Hair Tips for Nurses

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Beauty secrets for nurses (at a pretty price!)

We’re all looking for ways to stay looking great but maybe for less money. The good news: There are a lot of ways to cut down on costly products.

Best haircuts and styles for a long shift

Best haircuts and styles for a long shift

Many of you stuff it in and out of a cap throughout the day, you pull it back to get it out of your face, you clip it off your eyes, and then, at the end of your shift, you’re stuck with a ‘do you wouldn’t sport to a monster truck rally, let alone out on the town.

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10 style tips from the Head Nurse

I’m constantly asked by faithful readers, “Jo, how do you do such a demanding job while remaining a paragon of beauty and style?” Well, it’s not easy. Here, my ways to nail it.

An amazing nurse wins a total Scrubs makeover!

An amazing nurse wins a total Scrubs makeover!

This neuro-intensive care Nnurse has never been so busy. At night, she works a 12-hour shift at her local hospital in her hometown of Rockford, Ill. By day, she’s a volunteer school nurse, a mentor of soon-to-be nurse graduates and a dedicated wife and mother.

3 trendy hairstyles for busy nurses

3 trendy hairstyles for busy nurses

This season’s cute, creative updos look great and are the ideal style for nurses who want to keep their hair from hanging down into their patients’ faces. Here, three great looks you can easily achieve.

Keeping germs off your hair, hands and face

Keeping germs off your hair, hands and face

Nurses wear ponytails when their patients have lice. Why? Because you can see lice. Now, think about microbes. They’re there, too, and they’re getting on your long hair.

Secrets to (inexpensive!) fabulous hair

Secrets to (inexpensive!) fabulous hair

Just like your face and hands, a nurse’s hair needs a little extra attention to keep it looking tip-top (the caps! the tight ponytails! the harsh hospital lights!)…

Hair, beautiful hair!

So I keep seeing these beautiful ads for a new show called Trauma or something like that. Her beautiful blonde hair is expertly blowing in the wind which is a little where reality stops for me…I mean honestly, who goes to a trauma scene with their hair perfect and flowing around their shoulders?

Gorgeous hair from the kitchen cupboard?

Gorgeous hair from the kitchen cupboard?

Many of my clients and friends complain about how expensive it is to keep up their hair. They mistakenly think that high-priced products are the only way to deliver celeb-status locks. I tell them there are plenty of little things we can do to keep hair healthy, shiny and beautiful—without spending a dime!

From brunette to blonde

From brunette to blonde

Registered Nurse and hardcore blonde Karon Gibson describes her own makeover…and shares her perspective on why many nurses nationwide could use a makeover, too.