School has started and students everywhere are trying to adjust to their new schedules. Night owls have to
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revert to earlier bed times or else risk sleeping through their alarms. College co-eds jostle for mirror time in dorm restrooms, wielding all sorts of menacing items to get them ready in time for class – sizzling curling irons, mascara wands, hairspray, blow-dryers, and flatirons hot enough to fry an egg.
Soon, the smart girls realize something’s gotta give. Campus life and hours spent on hair and makeup just don’t mesh. Morning makeup application will need to be cut down to a five-minute beauty blitz, and they’ll learn to either wear their hair “au naturel” to classes or shove it under a ball cap, emblazoned with the school logo. For the really smart gals, a third option comes to mind: a semi-permanent cure for the unruly mess – an appointment at a hair salon to get Japanese hair straightening.
Your best friend has a big birthday coming up, so it’s time to think of a good gift idea. In the past, a book or pretty candle would do, but this year you want it to be something really good – something really perfect.
Makeover Birthday Gift
Why not give her a makeover? She adores those talk shows where audience members get picked randomly to spend some time with a makeup artist and a hair professional. That’s the first page she flips to when she picks up a magazine, too. You’ve heard her say, “I wish that were me” so many times! Why not make her secret wish come true?
You could get her a gift certificate to get her hair cut…or to make it really spectacular, go in with a few of your other gal pals and give the birthday girl “the works.” Find a spa or salon that knows how to pamper someone and give her the royal treatment. Then head out for a night on the town to help her celebrate.
Salon Trendz in Chicago, for instance, could put together a package for your friend with the following services: Read the rest of this entry »
“It’s going to take howlong to get your hair straightened?” asks her boyfriend.
Japanese hair straightening saves time
To the uninitiated, that’s a common question when first hearing how long an appointment
takes for Japanese hair straightening. The thermal hair straightening technique does take several hours to go through the process, but in the long run it’s a great time saver.
Just tell that boyfriend, “It takes time to save time!” Then, remind him that’s a quote attributed to Chicago Bears’ Joe Taylor.
To do Japanese hair straightening correctly, a hair styling team has to go through numerous steps, involving w
ashings and application of a special solution to alter the hair’s molecular structure so that waves and kinks relax. Then the hair is rinsed, heated and styled until the maximum straightness is ensured. It takes a couple of hours, but then most women are done for the next nine to 12 months, although those with very curly hair may need a touchup at the roots.
