Pantene Enjoying Minoxidil Hair Re-Growth Partnership For Women With Thinning Locks

Even Pantene realizes what a BIG business the hair re-growth industry is. That's why the beauty company decided to partner with the well-known Minoxidil formula to help women get back their gorgeous locks.

So---does it REALLY work?

We are not sure, but the product like many on drugstore shelves shows promise.

Pantene Expert Collection Minoxidil Topical Solution USP 2% Hair Regrowth Treatment for Women">Pantene Expert Collection Minoxidil Topical Solution USP 2% Hair Regrwoth Treatment for Women ($23.99, 1-month supply).

Pantene is claiming it DOES work:
...."Clinically proven to help regrow your hair. It revitalizes hair follicles to promote new growth. It's scientifically developed with Minoxidil (2%) and FDA approved."

Women who have suffered from thinning locks or hair loss lose a key part of their self-esteem.

Even model Christie Brinkley admits to thinning hair now that she's turned 60. Menopause makes hair more fragile + dry.

And Christie revealed a few months ago that her hair is her OWN-- along with some great hair extensions cleverly hidden. The beloved model sells them here.

We think it is wonderful when we as women have lots of beauty choices.

It's nice to know that Pantene is trying to help solve the common problem of thinning hair in women.

If you have tried Pantene with Minoxidil, please comment below.

Cindy Crawford Uses This Beauty Trick To Keep Hair Up During Sleep Time

How do you wear your long hair when you're going to bed...to sleep, that is?

Do you pin it up? Wrap it? Ponytail it? Or let it fall free?

We take a plastic jaw clip and haphazardly arrange our long, thick hair into a bun high on our head. If we don't do this step, our locks look unruly in the morning, especially if we are trying to extend a blow-out.

Does the jaw clip pull on our strands? A bit, but we don't put the styling clip on too tightly. Still, we are sure we ARE damaging our hair in some manner.

It was interesting to recently learn that model Cindy Crawford is also like many of us, thinking about how to "sleep" on her hair at night.

So, this is what the fab model does to extend her blow-out, as she revealed to everydayhealth.com:

"I’m more conscientious about using heat on my hair now," says Cindy. So to keep her hair style looking as lovely as it does on day one, Cindy goes to bed with her hair up in a loose bun using Emi-Jay hair ties. These cute ties are made from soft material that won’t leave dents or abuse to the hair.

GREAT beauty trick, Cindy Crawford!

CUSTOM SET OF 3 PRINTED HAIR TIES (PRTHT3R) | $7.50

                                                                  SANGRIA 5-PACK (HT5PR-532) | $13

         

You can find Emi-Jay hair ties at Nordstrom's.

How To Get BIG, Bad Hair With L'Oreal's New Boost It High Lift Creation Spray

We LOVE BIG, bad hair.

Who doesn't?

Volume is important, especially during those hot summer days when your locks lie limp or start frizzing up.

We like trying new beauty products, and we will be picking this one up very soon, because we're hearing very good things about it:

L'Oreal Boost It High Lift Creation Spray ($3.97, at Walmart). Low price for hairspray that promises instant lift + fullness with strong hold + back combing finish.

This can rocks! It's easy-to-use, too:

"Spray 8-12 inches away from dry hair to BOOST IT and texturize for all over fullness. Or spray directly on roots for targeted high root lift. For amplified lift and fullness, use a comb to tease the hair. The perfect finisher for your style!"

Hey, good hairsprays cost a lot more than $4, so we will be happy to spring that for a test run on our long, straight, moody locks.

Customers at ULTA rate L'Oreal's Boost It pretty highly, with a 4.1 out of 5 *****.

The only drawback we could find was the scent. Users found it a bit overwhelming.

Read more about new Boost It--here.

Missing The Boot Cut Jean? Skinny Pants Still Hot Trend For Fall 2014

Let us be frank here. Yes, skinny jeans are so popular and make every gal look long + lean.

But we are so missing the boot cut jean. Please come back in style, boot cut!

We don't like the boyfriend cut. We've had a couple of pairs, but it just looks sloppy for us. And the flare jean is hot for some. Michael Kors is featuring a couple of flares but NO boot cut, just lots of the skinny jean + skinny pant.

We believe the slim-fitting boot cut jean (pants style) is the most flattering for the body when worn with higher heels/boots.

Celebs like Jennifer Aniston, Cindy Crawford, and Gisele Bundchen looked spectacular in their boot cut jeans back in 2013.

We have a pair of sexy boot cut jeans sitting in our closet. And yeah, we still put them on when we feel like it. And NO--- we don't look OUT of style. We still look fine.

Favorite college online shops like Alloy feature a variety of the boot cut jean for Fall 2014. At least college students express individual fashion trends, so we applaud them there.

Alloy, in fact, is selling 18 different boot cut jean styles at the moment.

Trends are great to follow, but personal style is also what makes each of us stand out.

Here's to the boot cut return hopefully, in one of these years.

Cellulite Is Everywhere--Even On Super Amazing Athletes

Cellulite.

We talk about this often, especially when warm weather beckons along with short-shorts + bikinis.

Sad to read about some women though, who HATE their dimpled fat so much, that they refuse to put on anything brief enough that shows their cellulite.

Look---if you are female, chances are you HAVE cellulite. The stats show us that about 90% ofwomen have cellulite. Cellulite is formed in our DNA. Some women are lucky in that they don't have much, but they are in the minority. And yeah.....even super amazing athletes have cellulite.

And for proof take a look at Serena Williams' rock-hard, tip-top-shape body. There she is in April of this year. And you can see Serena's cellulite along her upper thighs/lower buttocks.

We say, So what!

Cellulite is NORMAL. And to the myths out there that as long as you exercise, eat healthy + lose weight you won't have any, that's a bunch of baloney. Tall, thin, athletic, curvy, heavy, petite, short, and couch potato, cellulite targets all shapes, size, races and nationalities.

Cellulite has everything to do with our connective tissue arrangement. With cellulite, our fat cells become bigger and protrude through our skin's collagen creating that bumpy or dimpled look on our thighs, buttocks, bellies and even on our arms.

So, we CANNOT get rid of cellulite but we can mask it with creams + serums. Cellulite products that contain ingredients like L-Carnitine, caffeine, aminophylline help to smooth out the skin for several hours, helping to reduce its appearance.

Adonia Legtone Serum is a popular product that celebs like to use, but maybe a bit pricey at $79 a bottle.

We say.....Let's enjoy our lady lumps now before summer is over!

Yet Another Sophia Loren-Inspired Cat Eye Demo: Difficult Look To Master

The cat eye.

It has to be one of the most glamorous + sexy eye makeups you can try on. You know it when you see movie star Sophia Loren---absolutely the QUEEN of the cat eye, or winged eye liner with the feline flick.

Sophia Loren has ALWAYS been our beauty icon, and her extraordinary eyes are part of this beguiling woman. Those sexy eyes are just as captivating as the rest of her unique facial features.

The cat eye is part of our daily makeup routine. It is a smoky eye with strong liner and that signature "wing." Certainly difficult to master. Our daily cat eye is rather tame next to this movie icon. We do NOT use false eyelashes. We do use a smoky gray shadow to define the eye lid +beyond

Here I am trying to "wing it." I feel that my eyes do not match in this photo. So HARD to get both eyes even with this classic eye look.

Then again, this is NOT a professional photo. Just me with natural daylight. No photoshop. I wouldn't know how to do it. Er...I look like a slug next to Sophia Loren, but I just wanted to show my readers my signature makeup look.

To copy-cat the Sophia Loren cat eye, we found a super YouTube demo by a stunning woman named Teni Penosian.

You MUST check out this cat eye tutorial. AMAZING!

Meow, ladies!

E! Host Giuliana Rancic Lovin' Her Blonde Ambition Tour: Would You Lighten Up?

Now THAT's dramatic!

We did a double-take when we saw E!'s most famous television host reveal her new, very BLONDE hair color last evening.

Giuliana has played around with several hair color changes in the past, but this one REALLY grabs attention.

We think it's a sexy look, Miss G., but best of luck trying to maintain the flaxen strands, minus the dyeing damage, brassiness, frizzies, breakage and all that other junk that can happen to those with very light colored hair.

We color our dark hair and suffer damage, too, but when you go lighter, you pay a bigger price.

John Frieda's got a nice collection of hair products that offer you blonde beauties lots of TLC, like this one, Sheer Blonde Color Renew Tone Correcting Shampoo, ($5.99, at Walgreen's).

We think Giuliana's teeth really dazzle under this Playboy bombshell blonde look.

We applaud her for taking the chance. It's a BIG deal when you switch up your hair color in a major way.

We prefer Giuliana best with darker roots, but that is only our humble opinion.

We think she looks AMAZING with longer hair, er extensions, too.

Giuliana says she is LOVIN' her new, blond locks, and we bet husband Bill is enjoying her blonde ambition tour.

Would you lighten up for summer?