Juliana Conaway

School mornings are not the time for a 12-step hair routine. You’ve got lunches, backpacks, missing shoes, water bottles that somehow disappeared overnight, and maybe one lukewarm sip of coffee if the universe is feeling generous. So your hair? It needs to be quick, cute, and forgiving. The best drop-off ready hairstyles are simple but polished: slick buns, claw clip twists, soft ponytails, heatless waves, half-up buns, quick braid details, and undone buns that make second-day hair look...

Summer hair is cute… until she starts acting up. Between beach days, pool water, sunscreen, sweat, hot tools, and that Central Coast sunshine, your hair goes through it. Your color can fade faster, blondes can get brassy, brunettes can look flat, reds can lose their fire, and your shine can disappear like your iced coffee on a hot day. That’s where a hair gloss comes in. A gloss is one of the easiest ways to refresh your color, boost shine, soften dullness, and make your hair look like you...

Pool days? Love her. Chlorine-damaged hair? Not the vibe. Chlorine is great for keeping pool water clean, but it’s not exactly your hair’s bestie. If you’ve ever stepped out of the pool with hair that feels dry, tangled, straw-like, frizzy, or weirdly dull, chlorine might be the little troublemaker behind it. And if your blonde, highlighted, gray, or lightened hair has ever picked up a greenish tint after swimming? You’re not imagining things. The good news: you don’t have to swear off the...