Pantone, the international authority on color, has released what it’s Color of the Year for 2012, Tangerine Tango, a warm red-orange hue.  Like last year’s happy pink Honeysuckle, Tangerine Tango is vibrant, radiating energy.  It’s a little exotic, a little spicy, but definitely friendly and upbeat; this is an approachable shade of a color that can sometimes be off-putting in it’s brightness and visibility.  If you’ve been shying away from orange, definitely give this one a shot!   (more…)

Ok folks, Black Friday has come and gone, Cyber Monday is nearly behind us…now it’s time to take the approaching holiday seasons seriously (if you want to, I mean).  I admit that a little snow would make it easier to feel festive right now, but alas we must play the hand we’re dealt.  Bryant Park’s skating rink is open anyway, and latkes are tasty all year-round.

So, whichever holidays you care to celebrate, take advantage of an opportunity to avoid the horrendous lines, out-of-stock merchandise, and crabby shoppers and do your business online instead.   (more…)

Most women wish, at some point, for different hair than they were blessed with.  In many cases, there are ways to circumvent nature: perms and curling irons, straightening devices and chemicals, dyes and cuts and styles and products, and more.  Today, I got to thinking; people with long hair can always cut it shorter, and there are lots of interesting style options when your hair falls below your shoulder blades; you can put it up if you want it to look elegant, or keep it out of your way.  But what do you do if you’ve got short hair and are longing for some length?

When a celebrity needs longer/fuller/more dramatic hair, they spend thousands of dollars on professionally-applied human-hair extensions (more…)

For the last three years, putting on my wig has involved twisting a bit of my front hair into a knot, clipping it with a barrette, and then sliding the front comb of the hairpiece under that knot of hair.  While there are any number of ways to get your hairpiece firmly attached to your head, anyone who’s done that method (or loads of others) knows exactly why it stinks: your hair gets knotted and broken and pulled.  Now that I’ve tried a wig headband, I don’t have to worry about any of those problems again.

The headband comes in three colors (light brown, dark brown, and black), so you can roughly coordinate with your hair tone (for safety’s sake: it’s not meant to show). (more…)

When giving gifts, whether for birthdays or weddings or holidays or because I feel like it, my personal style is to blend whimsy with practicality: I like to find something useful that also happens to be really cute.  So when I saw a whole bunch of my favorite headbands in Rite-Aid on Friday, I immediately bought a pack – and gave several to a friend at her bridal shower this weekend.  These particular headbands are perfect for wearing under tichels to help keep them in place, and I know that this friend has a fantastic collection of tichels waiting for after her big day.  (She’s Orthodox Jewish, and will be covering her hair once she’s married.) (more…)

Have you ever seen women working out with their hair down?  I’ve never understood how people can do that.  Doesn’t it get extra-messy?  Isn’t it annoying to have it flapping in your face as you run/bike/dance?  And don’t get me started on the ones I’ve seen wearing wigs on the treadmill!

When you’re exercising or playing sports, the last thing you want is your hair getting in the way.  It can even be unsafe; if vision is blocked or loose hair gets caught in equipment, you could get hurt.  The same problems can apply if you make the wrong choice of hair covering, not to mention that certain items can be ruined from sweat or frequent washing.   (more…)

As much fun as it is to have a headcovering or hair accessory to go with every outfit, not that many of us have unlimited funds to blow on every cute hat or headband we see.  And for someone who is just starting out with covering her hair, the possibilities can be overwhelming.  So let’s talk about what constitutes your basic stash; what are the essential pieces that no hair-coverer can get by without?

The most obvious thing is your basic black, whether it be a tichel, pretied bandana, snood, beret, or headband.  As big an advocate as I am of wearing color (lots of it and bright!), black does in fact go with just about anything.   (more…)

Spring is finally here!  Which of course means ’tis the season for weddings.  And without a doubt, the most important and noticeable accessory at most weddings is The Veil.  Rings are more expensive, shoes can make or break your dance moves, the bouquet totally counts as an accessory – but the veil is on the bride’s head!  Assuming that people are looking at her face and not…elsewhere…the veil (ok, and the headpiece) are going to be what everyone sees the most.  And, perhaps ironically, I bet the veil itself is the accessory that the bride spends the least time choosing.

There are in fact many different styles of veil, suitable for different types of dresses and events.  Here’s a rundown of the options.

• Cathedral – think Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music.  A loooooooooong veil to go with a loooooooooong train.   (more…)

Whether your hair is long or short, layered or single length, curly or straight, thick or thin, there is a hair clip for you.  Even if you cover full time with a scarf or wig, you can still use clips, both for function and fun.  Hair clips (also known as barrettes, hair slides, hair clasps, or hair pins – depending where you’re from), are great for keeping hair out of eyes (especially growing-out bangs!), for holding part- or full-ponytails in place, and for decorating otherwise simple hairstyles.  Here’s a rundown of the most common styles and who/what they are good for.

• Bobby pins were invented in the 1920′s because short hairstyles – bobs – were in fashion for the first time, and women needed new ways to keep them in place.  Someone took the u-shaped hair pin, which is great for keeping buns and other heavy styles in place, and flattened it out, so that it would work for smaller pieces of hair.   (more…)

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Big flowers have been big news for a couple of years now, in the world of fashion.  On pins, clips, headbands, and hats, we’ve gone back to the days when nature was your best source of beauty – and the perfect accessory.  Flowers come in so many shapes, sizes, and colors; they can also be dried, to add a hint of spring to even the warmest outfit.

Large, colorful flowers dress up an outfit, and add an element of fun and playfulness.  A satin and lace flower headband is elegant for a special occasion – and is there anything cuter than a flower girl with a wreath on her hair?  You can even wear flowers to work; (more…)

Three-stranded, six-stranded, inside-out, French, rope, fishtail…braiding is one of the most exciting ways to spice up your hairstyle, and the possibilities are endless.  There are SO many ways to braid hair that you could do a different one every day for months.  And while all you need for an awesome braided hairdo is a comb, a rubber band, and maybe some bobby pins, you can easily dress them up even more with clips and ribbons and flowers.

You don’t even have to braid all of your hair to make it look interesting. (more…)

Experts have agreed that the hottest color in the new year will be one they dubbed “honeysuckle,” a bright, warm pinky-red shade.  The Pantone Color Institute, which sets trends for the fashion and home industries, chose it for its liveliness, saying that it “lights a fire to the senses.”  They also describe it as hopeful, and I agree that it is definitely an upbeat hue.

The experts who chose it suggest pairing it with white rather than black, and predict that honeysuckle will appear in materials with complimentary colors like blues, greens, and oranges (more…)

Ok, I freely admit that this is my opinion, and you all probably disagree with me.  But in every generation, there are some fads that come and go that people look back on and say “I can’t believe I went out looking like that.”  Here are my predictions for styles that, twenty years from now, people will remove all images of them from their photo albums to avoid having their kids snicker over them.

1. The big hair bump.  If you push your headband forward a little, ok.  But when your bump towers over your forehead like Marge Simpson’s bouffant, it stops being flattering and starts looking ridiculous. (more…)

Whether you cover your hair regularly or not, I can guarantee that just about all of you use a comb or a brush on a regular basis.  Detangling, straightening, styling, pest removal – they’ve been doing it all for thousands of years.  They help distribute natural oils from the scalp to the ends of hair, keeping in shiny and soft and manageable; it also increases the circulation on the scalp, which leads to stronger, healthier hair.  Unless you’re bald (or shaved, or have dreadlocks), brushing is an essential part of your daily hair care routine.

The oldest examples of combs have been found in Persian tombs dating back over 5,000 years; Egyptian tombs also contain hair combs.  They are mostly made from wood or bone; decorations like carving are found about 3,000 years ago. (more…)

Teresa Giudice is the star of Bravo’s The Real Housewives of New Jersey. This Sunday she came to the American Hotel in Freehold, NJ to benefit the Food bank. We were there as well!

So, I hit my favorite good-weather outdoors event (I’ve mentioned it before) this past weekend, and it was fabulous.  The awesome thing about Renaissance Faires is that you can wear the wildest, wackiest outfits – or at least ogle people in them – and it’s totally ok.  You don’t have to be authentic, although people are more impressed when you are.  It’s the one chance a lot of people get to indulge in their romantic, old-fashioned, Gothic, Celtic, or witchy sides.  You can be anyone you feel like dressing as!

Of course, I made sure to inspect every clothing, jewelry, and (duh) hat shop or vendor that I passed.  Here’s a rundown of the most popular headgear styles you can get and wear at a Renaissance Faire.  They make excellent costumes for the rest of the year, and if you’re feeling adventurous, totally put one on and hit the mall. (more…)

It suddenly got chilly where I live, so I’m getting serious about what to wear this winter.  In case you haven’t been paying attention to the fashion mags either, I am here to update you on what’s hot – and warm – this season.

Fur – real or faux – has made a comeback, in the form of purses, hats, and shoes.  Whether it’s the whole garment, or just trim, fur will be keeping a lot of people cozy this year.

The coolest new way to coordinate an outfit is for everything to be the same color, or color family.  A rose-colored shirt with a burgundy skirt, for example.  Now you have a great excuse to stock up on solid-colored tichels and hats for the winter!  If you’re looking for the single-hottest color, go for the gold – metallica has been all over the runways. (more…)

Every few years, some new trend in fashion sweeps around the world.  Some “gotta have it” items are so unique and ubiquitous that they become symbols of a certain era – like poodle skirts or bellbottoms.  I had a chat with a second-grader about his Silly Bandz the other day, which inspired me to take a look back at some of the top accessory trends of the last fifty years.  Did you wear any of these?

• Cat-eye glasses were a staple of the fifties wardrobe, preferably decorated with rhinestones.  And don’t forget the scarf around the neck!
• The sixties were all about big hair – teased, back-combed, ratted, and rolled.  The bigger the bouffant, the better.  The more Aqua Net and Dippity-Do, the better.  And then, moving into the seventies, hairstyles took a total 180; hippie-chic called for long, straight, air-dried, single-length hair.  Curly girls, as my mother likes to tell me, had to tape their wet hair around soda cans to get it fashionably straight. (more…)