What Is Vellus Hair and When Does It Turn Into Terminal Beard?

If you’re spending a lot of time staring at the mirror, wondering when your facial hair will start growing, you’re not alone. Most teenage boys wonder about it and that’s understandable as facial hair heralds the growth of the boy into a man and prepubescent facial hair is often looked down upon. Often called “peach fuzz”, the prepubescent hair on teenagers’ faces is nothing shameful, however – it’s perfectly normal. But what is peach fuzz? Otherwise known as vellus hair, this type of hair can be found all over the bodies of both boys and girls, as well as men…

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Remy Hair vs Virgin Hair: What’s the Difference?

Remy hair and virgin hair extensions are often confused with each other and that understandable considering how similar these two types of hair are. Both are very valuable types of natural human hair for hair extensions and the term “remy hair”, in particular, is often used for virgin hair, hence the confusion. So, let’s go over the remy hair meaning and virgin hair meaning, and then compare the two. What is remy human hair? So, what does remy hair mean? Remy hair is high-quality natural human hair used for hair extensions. What’s specific about it is that all its hair…

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Pros and Cons of Popular Hair Extension Methods

If you’re choosing between the many different types of hair extensions, here’s our quick guide the pros and cons of all popular hair extensions methods. Tape hair extensions pros and cons Tape in is one of the most popular types of hair extensions but they are not without their drawbacks. Here are the main tape in extensions pros and cons you’ll need to keep in mind: Pros: Quick and easy to apply – ~30 minutes for volume applications and ~60 minutes for full-length tape ins. No need for heat or additional tools. The safest of the main hair extension methods….

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The Ultimate Guide to Blow-Drying Hair

Blow-drying hair is a more complicated subject than a lot of people realize as there’s much more to it than just blowing some warm air to help dry your hair faster. There are lots of question that needs to be answered, especially when it comes to different types of hair. What does blow drying your hair do to it and its health? How to blow dry natural hair straight in a safe manner? What are the best ways to effectively blow drying natural hair for volume? We’ll go over these and some other major questions in our ultimate guide to…

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How to Wash Hair Extensions

The world of hair extensions is quite big and often overwhelming. There are clip-in extensions, tape-in or glue-in extensions, sew-in or weave extensions, as well as a myriad of other subcategories. Assuming you’ve already chosen your preferred type of extensions, however, the next question is how should you maintain them. Can you wash hair extensions and how? Here’s our guide for washing the three standard types of hair extensions. How to wash sew in hair extensions? Knowing how to wash hair extensions sewn in is the same as knowing how to wash your weave as they are essentially the same…

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Curly Girl Method Basics

Curly hair is almost always hard to control and take care of which is why most people with curly or wavy hair are constantly looking for new tips and solutions. It’s also why Lorraine Massey and Michele Bender wrote and published the Curly Girl: The Handbook – a unique and quick read that we’d definitely recommend. Instead of just doing a book review, however, we thought we’d offer you our Curly Girl method steps and basics that you can use to get your curly hair under control. In this guide, we’ll go over the curly girl method ingredients and basics,…

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Does Blow Drying Hair Kill Lice?

There are many different ways to deal with hair lice, some convenient, others – not so much. While that makes lice an easy problem to deal with they still need to be dealt with as quickly as possible before they become more difficult to manage. This means that often it’s smarter to reach for a convenient solution you may already have at your disposal rather than wasting time looking for more convoluted options. For example, does blow drying hair kill lice? The quick answer here is – yes, it can. Can blow drying hair kill lice faster and more effectively…

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Is It Possible to Lighten Hair With Developer Alone?

What does hair developer do by itself? If you’ve scrolled through our site before or you simply know a thing or two about hair dyes and hair bleach, you’re most probably aware of the role hair developers play – they are what opens the hair cuticles so that the bleach or hair dye can have a stronger effect. What if you use a hair developer alone, however? Can it lighten your hair to a noticeable degree by itself or is it going to be more or less pointless? Will developer lighten hair without bleach? So, can 20 volume developer lighten…

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What Is Hair Developer?

We’ve talked about hair color dyes more than once and we’ve often touched on hair developer and how it’s a part of certain color dyes. It is worth exploring what is hair developer, however, what does hair developer do, and how it should be used. When most people hear about hair color developer they think of it as a way to cover grey hair, but it’s more than that. What is hair color developer? Hair color developers are products that enable hair color dyes to penetrate the cuticle of the hair, prolonging the coloring effect of the dye. They are…

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What Is Pomade and How to Use It?

Pomade may sound like a tropical fruit but it’s actually a hair styling product. If you’re curious about how to apply pomade, how much pomade to use, and other such questions, we’ll try to quickly answer everything in this article. What is pomade? Pomade is a general term for a wide range of hairstyling products and isn’t too specific. It comes from French where pommade means “an ointment”, which itself comes from the Latin pomum which is “fruit or apple”. So pomade is simply “a hair ointment”. Pomade products can be waxy, water-based, or greasy. Traditionally, most pomade products were…

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