A blog about hair, written by hair junkies at Folica.com

Happy end of the week hair fans!

I’m so glad you’re excited about the subscription prize. It really is fabulous. I can’t wait to give it to one of you.

What else is new in hair?

Yesterday, Folica sent out a helpful little email – I wanted to share because I imagine it’ll inspire some of you to do the same. It’s about quick hair fixes – looking polished when you’re pressed for time.

I needed that today. This NYC summer isn’t wasting any time getting serious. It was 80 degrees before I’d had coffee.

That kind of heat means I don’t want to be anywhere near a hair dryer or flat iron, and I could work up a sweat simply styling in my humid little apartment.  Wearing my hair up off of my neck is a must, but I work at Hair Headquarters, I can’t do a ponytail every day. With those parameters, what’s a girl to do to look good?

Folica’s fixes below and then I want to know yours!

	Solia Mini Flat Iron Quickly smooths kinks and fits easily in your purse. (Until 6/7 it’s free with orders over $85.)
	Hairdo Wrap Around Pony Instantly creates a long high-fashion ponytail.
	Oscar Blandi Pronto Colore Pen Portable temporary color disguises grays or roots on the go.
	Blow Faux Dry Dry Shampoo Refreshes and restyles your hair without water.

P.S. Another surefire fix is an accessory, of course. My current favorite is a spiked headband that Jan found a few months ago. I immediately thought, “unicorn!” but every time I wear it I get, “Statue of Liberty!” I’ll see if I can dig up a photo. It’s pretty fierce.

And last month, we had Accessories Week on HairJunky: Folica employees wearing a different accessory every day – and then I gave a bunch away. That was a fun contest.

Accessories on Folica.

Okay, your turn! Tell me some good looking secrets.

Finishing off Accessories Week is lovely buyer Megan in a KARINA Fabric Flower Headband.

Pretty and perfect for Spring, I do say.

Shop KARINA on Folica.

It was neat seeing all the faces of Folica in their fave accessories this week, right? And we had enough of them (accessories, not faces) to go for another full week, but rather than hog all the fun, the buyers decided to share the love.

Giveaway:  THREE WINNERS will get a collection of accessories each. How to play:

• Review your favorite hair accessory on Folica. (If you don’t have one, then pick your favorite accessory review.)
• Copy & paste the first line of the review into a comment here.
• I’ll announce the winners next Wednesday, 5/26!

(To see an example of how to do the review-copy-paste-comment thing, check out the Win Blair’s Waver Contest from last week.)

Some of the goods up for grabs:

France Luxe Pearl Crystal Wreath on TBL Pairs

France Luxe Pearl Crystal Bobby Pairs

France Luxe Pearl Crystal Vine on TBL Pairs

France Luxe Subtle Studded Barrette - in every color!

France Luxe Lace Rossette Headband - worth $50, handmade and we have turquoise and orange.

Phew. This is kind of an epic giveaway. Happy reviewing!

Julie from Marketing (and one of the voices of the Folica emails) wears Bed Head Metallic Neon headwraps.

Bed Head accessories are new to Folica as of this week. Props Julie for rocking the whole pack at once. Jan thought the look was kind of jazzercise. Julie laughed. For a second.

Shop Bed Head on Folica.

The buyers deemed it Hair Accessories Week at Folica. So, every day HairJunky will feature a different headquarters hair junky, wearing their favorite hair accessory. Starting it off is our dear Jan in not one but two (and pairing red and purple – oo dare) French-made France Luxe Rose on Tige Boule barrettes.

Is that my arm?

France Luxe makes some pretty special pieces – handmade, real lace in their headbands  and obvious quality in construction and design. And, they’re in just about ever celeb mag on the shelf. (France Luxe’s As Seen In.)

France Luxe on Folica.

Stay tuned for new Folica faces, an accessory a day and, oh probably some special giveaway at the end of the week.

Morning friends! Starting the day off strong with DailyCandy’s slideshow of Haute Hair Trends for Fall.

So many fun little tricks to try! I see several simple updates that would refresh a look.

A side-pony+center-part+headband combo is just as easy as a messy bun and oh so much more pulled together.

Folica carries some pretty headbands. This design from France Luxe is one of my favorites.

This look would also be a fun way to try out extensions.

Onward with the haute! Diagonal part across the crown? Genius.

And what’s this one?? It looks like my hair (well, before I cut it). Some straight, some curly – do you like or is it a mess? Or both?!

And this looks like our buyers’ romp with the crimpers yesterday.

What’s your favorite? Will you try any of these? If you send me pictures, I will post them! Unless you don’t want me to, of course. I’m going to try each look. See ya!