Christopher Stephens Beauty Blog

To blow dry or air dry?

Today we had a new client come into the salon and during the course of his visit he made it very clear that he thought that blow-drying is a waste of electricity and is the quickest way of damaging the hair. Well, I thought, now there's an opinion. And actually it is just a matter of preference.

Instant radiance can be yours!

Here is a savvy skin-glowing trick from Morris: sweep a finely crushed, golden light-reflecting powder in the area between the top of your cheekbones and your eyes, then down the bridge of your nose to reflect light. A touch of gold also works wonders on the inside corner of the eye (where it meets the nose). "It instantly opens up the eyes," she says.

Body brushing for better health

Skin or body brushing is a great way to rejuvinate your skin and to clear away toxins from your body, so obviously it has incredible health and skin benefits. It helps stimulate circulation and lymphatic flow and shed dry skin cells. Here's how and when to brush:

Want a sexy pout?

Want a sexy pout without having to get a Restylane jab. Do what a lot of Hollywood's top makeup artists do for celebrities that want the fullness but without the "jab." Accentuate the lips by blending a shimmery gold pigment (over your lip colour) on the upper lip and in the centre of the bottom lip to instantly add the illusion of fullness. Look out Angelina.

Simple guidelines for healthy nails

Though we regularly recommend nail care products to our clients we always remind them that no nail care product alone can give them healthy nails. Here are some simple guidelines that we would like to share with you that when followed will help keep your nails looking their best:

Nail Biting?

"When I'm nervous or sometimes just bored, I bite my nails. Will this permanently damage them?" This is a question I was just asked at lunchtime, and thought it would be interesting to post here because I have a feeling it's probably a question in a lot of people's minds. Most nail biting is just a bad habit that most people eventually break. The answer to the question is: though nail biting is unsanitary, it typically causes no long-term damage to the nails. It can worsen some existing conditions, like infection of the skin around the nail bed. What can happen though, is you can pass bacteria or viruses from your nails and fingers to your mouth by biting your nails, making it more likely that you'll catch a cold or other infection. So maybe next time you feel like a "chew" you should pop in a stick of gum. Just a thought.

Prevent frizzies and damaged hair!

So many times we have had our salon customers complain about how their hair "suffers" from blow drying and from the use of flat irons and curling irons and products that dry the hair out. "What can we do?" we're so frequently asked. We recommend using Bio Ionic Styling Appliances which use natural negative ion energy  and offer the following benefits that other products cannot:

Beauty myths

How many times have you had friends, colleagues or even your mother share with you beauty advice that they swore was gospel? The following are just a few samples of "busted myths." Read them carefully so next time your hear them you will know what to really believe and what to treat with a snicker.

CELEBRATE YOU!!!

I hear so many of our friends saying that they wished that they looked like Katherine Heigl, Jessica Alba or Brad Pitt or George Clooney or some other beautiful or handsome celebrity. How many of us spend our days trying to emulate someone else?

Will we win the fight against hair loss?

The jury is still out on that, but the good news is science has evolved and we're beginning to understand what's at the root of this hair loss business and there are several new processes currently being developed that will help us in the battle of hair loss. One of them is called hair cloning or multiplication. What is it you ask?