Honey is great for just about everything, right? Surely this nutritious stuff is also great for your hair … but can it help your hair grow? Well, I am going to be straight up with you on this one. I have found no scientific research backing up honey for hair growth. But I have found […]
When I was a little kid, everyone always complemented my long hair, which was down to my waist. As a small child, I tended to take things very literally, so somehow it didn’t occur to me back then (we’re talking about when I was age four or five) that my hair could be any length […]
You just moved from one state to another, or maybe even just across town. You take a shower, wash your hair as usual with the same shampoo and conditioner you’ve always used, and wait for it to dry. Then you go to comb it—and your comb gets stuck. When you manage to get the comb […]
There is only one cure for gray hair. It was invented by a Frenchman. It is called the guillotine. -P.G. Wodehouse Okay … so P.G. Wodehouse might have been cracking a joke, but clearly he was a bit of a pessimist. He was also wrong—there are cures for gray hair. Well, maybe not cures—but definitely workarounds! Some […]
If you’re like most people, chances are that you don’t have an eyelash routine at all and the only element your eyelashes ever get to hang out with is your mascara. I know for a fact that I cannot live without mascara. It’s a staple in my purse and my makeup routine. However, most of us […]
There are many different oils which are used to promote healthy hair growth: argan oil, coconut oil, olive oil, and jojoba oil to name a few. One which you may not know as much about is rosemary oil. Rosemary oil is a powerful scientifically backed treatment which can help to fill out thinning hair. As […]
If you are dealing with thinning hair or growing bald patches, you probably have looked up dozens of “solutions” for boosting hair growth and fighting baldness. But many of the remedies out there are backed only by anecdotal evidence and not by science. If you want to really boost hair growth then you have to […]
If you’re checking out the back of a B-complex vitamin, you might see the following list: Vitamin B1, B2, B3, B6, B9, B12, B5, and … Vitamin H. Vitamin H? That might seem a bit odd, considering. But Vitamin H is actually vitamin B7 by another name. And it’s also more commonly known as biotin, […]
Turn over your shampoo bottle, especially if you use a natural product, and chances are good you will see horsetail extract listed on the ingredients. Nope, horsetail extract has nothing whatsoever to do with actual horses (thank goodness, right?). It is actually extracted from a plant known as Equisetum, sometimes also known as snake grass […]
Stinging nettle is a flowering perennial plant found throughout the world. If you’ve ever had the misfortune of running into a stinging nettle, you know that the plant’s name is a direct reference to the symptoms of dermatological contact. Stinging nettle can produce irritating symptoms on the skin, including visible bumps and itching. So it […]
You walk into the shower one day as normal and start washing your hair. You soap it up as usual and start rinsing it out. You look down and take a step back, startled. There is a huge clump of hair clogging up the drain. How did that get there? You think to yourself, “Maybe […]
Hair doesn’t make the woman, but good hair definitely helps. And gorgeous hair is even better 😉 As a beauty editor, I’m always looking for new products and techniques that I can recommend to readers for hair growth. My latest discovery didn’t come from anywhere I would have expected; it wasn’t a blog, an article […]
