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		<title>Tips for Highlighting Hair</title>
		<link>http://www.cosmeticsdiary.com/blog/2008/10/12/tips-for-highlighting-hair/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arihant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hair highlighting, by explanation, means to highlight the focal point of the haircut. It has become an admired trend between Indian males and females. Highlighting can add the delusion of depth, volume and texture to your hair. The process occupies coloring several strands of your hair &#8211; making it lighter or darker, depending on your [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hair highlighting, by explanation, means to highlight the focal point of the haircut. It has become an admired trend between Indian males and females. Highlighting can add the delusion of depth, volume and texture to your hair. The process occupies coloring several strands of your hair &#8211; making it lighter or darker, depending on your overall look (color of your skin, eyes, hair) and your preferred look.</p>
<p>A blend of colors can be applied for highlighting. Brunette, strawberry blonde, red, copper and golden tones are the most frequent options for highlighting brown hair. Highlights are easier to preserve than all-over, or single-process, shade. They need minimal protection (every eight to 16 weeks), which can be desirable for women who have trouble booking long salon appointments due to time constraints.</p>
<p>Highlighting is as well an enormous way to start if you have doubts in coloring or dying your hair. Highlighting dark hair with lighter shades is the most magnificent way to accentuate the natural texture and color of the hair. Dark hair will seem most graceful with light brown highlights that provide a tint of gold or red as it contains lot of red that is invisible. It usually needs the initial use of bleaching that makes the hair coarse, dry and frizzy.</p>
<p>Your highlights should accolade your natural color, not giving it an odd contrast or contrived color. Highlighting is as well a great way to begin if you have suspicions in coloring or dying your hair. Highlighted hair can be done at home to seem professional at a part of the cost that you would pay at a salon.</p>
<h2>Tips for Highlighting the Hair</h2>
<ul>
<li>Discover a qualified colorist that will help you by offering suggestions and recommendation based on what you want.</li>
<li>Add a few subtle highlights to your bangs and sides of the face in order to lighten you skin tone.</li>
<li>Don&#8217;t wash your hair prior to highlighting. The best results are accomplished when you highlight dry hair that has not been shampooed for at least 1 day.</li>
<li>Condition on a usual basis, but stay away from hot-oil treatments because they strip color.</li>
<li>Red shades ought to be avoided for pink toned people.</li>
<li>If you want to make the illusion of lighter hair, you should brush highlights all over your hair, focusing on your hairline, bangs and part.</li>
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		<title>Treating Thinning Hair</title>
		<link>http://www.cosmeticsdiary.com/blog/2008/07/25/treating-thinning-hair/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arihant</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hair Care]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are cover up resolution and handling for your thinning hair and only a few of the easiest treatments are the simple ones related to altering you hair style or using a shampoo and condition that produce your hair fuller. Hair care professionals have the most excellent knowledge of shampoos which can slow or stop [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are cover up resolution and handling for your thinning hair and only a few of the easiest treatments are the simple ones related to altering you hair style or using a shampoo and condition that produce your hair fuller. Hair care professionals have the most excellent knowledge of shampoos which can slow or stop hair loss, or even promote hair growth. Be aware that these shampoos can be especially exclusive, with some of them costing further than thirty dollars per liter. Consequently, you require reaching your own conclusion as to how much your hair is worth to you earlier than committing to a shampoo that promises to assist regrow your hair. There are quite a few causes of thinning hair. They contain heredity, stress, poor diet and medication.</p>
<p>Aging can as well worsen the hair follicle and thus the hair shaft that will also tempt thinning hair and balding. Some medical treatments as well encourage or enseem thinning hair. Chemotherapy and radiation will guide to thinning hair. Medications utilized to treat Crohn’s disease also conduct to thinning hair, as do some anti-inflammatory drugs, and some male hormones. If your hair is shorter, it gives the illusion your hair is thicker. Thickening shampoos and conditioners as well assist with thin hair too, but you may discover that cutting your hair is adequate to change the appearance of your thinning hair. Stress frequently plays an important part in thinning hair (or the lack of thinning hair). In lots of cases, issues associated to stress unleash dietary and nutritional problems which eventually influence thinning hair.</p>
<p>Thinning hair can be obscured by Toupees, Wigs, Extensions, Color sprays to swathe the affected areas and recommend the feeling of much thicker hair. Shampoos have different benefits, depending on which brands you like better and a few will enseem volumes of your hair and others will offer spare nutrients for your scalp and that can persuade hair growth. Not only will that assist in observance your thinning hair from being evident, but may even delay it or prevent the hair loss. To care for hair, the most excellent practice is to shampoo only when hair is grimy. Because superior hair obtains dirty faster, people with fine-textured hair require to shampoo more often &#8212; still though fine hair breaks more simply.</p>
<p>You should as well conscious that condensed nutrition also may lead to thinning hair, need of enough nutrients in the body, anemia, and eating disorders, bulimia and anorexia, are too causes of thinning hair. Thus it may now be that you need a change in your diet. Try different treatment techniques such as aromatherapy, acupuncture or acupressure. Employ essential oils like rosemary, thyme, lavender and cedar wood. Herbs like as psoralea seeds and mulberries excite hair growth. There are many treatments for Thinning Hair on the market for those people that are disinclined to look for medical help, some better than others and some will suit unusual people in dissimilar ways. But it is prudent to obtain your Thinning Hair checked out by a physician who will suggest you as to which treatments should suit you.</p>
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		<title>Sedu Celebrity Hairstyles</title>
		<link>http://www.cosmeticsdiary.com/blog/2008/04/29/sedu-celebrity-hairstyles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arihant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sedu hairstyles are the newest celebrity hairstyles in fashion. It looks nice on everybody. Sedu hairstyles are famous because they are simple and can smooth be done at home. This sedu hairstyles is used various occasions such as, wedding, party, meeting and other formal occasions. Celebrity sedu hairstyles are one of the latest current style [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sedu hairstyles are the newest celebrity hairstyles in fashion. It looks nice on everybody. Sedu hairstyles are famous because they are simple and can smooth be done at home. This sedu hairstyles is used various occasions such as, wedding, party, meeting and other formal occasions. Celebrity sedu hairstyles are one of the latest current style to come out of hollywood. Sedu celebrity hair styles are the wildly in hollywood right now with top stars like Hilary duff, Jennifer lopez, Jennifer aniston, and Beyonce wearing them. Sedu celebrity hairstyles are in fashion and it easy for everyone to access natural, long, silky tresses.</p>
<p>Celebrity hairstyles consequence a large part of the female populace, so let us get an update of how you can get the look. Celebrity Sedu hairstyles are very famous for a reason. The Sedu hairstyles are performed using the Sedu hair iron. The negative ion charge in the unit abstracts all the stable from the hair, which gives you the wonderful, manageable and even seductive look. The Sedu hair iron is unusually designed. The Sedu hair iron comes with a set of instructions that is simple to use. It is uniquely designed and apparented and uses plates made of tourmaline crystals which are combined with a negative ionic charge that removes static from the hair.</p>
<p>The Sedu hairstyle is long lasting and no chemicals such as hair spray are needed. Sedu hair iron patented using ceramic plates that are truly made of tourmaline crystals. These are combined with a balky ionic charge in order to remove static from the hair. This assuages the problems of cling in their celebrity Sedu Hairstyles. The Sedu&#8217;s exclusive ceramic tourmaline plates use ionic technology to glide gently through the hair, straightening it to leave it silky smooth and manageable, but without damaging it. There are amounts of different Sedu celebrity hairstyles for you to try out.</p>
<p>The short hair becomes also sexy with the hairstyle of Sedu of flick, and to still obtain this takes as little as five minutes. The short hairstyles of Sedu are very popular in the tinseltown at the present time. The short hairstyles of Sedu are much &#8216; in the fashion &#8216; at the present time. There are loads of the celebrities with the short hair which you can copy. Try to select a celebrity who has the similar shape of face because these cuts will be more to flatter, and takes care to have to thin and pose around you the face. The weather is also nice to have the cut slightly longer with before the back if you have it dangled.</p>
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		<title>Sedu Straightening Irons</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:11:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arihant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A hair iron is a tool used for changing the configure of hair with help of heat. Hair flat irons are today used by both his and her to get the hair style they have forever been looking for. Hair flat irons like the Sedu flat iron are essentially easy to use. However to get [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A hair iron is a tool used for changing the configure of hair with help of heat. Hair flat irons are today used by both his and her to get the hair style they have forever been looking for. Hair flat irons like the Sedu flat iron are essentially easy to use. However to get the great of your hair iron, it is best to have a look at the list of tips listed here. It is influential that you use your flat iron for hair only after cleaning your hair. A hair straightening iron is used to flatten the hair, while hair curling iron is used to make hair curly. Hair straightening irons are used to accomplish straight, smooth and beautiful hairstyles.</p>
<p>You can select from a scope of hair straightening irons, however do have certain that it is a standardized brand. The brand figure &#8220;Sedu&#8221; is a brief kind of the language &#8220;seduction. The Sedu heats upward within twenty five seconds from being turned on, faster than traditional coil straightening irons. The Sedu thin iron heats upward in the scope of 240-410 degrees fahrenheit, you have to determine on the accurate temperature. For natural hair, the intermediate scene is accurate, for really dense or wavy hair. A ready light will flash when the iron has achieved your desired temperature.</p>
<p>The sedu flat iron and the airplane has much in ordinary both are made from the same material, making it lightweight and sturdy. This high trait hair straightening iron is quick and simple to use. The sedu flat iron is american in design. It meets all the standard necessity such as the safety IDCI plug that and a 9’ swivel cord. A sedu straightener stops this as it causes no breakage to your hair due to the tourmaline ceramic plates. A sedu straightener only takes 30 seconds to heat up and comes in a variety of widths, the biggest being 1.5.</p>
<p>Hair straighteners like the Sedu flat iron are not only used for straightening hair. With a curling iron, you can add curl and body to your hair. Your Sedu can be used to produce a myriad of hairstyles involving flat straight, soft curls, flip out, and flip in. Sedu hair straightener is flat iron that is used to straighten hair. On heating this stone produces up to 6 times more refusal ions than the traditional straightening irons. These negative ions along with below red heat give you soft, smooth, silky, straight, fizz-free hair without any damage.</p>
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		<title>Care for Normal Hair</title>
		<link>http://www.cosmeticsdiary.com/blog/2007/11/17/care-for-normal-hair/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2007 12:32:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arihant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Normal hair is glossy, healthy and sleek with a clear shine. It is neither greasy nor dry. This type of hair looks good in any style. Normal hair follicle in high power demonstrating the deeply pigmented hair shaft towards the center, surrounded by the cells of the hair sheath. A normal hair is composed of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Normal hair is glossy, healthy and sleek with a clear shine. It is neither greasy nor dry. This type of hair looks good in any style. Normal hair follicle in high power demonstrating the deeply pigmented hair shaft towards the center, surrounded by the cells of the hair sheath. A normal hair is composed of a shaft and hair bulb. The bulb is composed of a dermal papilla covered by a single layer of basal cells that generates the hair shaft.</p>
<p>The center most cells are the basal layer covering the dermal papilla which give rise to the medulla of the hair. Normal hair also needs good care to maintain the natural beauty. Wash with shampoo two times a week. Essential oils are beneficial for all hair types. They keep the hair in good condition. Do not rub the ends of hair hardly.</p>
<p>For conditioning your hair, mix yolk of two eggs in a cup of lukewarm water and beat the mixture. Massage it on head. Cover your head with poly bag. Leave it for 10 minutes. Rinse the hair with lukewarm water and then shampoo it. Massage your hair twice a week with warm coconut oil. Give your hair hot-towel treatment twice a month. Then shampoo it. For this refer article on dry hair. Beat an egg. Apply it on the scalp and hair. Shampoo after some time.</p>
<p>Use mehedi once in a month to this type of hair. Use a mild shampoo enriched with vitamins for normal hair. Always buy a shampoo with conditioner. While conditioning, massage the conditioner into the ends to give them extra protection. Take a small amount of curd and 2 spoonfuls of besan.</p>
<p>Mix it well. Apply on the scalp and hair. Shampoo after some time. This will maintain the shine of your hair. Periodically washing the hair with white vinegar gives a health look to the hair. Drinking one cup of lettuce and spinach juice in combination is highly beneficial. Application of cucumber puree for 15 minutes before washing will provide shine and heaviness to the hair. This is very good home remedy for normal hair.</p>
<p>Rub a spon ful of peanut butter on gum and work out with a comb for best results use a fine picked comb it is a good for normal hair. Put 130 gms, each dried reetha, shikaki and amla into one litre water. Keep it for few hours and boil them. After cooling strain and use as a shampoo. Normal hair responds well to regular brushing, smoothing, and polishing.</p>
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		<title>Homemade Hair Masks</title>
		<link>http://www.cosmeticsdiary.com/blog/2007/11/06/homemade-hair-masks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 11:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arihant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A great hair does wonders for you and your self-regard. Taking care of hair is in fact much the same as taking care of skin. Yogurt hair mask is a improve hair beat 1 egg white until foamy. Add to 6 tablespoons plain natural yogurt. Apply to hair in small sections at a time. Leave [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A great hair does wonders for you and your self-regard. Taking care of hair is in fact much the same as taking care of skin. Yogurt hair mask is a improve hair beat 1 egg white until foamy. Add to 6 tablespoons plain natural yogurt. Apply to hair in small sections at a time. Leave in for 15 minutes.</p>
<p>If you want smooth soft and shiny hair. Put a few tablespoons of olive oil(my fav) or anykind of vegetable hair oil into a bowl. Place it in the microwave to heat it until it is warm,not hot. Then rub the oil all over your hair and leave it on for 20 minutes the minimum. Then wash your hair thoroughly and apply some conditioner and leave it to dry naturally. If you need egg &amp; olive oil hair mask. Mix two whole eggs with four tablespoons of olive oil. Smooth through hair. Enwrap head with plastic wrap, and leave in hair for 10 minutes.</p>
<p>Mix a (mature) banana with a tablespoon of lemon juice and a tablepoon of sunflower oil. Put the mask on your hair for half and hour or so and wash your hair as usual. This is a good mask for bracing dry hair. Fruit smoothie hair mask is also benefecial your hair. Blend 1/2 a banana, 1/4 cantaloupe, 1/4 avocado, 1 tablespoon wheat germ oil and 1 tablespoon yogurt.</p>
<p>For extra conditioning, clasp in the contents of a vitamin E capsule. Leave in hair for 15 minutes. For forthwith shine hair beat two eggs mixed with some milk and run through your hair. Leave on for five minutes, wash and you’ll see a shine immediately. For dandruff dissolve two aspirins in your dandruff shampoo. Use a good moisturizing conditioner laterwards.</p>
<p>Beautiful bonny hair mask-Grind fenugreek (methi) seeds soaked in water overnight. Massage this paste on scalp and hair and leave it for15-20 minutes. Rinse it off with a mild shampoo. This paste is best for all types of hair problems, viz. dandruffs, falling hair, thinning of hair, baldness, split hair, etc. Mix a teaspoon of honey with 2 tablespoons of olive oil, then beat in an egg yolk.</p>
<p>Massage on hair in small sections. Wrap head with shower cap for 30 minutes. Wash and shampoo. This is a good treatment for keeping split ends away. If your hair damage daily apply a ripe banana with a few drops of almond oil and massage into hair. Leave it for about 15 minutes. Wash lightly with soda water and then shampoo and condition. For split hair apply oil your hair two times a week with coconut oil mixed with fresh lime juice.</p>
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		<title>Want A Healthy Scalp</title>
		<link>http://www.cosmeticsdiary.com/blog/2007/10/02/want-a-healthy-scalp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 06:07:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arihant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Healthy hair you must first have a healthful scalp. Some basics to a healthy scalp are quite simple. Shampoo and condition your hair at least 1-2 times a week or more normal if ached or needed. Avoid hairstyles or processes that don&#8217;t suffer number 1 or cause any type of adverse scalp and/or hair problem. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Healthy hair you must first have a healthful scalp. Some basics to a healthy scalp are quite simple. Shampoo and condition your hair at least 1-2 times a week or more normal if ached or needed. Avoid hairstyles or processes that don&#8217;t suffer number 1 or cause any type of adverse scalp and/or hair problem. Shampoos can have a drying sequel on the scalp and hair. This is the scale used to measure acidity and alkalinity.</p>
<p>Skin and hair are normally acidic, while soaps are alkaline. You don’t have to be a chemist to know if the shampoo you are using is upsetting the balance and is too severe. You’ll undergo itching and dry scalp. In some cases you can even feel a burning sensation. Limit your exposure to the sun.</p>
<p>Skin and hair are generally acidic, while soaps are alkaline. Soaking the scalp in warm (not hot) water can help unclasp scales. Soaking with water &#8220;plunks up&#8221; scales and makes them easier to remove. Maintain good-grooming exercises. When you wash your hair, use your knuckles significantly than your fingernails to give yourself a good scalp massage. This will increase dispersion to the scalp and promote healthy skin.</p>
<p>Wash your hair on a regular basis using products that are soft to your skin. If you have dandruff meditate using a shampoo that has an antidandruff formula. It is a common misinterpretation that dandruff is the result of a dry scalp. Dandruff is the result of a more speed shedding of the skin cells than normal.</p>
<h2>Scalp Treatment Tips</h2>
<p>1. Tea Tree Oil and other natural herbal remedies for Dandruff and Scalp.</p>
<p>2. Affordable zinc lotion with aloe, tea tree, and peppermint oils for effective relief of Scalp.</p>
<p>3. Apply petroleum jelly to cotton balls for sclap.</p>
<p>4. Keratolytic agents or oils to soften and remove the heavy scales and make scalp medications more effective.</p>
<p>5. Protect those areas by covering them with a thin layer of petroleum jelly before applying medications.</p>
<p>6. Avoid getting any medication in the eyes.</p>
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		<title>Waxing Hair Removal</title>
		<link>http://www.cosmeticsdiary.com/blog/2007/09/19/waxing-hair-removal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 06:19:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arihant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pubic hair removal is now a matter of regard for both men and women. Hair removal by waxing can break the hair, which is a main cause of ingrown hairs. Waxing is a leading hair removal process for both males and females these times. Waxing is one very popular method. It is low-cost, it can [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pubic hair removal is now a matter of regard for both men and women. Hair removal by waxing can break the hair, which is a main cause of ingrown hairs. Waxing is a leading hair removal process for both males and females these times. Waxing is one very popular method. It is low-cost, it can be done from home, and the results last for some weeks in many cases. Waxing leaves the area soft and is long lasting.</p>
<p>Waxing kits are quickly available in drugstores and grocery stores. Hair regrowth looks lighter and less observable than it is after other methods of hair removal, such as shaving. Waxing is an effective manner of removing large amounts of hair at one time. In this style wax is warmed to allow it to be spread well over the skin in the direction of hair growth.</p>
<p>The hair becomes entrenched in the wax, which cools and firms up grasping the hair. The wax is then quickly pulled off in the contrary direction of the hair growth, pulling the hairs out of the follicles. Cold waxes are available generally attached to strips, which are fondled on the skin.One difference between hot waxes and cold waxes. Hot waxes melt just more in body temperature (The degree of sensible heat or cold) so they can be simple spread thinly over the skin). Cold waxes are available in pre-coated strips which can be strained directly onto the skin.</p>
<p>Cold wax comes in a paste or gel that isn&#8217;t heated prior applying it to the skin. Wax that is still left on the skin must be peeled or scratched off. A wax mixture is spread thinly over the skin. A cloth strip is pressed on the top and then rented off with a quick movement removing the wax along with the hair and dead skin cells leaving the skin smooth. There are many disadvantages of waxing as well.</p>
<p>Waxing can be aching when the strip is removed from the skin. Waxing should not be done on areas of skin influenced by warts, pimples, moles or rashes or on skin that is irritated, chapped or suffering from sunburn. Never apply wax to peeling, broken skin or varicose veins.</p>
<h2>Waxing Hair Removal Tips</h2>
<p>1. Avoid showering and making the hair wet prior to waxing.</p>
<p>2. Never apply wax to peeling, broken skin or varicose veins.</p>
<p>3. Heat the wax carefully so as not to overheat and thus burn the skin when applying.</p>
<p>4. Apply a thin layer of wax in the direction of the hair growth and peel back with a rapid movement close to the skin.</p>
<p>5. Do not pull up or out, rather pull back.</p>
<p>6. Clean the skin with a warm moist towel afterwards to remove excess wax.</p>
<p>7. Avoid wearing tight clothing over freshly waxed areas to minimize the risk of irritation and ingrown hairs.</p>
<p>8. Do not wax when you are on the drug Roaccutane (used to treat acne), as the waxing does not only remove the hair.</p>
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		<title>Hair Dyeing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Aug 2007 02:12:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arihant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hair dyeing is an art and has to be performed with care. Only using a dye is not enough, using it skillfully is necessary to make them look natural and attractive. Women use herbal dyer or chemical dyes. Although chemical dyes are long lasting compared to herbal dyes, they are also many a times accompanied [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img align="left" width="200" src="http://www.cosmeticsdiary.com/blog/wp-content/themes/chocolatecandy/images/hair-dyeing.jpg" alt="Hair Dyeing" height="200" style="width: 200px; height: 200px" title="Hair Dyeing" />Hair dyeing is an art and has to be performed with care. Only using a dye is not enough, using it skillfully is necessary to make them look natural and attractive. Women use herbal dyer or chemical dyes. Although chemical dyes are long lasting compared to herbal dyes, they are also many a times accompanied with side effect.</p>
<p><strong>Herbal (Natural) Dyes</strong></p>
<p>Apply using rubber gloves, first to the ends of the hair within an inch of the scalp and then to the roots where the colour<br />
develops much more quickly.</p>
<p>Cover with a plastic or foil and leave for 30-40 minutes.</p>
<p>Then check the colour by testing a strand of hair.</p>
<p>Do not apply heat as this will affect the final colour</p>
<p>Shampoo and rinse out thoroughly.</p>
<p><strong>How to use Chemical Dyes</strong></p>
<p>After shampooing, use as directed on the packet by the manufacturer. Never over apply as the hair will become dull.</p>
<p>Protect your eyes when applying.</p>
<p>Leave on for 20-40 mts depending on intensity of tone required and rinse out.</p>
<p>Never apply on eyelashes, eyebrows or hair elsewhere on the body.</p>
<p>Preferably do not apply when pregnant.</p>
<p>Patch test for allergies.</p>
<p>Section off hair with clips and brush strands. Wrap strands in silver foil to make neat parcels.</p>
<p>Watch timing carefully and rinse thoroughly.</p>
<p>It is advisable to go to a professional colorist to have highlights put in.</p>
<p><strong>10 Secrets for Beautiful Hair</strong></p>
<p>1. A healthy, well-balanced diet.</p>
<p>2. Stimulation of circulation because it is after all the blood that supplies your hair with nourishment.</p>
<p>3. Relaxation &#8211; because .you&#8217;re more likely to keep your hair if you do.</p>
<p>4. Cleanliness &#8211; not only of hair but of all hai~accessories like brushes, combs etc.</p>
<p>5. Conditioning &#8211; a must after every shampoo.</p>
<p>6. A good hair cut whicp suits your face, personality as well as ability to maintain.</p>
<p>7. Choose hair care products with utmost care.</p>
<p>8. The right styling equipment makes your job interesting and praise-worthy.</p>
<p>9. Curls &#8211; Perms need special care and you&#8217;re conditioning routine has to be adjusted accordingly.</p>
<p>10. Whether it&#8217;s outrageous or very discreet, colour can add new dimensions to your hair.</p>
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		<title>Herbs For Hair</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2007 07:07:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arihant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Much success has been achieved with the use of plant ingredients, for the treatment of the hair problems, selecting extracts that are known to promote hair growth and keep the scalp in a healthy condition. Not only do these ingredients have powerful therapeutic value, but the body responds well to natural organic substances.
Among the plant [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Much success has been achieved with the use of plant ingredients, for the treatment of the hair problems, selecting extracts that are known to promote hair growth and keep the scalp in a healthy condition. Not only do these ingredients have powerful therapeutic value, but the body responds well to natural organic substances.</p>
<p>Among the plant ingredients that have been used in the treatment of hair problems are Amla, Shikakai, Reetha, Bael, Heena, Hibiscus, Jatmansi, Neem, Lemon Grass Bhringaraj, Mint and so on.</p>
<p>Brahmi &#8211; The Natural Herb for Hair</p>
<p>Brahmi has been widely used in the ayurvedic system in India. Not only is it of great value in healing scalp infections,but is known to have a soothing and relaxing effects on the nerves.</p>
<p>During the ancient times, it was used to treat psychological problems. Being a nerve tonic and anti-depressant, it imparts a feeling of optimism and self-confidence. It is, therefore, beneficial in treating hair problems that are stress-related.</p>
<p>Hair herbs and their uses in hair products</p>
<p>These natural ingredients have been included in ranges of hair-care and treatment products like hair cleanser, rinses, conditioners, medicated lotions and ointments. Amla, for instance, helps to restore the normal acid-alkaline balance. Shikakai and reetha have powerful cleansing actions, but do not disturb the natural balances.</p>
<p>Many of these ingredients are effective agents against bacterial and fungal infections.</p>
<p>Mint has a stimulating effect, due to its action on the capillaries. Neem, one of the most popular and versatile ingredients, is natureâ€™s own antibiotic. It has been used for centuries to cure skin and scalp disease.</p>
<p>Benefits of Hair Herbs</p>
<p>Those who use chemical hair treatment lotions and dyes, as well as styling procedures that are known to cause hair damage, should realize that it is all the more important to give the hair regular treatments with natural products, so that hair receives some protection from the effect of chemicals.</p>
<p>Many of the herbs facilitate the removal and cleansing of toxins and wastes. Natural ingredients are non-toxic and do not harm the structure of hair. They do not destroy the cuticle. In fact, they help to coat the hair shafts, strengthening and protecting the hair.</p>
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