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I have a piano performance coming up (for 1,000+ people). For this one, I choose to keep my hair down. When I'm up there, though, I want to look nice, and I'd like my hair to be shiny, like on those shampoo commercials, you know? How can I pull off the shine? My mom, who has dealt with long hair for a while, says that rinsing with stale beer does in fact work. Should I try this? How? How should I get rid of the beer smell? Any other tips for uber-shiny hair?
I've tried the beer rinse and it does work nicely -- and it can add lots of body -- it didn't seem to add an odor afterwards (try this before the recital, to make sure). Also... after shampooing and conditioning, rinse with warm water... then follow with a cool water rinse... the cool water should close the pores in the hair, making the hair shaft smoother ... and the result -- your hair should be more shiney and will catch the light much better.
The beer rinse and the warm followed by cool rinse have been used for many years, I've learned.
So it should go:
Shampoo/Condition
Warm water rinse
Cool water rinse
Beer rinse
and then what?
Is that all? :)
That's pretty much it -- it's worth a try -- the technique has been around for many, many years. I don't know what "look" you're going after, but it's a good start to achieve shiny hair with lots of body -- it worked for our grandmothers.
Is your hair straight? curly? wavy? what style are you going after?
My hair is straight, and brown at the roots, until past the base of my neck, where the black dye starts. It then continues about down to my ribs/elbows. I just want to make my hair smoother/shinier and less frizzy for a day. The amount of body/volume doesn't really matter. I can work around that. Thanks! :p
its as simple as that, if you want shine pantene pro v does the trick nicely, plus it makes it softer, why waste good beer? lol
What pieces will you be performing?
Is this a benefit, competition, recital???
How long have you played?? Under whom do you study?
On what type of piano will you be playing?
Just wondering.... Oh yea, I like your hair as well.
ToddB
What pieces will you be performing?
I know for a fact that I will perform
-Beethoven- "Sonata Quasi Una Fantasia (Moonlight Sonata)"
-Scriabin- "Opus 11, No. 10 (Prelude in C#min)"
-Nobuo Uematsu- "Sadness (Reborn)" from Final Fantasy V: Arranged by Michael Huang
-Nobuo Uematsu- "Aeris' Theme," a personal arrangement
-Bela Bartok- "Romanian Folkdance #4: Song of the Mountain Horn"
Maybe more than this, maybe less, depending on how prepared I am.
Is this a benefit, competition, recital???
This is for my high school talent show. I guess in that, it can be considered a competition against other students; none of whom I know would be playing the piano.
How long have you played?? Under whom do you study?
I study under Ludmila Inman. She is a graduate of the Moscow Conservatory, and has a Masters degree in piano performance, as well as a bachelors degree or two. ;) She says that "back in the old country, I had to practice six hours a day for years and years and years; I never skipped a practice session, except when I was sick." She's finding it difficult in America to get a job. I have played for about a year and eight months, but I play on a third to fourth-year level. My teacher drills me endlessly, and I slave loyally over technical exercises. She forces me to dissect my technique. I hated her at first, but I love her for it now that I'm getting better. My parents aren't her biggest fan, though... she's eccentric and you can't understand a damn thing she says.
On what type of piano will you be playing?
I will be playing on a Yamaha P-80 digital full-sized piano, as far as I know. It emulates an upright/grand pretty well, and if it's amplified correctly (which it is: I'm using a Roland KC-350... a whopper of an amp), it can pack a serious punch. I played for a wedding a few months back, and it filled the church completely!
Just wondering.... Oh yea, I like your hair as well.
Thanks for the kind words. It tends to fly around alot when I play Chopin's "Marche Funebre." Do you have any pics?
As a hairdresser I would strongly reccomend a product called Shine Renewal by Biolage. Only available in salons it comes in a small spraybottle and it is a clear liquid. It's a bit pricy but then again you get what you pay for. Simply mist some on your dry hair (not too much) and you will have shine better than all the Pantene ads combined.
Good Luck,
Dan
Why don't you try a hair serum like John Frieda's Frizz-Ease, or AG Varnish. A few drops rubbed on and you have a mirror like gloss