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Read Time: 2 min 4 sec If you're reading this article chances are you just purchased a TYME Iron...CONGRATS! You just made the first step to having amazing hair every day, all while spending less time and effort. In this article, we will be introducing you to your TYME Iron, and giving you some advice on hair prep so you can achieve the best results!   Check out our new guide with everything you need to get started effortlessly here.Looking for an article to teach you how to to use your iron? Hop over to Part Two! Hair Prep It’s important to start with a good foundation using the right kind of products. Starting with freshly washed hair will give you your best results. Pregame Shampoo is designed to be lightweight so it won’t weigh down your curls while still cleaning and nourishing your locks. Pregame is sulfate-free, paraben-free, and gluten-free and we don’t test on animals. ;) The next step would be to prep towel-dried hair with a thermal protectant. Limitless Universal Spray is like six products in one. It functions as and replaces your thermal protectant, detangler, mousse, gel, hair oil, texturizer, and air dry spray.  If you blow-dry your hair, be sure to not over blow-dry and lose your shine. Keeping moisture in your hair will help maintain shine and keep your hair healthy! If you would like to learn more about the TYME hair care line and our new approach to hair care, click here to learn more!Getting to Know Your Pro Tip: Your new TYME Iron Pro is spring-loaded, so when you first grab your iron out of the heat sleeve, we recommend pulling it out in two parts: When you first pull it out of the heat sleeve, pull it out a little bit Grab it at the bottom and then pull it out all the way so that when the iron opens it is a flawless transition. TYME Iron Pro Heat Settings and Features When turning your iron on, click the power button. Click the power button on the inside of the iron to switch temperatures: 1 light = 300°F 2 lights = 325°F 3 lights = 350°F 4 lights = 375°F 5 lights = 400°F The Pro has temperature memory, so when you shut your iron off, the next time you use it, it’s going to remember the temperature you last used and start with that setting. Your Pro also has an automatic shut-off feature. It is a motion-activated shut-off so once your iron is not in use for 30 minutes, it will shut off automatically. It will not turn off while you’re using it! :) When shutting off the iron, hold in the power button until the light turns off. Check out TYME Iron Beginner's Guide - Part 2 for advanced information on sectioning and technique for curling and straightening your hair with the TYME Iron!  You can also explore our How to Use the TYME Iron page for step-by-step videos.For more tips and hair tutorials, follow us on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Pinterest. You can also explore our How to Use the TYME Iron page for step-by-step videos.

Read time: 1 min 29 sec Have you ever been told you have to cut your hair every 6-8 weeks to maintain healthy hair? Getting trims this frequently may be a solution to getting rid of dry or split ends, but what about the hair in the mid-shaft that, if damaged, can cause our hair to look frizzy or unhealthy? If you think about your hair like a plant - when a plant dries out the leaves turn from green to dry and brittle brown. When you are trimming the ends, whether it’s from a blunt cut or through a dusting cut, you are in essence cutting off the brittle spot. If you continue to dry out the hair and don’t change anything in the routine the hair will continue to dry out and continue to be a challenge.Rather than chopping away at months of growth at your ends, dusting cuts allow you to get rid of the split ends that live through the mid-shaft of your length. Dusting hair cuts are great for anyone who is trying to conserve their length while maintaining healthy hair. This method can work on all hair types and lengths, but if you have very naturally curly hair it is easiest to do when your hair is blown out or straightened.How Dusting Cuts Work Gather a section that you can easily hold between your pointer and middle finger. Starting at the root, comb from underneath your section and flip the comb forward so your hair is bent over the top of the comb. You will then see all of the small split ends poking out from the section. Without cutting the section itself, cut off the hairs that are poking out so they are smooth and flush with the rest of the section. From this angle, you can see there can be very little to actually cut in one spot on the strand. Continue this method down the rest of the strand, and repeat where needed! We suggest talking to your stylist and allowing them to safely use this cutting technique on you:) For more tips and hair tutorials, follow us on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Pinterest.

Read Time: 2 min 49 sec Maintaining hair health and moisture can be challenging during the summer months. Pools, heat, and UV exposure can all work against you, so how do you get the most out of your style while still enjoying all summer has to offer? In this article, we will break down 5 tips to keep your locks looking luscious, all while saving you tyme and allowing you to enjoy fun in the sun ;) Using Products That Keep Moisture in Your Hair Keeping your hair hydrated is one of the most undervalued aspects of summer styling it will keep your hair performing it’s best. This affects almost every aspect of how your hair performs. From keeping your hair from frizzing in humidity to helping your hair maintain it's style. It is vital to use products that work to maintain moisture in your hair. The question is how will you know if you are using the right products to hydrate your hair? You will know because your scalp will not be overproducing oil to compensate for the lack of moisture in your hair. Meaning if you have to wash daily or even every other day because it looks or feels oily your products may not be keeping enough moisture in your hair. As a result, your scalp will produce more oil to try and hydrate the hair! Using the right foundational products like Pregame Shampoo and Showoff Conditioner that focus on hair health ensures that even with heat styling your hair will maintain it’s shine without becoming oily for days. Not Over Drying with Styling Tools When you dry your hair the right amount it will have a healthy shine without needing products to restore the shine that is often lost by over-drying the hair. Your blow dry time will be faster because it won’t hang onto moisture longer than necessary, and if your hair is thin it will help it feel full and have more volume. If you are using too much heat meaning over drying or overheating your hair you will know because it will lose its shine. The good news is every time you wash your hair you get the opportunity to start over and maintain the shine! Protecting Your Hair’s Dignity when Faced with Humidity Using the right shampoo and conditioner can completely change the game when it comes to your hair's reaction to humidity. If you are using a shampoo and conditioner that keeps your hair truly hydrated your hair will perform better in humidity. When hair is naturally curly and dehydrated and is exposed to humidity it will expand and grow bigger, it will do this to pull moisture from the air and absorb the moisture it needs. If your shampoo and conditioner are keeping your hair hydrated your hair will have the moisture it needs so it won’t be over reactive to the water the air provides. The result is shiny healthy hair that will maintain it’s dignity! Styling Your Hair on a Beach/Pool Day When you are planning a day by the water, wear your hair as close to its natural state as possible. If your hair is naturally curly enhance the natural curl. If it’s naturally straight, wear it straight. If your hair has natural wave keep loose waves in the style. Wearing it closest to its natural state helps if you get splashed because your hairdo won’t completely fall into chaos! It just may not look as polished. If you’re headed on a vacation and you feel like you have to choose one of these styles because you only want to pack one tool, you’re in luck because all 3 looks can be created with the TYME Iron and it comes with a handy travel heat sleeve so you can even create curls waves or straighten as you’re packing up to leave and can just pop it in your bag right away! Wearing a Hat with Curls Loose beach waves are always amazing with a hat on, the soft curls are the perfect feminine touch with any hat. You can create loose beachy waves using the TYME Iron in 5-10 minutes so you don’t have to worry about putting a hat on over curls that took you forever...because they didn’t! ;) For more tips and hair tutorials, follow us on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Pinterest.

Read Time: 1 min 21 sec Updo hairstyles are typically thought as more formal or editorial. We wanted to take the idea of having your hair up for an event but making it fun, flirty, and soft. This is a great style for a summer wedding or even just a date night! Elements of the Style Soft Curls create movement in the hair. Create Full Bun using hair from ears back. Wrap Bun by twirling bun’s tail and pinning. Soft Twist and petal hair from ears forward, then wrap and pin. Optional to leave soft face frame pieces.     Create movement in the hair by forming soft curls this allows the hair to create a bigger “billow” and bigger silhouette so the round shape of the bun has substance. Soft curls also make the hair that may fall out of the “bun” look organic. Don’t over analyze each curl, this is just to create some texture in your hair before starting the updo.     Using hair from ears back, create a full bun with a medium to long tail. Keep the bun full, but you don’t want a huge loop in the bun so it sags. You can play around with the size of the bun to figure out what looks best with your hair texture and length.     Use the tail to wrap the bun. If you don’t have enough length to do one full wrap, try making the bun smaller and leaving a longer tail.   Using sectioned hair from the ears forward, twist the hair back and wrap and pin as you did with the tail of the bun. “Petal” hair from the twist by pinching and pulling small sections from the twist. Feel free to play around with how much you petal the twist to create a fuller or more defined twist. If you have face frame pieces you can leave these down to soften the style, or add them into your twist. Play with this style and make it yours! Create this style and tag us on Instagram to be featured!   For more tips and hair tutorials, follow us on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Pinterest.

Read Time: 2 min 1 secTop 4 Elements of 2019 Haircuts: Curtain bangs Silhouette is more of a square Less weight at the bottom, which avoids the look of a triangle Movement created by layers and the way you style Don’t freak out if you don’t know what any of this means, or how to get there, we will break it down for you!2019 is all about bringing the volume up with bobs, bangs, and layers. In this part of the series, we will break down how to rock layers versus repeating the way they were worn in the past. The last few years, the trend in hair was to have weight at the bottom of the style, creating a “triangle” in the cut and shape. In 2019 the trend is changing to have more layers starting higher which gets rid of the bulk of weight at the bottom of your cut, creating a square in the shape and lighter feel at the bottom. Face frame pieces were starting chin length and lower layers were close to the perimeter. Now it’s about framing the eyes. The perimeter, or bottom of the cut, was left very heavy. When all the weight lives near the bottom of the hair, the shape of the hair tends to stack heavy at the bottom creating a triangle effect, this pulled all the attention down. Now, layers are coming up higher which is changing the shape of the cut to a square. This has an overall lightening effect on the weight of the hair and the shape of the silhouette. The silhouette becomes more of a square look and draws the attention up giving more attention to the eyes and cheekbones. The Silhouette Becomes more Squared In longer cuts, the weight gets distributed over a bigger surface area creating more of a rectangle and all the layers redistribute the weight from the perimeter. Creating more layers in the hair allows for more movement in the style. Changing the Triangle Shape To change from the triangle shape think of removing weight from the bottom and bringing volume up! The style will naturally have more movement and body up higher in the square shape so make sure you take advantage of the volume you can create up around the eyes. Curtain bangs Curtain bangs create a frame for the eyes adding them to your style will play up the eyes. They say the eyes are the window to the soul so now you’ll have curtains to decorate the window of the soul ;) Movement Created by Layers & Styling You can create more movement through lifting and spraying BigTYME Root Lift Powder throughout to build more texture in the look, or you can create movement or curls in the look with the TYME Iron giving the look a more organic feel. In 2019 get those flirty eyes ready because they are going to get a lot more attention. To learn how we love to style this cut, click here!For more tips and hair tutorials, follow us on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Pinterest.

Read Time: 1 min 24 sec As a parent, our responsibility is to prepare our children for the world. Some of the most valuable lessons we learn as humans are how to deal with adversity, and handle ourselves in challenging situations. Learning how to walk can be challenging but essential, just as learning how to style your hair. Learning how to style your hair is a key part of becoming who you are as a person, and will be apart of you every day of your life! (Video below) Balancing What you Want and What Your Kids Need to Develop I love watching kids learn and grow! Think about how adorable it is to watch a baby take their first steps. As parents sometimes we want things to be picture perfect when the true joy comes from watching the child succeed. When it comes to hairstyling in our house it’s balancing letting her be the person she is, which includes doing her hair her way unless she asks me for help. While watching her practice a new hairstyle, I know what result she is going to get or not get when she does certain things to her hair to try to achieve a specific style, but the beauty is when she learns and she thrives when she is doing her own hair and is proud of the outcome! Products Used Upstaged Thermal Protectant Detangler Brush TYME Iron Pro TYMELESS Repair and Shine Spray BigTYME Rootlift Powder SefieTYME Hairspray Dynamics of What I Want to do With Her Style and What She Wants out of Her Style When you are helping with their style there are so many things that are important. One big thing to consider is remembering who has the inspiration for the style. If she has a picture in her head I do everything I can to get the style she wants, but sometimes she doesn’t have anything in mind and I can take the lead. I think it’s important that we treat our kids like we would want our stylists to treat us. Sometimes we try to impose our likes and dislikes on our kids when they are a different generation than we are so they will clearly have different tastes than us. For example, my daughter loves scrunchies. I have been there, done that, but I love them on her! Let them get inspired and run with their style! When they can learn about their likes and dislikes it helps them grow into their own style. :) For more tips and hair tutorials, follow us on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Pinterest.

Read Time: 2 min 29 sec 2019 is all about bobs, bangs, and layers. In this series, we will break down how to rock them in 2019 versus repeating the way they were worn in the past. This week we’re talking about ‘70s curtain bangs paired with long layers. Most styles are inspired from the past but evolve into a look that is new and exciting. We love to break down the style differences to help you effortlessly create the new inspired style! (Video at the end) ‘70s Do’s Curtain swag starting at the root not all over curling the ends The face frame is controlled and the volume comes from the rest of the style (created by layers or curls) Controlled curl less curl at the ends Shine in hair Heavy layers throughout not just in the face frame Softness in the look ‘70s Been There Done That Curl focused mainly on the ends this was created mostly with hot rollers Brushing back horizontally on the hair this created the feathered look Extremely heavy layers around the face and fewer layers in the back and sides Dull and tattered texture Products Used BlowTYME Hair Dryer Round Brush TYME Iron Pro BigTYME Root Lift Power SelfieTYME Hairspray Curtain Bang Styling Tips 1. Gather fringe from either side and lift them with your round brush, pulling them straight up above your head. This brush placement will help you get volume! 2. Direct the air flow to the furthest part of the brush from the scalp (just past the biggest part of the curve) to achieve maximum volume and bend! Make sure the concentrator is lined up parallel with your brush to maximize the airflow. 3. Blow-dry your bangs to each side of your part to create the swoop back “swag” of the curtain look. If the shape doesn’t last, utilize the cool shot on your blow dryer to cool the heated section to solidify shape! Where hair cools is where it stays ;) Long Layer Styling Tips 4. Start with dry hair: *make sure you understand how to blow dry so you can keep the shine in your hair.* (Click here for blow-dry hacks) This will ensure that you are keeping your hair healthy and maintaining the softness in the look when you curl. 5. The ‘70s style was mostly created by rolling the hair back with either an iron or a roller set. We are creating a “lean back curl” for this style, so it will be an open curl, creating a lot of movement. (Click here to learn how to create lean back curls) 6. Curling from top to bottom of the hair strand with the TYME Iron allows you to control the look of the curl, and you don’t have to compensate for layers in the same way as when we were curling from the bottom up. Take big sections, and allow your curl to cool in place and drop down the ends of the curl so they don’t wing out. 7. For added volume and a more defined look, you can shape the heavily layered pieces. Making sure to draw down the ends to avoid the feathered look!Finishing Touches Lift hair and spray volumizing powder throughout the style to keep the volume and separation in the hair Massage the product throughout to distribute the product and disturb the look Pinch the center part above the eyebrows and close to the scalp to set in the shape by spraying with SelfieTYME. Hold the shape until the hairspray is either dry or close to it! Where hairspray dries is where it stays ;) Spray SelfieTYME as needed to solidify the shape and keep the style in place For more tips and hair tutorials, follow us on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Pinterest.

Read Time: 1 min 11 sec2019 is all about bobs, bangs, and layers. In this series, we will break down how to rock them in 2019 versus repeating the way they were worn in the past. We're starting with Bob. Bob, meet 2019! Here’s how you will be worn this year versus how you were styled in the past. (Video tutorial at the end) Bob Do’s: Keep the style looking organic Wear it messy all over and refined in the front Wear a center part Feel free to have lift when parting on the side Beachy waves with any part Long bob Bob’s Been There Done That: Hard side part with no lift and perfect bangs Stacked A line (replaced by a textured undercut) It’s a slight but huge difference 1. It’s so key to not overthink or worry about matching every curl perfectly. Let them look organic because this will just add to the laid back allure of this style!2. Create a “lean back curl” to avoid over curling. This is a technique we use when creating a beach wave or loose curl with the TYME Iron. We aren’t going for Shirley Temple or early 2000’s prom with this style ;) To learn how, click here. 3. Make sure the ends are styled down to the floor and not up toward the ceiling. (This avoids the Carol Brady style) 4. Breaking up your curls helps make them look less “prom” and more organic and soft.5. Use a product throughout your mid shaft and ends like SelfieTYME Hairspray or BigTYME Root Lift Power to create a more disheveled look. 6. Finalize your face frame by controlling the pieces. This allows the style to have the messy flirty feel and still allows for the #girlboss finished look! For more tips and hair tutorials, follow us on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Pinterest.

Read Time: 1 min 29 sec Maintaining moisture in your hair is one of the most important factors when addressing your hair health and integrity. Top 3 tips for maintaining moisture in your hair: Nourish the hair to maintain a healthy cuticle layer Blow dry the right amount Use loose tension while curling, rather than squeezing the shape into it Products that maintain moisture protect your hair’s integrity. Keep your cuticle layer healthy to lock in moisture and keep the hair strand strong. Pregame Shampoo is packed with proteins, and those proteins make your hair stronger by repairing the outer cuticle layer. Your scalp also produces natural oils to protect your hair. Finding the right shampoo and conditioner that cleanse your hair but are gentle enough to keep the benefits of your body’s natural nourishment is vital. One way this is done is through sulfate-free shampoos. When your hair maintains moisture your scalp produces less oil, and your hair will have less tendency to hang on to unnecessary water. As a result, your hair will be full of life, dry faster and have a healthy shine. Blow dry the right amount. This is integral to your hair maintaining health. When your hair is blow-dried the right amount, the hair will shine. When it’s over-dried, it will lose its shine. The good news is, every time you wash your hair, you get a chance to maintain moisture. Start drying at the root and work your way out, finishing at the ends of your hair. Be sure to watch that the shine is still there when you’re done blow drying. It is possible to keep hair healthy when using heat--as long as you pay attention to the shine in your hair. When we designed the iron, we paid particular attention to how perfectly the plates line up together. Because the plates line up, it allows for even heat on the hair which enables you to use less pressure as you glide down the hair. Most irons have a gap in the plates which requires you to squeeze the plates together, and in essence, squeeze the moisture out of your hair. We like to think of it more like shaping the curl with the plates only touching your hair, not each other, rather than squeezing the shape into the hair. For more tips and hair tutorials, follow us on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest.