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Understanding Hair Breakage: Causes, Risk Factors, and Prevention Tips
Breakage is a huge problem, especially for those with curlier, coarser hair textures due to the inability of oil produced by the scalp to extend the full length of the curly hair shaft," Dr. Hartman notes. The coilier shape of the strand makes it particularly...
Make Me Fab Bride of the Year 2023 Tells Her Love Story
Jacob and I attended the same college, played a collegiate sport, and shared many mutual friends while living temporarily in the small town of Potsdam, NY. We met in March of 2018 and from then on shared our summers visiting each other and college semesters living...
Make Me Fab Bride of the Year 2022 Tells Her Love Story
In May of 2017, Taylor super liked me on Tinder, and I figured I owed the guy in a giraffe onesie and a hiking hobby a shot, so I swiped right too. We chatted for a week before I invited him to join me on my Saturday hiking plans. When I picked him up outside his...
2021 MAKE ME FAB’S BRIDE OF THE YEAR MEET MR & MRS. KEATING
Make Me Fab's bride of the year for 2021 wasn't only adored by her now-husband Peter. But every vendor she had on her team just loved her as well! So when the votes were tallied and Ashley was the favorite as voted on by You, we couldn't have been more excited for...
MMF’s 2021 Bride of the Year Runner Up – Her Long Distance Wedding Love Story
Long-distance dating is challenging but, imagine if you lived on entirely opposite sides of the ocean. That was the case of Sapna and Anil and it all started as a once-in-a-lifetime meeting set up originally by their mothers. She lived in Hongkong, he was in New York...
MMF’s 2019 Bride of the Year Tells Her Wedding Fairytale Story
When Victoria won our Bride of the Year contest, she was as equally excited as we were. You see, Victoria had booked us TWO YEARS before her wedding date so we had lots of time to get to know her and her family! But we found out even more after she won as we...
What Affects Lash Retention Between Fills
Recently we had a lash client ask “I lost more this time and I don’t know why … I didn’t do anything differently?” Eyelash extension retention is one of the most common issues in the lash industry, often leading to unhappy clients and stressed out lash artists. So...
Our Non Toxic Journey Continues
This week, I have had several new clients asking us about hair loss and how to prevent it. I can remember a few stressful periods in my life when my hair was everywhere. You know... when it's in your shower, in your brush, your pillow, all over the bathroom...
More on Going Non-Toxic
We have been in deep discussions with all of our product distributors about our quest to become fully non toxic, and have also applied for our new logo trademark. Let's talk this week a little more about the chemicals we are eliminating from our product lineup. DEA...
MMF Is Going Non-Toxic
We are going non-toxic and shortening our name to show our commitment to our new philosophy and purpose. Cosmetics and hair care products are used daily by you and everyone in your household. In the United States less than 20% of the cosmetics sold have been tested...
5 Health Benefits of Regular Massage
1. It is Relaxing – When the body is tense and under stress, it produces unhealthy levels of the well-known stress hormone, cortisol, which can contribute to weight gain, sleeplessness, digestive problems and headaches. Massage enables the body to enter a...
Do Lash Extensions Damage Your Lashes?
Will eyelash extensions damage my natural lashes? This is a very common and completely understandable. The short answer to this question is NO they will not damage your natural lashes. The long answer lies all within the IF’s. There is a potential of damage...