April's Hairography
The Guy’s Guide to Looking Good at Every Holiday Party This Year
Every year it's the same. Somebody sits down in my chair the second week of December, looks at me a little sheepish, and says “we've got the company party Saturday — can you do something with this?” And I always can. But I'll tell you who walks into those parties looking the sharpest: the guy who came to see me in October, not the one scrambling the week of.
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The Guy’s Guide to Looking Good at Every Holiday Party This Year
Every year it's the same. Somebody sits down in my chair the second week of December, looks at me a little sheepish, and says “we've got the company party Saturday — can you do something with this?” And I always can. But I'll tell you who walks into those parties looking the sharpest: the guy who came to see me in October, not the one scrambling the week of.
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Your Scalp Is Skin. Start Treating It Like It.
Oil production drops as we mature, and follicles clog anyway. Those two facts sound contradictory and they're related. What's actually happening up there, and what a scalp treatment does about it.
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Protein or Moisture? Almost Everyone Guesses Wrong.
Limp hair and brittle hair feel like the same problem and need opposite solutions. Here's how to tell which one you've got — and why doubling down on the wrong one makes it worse.
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Grey Isn’t Just a Color Change. It’s a Texture Change.
Everyone expects grey to look different. Almost nobody is warned that it feels different, behaves differently, and takes color differently. Here's what's happening inside the strand.
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Your Hair Is Not Misbehaving. It Changed.
The products that worked for years stop working, and most people assume they're doing something wrong. They aren't. Here's what actually changes in maturing hair, and what to do differently.
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School’s Starting. Dad Needs a Haircut Too.
Here's how back-to-school season goes in most houses I know. The kids get the new shoes, the new backpacks, the haircut before picture day. Mom squeezes in her own appointment somewhere if she's lucky. And dad? Dad's standing in the kitchen the night before school starts, running a hand over the back of his head going, “Yeah, I probably need to do something about this.”
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From Beach Hair to Boss Hair: End-of-Summer Transformations
By the end of August, I can read a whole summer in somebody's hair before they say a word.
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The Quiet Before the Rush: Why August Is the Best Time to Book
There's a particular quiet to my studio in August that I've come to love. The lake crowd is still at the lake. The summer travelers are squeezing in their last trips. School hasn't quite started, so nobody's in panic mode yet. For a few weeks, Stony Hill Road feels even more peaceful than usual, and my book has a little breathing room in it.
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Back-to-School Hair: Low-Maintenance Color That Lasts Until October
Every August it's the same conversation in my chair. A teacher sits down, looks at me in the mirror, and says some version of: “April, I don't know when I'm going to have time to come back. School starts next week and then I disappear until Thanksgiving.”
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