My favorite shampoo and conditioner these is anything by: Redken, Pureology, and Morrocanoil. I alternate between the three. Sometimes I use a Redken shampoo first to cleanse my hair from any build up and shampoo right after with a Pureology or Morrocanoil and finish with their conditioners. My hair love these hair care products! Simply the BEST.

The new generation of haircare: anti-aging or age defying! Loving the Alterna (ALTERNA) Caviar color hold Anti-Aging Seasilk Moisture Shampoo and Conditioner. Both sulfate free, mineral oil free, and petrolatum free. These beauties protect my hair environmental stress such as sun, chemical treatments and everyday styling damage.

I also love the Alterna HEMP Organics Color Hold Repair Gloss for blow drying. It smells amazing! (note this one is from the HEMP Organics collection not the Caviar).

WATCH: Marta Walsh at The Standard Hotel in New York City talking about the latest product launches from John Frieda hair care line.

Look out for the following NEW John Frieda hair care products:

Smooth Start Shampoo and Conditioner Repairing For Damaged Hair
Smooth Start Shampoo and Conditioner Hydrating For Extra Dry Hair

Root Awakening Strength Restoring Smoothing Lotion
Root Awakening Strength Restoring Gel
Root Awakening Strength Restoring Hair Spray

SRP: $6.49 each. Available at food, drug and mass retailers nationwide from March 2010.

Amanda Seyfried Oscars 2010: The Hairstyle

Harry Josh, John Frieda International Creative Consultant, is sharing his styling secrets on how to get Oscar presenter Amanda Seyfried’s cool, understated hairdo with easy-to-use tips and tricks.

Harry gave Amanda the new Frizz-Ease Smooth Start Hydrating Shampoo and Conditioner in advance as the frizz-fighting formula was essential to smooth and hydrate dry strands and replenish moisture for a nice, smooth blow out.

“These shampoos and conditioners were the perfect way for Amanda to prep her hair,” said Harry. “The look was flat, clean and sleek, so it was important to start the fight against frizz early so that Amanda’s hair would be silky, shiny and totally manageable.”

Harry applied the new Root Awakening Strength Restoring Gel to Amanda’s hair at the roots to help achieve the sleek, flattened shape he was going for. Using a tail comb instead of a round brush to avoid lift, Harry blew the hair out, combing it flat to the head as he dried.

Harry then used the Sheer Blonde Crystal Clear Shape & Shimmer Hairspray section by section to hold the style. “Amanda has such beautiful naturally blonde hair that I wanted to ensure it looked its best all night and didn’t photograph dark – which some finishing sprays can cause. By using a light hairspray you avoid adding residue or darkening the blonde hair.”

Harry finished by creating an extreme, slick side part and pulling Amanda’s hair back into a bun. He left a little bit of the bun sticking out in a fan, a last minute decision he made to reflect the pattern on Amanda’s earrings.

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

Celebrity Stylist for Pantene, Hallie Bowman, discusses fall color: As we enter the fall season, it’s important that we do what we can to help prevent further damage that’s already been done over the summer. Luckily, the color trends we will be seeing this fall are conducive to rehabbing your hair – it’s going to be all about giving your natural hair color a chance to shine and staying away from the harsh colors and bright platinum shades that are most damaging to your hair.

“The days of striking, contrasting colors are gone this season,” explains Celebrity Stylist for Pantene, Hallie Bowman. “This fall people will be going back to their roots, or at least making it look that way. We’re going to see natural-looking tones to balance the more extreme hair styles that are going to be big, including mixed textures and nods to the 80s shapes.”

The Color Trends:

Blonde: Platinum blonde is out and warmer, neutral tones are in. If you’re blonde Bowman recommends shades of sable, vanilla or mink. However, if you’re not ready to let go of your platinum locks, soften the look by adding some golden highlights.

Brunette: Reddish or bluish browns are out and warmer browns are in. Shades like deep chocolate and chestnut are going to be all-the-rage; it’s all about making your shade believable.

Redhead: Two words – true red. The key is to ask your stylist to stay away from blue and copper undertones, both of which reflect orange in the sunlight. One way to avoid orange is to add some highlights to cool down the shade.

Black: Stay away from blue undertones and go for ebony to keep the shade natural-looking.

Maintenance: Once you’ve achieved the shade you want, keeping your color looking fresh can be a challenge, but it doesn’t mean you have to spend a lot! Bowman recommends using a shampoo and conditioner system that is developed for color treated hair, such as the ones from Pantene.

“I love the Pantene Expressions collection because it keeps hair color looking fresh, and helps reveal the three facets of hair color: tone, depth and vibrancy,” explains Bowman.

The Pantene Expressions shampoos are formulated with a patented liquid crystal technology that helps repel water and condition hair to keep color radiant. The five collections are custom designed by shade – blonde, brunette, red, midnight and highlights – to help color-treated hair maintain its vibrancy and multi-dimensional shine in between colorings.

The Pantene Expressions shampoos and conditioners retail for just $5.49 apiece at national food, drug and mass merchandisers, and online at drugstore.com