Holiday Haircare

Sea and sun can play havoc with our hair, so it’s vital we take care of our tresses in the heat. Here are top tips for keeping your locks luscious all summer long.


We’re all aware of the damage the sun can do to our skin – we wouldn’t dream of going in the sun without wearing a high-protection sunscreen – but many people neglect their hair on holiday and return home for a drastic cut to get rid of the damage.
Wearing a sun hat and staying in the shade during the hottest part of the day – between noon and 2 p.m. – makes good sun sense, but turn over to find out what other steps you can take to protect hair from the detrimental effects of sun, sea and chlorine…

Top Tips For Holiday Hair
• Ask your stylist to recommend professional hair care products for your holiday and, in the same way as you would use sunscreen on your body, apply a protective lotion to your hair and scalp before you go out in the sun and then reapply after swimming.
• Chlorinated water and seawater strip out all the natural moisture from hair and fades colour so, before you swim, apply serum to hair. After your swim, rinse hair with fresh water and reapply. You can keep the sleek look going by using hair protectors which also offers protection and hold.
• Hair is at its most fragile when wet so use a wide-tooth comb to detangle, working gently from root to tip. Rollers are easy to pack in your suitcase and are superb for creating a sleek finish or adding bounce. Lightweight straighteners are also a big asset – but be sure to use a heat protection spray before using straighteners.
• Protect hair and scalp with professional formula products containing SPF 18 for maximum performance. Hair spray is excellent for use on coloured hair as it reduces fading by up to 62 per cent.
• Hair that has natural curl or waves can look wonderful on the beach and with very little effort you can make it work for you. Use a leave-in balm conditioner – fantastic for taming rebellious hair. While you’re getting ready to go out in the evening, let your hair dry naturally, then use just a slick of wax rubbed lightly between your hands. Using a very gentle scrunching action, work through the hair to create a soft, tousled look.
• Aftersun care is vital – particularly if you’re a fan of water sports. Your stylist will be able to recommend products with intensive conditioning properties that help to repair the structure of the hair.
Hot Looks For Cool Hair
Bold high-shine colours are big this summer. Think platinum ice-cool blondes, dark chocolate browns and vibrant reds – but all one colour and with very little multi-toning.
Style-wise, glamour is the key and a simple and relatively quick way of getting the big hair look is, believe it or not, to use straightening irons! First, apply a styling spray product before drying your hair.

1. Split the hair into sections. Starting with the bottom half of the hair, take one-inch sections ready to curl, clamp the iron around the hair near the scalp, twist and hold for a couple of seconds.
2. Slowly pull down the section of hair to the end. Open the irons and let the hair fall out into an open curl.
3. Repeat until the whole head is done. Tease out the curls gently with your fingers. Lightly spray with hairspray to hold the look and you’re ready to go!

12 Things Your Hairstylist Won’t Tell You
• I’m a beautician, not a magician. I can give you a supermodel’s haircut, but I can’t give you her face.
• Come at least five minutes early. If you’re running late, please call ahead. Show me some basic respect. This is a business, not fun and games.
• Don’t ask me to “squeeze” you in when I’m already booked, I’d be taking time and effort away from other clients. You wouldn’t like being treated that way. Hairdresser school does not teach about counter-transference, projection, negative reinforcement, or personality disorders. If you’re looking for a therapist, all I have is a tail comb and an opinion.
• Some women think that if they keep their hair all one length the way it was in high school, everyone will think they’re still in high school.
Guess What? You’re not. As you get older, you need to soften the lines around your face. Layers are the magic remedy.
• Bodies and hair change as hormones change. If your hair is dry, listless, or brittle, or if it’s not holding your colour or style the way it used to, see a doctor. If your hair isn’t over processed, you could be pregnant (surprise!) or menopausal.
• A trim is not “just” a trim. It requires my expertise, skill, knowledge, and time. Would you say to your dentist, “It’s just a tooth,” or to your doctor, “It’s just a leg”?
• If you want to buy a bottle of colour and do your own hair to save money, you can live with the consequences. Some clients will say, “Cut my hair just like you did last time,” That always baffles the stylist. The average time between appointments is six to eight weeks. I have hundreds of clients. How am I supposed to remember exactly how I did your hair the last time? If you want a carbon copy of a cut and style you loved, take a picture and show me.
• Why do you think a Child’s haircut should cost less than yours? Kids don’t sit still. Kids kick. It’s an intense experience.
• Standing all day and using scissors and a blow-dryer takes its toll – I have arthritis in my fingers, calcium deposits in my wrist, and 10% less hearing than I used to. I am a physical wreck.
• We see women at their worst. Their hair is wet, they have foils on their hair, they have no make up on. There’s nothing for them to hide behind. So they tell us everything. The truth is, the stylist really don’t care what they do in their private lives.

WEEK ON A PAGE

Romance In The Sun
Sun, sea and romance are on the menu for Prince William and his girlfriend Kate Middleton after they jetted to the Caribbean isle of Mustique for an intimate vacation. The trip came just days after the attractive brunette returned from a family holiday on the island.
During her ten days back in the UK, Kate and the Prince were guests at the wedding of their friend Nicholas van Cutsem and his pretty bride Alice Hadden-Paton.
Their base during this break is thought to be a five-bedroom cliff-top villa costing £2,000 a night. The property, apparently one of the most opulent in Mustique, boasts an infinity pool, a private beach and a team of eight staff members to cater to their every whim.
By day, the lovebirds have been jet-skiing and taking strolls along the shore, while evenings are spent at their favourite nightspot on the island, Basil's.


Life Without 28 Feet Of Fingernails
A Salt Lake City woman who held the Guinness record for longest fingernails says a car crash that broke them has been a blessing because she never could have cut them herself. The 68-year-old woman Lee Redmond hadn't cut her nails since 1979. They measured a total of 28 feet, 4 inches, with the longest one on her right thumb at 2 feet, 11 inches.
But she lost them during an accident that threw her from the car. "The first thing I spotted was a fingernail, and I thought,' Oh.' Then I started to cry and said, ‘There's one of my fingernails,' " Lee Redmond reveals. "A sweet lady picked them up and I told her they were a Guinness world record, so she went around and gathered fragments of fingernails. It was just something I had to accept because I couldn't change anything," says Redmond, in her first comments about life without the long nails.

Mourinho ‘Should Speak Less’
When Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho, who has referred to himself as a “Special One”, substituted Ghanaian international Sulley Muntari after just 30 minutes of their game against Bari, he could never have imagined what storm the substitution would unleash.
However, it was probably not so much the substitution, but what Mourinho said afterwards, that set the wheels in motion.
The Portuguese coach reportedly said: “Muntari had some problems related to Ramadan, perhaps with this heat it’s not good for him to be doing this fasting”.
Understandably
An Italian Muslim leader Mohammad Noor Dachan, said that Mourinho would do better if he spoke less. “A practicing (Muslim) player is not weakened because we know from the Institute of Sports Medicine that mental and psychological stability can give a sportsman an extra edge on the field.”
Debate
Mourinho’s words opened an ongoing debate, which becomes relevant once a year, when Muslims worldwide celebrate Ramadan. Some like German-based Demba Ba, have found a personal compromise that sees him drink between sunrise and sunset only on match days. Like Ba, there are many players who find strength for their sporting prowess in religion.

Ditch Suit And Save Power
The Bangladeshi Prime Minister has ordered public servants to ditch suits and ties for short-sleeved shirts to cut air-conditioning use in the power-staved nation.
Shaikh Hasina first raised the idea at a cabinet meeting last month and asked her colleagues to set an example for other government employees.
“She told us to avoid suits and ties on hot days and to wear plain, simple shirts,” said communications minister Syed Abdul Husain.
“The Prime Minister pointed out that air conditioning is a luxury and if we wear lighter clothing we will need to use less AC. I’ve already noticed top public servants are no longer wearing suits and ties.”
The official dress code for civil servants, written in 1982, was last week altered to accommodate Hasina’s instructions.
Last month her government unveiled a $6 billion power plant building programme to end a chronic energy shortage in the country.

Faux Pas
A bank in the southeast US state of Florida refused to cash a cheque for an armless man because he could not provide a thumbprint.
“They looked at my prosthetic hands and the teller said, ‘Well, obviously you can’t give us a thumbprint’,” Steve Valdez said.
But he said the Bank of America Corp branch in downtown Tampa, Florida, still insisted on a thumbprint identification for him to cash a cheque drawn on his wife’s account at the bank, even though he showed them two photo IDs.
In the incident, a bank supervisor told Valdez he could only cash the cheque without a thumbprint if he brought his wife in with him or he opened an account with them. “I told them I neither wanted account with them and couldn’t bring my wife in be-cause she was nowhere close by,” Valdez said. Bank of America said in a statement: “While the thumbprint is a requirement for those who don’t have accounts, the bank should have made accommodations.”

Perfect Storm
The fabled beauty of the Kremlin’s golden onion domes dusted with winter snow may be a thing of the past under a scheme by the Moscow mayor, to banish snow from the capital.
“Why don’t we keep this snow outside the Moscow city limits?” Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, who has a well-established track record of micro-managing Moscow’s weather, was quoted as saying. “For the countryside, this means more moisture and bigger harvests. And for us – less snow,” Luzhkov said, recalling that Moscow already relies on special cloud - seeding techniques to guarantee clear skies on key holidays.
Under Luzhkov’s proposal, the skies would be cleared whenever snow-laden clouds-a regular and natural feature of the Moscow winter cityscape - approached the sprawling Russian metropolis.
The mayor said preventing snowfall would offer advantages to city residents, including significant cost savings since operations to clear snow from streets cost three times more than stopping snowfall altogether.
Cloud-sweeping operations over Moscow however often produce heavy precipitation in outlying areas. Experts said the plan was fraught with unpredictable consequences.

GET GORGEOUS

Whether you have an hour to primp for a party or just a few minutes, you have to be aware of the quickest tricks and the hottest beauty moves. Follow our make-up looks as created by Aliya Tipu and you're all set to go. Start off with a foundation; camouflage any pimples by applying a yellow-based cover-up for smooth finish. Always remember to pair a smouldering eye look with a crisp off-white nail polish. The combo looks elegant. As for the eyes you can opt for shimmery, metallic eye shadow which looks gorgeous though the most universally flattering shades are a neutral peach, copper, or bronze flecked with gold. Our expert shows us that it's fun to experiment with bright shades such as aqua and teal for nights out. Next, sweeten up your cheeks and finally pump up the volume. Now you know how to get gorgeous…