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TIGI has done it again, they have heard you and made a product that will keep your beautiful blonde hair looking great! Its a Hair Miracle! "I love this new spray! Bed head® has addressed so many of the challenges associated with treated blonde hair, like weak internal bonds and increased tangling, combined with violet toners which help counter any unwanted brassiness.”-Christel lundqvist, global technical director, tigi® Click here to shop TIGI Dumb Blonde Toning Protection Spray Only $18 *Will be in Stock 3/20/2014 BENEFIT: Protects hair during heat styling. Protects hair from breakage by improving detangling. Protects hair from split ends. Protects against frustration caused by blonde hair going brassy. PROBLEM: regular heat styling from blow drying and irons damage the cuticle and make hair weaker and more prone to breakage. SOLUTION: dumb Blonde™ toning Protection spray protects vulnerable hair from further damage through heat styling and strength HOW TO USE: use on damp hair daily, weekly and anywhere in between to protect blonde hair. shake well before use.

A new season, a new look!  Here in the Midwest we had our first week of Fall weather.  Along with our sweaters and boots, we pulled out some new looks for the season.  Here are some looks we're seeing on the runways! Smoky eyes get revamped for Fall 2011! Choose burnt oranges, deep blues, turquoise hues and plums for an unexpected splash of color. Apply above and below eyes for a dramatic and beautiful look! We suggest Tigi High Density Eyeshadow Singles for beautiful and high quality shades. While pretty pink blushes were the craze over the summer, Fall is all about a clear, fresh, dewy face.  Choose a light foundation, powder and more importantly, a fresh-looking mineral tint.  These tints bring out your skin's natural glow while covering minor imperfections. We suggest Tigi's Mineral Glow in Natural Glow. Switch up your look with thick, bold eyebrows.  Use a brow defining pencil for additional shaping, but fill and expand using a brow sculpting kit.  We suggest the Tigi Brow Sculpting Duo.  Choose either Brunette or Blonde colors of wax and powder to shape and thicken to your heart's content!  

I've always been jealous of my friends with curly hair, but they always argued that they'd KILL for straight hair.  Apparently the daily task of reigning in a mane of curly hair is more than the average woman has time for.  Well, curly-haired-friends, I have good news. Tigi's newly revamped Catwalk product line features products specifically designed for curly hair:  Curlesque.  One of our favorite products is the Curlesque Curls Rock Amplifier.  Though this product is designed to actually amp up your curls, never fear- it separates and defines as well.  Helping your curls look exactly how they're supposed to! Simply work the amplifier through damp hair for beautiful definition, subtle shine and INCREDIBLE frizz control.  Best of all... it's on sale this month at Beauty of a Site.  Save $2 on every bottle! Click here to check it out!  

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and Beauty of a Site is inviting you to join the fight by making one simple decision: shop pink!  Some of our favorite brands have made their best selling products (that you already love!) available in pink versions to raise money for major breast cancer research and support organizations.  The more we buy, the more money is raised for the cause! Click here to browse all of the products that you can purchase to raise money for breast cancer!  Here are some of our favorites: 1. China Glaze Fight Like a Woman Nail Polish Collection: Featuring three dazzling pinks to both raise awareness and support the cause, this new collection features Empowerment (cotton-candy creme), Encouragement (pink shimmer) and Endurance (raspberry shimmer).  Available for a limited time only, order today! 2. Woody's Real Men Wear Pink Daily Grooming Kit: The perfect way for a guy to join the fight!  Featuring the pinkest boxers we could find, as well as a Woody's Daily Shampoo and Woody's Mega Firm Gel to help you rock your boxers in style!  It's like they say- it takes a real man to wear pink. 3. Tigi Bed Head Masterpiece "Pink" Shine Hairspray: One of our favorite "keep-it-right-there" hairsprays, Bed Head Masterpiece helps you capture your creativity and keep it where it needs to be, all day long.  Bright pink and in support of the City of Hope, Masterpiece is perfect for October and any time.

The best trick in my hair care bag: smoothing creme.  Heat styling, humid weather and damaging shampoo takes a toll on the health and texture of our hair.  Even with the nicest care and styling products, daily wear and tear is difficult for our hair to recover from. Avoid frizz and poof-y style with a high quality smoothing creme, like Tigi's After Party.  Making your hair incredible smooth and irresistibly shiny, After Party helps the most damaged hair do as its told.  The formula consists of a lightweight creme intended to be applied either on damp hair, for protection while styling, or over dry hair, to separate, smooth and submit hair to your will. Usually $19, Tigi After Party is only $14 at Beauty of a Site for the rest of this month!  Place an order before Wednesday to take advantage of this product at 25% off.  The perfect time to try something new, make sure and stock up on our favorite behind the scenes hair product! Click here to purchase Tigi Bed Head After Party at Beauty of a Site!

Even though it's May, Spring seems to be delivering all sorts of showers just a little bit late.  All of our May weddings, events, graduation parties and picnics are requiring serious humidity-proof hair, as showers hang in the distance, threatening our sunny plans.  Here are our top three products for fighting humidity, and keeping a style looking great all day long:

	Cutler's Volumizing Spray is by far my favorite humidity proofing product, and it doesn't even have humidity in the title! My biggest problems with humidity are one either my hair totally flattening and losing curl, or my hair poofing and frizzing out of control. Cutler's Volumizing Spray both controls these factors in daily styles, but also provides nurturing ingredients and heat protection that keep your hair healthy, reducing these effects from the beginning! Purchase it here for $21.
	Bed Head Some Like It Hot product range includes three products that are all uniquely designed to protect against humidity while styling. Including a shampoo, conditioner and weather-neutralizing serum, these products not only protect against frizz from humidity, but also from the damage of heat and from color loss in the sun. Perfect for beach-y summers and sunny weekends! Purchase here, $16-17.
	The Blow Weather Girl Climate Neutralizing Complex is a miracle product created by Blow, a company that prides itself on creating products for people who heat style daily. Gentle and nutritive on over-heated hair, Weather Girl locks out humidity by coating hair, while remaining weightless and protecting from frizz. Purchase here for $22.

Tigi's newest collection of revamped Catwalk products helps us achieve dramatic, controlled beautiful curls with products that prep, work and perfect your hair.  Designed by Tigi's creative team, the Curlesque Curl Collection is based on an aquatic formula designed specifically to moisturize and soothe natural curls and waves.  This remarkable new formula brings out the best of what is already in your hair, using advanced ingredients like kelp, algae, cucumber water, sea weed and sea fennel to define, hydrate and nourish curls.  These brand new products are all in stock at Beauty of a Site and ready to ship! Check out the new collection here!  As an introductory offer, Beauty of a Site is giving up to 20% off the entire collection.  It's truly the perfect time to try Curlesque!

As an avid Cyberoptics eyeshadow user, I am here to ensure you that I've never used eyeshadow quite as nice as Bed Head's.  Based on what we hear from customers, bloggers and cosmetics reps, it sounds like people across the world agree- Bed Head's makeup is extremely high quality, long lasting, and perfect for any skin tone. In honor of the great results we've been seeing from Bed Head's cosmetics, the Beauty of a Site staff want to share the goodness with you!  For the month of April, we're discounting some of Bed Head's hottest make up products to give you an opportunity to try them for yourselves!  Here are three of the "must-haves" we definitely think you should give a try this month: Bed Head Big Fat Fun Eyeliner: This perfect-for-smoky-eyes eyeliner, is a must have for any beauty junkie.  It applies an uber smooth slightly thick line with ease, and includes a smudgie on the opposite end, to help you even out or smudge the line for either a natural or dramatic look.  15% off! Bed Head Lipstick: This ultra creamy, long-lasting lipstick is available in a huge variety of colors. We hear from so many customers who, after trying this lipstick once, use it forever! Its high quality and perfect finish make it a huge hit. 20% off! Bed Head Glamma Powder: This powder foundation is truly revolutionary. Using a light-reflective, non-oily formula, Glamma Powder helps you achieve a flawless complexion in one easy step. It's smooth to the touch and matches your skin perfectly! 15% off!

[caption id="attachment_653" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Catwalk Your Highness Products"][/caption] We had no idea that styling products could be so beautiful. Tigi is in the process of revamping their entire Catwalk line, and their newest edition, the Your Highness range, achieves volume like we've never seen. Instead of just selling individual products to help you achieve a certain style, the new Tigi Catwalk lines feature a concept from wash all the way to finishing spray.  The formula in each product helps prepare your hair for the next, resulting in a well thought out product line that gives maximum results. To help initiate volume-lovers into the new line, Tigi released a limited edition introductory set (pictured below) that includes all of the Your Highness range gift packaged in a starter kit that costs nearly 40% less than buying them each individually. [caption id="attachment_655" align="alignright" width="234" caption="Your Highness Starter Kit"][/caption] The Catwalk Your Highness line (and the starter kits) include: Elevating Shampoo (10.14 oz) Nourishing Conditioner (8.45 oz) Thickening Gel Creme (7.27 oz) Root Boost Spray Mousse (8.1 oz) Weightless Shine Spray (5.15 oz) Firm Hold Hairspray (9 oz) Don't forget Your Highness this Christmas!

[caption id="attachment_418" align="alignleft" width="159" caption="All Access Shampoo Bar"][/caption] We have to admit it: We think that shampoo bars are just too cool.  So, as you can imagine, we were doubly excited when Tigi released three new Rockaholic products for the season, including the All Access Shampoo Bar.  Shampoo is notoriously hard to travel with, and we're pretty sure this is the perfect go-anywhere-solution.  Toss it in a gym bag, purse or suitcase for the perfect sudsy cleanse on the go! Along with the Shampoo Bar, Tigi added the Groupie Texturizing Spray Pomade as well as the Way Out Super Hair Glue.  Both products make styling super simple, taking into account the unique needs of individual rockstar-inspired styles that we just can't get enough of! Not sure if these products are for you?  Each of these new Rockaholic products can achieve different styles effortlessly! Here are our tips for use:

• Use the Shampoo Bar: For a standard daily cleanse, anywhere!
• Use the Groupie Spray Pomade: For extra texture and separation with a bit of hold- great for waves or curls!
• Use the Way Out Glue: For faux hawks, mohawks and general spiky styles that shouldn't BUDGE

Check out all of the great Rockaholic products here!

[caption id="attachment_76" align="alignleft" width="160" caption="Some of the awesome Tigi Rockaholic products"][/caption] Having short, styled hair, I really can’t get away with not completing my daily shaping routine unless I opt to wear a hat (or a paper bag). I fight with my tresses on a regular basis and have finally found something that guns down oil while lifting my roots - Rockaholic Dirty Secret Dry Shampoo. The weightless formula does wonders for my fine hair and absorbs oil like a Wild West cactus. Between the awesome root lifting action and the fact that I don’t have to ruin my locks with over-washing, Rockaholic has made me a maverick at morning punctuality and trendy hairdos! Worried about powdery residue? The Rockaholic products have come far compared to the PSSSST! products of the 70’s or the straight-up talc used in the 50’s. Although it is still made with a talc base, Rockaholic Dry Shampoo coordinates volumizing agents with an oil prevention serum that guarantees a powdery free outcome. Rockaholic Dirty Secret Dry Shampoo is in stock and available on our website! While you’re there, check out the other Rockaholic products – they’re super sweet and will definitely help you shoot out bad hair days forever!