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It's wintertime . We need to change our hair

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right . Welcome

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to Beauty Beyond 50 , where we explore

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beauty , style and confidence for

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fabulous women beyond 50 . I'm

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your host , denise Kylitz , and

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if you've ever walked by a mirror and wondered

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who that reflection belongs to , well

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, you were in the right place . As

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women over 50 , our insides still

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feel like we're in our 20s , but our outside

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tells a different story . I'm in my late 50s

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and things are changing . My memory

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is not as sharp , my tummy is not as flat

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, and don't get me started about those

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hairs that seem to grow overnight In

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my three decades in the beauty industry

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, the best moments are when someone like you

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comes in seeking advice on looking

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and feeling more confident . So I asked

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myself why stop doing what I love ? That's

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midlife nuances , from hair care

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beyond 50 . Let's do this together

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, alright

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. So now I know it's probably

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snowy , icy where you're

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at . I know it's really cold where

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I'm at . So what are we

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supposed to do . Let's play with our hair , shall

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we ? So I want to talk to you about

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what are some of the popular

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hair colors in the

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wintertime for women over 50 . Alright

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, let's start with silver

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hair with low lights . Yeah

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, what is that ? It is when you

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take your gray beautiful hair

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and you ask your stylist

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to put low lights throughout . This

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will deepen the contrast in

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your hair and it will

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give you a sense of depth

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, if you will , and plus

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, it adds a lot of shine . So

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how do they actually weave

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the darker gray into your hair

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? They could either use highlights

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with foils or they

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can actually paint it on there as well

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with a technique called Bolliage

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. That's really

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used a lot lately

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in the salons . A lot of younger stylists

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prefer to use that method . Alright

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, what's another color that you might be thinking

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? Maybe you've got brown hair , chocolate

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with Caramel Bolliage . I

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tell you , that is beautiful . You

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take a deep chocolate color

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, kind of think like

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a Hershey's chocolate bar . That

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could be the color of your roots , and

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then you have your stylist paint

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on caramel highlights or

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Caramel Bolliage on the ends

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. It is a beautiful combination

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. It's going to give you that depth . It's going to give you that

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shine it's going to give you that

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spice , if you will , that you need when

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you're feeling kind of gloomy on the inside

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. Alright , what about you redheads

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? Yeah , I'm talking to you . Auburn

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hair with Caramel highlights

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. Okay , hear me out on this

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. You take your Auburn

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hair and you Bolliage

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just a few highlights , especially around

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the face , the face framing . All

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it does is it gives that dimension

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that you're looking for , that spark

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that you're looking for . You know

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, we're inside , we're reading our books

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, we're cooking , we're trying

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to stay motivated . We need that

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extra sparkle , do we not ? I

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think so . Now let's talk to

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you women that have that

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chestnut brown hair , but

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you don't want it too dark . How about me

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? How about me Don't want to be blonde

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, I just need some dimensional

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blonde highlights . So what

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you do is you take your base of your brown

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and it could be a chestnut brown

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, it can be a

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medium brown and you just play

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strategic highlights throughout

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. And those are blonde

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highlights , not Caramel Blonde highlights

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. They could be very , very fine highlights

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. They could be chunky highlights , because that's

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really making a big comeback . But ugh

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, try not

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to make them too chunky . It's very

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aging . We want to stay youthful , don't

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we ? So I would say , just soften

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it up around your face , some face

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framing and you should

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be good to go . Let's talk

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about how to take care

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of your color-treated hair . The winter

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time poses its own problems . The air

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is drier in the house , our

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skin's drier and guess what ? Our hair is

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drier too . So you want to make

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sure that you're using color protection

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for your hair . That means you

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want to make sure you're using shampoo that

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doesn't contain any sulfates in it . You don't

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want any kind of stripping product in

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your shampoo and you want to make sure

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that your shampoo and your

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conditioner says safe for color-treated

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hair . Okay , some of the

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dandruff shampoos that are out there I

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know we're all combating dry

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scalp , so we're using our dandruff shampoos . Most

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of those are not safe for color-treated hair , so

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just be careful with that , okay

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. Another thing you wanted to is

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limit your how often you're

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washing your hair . Really

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, really try to go two to three days . Okay

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, you're just going to extend your color

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longer , because

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every time that you shampoo your hair

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, especially with warm water

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, you're opening that cuticle up

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. You're losing those color molecules

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that were deposited in there , so your

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hair's going to turn brassy . You're going to need a toner

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a lot more frequent

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, probably in like two or three weeks . So

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my advice would be to use lukewarm

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water and , if you can , cool water

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most of us can't do that

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, I can't do that , so ugh . Another

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thing that I would do is weekly

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mask treatments deep conditioning for

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your hair . Again , your skin

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is drier in the wintertime . You've

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got the heaters going . Your hair is going

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to be drier . You really need those weekly

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masks to help support that moisture

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retention for your hair . And , along

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with avoiding the hot water when you're shampooing

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your hair , you want to avoid hot water

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period and hot styling tools

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. So if you can let your hair air

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dry , that's even better . But

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if you are using hot styling tools , please

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, please , please , use

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heat protection . I don't care what brand

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. Every brand has heat protection

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out there . It's a spray that you spray on

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dry hair before you put that curling iron

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in or that flat iron on there , okay

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. Also , you

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might not have thought about this , but make

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sure you're still using your UV

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protection on your hair in

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the wintertime . If you're getting out there for

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a walk hopefully you are , because

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exercise is king If

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you're getting out there for your daily walks , make sure you're

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spraying UV protection on

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your hair as well if you want your color

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to last . You'll thank me . Also

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, it is so important

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to get your regular maintenance

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done for your hair color . Okay

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, get those touch-ups done . I know

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the older we get , those

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grays just seem to be persistent

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and they just keep popping up . When

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we used to go six weeks for our touch-ups

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, now it's maybe four , sometimes

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three weeks in between touch-ups . I

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hear you , I'm one of those too . So

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just make sure that you're getting

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your touch-ups . That way , too , your stylist

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can adjust your toner

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on the end , so your color will always stay

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fresh . Look fresh . Okay

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, ask your stylist too , maybe about

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a mini touch-up . We used to offer these

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in this salon , where they just do

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the T-zone like what we'd call

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. It is a T , meaning around your

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face and down your

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part line . That would get you through and stretch

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your money . Your stylist might

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offer it . They might not . I don't know . It's

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worth asking . The worst they could say is

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no right , all

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right , this might

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not be a concern of yours , but it

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might be . Avoid chlorine and

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salt water . If you're a swimmer , if you're getting

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to the YMCA , if you're getting to the gym and you're

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swimming for exercise , that

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warm water . It feels good . Just

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make sure you put on a swim cap . Keep the

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chlorine out of your hair . If you're

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hopping into the jacuzzi ooh , I wish

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I had a jacuzzi Just

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keep the chlorine out of your hair . Another

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really good tip to do

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is put a deep

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conditioner all over your hair before

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you put your swim cap on . That'll actually

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protect it even more . It's almost like sealing

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it before you put that cap on

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, and so it's almost like a sponge , right

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? A wet sponge can't soak up any

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more water , but a dry sponge is just

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right . Also

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, be really gentle when you're styling your hair

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. Use wide-toothed combs in the shower with

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your conditioner on already

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. You just want to minimize breakage . Remember

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your hair is dry . It's a stressful

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time for your hair . Also

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, one thing , the

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last thing , it's the most important thing Make

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sure you're getting drinking

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your water . Make sure you're eating

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a balanced diet . Everything that goes

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through your body comes out

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in your hair and your nails and your skin

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and your smile and how you feel

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. All that good stuff , right ? Well

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, let me just say that wintertime

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could be a fabulous time to

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play with your hair , to play with the canvas

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that is your hair . You can

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really try things that you might

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not try in the summertime , because I know a lot

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of my friends . They sometimes don't

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even get their hair colored in the summertime because they're outside

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all the time , they're in baseball caps

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, they're sweating

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all the time or they're at the beach . So they

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think why should I go get a toner or

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get my hair colored ? Because

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it's going to be whipped around by the sun ? I totally

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get it , totally get it . But

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so wintertime might be your time

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to shine . And just remember , take

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care of your hair , have fun with

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your hair . I just encourage

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you to take this season and

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embrace it and

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have fun with it . Be bold

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, be beautiful . Transition your

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hair into something

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maybe you didn't even think was possible . Deepen

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a little bit , add dimension , have

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fun . I hope this

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winter season treats you well . Share

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something exciting

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or surprising that

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might have happened to you in midlife

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and you would like to share it with our listeners

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feel free , reach out . I would love to

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have a conversation , everything

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from hair care , skincare

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, makeup tips and lifestyle . But

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you know there's a lot

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going on . Our list just keeps

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getting bigger and bigger , right , but

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hey , we're still vertical , we're still smiling

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, we're still doing the thing right . So

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, thanks again and remember

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, when you know better , you do better , and

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I'll see you next time . Thank

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you for joining us on this episode of

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the best is yet to come .