CLAIROL Professional Shimmer Lights Original Conditioning Shampoo for Gray, White, Highlighted and Light Blonde Tinted Hair 16oz/473ml

A protein enriched conditioning formula.- Tones down brassiness on blonde/gray hair.- Renews & refreshes faded highlights and ash-toned hair.- Removes dull yellow in gray/white hair.- Leaves hair shiny without residue.

As we get ready to clean our homes for holiday guests (and even if you are one of the lucky ones paying someone else to clean your home). Here are a few issues to be aware of.

The EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) has shown that indoor air contains two to five times more pollutants per cubic foot that outdoor air and in extreme cases can be one hundred times more polluted. The New York Times wrote in an article on Jan 6, 2001 that an EPA study revealed some toxic levels in homes were "greater than the levels that qualify as a chemical waste site for Superfund status." It is important for you to know that you if you are using chemicals to clean your house, your are unknowingly adding to your indoor pollution in a very big way. A 2003 study conducted by the Mount Siani School of Medicine in New York tested volunteers who did not live or work near industrial facilities. An average of 91 contaminants were discovered in each person. Most of these contaminants come from pesticides, personal care products and household cleaners. These chemicals were capable of causing cancer, brain and nervous system damage, birth defects and immune system problems.

As a rule of thumb, many experts advise that if a product label includes the notice "warning", "poison" or "danger" - stop right there and avoid the product all together. I go further and say, if it's not natural or smells funny, don't use it. As warning labels are only addressing issues caused by ingestion. Ninety percent of health problems are caused by inhalation. Most of these chemicals fill the air with what we call a clean smell. I would recommend you rethink that clean definition and think of it as a poison smell.

In the interest of keeping each Healthy Hint short enough to value your time each week, we will discuss specific ingredients next week. For now, try to avoid the use of chemicals that have a strong odor and/or list the caution words above. You may also want to avoid the products that the Water Pollution Control Federation states are so toxic, they must be disposed of in a toxic waste dump: floor care products, furniture products, window cleaners, bug spray and nail polish remover. Other products that the National Cancer Prevention Coalition lists as the top cancer causers in our home are: J & J Baby Powder, Crest Tartar Control Toothpaste, V05 Hair Conditioner, Clairol Nice N Easy Hair Color, Ajax Cleanser, Lysol Disinfectant.

To get your house clean, Use the a high density fiber clean room or Magic cloth, damp towels, baking soda and other environmentally and personally safe products. You will go into the holidays breathing easier!

Written by Kathy Loidolt, author of Shopper's Guide to Healthy Living. This beginner's guide to eating and living healthy takes only four hours to read, contains five phases, tear-out shopping lists, great recipes, product favorite shopping ideas and forbidden ingredients lists. Order yours today, it just may save your live! Available at http://www.ShoppersGuidetoHealthyLiving.com Click on this website to be added free to the Healthy Hint of the Week distribution list.

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Most women have tried at least one home hair color! Sometimes it turns out great but sometimes you create a mess and end up with a bad hair color. Trying to fix your hair color at home can be challenging but there are a few things that might help. Most of all, don't panic. Take deep breaths and realize that most mistakes can be relatively easy to fix. You do have options!

Many women try a new color when they get frustrated or bored with their own hair color. Many women have tried to 'go blonde' but been left with orange hair instead. This generally happens after the blonde color they used didn't lift their hair as much as the package promised! When color mistakes happen, remember that life is full of hair blunders. Most hair color mistakes are fixable! It may take a few more colors to reverse your color disaster, but have patience. After all, good things come to those who wait!

If you can afford to go to a color professional, that may be your easiest route! However, you'll need to do this in the first 48-72 hours. After that your color may lock into your hair and may be harder to remove. If you can't afford to go to a hairdresser, you might consider calling the hair color manufacturer for assistance. (i.e. Clairol, L'Oreal, etc.) Most of the major companies have toll free consumer help lines printed on color labels. Sometimes they're helpful, sometimes they're not. It largely depends on the problem you have and the persons working knowledge of color that you contact.

Dark Hair Color You'll have better success in removing brown and black permanent hair color with a color removal product or bleach, but these shouldn't be used very often. These are strong products and can permanently damage your hair. Depending on the color you selected, you may be able to cover permanent color temporarily with a semi-permanent color. This is especially true if your color isn't too dark. Its much easier to cover mistakes quickly on lighter brown colors than it is on darker colors.

Henna Hair Color Many people have home hair color disasters with henna. Not only does henna coat the hair, it can be highly unpredictable. To get rid of henna colors, try alcohol and mineral oil.

Red Hair Color Try L'Oreal Tone Refiner to remove red hair colors. This brand new product has mixed reviews. It depends on how fast you use the product, your hair texture, the color you used, and how 'locked in' the color is. Tone refiners are somewhat limited, as they only have two types available; one for blonde hair and one for brown hair. This product is a minimally invasive way to tone down the red colors you have. The only way to completely remove unwanted darker red colors is to bleach your hair, then add another color or a toner. You can do this yourself at home, if you have the right color information.

Brassiness For brassiness, try Clairol Shimmer Lights shampoo for blonde or white/gray hair. Shimmer Lights is a purple shampoo that is specially formulated to eliminate brassiness and orange hues. You can also try Silver Expressions Daily Color Enhancing Shampoo for gray to silver shades.

Hot water is notorious for fading chemically colored hair but should only be used once or twice. Using hot water longer than that can really damage your hair, not to mention what it does to your sebaceous glands and scalp! Damage plus a bad home hair color is double trouble! If you do damage your hair trying to get rid of home hair color, try hask placenta. It's sort of a disgusting product if you know what's really in it, but it's a great way to heal damaged hair.

The safest and least invasive way to remove bad hair colors is to use more color. You just have to know which colors to use. A good home hair color guide can help you fix your hair colors, if you like coloring your hair at home and are tired of guessing which colors to choose. Coloring your own hair is a lot of fun and you'll have such a wide variety of color choices! Knowing what color you'll end up with before you color helps you plan for better home hair color success!

Carolyn Dickerson has been in the beauty and health industries for over 25 years. She is the single mom of a mentally disabled child. In that time, she's learned how to think outside the box to create harmony in her own life but also in the lives of others. More than anything else, she adores helping others. Be sure to read her unique beauty and health tips at http://www.lookgreat-loseweight-savemoney.com

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Be warned! Your daily beauty regime could be taking years off of your life. Most (99%) personal care products have not been safety tested. Your health may even be damaged due to the daily mixing of many different types of toxins in and on the body. On average, each of us uses 9 personal care products a day, containing a total of 126 different ingredients. When these chemicals are absorbed into the body, they can be stored in fatty tissue or organs (ie the liver, kidney, reproductive organs and brain). Medical research has proven that fragrances can trigger asthma; the detergents in shampoos can damage eye tissue; and that hair-dye chemicals can cause bladder cancer and lymphoma. If these problems had been linked to pharmaceutical drugs, the products would have been taken off of the market. However, since the cosmetics industry is largely self-governing, products containing potentially harmful substances remain in use and on sale. If you think that it can't be that bad, then you need to consider what goes into some of the most popular toiletries.

Olay Regenerist claims to instantly improve the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. But what they don't tell you is that in order to work, the product needs to be well absorbed, so it uses penetration enhancers which actually drive toxins deeper into your skin. This in turn leads to hormone disruptions, carcinogenic effects and skin irritation.

Clairol Herbal Essences Shampoo For Dry/Damaged Hair claims to provide you with a totally organic experience. But what they don't tell you is that it also contains 4 potentially cancer-causing dyes, as well as synthetic fragrances that are known neurotoxins and skin irritants. This product can also permanently damage eye tissue, cause breast cancer, and chemicals that also cause the damaging chemicals to penetrate more deeply into skin and bloodstream.

Johnson's Baby Soft Wash claims to be best for you and your baby. But what it doesn't tell you is that it also contains skin and eye irritants and hormone disrupters. Since children's skin is thinner and more absorbent than adults', it provides a less effective barrier to these chemical toxins. Furthermore, you only get the mere impression of smoothness since there's nothing in this product that actually smooths your skin.

Calvin Klein's Eternity, as well as numerous other perfumes, contain the same neurotoxic solvents that are found in glues and adhesives, as well as the same volatile chemicals that are common in garages and factories. Perfumes also contain known neurotoxins, allergens, irritants and/or hormone disrupters.

Colgate Total claims to provide you with 12-hour fresh breath and antibacterial protection. But what it doesn't tell you is that it also contains irritating detergents which can cause sore gums and mouth ulcers. It also contains abrasives which can erode tooth enamel. There are also carcinogens, and chemicals that can produce chloroform gas, which is easily absorbed into the skin or inhaled and can cause depression, liver problems and cancer.

Gillette Mach 3 Shaving Gel contains skin irritants, 3 potential carcinogens and 3 central nervous system toxins or pollutants.

Clairol Nice 'N Easy claims to provide natural-looking color with complete grey coverage. But what they don't tell you is that it can cause allergic reactions and has carcinogenic effects. In fact, intensive longer-term use is associated with breast, ovarian and bladder cancer, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, multiple meyeloma and rheumatoid arthritis.

Clearasil 3-in-1 Deep Cleaning Wash has been clinically proven to help fight acne. But what they don't tell you is that the product is capable of removing the skin's natural oils. It also contains 2 potential carcinogens and that it can also consistently lead to skin problems.

Listerine Teeth And Gum Defense claims to kill the germs that cause plaque and bad breath. But what it doesn't tell you is that it is 21.6% alcohol and thatq alcohol dries and changes the pH of the mouth and throat and long-term use of alcohol-containing mouthwashes increases the risk of mouth and throat cancers. Listerine also contains ingredients that are poisonous if swollen, are known carcinogenics, and can alter the basic flora of the mouth and may cause dermatitis.

Reverend Brenda Hoffman, is ordained by the Universal Life Church, and has been delivering holistic health and wellness advice for over 7 years since receiving a BA in psychology. As a home-based professional and mother of 1, she operates a holistic wellness network. She invites you over to http://www.yourhealthyfamilyhome.com/ to learn how to improve you and your family's health.

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1. When Parker Pen marketed a ballpoint pen in Mexico, its ads were supposed to have read, "It won't leak in your pocket and embarrass you." Instead, the company thought that the word "embarazar" (to impregnate) meant to embarrass, so the ad read: "It won't leak in your pocket and make you pregnant

2. In Spain, when Coors Brewing Company put its slogan, Turn it loose into Spanish; it was read as Suffer from diarrhea.

3. When Braniff International Airways translated a slogan touting its upholstery, Fly in leather, it came out in Spanish as Fly naked.

4. When Pepsi started marketing its products in China a few years back, they translated their slogan, "Pepsi Brings You Back to Life" pretty literally. The slogan in Chinese really meant, "Pepsi Brings Your Ancestors Back from the Grave."

5. Chicken magnate Frank Perdue's line, "It takes a tough man to make a tender chicken," sounds much more interesting in Spanish: "It takes a sexually stimulated man to make a chicken affectionate."

6. Scandinavian vacuum manufacturer Electrolux used the following in an American campaign: Nothing sucks like an Electrolux.

7. A hair products company, Clairol, introduced the "Mist Stick", a curling iron, into Germany only to find out that mist is slang for manure. Not too many people had use for the manure stick.

8. The American slogan for Salem cigarettes, "Salem-Feeling Free", was translated into the Japanese market as "When smoking Salem, you will feel so refreshed that your mind seems to be free and empty."

9. PepsiCola lost it dominant market share to Coke in South East Asia when Pepsi changed the color of its vending machines and coolers from deep "Regal" blue to light "Ice" blue as Light blue is associated with death and mourning in SE Asia.

10. We can't forget Chevrolet's attempt to launch the Nova -- Spanish translation, "Doesn't Go" -- in Mexico (turns out this one appears to be an urban legend and cannot be verified). Many sources on the internet allege this is untrue.

Brian Henderson oversees internal and external marketing for Prezza Technologies. Prior to joining Prezza Technologies, Brian has held senior-level marketing positions in successful New England-based companies, including Perseus Development Corporation, Equallogic Corporation, and EMC Corporation.

Brian received his degree in marketing from the University of Massachusetts at Amhersts Isenberg School of Management.

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Clairol Shimmer Lights 31.5 Oz. Shampoo (Blonde & Silver)

* A protein-enriched conditioning formula * Tones down brassiness on blonde / gray hair. * Renews & refreshes faded highlights and ash-toned hair. * Removes dull yellow in gray / white hair. * Leaves hair shiny without residue. * Blue Color Shampoo * 31.5 fl.oz. (931 mL)

A funny thing happened to me when I turned forty. I noticed hair growing out of my ears. At first, I didn't pay much attention to it, but as the weeks went by, it began looking like spiders were trying to crawl into my head.

With much resistance, I decided to trim the hair with a small pair of scissors, but it kept growing back, thicker and darker. Thoughts of hiring a professional lawn service to maintain this unsightly growth came to mind. Then someone suggested "electrolysis." (From the Greek "electro" meaning some sort of electricity and "trolysis" meaning hurting like hell.) This was not an option I wanted to explore.

So, I've decided to chalk it up to getting older. Let's face it, no one wants to admit that they are getting old, so I've adopted the new phrase "getting older". Getting old sounds so cold and rigid, but no one can deny that we are getting older. Getting older just has a nicer more gratifying quality about it.

So, how does one know if they are getting old(er)? Here are 10 sure fire ways:

1. You're spending more and more time in the Clairol aisle.

2. You keep flipping through the channels looking for Lawrence Welk.

3. You got your last eyeglass prescription from the Coca Cola Bottling Company.

4. Seventy per cent of your conversation includes you shouting the word "What?!!!

5. You think the new up and coming comic is Shecky Greene.

6. Drug abuse means taking two stool softeners.

7. You've spent five minutes standing in the kitchen trying to remember what you went in there for.

8. Those Depends commercials have been catching your eye.

9. Your wardrobe includes either white shoes, white belt, or both.

10. Getting up three times a night no longer has to do with sex.

I hope this helps. Pass this on to five of your friends, or family members that you feel are getting old(er). I know I am, passing this on, that is, if only I can remember their names.

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Bindy has endured my inordinate number of idiosyncrasies for nineteen years now. We got a late start, Bindy was thirty five and I was forty four.

A first time for Bindy, she waited all those years for "Mr. Right", I suppose that depends on whom you ask.

Bindy and I met in an Aerobics class, actually more like Bindy entered the room dressed neck to ankles in form fitting Spandex and I knew who her husband was going to be. It didn't matter what her current status might have been, I knew what it was going to be. I just had to find a way to tell her that.

In 1997 Bindy became a certified Jazzercise Instructor and Franchise owner. She now owns and operates two Jazzercise Centers with multiple instructors and class managers and still teaches several classes a week herself. You would never know my Bindy was fifty four years old by the manner in which she teaches, or how she still fills out that spandex.

Chasse forward to June, 2008. Bindy is teaching the class this particular evening and I am filling in for one of the class managers.

One of the frequent attendees walks up to the counter to check in. She is a teacher and has mentioned her daughter is graduating from high school this year. So, it makes her forty-ish but the point is she has a beautifully coiffured short hair style, to which I am partial anyway, and it is in the most gorgeous shade of blonde I have ever seen.

Later that evening at home I mentioned to Bindy how pretty the member's hair was and she agreed with me. She said she had been toying with the thought of doing something similar with her hair. What did I think?

In all these nineteen years I have never seen Bindy other than a brunette, her natural color. Most often in my favorite style which is short, but not as short as Jamie-Leigh Curtis, or similar to Sharon Stone or Meg Ryan when they wear their hair short. To myself I'm thinking "I don't believe it", however I pipe right up and say, "Hey, sounds ok to me".

At Bindy's Jazzercise Centers there are always scads of health and fitness magazines written especially for women within easy reach. For some reason I happen to notice that the cover of the fitness magazine Bindy was reading featured a young woman with an extra firm set of "abs" compared to the usual ladies on the covers. I could see the word muscle in the title so I asked about it. Oh, this is one that shows up only every once in a while.

The next morning I poured a bowl of cereal and thought I should review this new muscle whatever magazine to make sure it was appropriate for the members.

It wasn't "Muscle and Sex Teaser", June, 2008, but it could have been. Why is it 97% of the women in these types of magazines are shown pumping iron, straining, stretching, reaching, running or jumping when they all have at least C cup size breasts but they're wearing B cup size sports bras?

When I put the magazine down I saw the box. The box that said...Clairol Natural Instincts - Coastal Dune - Dark Neutral Blonde.

Dark Neutral Blonde, I wonder if I'll be able to control myself!

Stephen Anderson is a freelance writer available to provide web content and articles. Mr. Anderson has over 30 years of traveling sales experience serving several different industries. His interactions with thousands of people over the years has left him with a great sense of humor in addition to nearly countless human interest and "how to" stories he now wishes to share. Contact at...spander@madriver.com

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Until a few years ago I had long really beautiful hair. It was the kind of hair people would stop me in the street to comment on. It was thick and wavy and a stunning caramel color of blonde. But one day I can't pin point exactly what prompted me I decided to go blonder. Looking back maybe it was a new job? A divorce? Dating again? Feeling too much like a mom? My Fear of getting older? Once the decision was made however there was no turning back. I decided to color my hair at home on my own. Not in and of it self a big deal since I had a cosmetology license; but did I mention I never worked as a hair colorist?

Well, my hair turned out great and everyone loved it. So the next time I decided I would go a little blonder and the time after that blonder, then one day I decided it was too blonde, and I wanted another change so I went red then blonde again then darker, a lot darker on my own, with no advice from the Clairol Color Experts, or old beauty business buddies, nope not me with the beauty license, I was saving tons of money by doing it myself, besides I was too proud to ask for advice, or was I embarrassed? Or fearful they would tell me to put down the box and call a hair salon specializing in color correction. With the darker color over the already damaged light blonde my hair turned green!

That is when the trouble really began, because I became obsessed with fixing it. I thought just one more trip to the late night drug store for one more box in a shade that will lift out all that brown, that will fix it. I had become addicted to the lure of the 20-minute instant makeover power of hair color. What ever was going wrong in my life I was sure changing the color of my hair would fix what ailed me.

Thankfully, I survived the emotionally crisis of my brief but harrowing hair color obsession and enthusiastically sought out a professional most amazing hair dresser and a more amazing friend for some damage control. Her advice went something like this "You could walk around looking like a blonde hooker or we can cut it off and you can start from scratch, you have the face for it." In the end I opted for the haircut and was relived to have less hair to be tempted to color.

The irony of this story is that in a world of long hair my very, very short hair (think Pink, Mia Farrow from Rosemary's Baby days or Brigitte Neilson or now Victoria Beckham) has been unexpectedly liberating. I no longer spend time working on or about my hair I am out the door in half the time, I need less make up and people tell me I look younger and hipper. That is what really short blonde hair does for you; if it suits you, it is a look. Albeit it is not for everyone, but for me there have been valuable lessons learned. One, you are not your hair long or short, if your life is missing something find out what is and fix it inside. Two, when it comes to changing your look drastically seek out an expert for advice no matter what the cost.

You simply do not need to shell out the big bucks in order to look your best on your wedding day. Don't neglect your beauty and skin care because you feel you can't afford it.

Learn more at my website http://www.do-it-yourself-wedding-make-up.com where my beauty experience as a free lance make-up artist helps me help you make good beauty choices and helps to encourage and teach you how to feel more beautiful on your wedding day or any day.

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