The fist time I became aware of Privé hair care products was at the Elizabeth Arden salon reopening in Biltmore Phoenix AZ, they were on their product shelf. I finally got to try them this morning and I’m very impressed. I was worried it won’t be effective in cleaning my hair as I noticed this is the case in some ‘green’ hair products.

Why I love Privé Concept Vert Shampoo and Conditioner?

The shampoo at first seems bit too creamy but it does lather and cleans my hair. In fact I even washed my makeup brushes with Privé and it got my brushes the cleanest removing heavy foundation marks. I was amazed. So the shampoo is sulfate free good for you shampoo, gentle, and it works. The Privé Concept Vert conditioner is super rich and instantly hydrating. And it smells really good. Worth checking it out loves:)

It is something most women do on a daily basis – fight the aging process. Capitalizing on 50 years of scientific DNA, women can rest assured their age-defying needs are met with Redken’s NEW age-defying regimen featuring NEW Cover Fusion professional haircolor, Time Reset at-home haircare range, and a Time Reset Salon Service to combat and prevent aging hair.

“Most of us are well-versed on the impact of age on the skin, and less attention is spent on the effects of aging on the hair,” states David Cannell, Redken Research and Development Expert.

“Redken research has identified two main categories of aging hair: chronological aging caused by mechanical, environmental and chemical distress – the combined effects of these external factors can leave hair dry, sensitized and/or porous. The second category is hormonal aging which occurs as a result of the physiological changes that women experience as they grow older. This ultimately results in slowed scalp activity and the decline in melanin, the hair’s natural source of protection and defense against age-accelerating aggressors.”

The combined impact of chronological & hormonal aging can leave hair with six visible effects that lead hair to become porous, lifeless, and extremely difficult to manage:

1. Change in Texture

2. Diminished Density

3. Increased Dryness

4. Surface Dullness

5. Fragility / Breakage

6. Gray Hair

“Everyone’s hair ages differently, some of us earlier than others,” explains Cannell. “Below is a general timeline that captures the changes women commonly observe:

- 20s: Hair is at the peak of thickness and strength; Scalp produces ample sebum giving hair healthy shine

- 30s: Damage incurred during your 20’s becomes visible; Slight decline in sebum production can cause hair to lose its natural luster

- 40s: Diameter of hair shaft begins to shrink, resulting in thinner and more fragile strands; Decline in melanin levels can lead to emerging gray hairs

- 50s: Most women are 50% gray by the age of 50, caused by a steep decline in melanin; Follicles continue to shrink leaving hair finer and thinner around hairline and top of scalp

- 60s: Nearly 40% of women will experience some degree of hair loss by age 60, mostly around the crown, leaving hair thin-looking and lackluster.”

Redken’s solution to aging hair is the NEW age-defying regimen that addresses both the immediate needs of aging hair while helping to prevent hair from aging starting in the salon with professional haircolor and backbar service, and continuing the care at-home with age-fighting retail offerings.

Cover Fusion Low Ammonia 100% Coverage Color Cream

Redken’s NEW Cover Fusion Low Ammonia 100% Coverage Color Cream offers 100% gray coverage with natural, modern reflects to clients with over 50% gray hair. Formulated with low ammonia and low odor, Cover Fusion provides a pleasant and comfortable experience for clients. Additionally, Cover Fusion contains ingredients specifically formulated to address the issues gray-haired clients face. With argan oil it helps protects against weakened defenses resulting from melanin loss and with cationic conditioning polymers and rice protein, it provides superior conditioning to dry/dull hair. Available in 24 naturally reflective shades, Cover Fusion addresses 4 of the 6 signs of aging.

Cover Fusion’s Revitalage Colorbond Technology provides 100% gray coverage:

· Naturally Reflective Coverage: A combination of high coverage dyes provides intense reflect and perfect coverage for hair that is over 50% gray

· Optimal Defense: With argan oil, which contains antioxidants known to neutralize free radicals

· Superior Conditioning: Cationic conditioning polymers and rice protein help revitalize the hair

Additionally, Cover Fusion’s creamy texture provides easy application with either a bottle or bowl and brush, and 35-minute processing provides faster processing time for more efficient services for colorists and their clients.

Time Reset Salon Service

Redken’s NEW Time Reset helps repair years of damage while combating and preventing five visible signs of aging hair with a targeted home regimen and salon service. Time Reset uses a combination of age-fighting formulas fortified with the powerful Vital 5 Complex and patented Intra-Cylane technology to help combat 5 of the 6 signs of aging hair:

Intra-Cylane: Evens porosity and improves strands resilience

Peptides & Ceramide: Repair and resurface the cuticle

Green Tea: Neutralizes free radicals with antioxidant support

Camellia Oil: Softens, replenishes, and restores shine

Cationic UV Filter: Helps prevent premature aging

The restorative process begins in the salon with a Time Reset Salon Service featuring a professional backbar treatment formulated with 10% Intra-Cylanethat helps even porosity, reinforce internal structure and restore substance to fragile strands.

Time Reset At-Home Maintenance

The care is continued at home with advanced, age-fighting formulas that renew texture, enhance density, replenish moisture and shine, and help defend hair against free radicals for hair that looks and feels younger and more resilient from root to tip. Time Reset at-home regimen includes Shampoo, Conditioner, Youth Revitalizer replenishing deep treatment and Corrective Defense protective softening lotion.

To locate a Redken salon please log on to Redken.com.

Please note, Redken products can only be guaranteed authentic when purchased from a salon.

René Furterer launches the NEW and improved FIORAVANTI shine enhancing conditioner. When it comes to hair, shine is always in, so it comes as no surprise that radiance is the number one expectation for hair care. The conditioner is super enriched with Fioravanti Complex and Acerola Cherry Vinegar formulation to deliver optimal light reflection.

Fioravanti Complex dates back to a recipe that was originally developed in the 16th century by Dr. Fioravanti. The proprietary plant-based composition of laurel berries, cinnamon, galbanum, ginger, clove, nutmeg, myrrh elemi resin, styrx, larch turpentine and oregano form a synergy to tighten hair scales and detangle, while the Acerola Cherry vinegar neutralizes hard water. These natural, active ingredients have now been combined with a cationic complex that prevents shine-blocking particle deposits along the hair fiber, which separate the hair scales causing dull, tangled tresses.

The NEW Fioravanti shine enhancing conditioner will be available in May 2010 for $28 at Beauty.com and at salons and spas nationwide.

Watch Marta’s video blog and find out why she is all about the NEW Sunsilk Hydra TLC hair care collection co-created with celebrity and top hairstylist Teddy Charles. Sunsilk Hydra TLC has lunched in March 2010. Please note that Marta’s hair in the video was styled with Sunsilk Hydra TLC products. Hope you love:)

L to R: Sunsilk Hydra TLC co-created with Teddy Charles Shampoo, Sunsilk Hydra TLC Conditioner, Sunsilk Hydra TLC Styling Creme

Available only at Walmart and drugstore.com.

Winter Hair:  Take care of your hair this season! Fight harsh winter elements by hydrating, protecting and nurturing brittle, flat and damaged hair. Wella System Professional Power Mask is designed to smooth and condition severely damaged hair, while improving manageability and shine.

Tip: Cold weather drains the moisture from your hair. Wear a scarf, hat or cap to protect your hair from the cold and wind. This will also help to prevent knots and dry ends. Stash a smoothing balm in your purse to tame flyaways.

It’s been a long but fun beautiful year here at Talking Makeup. I’ve tried many beauty products and fell in love 100 plus times. Here is the list of my favorite hair products for 2009! I really hope you all enjoy “The List” and love them as much as I do:)

Marta Walsh is having a great hair day thanks to Avon Advanced Techniques Dry Ends Serum:)

Shampoo & Conditioner

For Blonde Hair:

1. Pantene highlighting expressions
2. John Frieda Collection sheer blonde
3. Redken Blonde Glam

Frizzy hair, dry hair, color treated hair:

1. Pantene Smooth Vitality
2. Pureology supersmooth and Pureology hydrate
3. Living proof no frizz
4. Paul Labrecque Repair
5. Moroccanoil moisture repair
6. L’Oreal Professionnel Paris vitamino color
7. Pantene Pro V Restoratives Frizz Control
8. L’Oreal EverPure Moisture
9. Leonor Greyl nourishing shampoo for long and dry hair

Dry Shampoo
Oscar Blandi pronto

Thin hair in need for volume:
Redken Body Full

Healthy scalp and normal hair:
John Frieda Collection root awakening

Deep Hair Conditioner and Hair Mask

1. Kiehl’s Sunflower Color Preserving Deep Recovery Pak
2. Pantene Pro V Restoratives Time Renewal Replenishing Mask
3.  L’Oreal Professionnel Paris vitamino color Masque-Gelee
4. Moroccanoil Intense Hydrating Mask
5. Leonor Greyl Paris softening mask for frizzy hair

Marta Walsh is experiencing great hair day today thanks to L’Oréal Professionnel Série Expert Vitamino Color Shampoo and Conditioner:)

Hair Styling Products

Blow Drying and Heat Protectors

1. Redken hot sets 22 thermal setting mist (total classic, been used over and over backstage at the tens during New York Fashion Week)
2. Living proof straight making styling cream (keeps my hair super straight and tamed for days)
3. Advanced Techniques Dry End Serum by Avon (the BEST hair serum because it never seems to weight down my hair not matter how much I apply. Quite magical!)
4. John Frieda Frizz-Ease Hair Serum Thermal Protection (A classic. The John Frieda hair serum revolutionized my beauty life forever!)
5. Moroccanoil Hydrating Styling Cream (quenches dry hair after shower and smell delicious!)
6. Kerastase Nutritive oleo-relax (tames very rebellious hair in an instant)
7. Redken satin wear 02 ultimate blow-drying lotion (makes frizzy hair give up!)
8. Leonor Greyl Eclat Natural styling cream for dry hair
9. Paul Labrecque Straight Style anti frizz smoothing balm

Curling Volume and Root Lifting

1. Redken aerate 08 bodifying cream-mousse (was the “it” hair stying choice for hair stylists backstage at many of the shows during New Fashion Week Spring 2010. This isn’t your grandmother’s mousse! It is far more superior and does all: gives you volume, tames frizz, feels like a cream but has great hold. Magic!)
2. John Frieda Luxurious Volume Bountiful Body Mousse (great for all your root lifting and updos)
3. John Frieda Frizz-Ease Take Charge Style-Managing Mousse
4.  Redken Body Full instant bodyfier
5. ShearForce by Allen Edwards Thickening Spray Mist (created my the man who invented The Farrah for Farrah Fawcett you know it’s good!)

Finishing Hair Products

Shine
1. Redken Real Control Mineral Elixir
2. Moroccanoil Glimmer Shine Spray
3. Redken Blonde Glam crystal flash
4. Aveda Light Elements smoothing fluid
5. Ojon Hair Revitalizing Mist

Hairspray

1. Bumble and Bumble Bb Classic Hairspay laque
2. Redken quick dry 18
3. L’Oreal Studio Fix Ultimate Spray Finishing Hairspray Extreme Hold

Hair Styling Tools

Blow Dryer
1875W SuperSolano Professional Hairdryer

Styling Iron
1. FHI Heat Platform SE
2. Go styling iron by FHI Heat

Klorane’s New, improved shampoo and conditioner with oat milk will be available in January 2010.

Oat milk based hair care has long been recognized for its gentle, softening properties, including amongst them the widely received KLORANE oat milk range. Now, KLORANE has taken further strides to modernize and improve upon its shampoo and conditioner duo for the whole family.

Through science, KLORANE has learned even more about the benefits of oat and how to better harness the power of the natural softening, soothing action of the oat in its purest form. The advanced learnings on oat, combined with the discovery of a new softening conditioning and detangling agent Inulin, derived from chicory root and providing a green replacement for silicones, enabled the creation of the NEW, improved, reformulated, shampoo with oat milk and conditioner with oat milk.

Of the many oat varieties, KLORANE shampoo with oat milk and conditioner with oat milk feature white oat because of its renown soothing and protective properties. KLORANE exclusively cultivates its oats in the Southwest of France, where after harvesting they are sorted to eliminate impurities and damaged grains, resulting in the highest quality of raw oats. The grains are dried at room temperature to maintain a low moisture level, essential to the quality of oat milk. To protect the softness of the oat, KLORANE meets a strict level of specifications that they have set to ensure safety, efficiency and traceability, delivering natural, high performance products.

Shampoo with oat milk features a paraben, silicone and phenoxyethanol free formulation and is ideal for those who wash their hair frequently because of its ability to gently cleanse and deliver exceptional softness. Repeated washing with harsh shampoos can damage hair, causing it to lose its natural protective ability and leave the scalp sensitive and irritated. Because of its reduced surface activity, shampoo with oat milk ensures healthy hair and scalp no matter how frequently you suds up. No need to have a separate shampoo for the kids, the gentle, tear-free formula makes it suitable for the whole family.

Conditioner with oat milk features a paraben, silicone and phenoxyethanol free formulation. While oat milk soothes and delivers exceptional softness, Inulin derived from chicory root works to gently detangle without creating excess build up, for hair that’s light and shiny.

The NEW KLORANE oat range will be available in January 2010 at Beauty.com. Shampoo with oat milk retails for $13 for 6.7 oz. and $18 for 13.4 oz. and Conditioner with oat milk retails for $14 for 5.1 oz

Watch Marta’s vlog talking about her favorite haircare products for the winter. Marta is giving winter hair tips and she is all about Pantene Pro-V Restoratives Time Renewal Shampoo Conditioner and Mask.

Products mentioned in Marta’s vlog:

Pantene Pro-V Restoratives Time Renewal Shampoo
Pantene Pro-V Restoratives Time Renewal Conditioner
Pantene Pro-V Restoratives Time Replenishing Mask

Visit  www.pantene.com for additional product details.

*Products in Marta’s video blog for today were provided by Pantene.

To get my hair silky smooth and frizz free is sometimes a mission. So many times I spend up to 1 hour blow drying my hair and my hair keeps frizzy. Sounds familiar? Not this weekend though. Thanks to Living Proof Shampoo and Conditioner. Wow. My hair not only was straight and silky after blow drying, but it is still frizz free 2 days later!! (I try not to wash my hair everyday). I haven’t tried the Living Proof styling products, now I’m very tempted. I think I’ve seen Living Proof hair care products in Sephora and Sephora.com

Marie Claire voted Pantene Beautiful Lengths conditioner one of the Best Products of All Time!

Pantene Beautiful Lengths Conditioner was voted one of the Best Products of All Time by Marie Claire editors in the December issue! Noted as one of the “industry classics,” beauty editors raved that “by detangling and preventing breakage, this lightweight hydrator helps hair grow longer and stronger.”