Deshabille No More

There a couple of ways to spend a perfect Sunday night - making dinner with a special someone as you hand feed each other, watching the latest Desperate Housewives (yes I'm a fan, albeit a bit closeted about it) over a bottle of vino or attending a poetry reading, as I did this past Sunday. While I sat and listened to the most soulful, core-stirring, inspirational words known to man, I couldn't help but notice the women in front of me. It wasn't her sweater or intent concentration that caught my eye. No it was her frizzy, deshabille, split-end screaming hair that distracted me from the evening's festivities. I literally had to sit on my hands to avoid interrupting the reading to tell her how to fix the hot mess on her head. With the plethora of amazing hair care products and especially one special treatment called a masque there's no reason to look like that!

Richer and more luxurious than your traditional conditioner, the masque nourishes and revives dry, stressed, brittle hair. Masques feature fortified formulas packed with moisturizing, strengthening and taming ingredients to reinforce hair from the cortex (the center/structural foundation of hair) while smoothing the cuticle (hair's outer layer). Imagine little packman's that replenish hair with it's essential building blocks (proteins) to rebuild from the inside out. Lipids and nutrients replenish hair while conditioning agents seal for shine and manageability. Hair is smoothed, softened and glowing. Depending on your price point I recommend either Kerastase Nutridefense Treatment ($58) or Garnier Fructis Sleek and Shine Instant Melting Conditioner ($4.99). Both will restore environmentally stressed, heat damaged hair for glossy, shiny, advertisement locks!

Usage tip: Apply once a week from mid-length to ends. Leave on for a minimum of 5 minutes (basically while you wash your body, exfoliate and shave your legs - talk about multi-tasking!) or up to 30 min (wrap hair in a towel so that your head's body heat helps in penetration) depending on damage. Although rich, these products are weightless so if you apply a nickel to quarter size amount (dependent on hair length) your hair will maintain it's bouncy volume. In desperate need to cover your split ends like my fellow poet enthusiast? Use the masque twice week on ends only in lieu of conditioner for an instant seal!

The result: Touchable, velvet soft, luminous hair!