Okay, wait—why is caffeine suddenly on dermatologists’ “maybe not” list for women’s hair serums? For years, it’s been the darling of every shiny bottle, right up there with peptides and biotin. I’ve tried so many brands it’s honestly embarrassing, and every one brags about caffeine. Health and Allure’s 2025 picks? Basically a caffeine parade. Now, […]

Somewhere between the third pass with my round brush and the moment my arm gives up, I hear my stylist’s voice in my head: “Hold tension or you’re just fluffing it up for nothing.” Okay, but why does her $8 brush in a fluorescent-lit salon create volume that survives three days, and my home attempt […]

So, I wrap my hair in that giant cotton bath towel—like, is this just me?—and every single time, those little hairs at my hairline just snap off. Feels like I’ve bleached for years, even though I haven’t. Turns out, those fluffy towels we all hoard? They basically shred fragile hair, and it’s maddening because I […]

Halfway through the week, still pulling stray hairs out of my keyboard—what’s new? Stylists say it’s hormones, stress, or some genetic curse from my grandma, but last night I basically ironed my hair flat with a curling wand on max heat. Didn’t even think about it. I mean, who actually considers what heat does to […]

Frizzy ponytail again. And, yeah, now my coffee’s all over my shirt. Great. Supposedly, if you nail the right morning hair trick, it’ll last longer than those overpriced salon blowouts—at least, that’s what stylists keep telling me. It’s not about having a drawer full of gadgets, apparently. I wasted fifteen minutes with a round brush […]

Okay, so my hair just… collapses. I mean, I can blast it with a dryer for an hour, flip it upside down, pray to the volume gods, and it still ends up sad and floppy. Humidity? Forget it. Everyone’s out here raving about deep conditioners for volume like they’re some kind of holy grail. Are […]

Every week, I’m back behind the chair, and—yep—here we go again: “Just trim the ends!” Sure. And then, somehow, half the layers vanish, or someone’s curls get hacked up wet, as if gravity’s gonna treat a 4C coil the same as stick-straight hair. No, it doesn’t. Stuff like chopping curls wet, pretending a one-size-fits-all product […]