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

Hey hey, check out who’s going to be on Live! with Regis and Kelly … our friend Oscar Blandi!

(applause)

Check out our video with Oscar here: {Video: Dry Shampoo How-To with Oscar Blandi}

Busy Scissors, Redken’s new video game for Nintendo Wii and DS is out this month. In it, you get to play star-stylist to clients in a Hollywood based salon. It’s a race to fame that you win by earning points successfully performing the latest cut, color or style trends.

I found it interesting that “each salon technique was demonstrated and filmed by stylists from the Redken team before it was re-created in 3D and designed as a mini-game.” {stylelist}

(Think they used the NVIDIA graphics chip we saw back in March?)

According to Senior Director of Interactive for Redken, Rachel Weiss: “We are excited to share the behind-the-scenes salon professional experience with our clients via Busy Scissors. [It’s] a new way for consumers to connect and engage with Redken by allowing them to interact directly with Redken products in the virtual salon.”

Will you play it???

One of the articles I read about it mentioned the fun of being able to try a different look every day without having to commit to a cut or color. If you could try any look tomorrow, what would it be?

I think I’d go for a platinum blond pixie.

If you need any help choosing your alter ego, check out New York Daily News’ H’wood hair chameleons photo gallery:

It’s 82 pages strong, Rihana takes two slides and hey, who remembers when Gwen Stefani had braces?!

Have some fun with your hair this weekend and I’ll see you next week for whatever’s next and new in the ‘do business. Cheers!

Video number one of a couple from our day at Pipino Nolita salon learning How-To. Ric shows Charlene how to style with the Long Layers products from his Revolution in Cut line.

How-To: Revolution in Cut with founder Ric Pipino

Read and see more: {HairJunky at Pipino Nolita Salon}

Here at Folica, we’re still talking about dry shampoo. This time, the brand on our brains is Batiste. Buyers Lauren, Charlene and I took a trip to Union Square today with our Flip Cam to visit the Batiste Dry Shampoo tent for some demos. The lovely Batiste hairstylist, Christine, demonstrated how to use the product, leaving all three of us with super fresh hair. Lauren and Charlene both said that their hair was a bit flat today, but once the Batiste was in they noticed more volume. My hair, on the other hand, wasn’t necessarily what I would consider flat, but the shampoo definitely left my hair feeling refreshed. Thanks, Batiste!

Action:

Lauren, Charlene and I all chose the Blush scent. It was a bit flowery, but not too overpowering. The Original scent was very basic and simple, but also smelled nice. I haven’t personally tried the Tropical scent, but I’ve heard great things. All are definitely great options if you need a quick hair fix, and they’re super affordable! If you’ve tried it, let me know how you like!

Shop Batiste Dry Shampoo on Folica.

–J

There’s so much going on at HairJunky right now, I wanted to recap so’s we’re all in the know and on the same page. Though this being a blog, we kind of always are, right? (courtesy laugh?)

1. One more day to enter the Dry Shampoo Contest. UPDATE: Contest ends at 6 pm EST today, 6/16.

2. There’s a great conversation going about washing with conditioner in the comments on the Washing with Conditioner, Gel and the end of a Keratin Treatment post. This is a hot topic! We’ll need to dig into it deeper – maybe try different conditioners and on different hair types of course. I’d love to hear more about what you think, and what you know. Some reader insights so far:

• According to Melissa: Washing with conditioner is called a co wash.
• And gi says: Basically, curly hair + co washing + gel = curly girl method. I guess you’ve heard about Lorraine Massey. Her curls are gorgeous (make me want to be curly )and I love her “be proud of what you have” attitude.

(HairJunky note: Lorraine Massey is “The Original Curly Girl” and co-owner of Devachan Salon – a curly girl’s haven. Deva products are 100% sulfate free and formulated to hydrate hair and encourage natural texture. Deva on Folica.)

• Also from gi:
  • The only thing you have to be careful about is if the conditioner has any kind of silicones in it, because those cause build up and hinder moisture over time. But since you will still shampoo every other wash, it shouldn’t be a problem because the shampoo removes silicone.
  • And a note: water removes sweat, because sweat IS salty water. The only thing water can’t remove is sebum, but working out causes sweat not sebum, so a co-wash or even a water wash afterwards is fine.

And there you have an example of why I’m so excited to have you HairJunky readers; this knowledge is golden!

Edify is the word of the day. (No really: Merriam-Webster.com.) Actually, this morning our Web Analyst Bayla emailed me a great one. She said, “Very HairJunky word for you: Coiftastrophe.” (Later, she confessed to discovering it on the Fug girls’ blog. We won’t tell.)

3. Q & A from hair shoppers debating between flat irons and a CHI Brazilian Styling Set, the dry shampoo video with Oscar Blandi, the VIP Reviewers program, and the Prom Hair StyleOff Contest ends tomorrow. So, let’s wrap with a prom photo. Which is so hair-perfect that if Folica had a mantle, this would totally be on it:

And, it’s only Tuesday.

x, R