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Unfortunately, some parts of hair styling are too often overlooked. Hairstylists, both professional and amateur, tend to pay far more attention to shaping the hair itself rather than unique ways to decorate it and help it stand out. When was the last time you rocked a dazzling hairclip or knotted a scarf in your hair? Oftentimes our hair accessories become an afterthought when they’re just as deserving of consideration as the rest of our outfit! Here are some hair accessories and hair products for remy hair you can wear this fall that are sure to enhance your ‘do!

Ribbons

Hear us out: ribbons aren’t just for little girls! Adult women can actually incorporate ribbons into their hair in ways that are far more mature and elegant than the typical giant bow slapped onto the side of the head, though you can certainly wear that look if it appeals to you! If braiding is your preferred hairstyle, ribbons are the perfect complement.

You can create two thin braids on the side of your head and weave a ribbon between them, corset style; or you can go a bit simpler and weave a thick ribbon into your braid, tucking the full braid either around the crown of your head or leaving it down. If you want to look dainty, an even more classic look is simply tying the ribbon around the end of your braid.

Fancy Pins

Use hair accessories with your hair extensions.

There’s way more to hair pins than the bobby pins you use to fasten those pesky flyaways! You can easily obtain a far fancier variety, affixed with baubles, sparkly bits and other ornaments sure to catch eyes and turn heads (in a good way)! Fashion designers, such as Dolce and Gabbana, are capitalizing on this particular brand of hair accessory, and many in the industry tout the flexibility pins offer.

You can truly combine them with any outfit, wear them to any occasion and fit them into just about any hairstyle imaginable. The sky’s the limit! Simply take a glimpse around your nearest hair supply store the next time you’re shopping for hair products for remy hair and you’ll find a host of gorgeous and appealing hair pins to choose from, at quite affordable prices, no less! Try tucking ornate pins into the side of your loose hair or incorporate them into a bunned style. You’re sure to look great!

Cuff Bands

You can wear cuffs not just on your ears and wrists, but in your hair as well! Plenty of designers are starting to release cuff-style bands for ponytails, creating a unique and chic look previously only seen in television costuming. There are all sorts of styles to choose from, but the most popular form of these ponytail cuffs are metallic. They’re perfect for adding a bit of character to your ponytail when you want a bit more than a simple band holding it up—and they slide right over! This type of hair accessory also plays well with hair extensions.

All of these hair accessories truly shine alongside high quality hair care so be sure to invest in some hydrating shampoo to bring out as much luster as possible! Contact us to learn more about other hairstyling trends, as well as ways to help your hair look its best.

Student life can be hectic at times. It’s easy to neglect a lot of things in your personal life when your week is dedicated to attending your college classes and studying. However, you can still maintain maximum hair health for your curly hair, no matter how busy your schedule is. With a little time management and using the resources you have available, you can continue to look good as you go about your busy day.

A great curly hairstyle can make you feel more confident as you get through the day. Check out these five ways anyone with curly hair can maintain maximum hair health in the middle of a busy school schedule.

1. Keep Your Hair Healthy

The key to having quality curly hair is to maintain its health and hydration. In order to keep your hair from becoming broken or damaged, most hair care professionals will recommend you use a protective hair serum occasionally. Don’t neglect your hair and give it what it needs to stay healthy.

2. Save Some Time for Your Hair

Since you get to pick your schedule, be sure you allow enough time to take care of your hair. Either wake up earlier in the morning or pick a time mid-morning to do something with it. The health of your curly hair may not seem important when you’re bombarded with homework and studying, but it’s worth the effort. Block off some time in your schedule now so you won’t have to choose between caring for your hair and doing something else later on.

3. Train Your Hair Early

Protective hair serum keeps your curls looking great.

If you have an idea of what hairstyle you want to go with this school year, now is the time to start training it. Depending on the hairstyle, you may need to invest in a quality hydrating shampoo. Giving your hair a few weeks to get trained will make the process much easier on a daily basis.

4. Don’t Forget to Wash

Never go more than a week without washing your hair! If you’re worried about abusing your shampoo and stripping your curls of valuable moisture, consider washing with conditioner, co-washing, instead. We also recommend using a leave in conditioner after each wash to help keep it healthy and stylish.

5. Be Fly and Confident

People find confidence in a lot of ways. It’s amazing what a perfect curly hairstyle will do to your confidence level. Spend a little time fixing it up and go dominate your day!

These are just some of the tips we have for people with curly hair. Be sure to contact us to learn more about our products and recommendations tailored to your specific hairstyle!

What could be a more iconic element of summer than getting your hair freshly dyed just in time to hang out with friends and hit the pool or the beach? Before you can get your hair done, however, you have to know just what hair color you’re going for! Luckily, a bundle of hot hair coloring trends have erupted so far for this summer. To help you decide, we’ve put together this list of some of the most popular hair colors to arrive this year.

Ombre

Believe it or not, ombre hasn’t quite faded out of style! Rather, it’s been refurbished into a much subtler look than it was in the past, composed of delicately brushed on highlights at the ends of the hair that fade to darker strands toward the root. In this way, it’s quite similar to the balayage trend that arose last year. If the dip-dyed gradient look still appeals to you, we recommend you give this look a try!

Platinum Blonde

We can’t imagine platinum blonde locks ever being unfashionable! Rather, it’s the exact shade of it that ebbs and flows in and out of the public eye. This summer, you can expect to find much cooler shades of platinum blonde, bordering more on frosty shades. If a whiter blonde isn’t quite the right shade for you, you can always blend your platinum blonde with other shades for a bit of balance and depth. It’s worth noting any shade of blonde hair will require lots of maintenance and quality hair care. However, it’s worth it to have that perfect bleach blonde look, especially if you’re an admirer of it!

“Nude”or Neutral Hair

This hair color is perhaps the most subtle one yet because it plays upon every shade of blonde that’s been popular within recent years and balances them out, while remaining highly pleasing to the eye. Nude hair is basically many shades of blonde layered together to create an even and alluring shade that works with every skin tone. You’ll love the way the summer sun bounces off this smooth hair color and makes your hair look spectacular! Just be sure to invest in some sulfate free shampoo to help maintain this particular color.

Black

Just as blonde will never be outdated, neither will black hair. Again, it’s all about the shade! Jet blacks are what’s popular this summer, despite its lack of association with the summer months. This color is great for brunettes and is quite easy for just about anyone to pull off, no highlighting necessary!

We hope we’ve given you a bit of inspiration for your new summer look! No matter what style you choose to go for, we urge you not to forget about maintenance. To protect your newly colored hair, you want to buy a few products that will preserve its color, such as a nice leave in conditioner. If you need any other suggestions or advice for your hair care or styling, feel free to contact us!

You want to look good every time of year, but especially during the summer. The problem, however, comes from all of the heat bearing down, persistent and at times overpowering. If you’re a wig owner, this can present a special conundrum altogether. You don’t want to go without your wig for the day during an outing, but you don’t want to sweat it out either. What is there to do?

With these tips from us, you’ll not only know how to care for a wig throughout the summer months, but be able to rock it just as easily as you do during the rest of the year!

Cover Yourself

One easy way to help your wig look its best this summer is to protect it in the same way you would your natural hair, with a shady accessory like a hat! A hat, scarf or similar addition to your outfit is a great way to stay cool and block your wig from those harmful UV rays. Best of all, a well-coordinated piece of head wear will boost your summer wardrobe tenfold! If you’re worried about your wig losing its grip as you take your hat off, you can always invest in a liner. This will take care of any sweat beading up along your hairline and keep your wig nice, dry and tidy.

Ditch the Cap

While this idea may certainly sound unorthodox, you’ll be able to stay that much cooler if you stop relying on a wig cap during the summer. In fact, you can buy wigs that are perfectly wearable without a cap! You won’t have to worry about the quality of the wig, either. Wigs without a cap are just as wearable as wigs with caps. The only differences are breathability and their weight because they’re designed to be worn during warm weather months.

Invest in Protective Products

Because wigs cannot replenish their moisture the way hair attached to the scalp can, a wig is far more prone to heat damage and dryness, which shortens its lifespan tremendously. To fix this, start using wig shampoo and conditioner. This will help keep the wig hydrated and less vulnerable to harmful sun rays, enabling you to wear your wig as much as you want, even when it’s scorching out! There are other products you can invest in as well for the health of your wig. This includes sprays meant to boost the sheen of your wig. Finally, you should give your wig a nice shampoo after wearing it for five times in a row, at the most. While this may seem excessive, taking the time to perform a wig wash will help eliminate damage from your sweat.

There are many other ways to protect your wig from the summer heat, but these few suggestions are some of the most important to follow. We at RemySoft can help you with any dimension of your remy wig care needs, including full cap and partial cap hair replacement and more. Contact us to learn how you can help your wigs stay at their fullest potential!

While summer is perhaps one of the most enjoyable seasons for many, thanks to its ample supply of free time and opportunities for outings with friends, it isn’t so good for your hair. The summer sun inflicts a lot of damage on your hair and can easily render it a barely manageable mess. If you’ve dealt with this unfortunate downside of the summer, we are here to the rescue! Here are a few handy tips for sun protection for hair, as well as helpful information and why and how your hair can go wrong.

For Frizziness…

Nearly everyone has dealt with this beast of a hair problem at some point, when a frayed, cloud-like mass takes over the space where your lovely hair used to be. People who treat their hair frequently with chemical products tend to experience this problem the most. In fact, the chemicals are the problem. Perms, dyes and other similar hair styling tools we rely upon on a frequent basis can harm our hair by stripping it of the oils and moisture it needs to thrive. As a result, your hair becomes brittle and dehydrated to the point it will take in moisture wherever it can get. Summer humidity tends to be the perfect source.

To remedy this problem, you want to first invest in sulfate free shampoo and conditioner, which will help restore and lock in moisture within your hair. You may also want to consider relying on anti-frizz products until the next time you wash your hair.

For Dull Hair…

This problem is quite the opposite of what we discussed above. Rather than your hair puffing out, you may experience it weighing down until it becomes a lackluster straggle hanging floppily from your scalp. What’s the deal? Again, it’s the summer humidity! The excess water hanging in the air will easily latch onto your hair and make it far heavier than it should be.

To fix this, you want to try using a leave in conditioner and related products to boost the amount of proteins in your hair, which will make it more resistant to weighty moisture. In the meantime, you can use sprays that fight off moisture to help your hair thrive.

For Chlorine-Damaged Hair…

This problem is especially relevant for pool lovers. The sunlight and chlorine from the pool (and/or simply using far too much product) can combine to create less than desirable effects upon your hair, eliminating the sheen. Either way, your hair suffers from one of two problems: too much residue or too much dryness.

Again, a good sulfate free shampoo and conditioner should do the trick by cleaning your hair of any residue and restoring necessary moisture. You can also flat iron your hair to tide you over until your next wash day.

Interested in other quality hair care tips? Feel free to contact us to learn how else we can help you and your hair!

With the advent of summer comes a whole slew of opportunities, from vacations to outings to splurging on a new wardrobe. Why not change up your hairstyle while you’re at it? Many trends are arising this summer, which you may not want to miss out on. Luckily, we’re here to inform you of what these trends are and how you can join in on them yourself! Read on to learn all about them.

Blue

Blue is a seemingly underutilized hair color, despite its flexibility and ability to look great on just about anyone. Blue comes in such a large variety of shades that, if you are interested in trying out an unnatural hair color, you should be able to find the perfect hue for you. Furthermore, there are many ways to implement it into your locks, such as through a bit of peekaboo highlighting on your ends, covering your entire hair or streaking it through and blending it in with a cool shade of black. Either way, you’re sure to turn heads with hair of this color, as well as love the way it looks on you!

Ronze

You may have heard of bronde hair. Ronze is essentially bronde’s counterpart but tailored toward those with naturally ginger locks. Much like blue hair, ronze is flexible enough to look great on anyone. While the style essentially consists of bronzy and coppery shades blended together, it can be altered, depending upon your skin tone. If you’re darker-skinned, you’ll want a much deeper version of this hair color. Paler people will want to go brighter. Ultimately, the shade of this particular look is up to you and your hairstylist!

Platinum Blonde

This is one hair hue that will never die out in terms of trendiness! While upkeep depends greatly on regular maintenance and a well-fortified supply of sulfate free shampoo and conditioner, you can easily make it work for you! Much like the other colors we’ve listed so far, platinum blonde isn’t limited to the snowy white you’ve most commonly seen. There are all sorts of shades for all types of skin tones, meaning you can experiment with as many hues as you want until you find the right one.

Babylights

Named after their youthful inspiration, the natural highlighting found in children with blonde hair, babylights are a great way to try out highlighting, especially if you don’t have a lot of time to devote to regular maintenance. The best part of this coloring style is it will blend easily with your root color as you allow your hair to grow. Since babylights are more about technique than color, you can apply this look to any hair color imaginable. Just be sure to invest in a leave in conditioner for that small bit of maintenance you need to take care of!

No matter what style you end up going for, you must remember to invest equally in sun protection for hair in order to help your new style flourish. Feel free to contact us for more hair advice!

This may sound vain, but you cannot have a truly great bridal ensemble without the perfect hairstyle. Think of your hair as the pièce de résistance of your wedding attire, the cherry on top of the world’s most artful sundae. You can’t just pick a hairstyle haphazardly for this special occasion! You want something that meshes well with your dress and helps you feel even more beautiful than you already are. Here are a few questions you should ask yourself before heading off to see your wedding stylist.

Don’t Forget Your Hair Accessories

When you went dress shopping, you likely already decided on which accessory you wanted to go with it. For many people, this would be either a veil or a tiara, though plenty of other options exist and complement a well-made and becoming dress just as beautifully. You will have to consider the accessory you want to wear as part of your bridal ensemble while you’re deciding on a hairstyle because it will have to incorporate this accessory in some way.

Don’t Be Afraid to Experiment!

You definitely want to research all types of styles before you decide which one is right for you. The best time to do this would be several weeks before your actual wedding date for the sake of allowing yourself ample time to really think about this. Do a bit of googling. Sift through bridal style blogs. Hop onto Pinterest and flip through all the bridal images, saving the ones you really like. If you’d like, you can even consult your hairstylist with a few references you’re considering in tow. They can help you decide which hairstyle would be the most fitting.

Your Natural Hair Texture Matters

Think about the natural attributes of your hair, as well as what you personally like to wear or what styles you have never tried before. You may surprise yourself by picking something you would have never worn otherwise but still looks splendid on you! Be sure to take other elements into account alongside your hair texture, including the venue and theme of your wedding. If you’re going for a traditional wedding, a classic hairstyle, such as an updo, would probably be more fitting than loose hair with a unique adornment. Be sure to stick to your quality hair care regimen for maximum results too!

Match Your Hairstyle to Your Dress.

This last point goes back to what we said in the paragraph before this: think about the theme of your wedding and what style of dress you’ve chosen. You want to pick a hairstyle that matches this, if only for the sake of consistency.

No matter what hairstyle you choose, there are many ways to create a stunning bridal look for yourself with the help of hair products for remy hair. This will prove especially useful for those planning outdoor weddings because sun protection for hair will matter just as much as the right style. For other tips and suggestions, feel free to contact us!

Are you searching for a brand new look for your hair this summer? If this is the case for you, there’s no better place to look than the stars! We mean celebrities, of course. Since the dawn of Hollywood, we’ve always looked to celebrities to guide us on the path of what’s in style. Indeed, celebrities have already left their mark upon 2016’s hair and fashion trends and what they’ve worn is worth checking out for the sake of seeing what you like and weighing your options!

Balayage

You may remember the ombre hair trend that swept across 2014. Think of balayage as its more subtle relative because the general concept of these two coloring styles are quite similar. Balayage got its initial start last year and is showing no signs of stopping just yet. It is actually the better coloring option for those interested in maintaining quality hair care because the look requires a bit less maintenance than ombre hair does. Balayage is a more natural form of gradual, root to tip highlighting that allows your natural hair to peacefully coexist with the lightened ends. Best of all, this style works with any hair length and your natural hair color will easily blend in with the rest as your roots grow out!

Rainbow Locks

Grey

While grey dye swept the world last year, we can’t leave out the original trendsetters for fantastic grey locks: the middle-aged and aging. Older people are finding all sorts of amazing ways to welcome these silvery wisps, whether it’s through shaping a full head of grey hair into gorgeous and becoming hairstyles or blending them in with their original hair color as a stunning display of color streaking.

Dip Dye

While we mentioned the waves balayage is making this year, the dip dyeing trend that got off the ground years back has yet to fade out entirely and may even make a comeback! This is another great option for fans of unnatural coloring who want to add a small pop of color to their hair. There’s no limit to the colors you can choose but most tend to pick either soft pastel shades or vibrant, bright colors. The next time you go shopping for hair products for remy hair, be sure to browse through hair dyes to see which color would look best on you.

Five Best Ways to Blend Your Remy Extensions With Your Natural Hair

Hair extensions can be a tricky thing. We know how they should work in theory, but getting them to look exactly the way we want is easier said than done, especially without professional help. Fortunately, there are ways to achieve great looks with your extensions all on your own. It just takes a bit of practice and knowledge of how to blend your extensions in properly with your hair. We have a few style tips to help you get started!

Side Braids

The classic side braid is perfect for almost any occasion! To wear this style, all you have to do is layer your extensions underneath your natural hair, at the crown. You can then weave both your remy extensions and hair into a proper braid. Be sure to make it as neat as possible! You can leave your bangs be or sweep them back for a more formal look.

Loose Waves

This style for shiny hair extensions is yet another classic, which is best saved for after you’ve freshly washed and blow dried your hair. Simply apply your extensions and work on curling your hair to make it all mesh together. For a bit of extra girlishness, you can add in an accessory. This style is quite flexible and suits any kind of outing.

Curled Updo

If you’re looking for a flirty, semi-formal style, this is one of the best options to keep in your arsenal! There are two steps to this particular style. First, you need to curl your hair prior to adding in your extensions. Be sure to brush out your curls before you snap your extensions in! This will help them look neater and more separated. Layer your extensions just so and then work on blending them in. You’ll want to use wavy extensions for the fullest effect.

After this is done, you can then bundle your hair into a slightly tousled side bun, using a band to hold it all in place. This hairstyle also goes great with accessories so make sure you pick out something that’s both pretty and able to complement your ‘do well!

Side Ponytail

This style is a little more intricate, just like the side bun we mentioned above. Take a round brush to your hair to enhance your roots and raise the hair at the crown of your head. Bundle all of your hair so it makes a neat bun, with some strands hanging loose. In order to blend them with your curled extensions, which will be applied on top of the bun, curl the strands of hair you leave loose from the bun.

Crown Braid

Last, but not least, comes this ever popular hairstyle! Simply gather all your hair and pin it back with the help of a banana clip. Don’t do this too neatly, however, because leaving a few strands unattended creates the chic tousled look we’re going for! You can then put in a headband shaped like a crown braid to complete the look.

We hope this style guide will give you some great ideas to try out this summer! At RemySoft, we make it our priority to offer our clients quality advice and hair products for remy hair. To learn how we can help you, contact us!