If your blond highlights turn a "not so lovely" shade of orangish yellow, you're not alone. It's a common problem with blond hair and it can be ultra annoying for anyone trying to keep your hair "Girls Next Door Blond". The solution is so very simple: try a purple shampoo or conditioner! The purple tones in these products will tone out that yellow color and, over a few treatments, will return your blond to the beautiful shade you left the salon with! My favorite is the Color Brite Shampoo by Thermafuse, which is quickly becoming my favorite new product line on the market.

I just love when a reader sends me photos of her haircut. Not only do I get to see some great haircuts and styles on real women, but hearing how much a woman loves a new look is just fun! Wendy writes: "This is my photo submission of a haircut I recently got that is somewhat Rhianna/Victoria Beckham inspired. I happen to love this haircut because I went right from shoulder length hair to this, and although it was a big change it didn't take long to get used to!"

I just LOVE this cut on Wendy! It really brings out her pretty face and beautiful eyes. Thank you for submitting, Wendy!

Have you tried something new with your hair? I'd love to hear your story and feature your haircut in my photo galleries!

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Hair dryers are a funny thing. We all use them. We all want them to work fast, keep our hair soft, shiny, and frizz free. And, we want them to last a lifetime and cost next to nothing. Right?

Well ladies, I'm here to tell you that some of the best hair dryers on the market can be incredibly budget friendly! The majority of the hair dryers I recommend to my clients everyday can be purchased for $25.00 to under $200.00. When you consider that we expect these tools to last several years, and give us beautiful hair days, well, the investment is rather minimal. Check out my favorite hair dryers before your next purchase!

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I recently received an email from a reader about partial perms. Pam writes: "The sides of my hair are about down to my chin and the back is a little shorter. I guess you could say that it is an inverted bob. The problem I have is that my hair looks flat to my head on top. I really need a little height and volume. Could I get a partial body perm on top so that my hair won't be weighed down? Thanks for any advice you can give me."

While Pam's idea is perfect in theory, it often fails in execution. Perms change the texture of the hair, and often, when doing a partial perm, you'll find that the texture doesn't match up with rest of your hair. You'll likely find that your hair will be left with a bunch of frizz or too much curl in the partially permed area that you'll just spend hours trying to remedy.

So what to do? Well, you could try a body perm all over your hair, but if you wear your hair straight, I'm afraid you'll just find yourself spending a lot more time trying to combat curl, and you likely won't end up with the volume that you sought after in the first place. And there goes the cost of an expensive, time consuming, and possibly hair damaging perm. Oh, and by the way, now you get to grow it out too. That's fun.

The answer is probably as simple as a haircut, Pam. The next time you get a haircut, ask your stylist to add some texture in the top of your hair. She will likely use a razor or thinning shears to remove some of the longer hair on top of your head. Now, before you assume that I'm off my rocker, because after all, you said that you were looking for FULLER hair, not thinner hair, hear me out. Texture will create shorter hairs at the crown of your head. These smaller hairs can be used to push up the longer hairs, creating more air and volume in your style.

Your blow drier can help with your problem as well. Try using a volumizing spray (I love the CHI Volume Boost and my new favorite is THERMAfuse's Boost Thicking Spray) or mousse at the root of your hair, blowdry with your head tipped upside down, and then style as usual.

I hope that helps your problem, Pam! I would be willing to bet that you aren't the only one out there with this issue.

If you have questions about your hair, please send them to me at womenshair.guide@about.com!

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Everyone seems to be discussing the Gosselin Family, from TLC's "John & Kate Plus 8", these days. Between the recent rumors of divorce and deception, to Mom Kate's hair, it seems that this family of ten is in the spotlight all the time.

I've always had a love/hate relationship with Kate's hair. It's an asymmetrical haircut, which by definition, is shorter on one side than the other. In my current profile photo, I have an asymmetrical style and you can view lots of other asymmetrical haircuts all over the internet. I think asymmetrical haircuts can look great on women of all ages, if done properly.

Kate's haircut quite unique; with the very short spikes in the back and the extremely long, un-layered piece in the front on her right side. I love her highlights and I really liked the cut in earlier seasons, before she had the extreme long piece in the front and the super short spikes in the back. Now, I think it needs blended a little or something. I'm just not crazy about it. Check out what Julyne's reader's on About.com's Beauty site had to say earlier this week, and I'd love to hear your thoughts here as well!

Is a flat iron a flat iron? With hundreds of brands of flat irons out there, how do you know which ones are worth their weight in tourmaline and ceramic and which will just leave your hair burned? In this article, I run down four great flat iron brands, and keep it all in a price range that is sure to fit your budget! Check it out, compare prices, and share your flat iron experiences and recommendations!

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I was busy in the salon this week when one of my clients asked me if I'd seen what Madonna wore earlier this week to the Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. I must have missed it, so I made a point last night to find out what I missed. Boy, did I miss it!

I guess when I think of "Material Girl", this isn't exactly the modern vision in my head. It might have been cool to wear lace gloves and balloon skirts 25 years ago, but even in the 80's at least you could use the excuse that "everyone was doing it!" I'm not sure where the inspiration for this creation came from, but just because it says Marc Jacobs by Louis Vuitton on the tag, doesn't mean you have to put it on (or do you?).

But really, in my head the worst faux pas in this entire hot mess is the hair. Sure, you can make a bad outfit mistake, wear hideous boots up to... well, all the way up to there... and you can let your bra hang out and get away with it, Madonna. Because, you're ARE Madonna, after all. But what on earth is going on with that hair? Is that a scrunchie gone horribly wrong? What is that? I'm honestly at a loss for words (I know, I know, first time for everything). So, what do you think? Bold and daring, big mistake, or do you love it?

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Red is always a popular choice to color one's hair. As a hair stylist, I understand that achieving a truly natural shade of red hair can be a challenge and is often a rarity. I also recently learned that being a natural redhead is quite a rarity. If you're a redhead (natural or not) you might find this article as interesting as I did!