spring. Our stylist forecasters clue you in on the hair trends for the warm months ahead.

• The Top 7 Multitasking Beauty Products

  Want to save time, space, money … and the planet? These seven highly versatile beauty products will help you multitask.

• Avoid Bad Hair Days This Winter

  Winter hair woes can leave a woman in a sweat, even when the mercury is in the single digits. Here are solutions on avoiding hat hair, static-induced frizz, moisture-starved tresses and other cold-weather challenges.

• How to Tame Your Textured Hair

  Curly, wavy, frizzy and otherwise texture-challenged hair is finally getting the attention and products that it deserves.

• Your Man’s Grooming

  Want to help your mate step up his shaving and hair routines … without wrecking your romance?

• Post-Summer Skin and Hair Rehab

  If your skin is looking lackluster and your hair has lost its shine, you could be suffering from the end-of-summer beauty blues. Here’s your repair guide.

• Extreme Hair Makeover: Are You Ready for It?

  Before going from blonde to brunette, or from waist-long hair to pixie short, read this advice from the pros.

• At-home Hair Color

  Here’s to-dye-for advice from the pros on how to achieve head-turning, salonlike color at home.

• The Most Gorgeous Hair in Sports

  On and off the court, the women of tennis keep their hair long, beautiful and healthy.

• How to Be a Red Carpet Beauty

  'Dancing with the Stars' judge Carrie Ann Inaba gives the 411 on getting ready to cover the Oscars.

• Hair Myth or Magic?

  We reveal the truth behind eight old-school tricks for maintaining shiny, healthy tresses.

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• Six Tricks for Shiny Hair

  Getting a glossy, mega-watt mane doesn’t need to take a village to accomplish. Here are a few easy tricks to give your hair mirror-like shine, just in time for summer.

• 5 Quick Volume Boosters

  Big hair is ba-aack!

• Top 4 Beauty Tips

  In the four years I’ve been writing about beauty, I’ve picked up countless tips and tricks from the best hairstylists, makeup artists and aestheticians in the business.

• Cold Weather Hair: How the Changing of the Seasons Affects My Locks

• How to Extend the Life of Your Hairstyle

  Wouldn’t it be great if we could copy and paste a good hair day on demand?

• The Science of Curls

• Great Hollywood Hair

• Healthy Hair on Vacation

• 5 Beauty Trends Men Don’t Get

• Control Your Curls

• 5 Ways to Tell a Friend She Needs a Hair and Makeup Makeover

• Add Shine to Your Hair

• Put a Brake on Blond Hair Color

• Hair Chic

  I’m no stranger to fashionable cities, having lived in Paris, Milan, Monte Carlo and Manhattan, where I’ve styled the hair of some of the world’s most glamorous women. So it almost pains me to admit that the most trend-setting women in the world live in Tokyo

• Summer Hair Tips

  Summer is all about low-key beauty...

• Easy Tips for Sexy Summer Hair

  After a long, cold winter and a very cool spring, along comes summer, and the living gets easier.

• How to Talk to Your Hairdresser

  One of the most important things we teach our assistants is how to consult with a client.

• Spring Hair!

  Spring: warmer weather with daffodils peeking their little yellow heads out of the soil. What can we do to bring spring to its fullest in our own beauty regime?

• How to Get Salon Results at Home

• Hair That Keeps Turning Heads

• Holiday Hair

• What’s Tops in Hair: Texture

• The New Must-have: Hair Accessories