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In a recent blog entry for men’s fashions I referenced a Men’s Health Magazine article I found from 2001. The article gave statistics about how men viewed themselves from a fashion perspective and what fashion items they hoped to see in the future. One item men agreed would be a great fashion addition was caps, hats and headwear.

Some men love to wear hats to be fashionable - Ashton Kutcher comes to mind - while others wear it to be practical - block out sun, wind and cold - or to hide thinning scalps.

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Yikes, I just attended a conference where I was told that the most words in any one blog should be 500 hundred.

Really? Seriously?

Excuse me while I step out and scream for a few seconds, which in the blog-o-sphere is a “lifetime” according to the same so-called blog experts. Forget minutes….according to blog experts, that’s equivalent to thousands of human years. In addition to dog years and cat years there are now Blog years.

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Demi Moore has pumped up the media machine in the past over her hairstyles. Who could ever forget that the famous Scorpion actress actually shaved her head for G.I. Jane? Even the skeptics became true believers of her sacrifice for her craft when she wandered around in full view of the papparrizi for months (Fall of 1996) while her shorn locks eventually grew out.  (Image of Demi Moore - 06-19-07 - Laura Day Celebration - DailyCeleb.com - All rights reserved)

The media buzz generated by her shaved head came after her amazing nude Vanity Fair cover when she posed pregnant, with short hair, and shocked the world.

When looking through my hair history files I found a short period in 1992-1994 when Demi wore her tresses very short. Other than for her brief shaved head look in 1996, the Charlie’s Angel star has worn her lush dark chocolate tresses shoulder length or longer since she grew out her GI Jane hairstyle.

In the current March 3 issue of OK Magazine it is reported that “a friend” of Demi’s reported she loves her long hair. As reported by OK Magazine Demi is “not willing to do something crazy with her look” and has declared her “days of being a hair chameleon are over”.

I for one agree. Of course I am always curious when a “friend” is quoted. What does this really mean? Since OK is asking who Demi’s hairdresser is….the friend can’t be her hairdresser. (Image of Demi Moore - 5-22-07 - Premiere of Mr. Brooks - DailyCeleb.com - all rights reserved).

One fact to consider about Demi is that many women (and men) with super long locks (I am one of those long haired ladies) often limit their visits to the hairdresser and do their hair themselves. Or they may only visit a colorist who doesn’t cut or trim their strands.

Even though Demi is 45 years old, the old days of hairdressers declaring long hair over 40 as inappropriate are long over. Thank goodness for that.

Kudos to Demi for enjoying her long tresses and recognizing that if it works……don’t break it.

HairBoutique.com has been carrying the Conair hair brushes for over five years in our e-store.

Why? The Conair brushes are fantastic and our rep really rocks. Not only does she literally arrive with boxes and boxes of samples, she takes the time to go through every single model and explain the pros and cons of each type of brush based on the “head” of the brush and the handle.

Yes, those are the two most important variables when it comes to evaluating what brush to use for the type, texture and styling needs of all hair.

Another great thing about Conair brushes, they make just about every type of brush imaginable for every type of hair or styling need. Yes, we also carry Mason Pearson and Kent brushes and combs which are the Porsches and BMWs of the brush and comb world, but for everyday great brushs and combs, you can’t go wrong with Conair.

The other thing I love about Conair brushes is that they are constantly introducing leading edge advances to improve their brushes. Take for example the Ceramic line of brushes.

First of all, you might ask, what the heck is a Ceramic brush? Good question and one I had to ask myself. Ceramic coating is a non-breakable substance that is layered over the metal barrel of the brush.

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Although wearing an unusual one shoulder black frock with a short cap of vibrant orange hair, British actress, Tilda Swinton stole the Oscars with her sassy personality and acceptance speech.

(Image of Tilda Swinton, Academy Award nominee (and winner) for Best Supporting Actress for her work in “Michael Clayton,” arrives at the 80th Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, CA, on Sunday, February 24, 2008. Credit: Greg Harbaugh /©A.M.P.A.S.)

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