Karen Leight
Professional Hair Stylist
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How to Use Hair Rollers: Velcro, Hot, and Foam Rollers
A complete guide for creating professional-style curls at home Hair rollers are one of the easiest styling tools to use if you’re looking for beautiful, voluminous curls but don’t want to fiddle with a curling iron. ...
How to Choose a Hair Developer: Volume Strength, Application, & More
Determining what developer strength to use is easy with our simple and comprehensive guidePerfectly lifted, beautiful color is your hair goal, but how do you achieve it? Using a hair developer is critical to achieving yo...
How to
Curl Hair with Foam Rollers
Hair that's curly, bouncy, and attention-getting is surprisingly easy to achieve with foam rollers. Using these spongy cylinders can help create a signature look, or amp up the glam factor for special occasions. It also ...
How to
Dye Bleached Hair Brown
Maybe you’ve bleached your hair to dye it a lighter brown, or maybe you’re just feeling done with the bleached look—whatever the reason, you’re ready for a change! Dyeing bleached hair back to brown isn't hard, b...
Explaining the Key Differences between Gingers and Redheads
The major distinctions between these 2 terms for people with red hairHave you ever seen someone with red hair, then wondered how to describe them? There’s the term “ginger,” but there’s also “redhead,” too�...
How to
Reduce Hair Volume
Volume, though desired and coveted by many, can be a big nuisance to others with thick, curly, and frizz-prone hair. Reduce the volume of your hair with the right haircut. Tame your frizz with a moisturizing shampoo and ...
How to Dye Bleached Hair Back to Your Natural Color
Getting that platinum look is a great feeling—but the upkeep of bleached hair (plus the damage it can cause) can be a lot to deal with. If you’re tired of your bleached hair and you want to go back to your natural co...
How to
Dye Red Hair Brown
A comprehensive guide to transform natural and dyed red hair Dyeing red hair can be difficult, but it's not impossible! Regardless of whether your hair is naturally red or has been dyed that color, you can achieve a be...
How to
Go Ash Blonde
Ash blonde is an incredibly popular hair color and looks great on light skin tones. While you can always go to the salon to get an ash blonde color, it's also possible to do it at home. If you're hair isn't already light...
How to
Prevent Hair Color from Bleeding
When you dye your hair multiple colors, you can often encounter problems with the various colors bleeding into each other, or into bleached hair. Any hair dye will inevitably fade, but you can take steps to slow that tha...
How to
Dye Black Hair Red
Looking to dye those dark locks red? We don't blame you! Your natural color is probably gorgeous, but mixing up your hair color can be such a fun way to change your look and have some fun. You've probably heard about how...
How to
Prevent Natural Blonde Hair from Darkening
If you have naturally blonde hair, congratulations--you’re one of the only 2% of the world’s population that does. But blonde hair can also begin to darken over time. If you want to keep your hair blonde as long as p...
How to
Balance pH in Hair Naturally
Your hair probably seems pretty neutral, but did you know it's actually slightly acidic? On the pH scale, 7 is neutral—anything above that is alkaline and anything below that is acidic. The pH of your scalp should be a...
How to
Condition Your Hair With Aloe Vera
Aloe vera is an ingredient in many pharmaceutical and cosmetic products, including hair care products. You can use aloe vera gel you buy from a drug or department store. However, you can also extract the gel directly fro...
How to
Use Elumen Hair Color
Elumen hair color has the ability to dye your hair vibrant, long-lasting colors without sacrificing its health. If you love experimenting with different hair colors but don't want to damage your hair, Elumen might be a g...
How to
Go from Blonde to Red
Hair dye is translucent, so it adds to whatever color is already there; it does not lift color. This means that if you have blonde hair, you can dye your hair just about any color you want without bleaching. Despite this...
How to
Set Hair
Before tools such as straighteners, curling irons and hot rollers became available, women had to learn to set their hair without heat. They curled their wet hair with various sizes of rollers, letting their hair dry into...
How to Apply Semi-Permanent Hair Color
A guide to using and caring for semi-permanent dye Semi-permanent hair dyes are a significantly less harsh alternative to traditional dyes that won’t damage your hair. Instead of penetrating the core of the hair, semi-...
How to
Dye Your Hair the Perfect Shade of Blonde
We've all been there. You want to dye your hair and you're set on blonde, but you have no idea what shade to choose. Here are some secrets on finding the perfect shade the first time and with minimal damage to your hair....
How to Use Glycerin for Hair
Glycerine, also called glycerin or glycerol, is a thick, clear, fragrance-free liquid used in many beauty products. Glycerine is a humectant, meaning it draws moisture from the environment around it to itself—so, apply...
