Eyebrow shape is cultural, spiritual, and completely a matter of personal taste.

I have, for example, met people who had their brows entirely removed and they simply draw them in with a pencil every day. For me this is almost as horrifying as waking up without any hair on my head.

I discovered Anastasia when I was 25. Note that I don't say, "I discovered eyebrow waxing when I was 25." Anastasia is a phenomenon in and of herself. Her salon caters to the stars and she has a very specific style. Every Anastasia brow looks exactly the same. You might think that everyone's brows should be different.

You would be wrong.

Thing is, once you embrace the Anastasia brow, you can't have it any other way. The first time I had mine done I looked like a different person. I looked amazing. I even got compliments. Weird, but true.

The only problem is that I never quite fit in with the Beverly Hills crowd. So when one of her stylists moved on and formed her own business, I followed her.

Now I'm proud to say I have the same brows as Megan Fox. And when I say the same, I mean exactly the same. Now if I could just find a salon that could give me her figure!

Photo above is from in.com.

I'm about to introduce you to a life-saving tool that no one has ever heard of. Sound too good to be true? Probably. There is a catch (isn't there always?), but before we get to that, let's start with the tool.

It's called (now control your laughter), the Hair Screw. When I worked at Cosmopolitan Magazine a hundred years ago, a set was sent to me as a sample. The company that made mine has clearly gone out of business (you can see a picture of what mine looked like here), but I found them here as well.

What do they do? They make the French Twist the easiest hairstyle in your playbook. Just gather hair at the nape of your neck and twist in a column upward, so the hair column is pointing towards the ceiling. Curl the hair under itself, (so far, all this is de rigueur in French Twist-making). Now, instead of inserting 100 bobby pins, simply screw one screw into the top of the twist, and one into the bottom.

Your hair will not move. All day. I promise.

Oh - the catch? They are very hard to find. Except for the ones I found on Etsy, I hear they're only produced overseas, and reports online are that the shipping is very unreliable. But hey, you only need one pair to make magic!

Image above is from About.com.

One of my close friends just colored her hair for the first time. I know - I shouldn't be publicizing these things (hey - I'm not naming names!) It was a good color job, so at first I didn't even notice. But after a while, I thought her hair actually looked softer, as if the texture had changed.

It had. Her colorist had used L'Oreal Professionnel Inoa on her hair. She had all these wiry gray hairs that were sneaking their way through her locks, and the color had softened her whole head.

Inoa uses an "oil delivery system". Whatever the contents of the patent, it clearly works. It's also ammonia-free (they advertise it as odorless) and it isn't supposed to irritate your scalp.

You have to request Inoa at your hair salon (it isn't an over-the-counter product) and it's a bit more expensive than other options, but me? I'd pay the extra fee to be spared that terrible ammonia smell! They had me at 'hello.'

Every woman knows the secret to real beauty isn't glitter and gloss (though that helps!), it's all in the tools - the one no one knows you own. That invisible under eye cream - the one that's covered a hundred late nights, the eyelash curler you couldn't part with if you were on a desert island, the hairbrush that…well, don't get me started…

But it is the lowly hair dryer I want to bring to the fore. This oft overlooked tool is the one your mother never told you you'd need in your arsenal because let's face it: we are often running late. And when that happens, no consumer grade hair dryer will get you out the door on time.

The Solano dryer is the secret your hairdresser is keeping from you. This company has been around since 1976, and they make professional grade dryers that will dry your hair fast. And best of all, unlike consumer dryers, if they get too hot, they don't shut down. According to the company, "Our high quality AC motors are hand crafted in Italy and guaranteed to provide maximum power that lasts."

These dryers can cost a pretty penny, but after going through more than one $30 drugstore model, I learned my lesson. I've had my Solano Scirocco Plus for a few years and it's still going strong. The price has dropped since I got mine - I found one here for only $80. Of course, now Solano has a whole new technology with dryers that add shine and smooth your hair, minimizing fly-aways. Go figure. Now if it could just do the drying for me, I could have my hands free to do my makeup at the same time - now that would be something.

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