When your highlights start to move over to the dark side and you need a quick fix, try sprinkling baby powder onto your part and brushing it through; it will give the overall impression that your hair is lighter and brighter.

While coloring is a great way to give fine hair some oomph, beware of going too blonde since lighter colors can make hair appear transparent, which means it will look even thinner than it actually is. Golden, warmer, denser colors give the illusion of thicker hair

If you are coloring your hair yourself, safeguard the skin around your hairline from stains by applying a layer of lip balm, petroleum jelly, or a hair mask before your color. The emollient ingredients in these products will help prevent the dye's pigments from seeping into your skin.

To cover gray roots in a pinch, many makeup artists like to use a dense powder eyeshadow that matches the hair color. Apply it with an eyeshadow brush directly onto the roots of dry hair.

The day or two before any coloring service, wash your hair with ALOE RID gentle clarifying shampoo to remove any built-up oil, dirt, and styling product which can create a barrier that prevents color from penetrating and/or sticking to the hair shaft.

To hide grays without coloring, comb your hair toward your face rather than back and away from it. You will call less attention to the hairline, which is where grays are the most visible since your face is the first thing people see.

Highlights add volume to limp locks because bleaching increases static electricity (yes there is a good kind). Late for your touch up? Use a body building mousse such as MOUSSE PLUS alcohol-free volumizing foam styler, on the roots.

For ultra-lustrous locks in pictures, instead of traditional foil wrapped highlights, try Baliage, a freehand application of hair color, which imparts more natural looking chunkier highlights. It's much softer, shinier, and less aggressive than highlights and photographs beautifully.

To ensure that color-treated hair is strong, healthy-looking, soft, and silky, use a gentle shampoo and a strengthening conditioner, such as COLOR ASSURE replenishing nutrient shampoo and COLOR ENSURE replenishing conditioner & detangler, at least every other time you suds up.

Adding subtle highlights around the hairline just before the summer is a great way to enhance ones color and also insures a beautiful color going into the fall.

Prior to coloring, it's important to give your hair extra attention. Use Nexxus ALOE RID gentle clarifying shampoo before your color process to insure a deeper penetration of the color, giving longer lasting brighter results. Try Nexxus KERApHIX restorative conditioner to intensively moisturize and help protect hair.

While it may seem counter-intuitive, going lighter, and blonder with your highlights will not warm up winter-wan skin, In fact, it can make you look paler since there will be less contrast between your face and your hair and contrast helps keep your look lively and light. Try going to a richer and deeper base color than you wear in the summer and keep your highlights narrower and less drastic. Both your skin and hair will look more glowing and radiant.

If you’re pressed for styling time, before you hit the shower, set medium-sized sections of dry hair in self-grip rollers and wrap your hair up turban style. The steam will create loose, pretty, undone waves. Just be sure to keep you head away from the running water.

This may not sound especially sexy, but to have truly amazing stop-dead-in-your-tracks-beautiful hair, it's best to work with its natural texture rather than against it the majority of the time. (I wholeheartedly embrace pulling out all the stops for special occasions.) The more you have to force it with blow dryers, flat irons, curling irons, and chemical processes, the more damaged it will become and frustrated you will be—not to mention all the time you will waste.

For a perfectly polished, easy and unfussy up-do, first work a smoothing and styling gel, such as EXXTRA GEL super hold styling sculptor, which can be used on damp or dry hair, evenly throughout hair. Then, finger comb hair and smooth it into a low ponytail; add another rubber band at the end of the ponytail for greater control. Next, twist into a casual version of the classic chignon and pin into place.

To make even the most tired looking of celebrities seem wide-awake and bursting with energy, red carpet stylists, including myself, often pull hair into a high ponytail or a tight chignon to add instant lift to the face. It's got such a ready for action appeal.

To help control frizz, when blow drying curly hair, only dry it 80 percent of the way. If you’re blow drying your hair smooth and your bangs end up looking poufy, mist them with a little water and use your fingers to pull hair down flat and taut as you blow dry using a directional nozzle. Next, use your round brush to smooth the ends under while still blow-drying.

To control static and smooth flyaways, spray a bit of lightweight hair spray, such as COMB THRU natural hold design and finishing mist, into the palms of your hands and gently pat onto the top layer of your hair.

If your blow dryer lacks a cool shot button, which helps to eliminate frizz and create shine, aim the heat away from a just dried section and let it cool for at least five seconds while it's still around the brush.

To make sure your styling products work their hardest, always apply them to well towel-dried hair. (Blot, don't rub or you'll create frizz.) Any styler is fairly likely to just slide off soaking wet stands.

To help prevent breakage and split ends, always comb hair starting at the ends and then gradually work your way up the shaft to gently de tangle knots. Trying to comb them out starting at the roots and working your way down is far more painful and can damage hair.

To get that professional blown out look, apply body-building Nexxus MOUSSE PLUS alcohol free volumizing foam styler foam styler to the roots and use your fingers to lift them up while blow drying on a low setting. For those who prefer lotions to mousse, try the VERSASTYLER artistic designing lotion the same way.

I always advise my clients to be equipped with a professional blow dryer with a nozzle that directs the heat for better results, the right brush for your hair, and the right products. These are all ways of accomplishing salon results at home.

Wind, rain, and humidity can all cause even the most flawlessly styled hair to grow to new heights or flatten down to new lows. If you find this happening to you, simply scrunch some DESIGNING TEXXTUR high fashion texture crème into your ends in an upward movement. The tube is small enough to slip into your bag so you can use it anywhere. And you'll find that it will refresh and revive your look just like a fresh application of gloss.

To make your blowout go the distance, hats can really help. First apply Nexxus VERSASTYLER artistic designing lotion to the roots (so hair won't be completely flat) and HEAT PROTEXX heat protection styling spray from the mid-shaft to the ends to add crucial moisture and protect it from styling damage. Blow dry as you normally would until hair is about 80 percent dry then, switch to the cool setting on your dryer. Lastly, dab a little DESIGNING TEXXTUR high fashion texture crème onto the ends to add more moisture and shine. When hair is completely cool and dry pull on a close fitting knit cap (a baseball cap will leave a band around your head.) "This trick really helps keep your beautifully smooth".

To stop hat hair dead in its tracks wait till hair is completely cool and dry before you put one on.