Long and bouncy locks require great care, but here are some secrets to growing long, bouncy hair…fast! Tricks for styling and keeping hair healthy-looking help us cut through the time consuming trips to the salon and give us the youthful looks we want in less time and spending less money!

The first must is to keep your hair well hydrated, just like the rest of your body. While drinking plenty of fluids is great for overall health, hair may require a hydrating mask to actually keep moisture loss at a minimum as we go through summer. Argan oil with added proteins is the latest “go-to” additive which can coat our hair shafts to hydrate and lock in moisture.

Body-building is not just for our bodies, but also for our hair! Voluminous locks are always in fashion and added bounce can be had by using Velcro or sponge rollers at your crown area once your hair is fully dry. Let those rollers set for a few minutes, remove and brush out gently. Another way to get this ultra feminine look is to start in the shower by using a volumizing shampoo and conditioner. Make sure to rinse out the conditioner thoroughly so there is no additional “weight” on your hair. Next, section your hair and apply a mousse from root to tip. Next, blow dry your hair in sections with a round brush, pulling away from the head in an upward motion. A shortcut is to blow dry your hair with your head upside down. Flip your hair over and blow dry, then flip it back, brush gently and spray softly with hairspray. There are also styling lotions to tame flyaways and hairsprays that add shine while holding your tresses in place. Voila, volume!

Longer hair requires special care, and some added tricks are needed. Again, make sure to use a hydrating mask but maybe weekly for longer tresses. Rinse out conditioners add moisture but may not be enough hydration to hold up to the styling and heat damage required by longer hair. Hydrating masks also help with color treated hair as that process often leaves hair dry and brittle. Without breakage hair not only looks healthier, it can also then grow longer! So, let that mask sit on your hair for a full three minutes before rinsing….(you can use this time in the shower to floss or use your waterpik…which will give you a healthier smile!).

Split ends also make longer hair look “ratty” or shorter than it is…or downright unhealthy. Split end sealers are new to the rescue. Closing off and sealing up those splits make your hair look longer and shinier all at once. Long hair seems to need brushing thoroughly more frequently as well, and the wrong brush can pull at the roots or break hair off mid shaft. Make sure to be gentle when hair is wet or dry. A comb with teeth far apart can be the first step to detangling right after the shower, then a natural bristly brush (not a plastic one) can be used to gently comb through hair working from the ends up to the scalp. Finer hairs around our face and hairline edge are more fragile and are more sensitive to dyes and heat, so be especially gentle there. There are strengthening hair treatments for cases where hair is excessively thin or fine as well.

Of course, if hair is thinning or we are balding, then the Nutreve Personal Hair Therapy Laser is the only solution to a fuller head of hair that will be strong enough to grow to any volume or length. Laser hair therapy for women is now an at-home treatment option. This treatment for thinning hair is a natural hair loss treatment that uses pulsing lasers to stimulate the blood flow to the follicles where hair is produced. Nourishing the roots is key to producing the thickest, shiniest hair possible…perfect for long and bouncy hair for summer or ANY time!

How many times have we heard that our hair needs volume? “Get Major Volume” read ads for volumizing shampoo, hair sprays, treatments, dry shampoos and conditioners. Polimers and proteins bulk up the strands when heat is applied in blow drying or blowouts. As we age, however, hair thins and then these tricks don’t work anymore. Laser hair therapy using a laser hair brush can optimize each follicle’s output of hair. The cool wave lasers target the base of the follicle to increase blood circulation, promoting growth of stronger, thicker shinier hair.

Once we have our perfect amount of hair, we have such a choice of styles! Back in the 50’s hair was mostly soft and touchable. Moms had soft bobs or curls and kids too. The 60’s on the other hand became all about volume. Teased hair, soup can rollers and lots of hairspray were the norm. After all that stiffness, hairstyles went into a phase of tousled locks with waves that looked like we just walked out of the ocean and the sun dried each strand. Lack of structure propagated the thick and wavy look which blended set waves with a bit of windblown effect.

By the time we got to the 90s we wanted out bob back…but this time it was cut on angles with deep parts and not too much poof. Think geometric. Then hairstyles started to change more rapidly. We went to layered looks both straight then curled. Those curls became more polished and looser…sometimes looking like the strands came right off the rollers. Glamour finally overtook the crazy curls and softened them, giving our hair a smoother finish. Now volume is back in waves, but in an undone look…or slicked back into a glamourous ponytail. Hair now doesn’t come in “one style fits all” but is adapted to our location, venue and the time of day.

All of the above however, is achieved only by having that full set of locks. Many of us now have to find a thinning hair treatment and a natural hair loss treatment at that! Back to the laser hair brush for hair loss or thinning. I have found that the Nutreve Personal Hair Therapy Laser is the most complete and easy to use laser hair brush on the market today. Its curved head holds 35 pulsing, quality lasers that are poised to target the base of the follicles. It has rechargeable batteries so that it has only the original price tag of less than $600 as far as operating costs.

The ergonomic handle allows for ease in maneuvering the brush to all needed areas, OR you can use the optional hands-free stand so that you can multitask while using the device. Required use is for only 15-20 minutes every other day, and this laser hair restoration device is light and portable so that it can be taken along on vacations or business trips. The Nutreve Personal Hair Therapy Laser can be used along with any prescription medications, and works well with hair restoration medications, creams or treatments. It works for hair of any ethnicity, color or texture and increases follicle output and duration overall. Nutreve is very up front to say that a dead follicle will not produce hair again. Miracles are not an option.

However, they offer the best alternative to pills, surgeries, wigs or any other hair loss or thinning hair treatment out there. Then, style as usual!

Let’s start with the overall body love! The latest hip workout facilities let you spend as little time as possible at work and more time enjoying the amenities. The latest exercise uses Hypoxic Training, which is based on the idea that working out in high altitudes (with less oxygen) maximizes the benefits of your exercise. It takes more effort to work and breathe in this thinner air and because of this, your lungs and muscles are actually working harder. Therefore you can get more exertion in a shorter length of time. What’s not to love in working out using hypoxic training only 30 minutes, three times a week?

To top off our newly toned muscles, nothing beats a tan! However, with all of the need for vitamin D, we can get enough of that between supplements and just a few minutes a day in the sun without sunscreen. Live in a not-so-sunny area of the globe? Sun lights or day lights can give us a boost along with making sure to get the proper intake of calcium with our vitamin supplements to maximize their effectiveness. To LOOK great though, it is not recommended to spend hours in the sun perfecting your tan. Instead, pick from one of the plentiful salons which offer spray tanning. Unlike old fashioned tanning booths, newer spray tubes more evenly coat your body from head to toe with a variety of tones. You’ll LOOK like you’re rested even if you have been hard at work!

Being toned and tanned are great, but we don’t want to smell like tanner or the gym! Light, floral, citrus scents smell as good on your pillow as they do on your skin. So many companies are now coming out with purely natural scents that involve NO chemical interaction with the basic ingredients. Look for these in your favorite makeup stores or high end department store counters.

Looking good and feeling good should go hand in hand. After a hard day’s work or a stressful month, a visit to the Spa should set you straight. A great spa should look as relaxing as it should make it feel and there is no limit to the types of treatments that a great spa offers. From float rooms to mud parties, breast massages to champagne bars, the services are endless. Choose a spa with a beautiful, relaxing interior to increase the intensity of your experience.

Your face tells the story of your life. A few lines need to remain around your eyes so that you don’t look like a robot, but other than that, we can resculpt every inch. From facials to surgery and everything in between we can take ages off of our looks. Lip plumping now looks like we’ve sucked on a lemon, but there are much more effective ways to enhance our lip line and take away sagging skin. Chemical peels, lasers and the knife are backed up with electric impulses, physical manipulation and a plethora of natural seed oils, resins and butters. Moisturizers, serums and oils finished off with great SPF protection give you a healthy glow with sun protection.

The crowning glory though is your hair. A shiny, full head of hair makes us feel and look our youngest and best. A great cut, color and style though can only work if you have good hair to begin with. How can we find a thinning hair treatment? Look to lasers to use their cool wavelength to actually stimulate the hair follicles to keep them producing better and for longer. A laser hair brush is a one-time purchase that uses rechargeable batteries and treatments of only 15-20 minutes every other day. Laser hair restoration is the latest natural hair loss treatment and surpasses pills, creams and surgery in terms of efficacy and lower cost. Treatment can also be done at home and frequent salon visits are not needed. Save your time to visit your favorite spa!

Skin and hair are the most telling when it comes to our age. We would all like to keep our youthful looks longer, and there are so many levels of choices when it comes to “faking a younger look”. Most of us head to the salon, dermatologist or esthetician for our fix, but now in-home devices are breaking into the mainstream of care for both skin and hair.

Makeup artists can give you a bit of a lift when it comes to a special event. Being prepped for family portraits or the red carpet make you look wonderful in the photos or on camera, but can leave you looking caked on or like a cartoon in the light of day. Hairstylists can give us the perfect do for the cameras as well, but we cannot walk around in real life situations with stiff hair lacquered in place. Makeup or hairstylists can give us an evening or one day fix, but to look more youthful in everyday life we need to invest in a more permanent solution.

Estheticians are now being rebranded as “Facialists” who work on the muscles under the skin to tone and lift the muscles that hold our skin in place. They recommend anywhere from 6 to 30 treatments done on a weekly basis by either manual or electrical impulse therapy. I haven’t yet seen a guarantee on how long it last, however! AND at $450 per treatment, this had better last awhile!

Dermatologists are charging up to $4,500 to tighten muscles using ultrasound. Radio-frequency devices melt fat in the jowl area for $6,500 and then there are the fillers to plump up the areas that are fuller in youth such as the jawline and the apples of the cheeks. Other than a scalp massage however, the hair is left out as far as “plumping” or increased production.

Now for the lasers…they are used to resurface the skin so that our pores look tighter and our age spots lighten or disappear. But what happened to the issue of our aging hair? As we get older, our follicles diminish in output both in volume and in quality of hair shaft produced. Aging follicles have a longer resting phase and a shorter growing phase so since less of them are producing at once, hair thins in women and ends production completely causing balding patches mostly in men. Laser hair therapy is a natural hair loss treatment that uses a device that is called either a laser hair brush or laser hair comb. The best devices contain pulsing wavelength cool wavelength lasers and the more the better!

The Nutreve Personal Hair Therapy Laser gives you an IN-HOME thinning hair treatment device that is ergonomic and efficient. The cost factor is minimal too. For around $600 you can purchase this device that includes rechargeable batteries, 35 pulsing lasers, a curved, smooth surface that contours to your head and even a hands-free stand for multitasking while receiving your therapy. The recommended treatment time is 15-20 minutes every other day for improved circulation to the base of the follicles so that production is stimulated and improved and waste products are carried away.

Just as we need to keep up on a healthy diet and sufficient exercise, our skin and hair also need constant attention. Looking at the price tags however, the solution for a treatment for thinning hair is far easier on the pocketbook than treatments for sagging and aging skin! For so much less, you can have an in-home device that can be used on YOUR time schedule (even away from home) for a one-time charge (instead of recurring charges that increase with age) that requires no appointments and no side effects, downtime, prescriptions or pain!

What’s not to love about lasers? They can help us have a REAL thicker, shinier head of hair…no faking!