hair care

Updated: The Ultimate Guide to Safely Removing Knots from Hair

An al Fresco Toilet by Samuel Luke FildesOur haircare tutorial “The Ultimate Guide to Safely Removing Knots from Hair” has been updated! Check it out to learn how to do this unpleasant task as easily as possible while doing as little damage as possible.

Filed under: Style

The Havoc Hair Dye Wreaks

A Lovely Redhead is depicted in Spring Flowers by Sir Laurence Alma-TademaThe Permanent Damage of Hair Dye

I’ve been screaming for years about what horrible damage hair dye does to your hair and scalp. Today Huffington Post posted an interview with two experts, cosmetic chemist Ni’Kita Wilson and Elizabeth Cuannane Phillips, CEO… Continue reading

New LongLocks Designs! BijouStix Hair Accessories Posted!

New BijouStix Hair Accessories Posted in the LongLocks Catalog!New Designs!

Four new BijouStix designs have been posted in the LongLocks catalog, the Special Edition Designs page has been updated, and three “last chance” special order designs have been moved to Hair To­day, Gone Tomorrow (two BijouStix designs… Continue reading

New SwingStix Hair Pins Posted in the LongLocks Catalog!

Blissful Blue Special Edition LongLocks SwingStix Hair Pins With DanglesNew Designs!

Four new SwingStix hair stick designs have been posted in the LongLocks catalog, and the Special Edition Designs page has been updated! The new designs feature pretty findings like art glass and genuine peach moonstone gemstones!

Fun… Continue reading

New RapunzelStix Hair Pins Added to the LongLocks Catalog!

Arctic Blooms LongLocks RapunzelStix Hair PinsNew Designs!

Three new RapunzelStix designs have been posted in the LongLocks catalog, the Special Edition Designs page has been updated, and two “Last Chance” special order designs have been added to Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow!  And don’t… Continue reading



    • Loosely wrapped, creative, nocturnal, eternally blue, reclusive, eccentric, obsessive perfectionist... in other words, an artist.
See Susan Maxwell Schmidt's and other exceptional fine artists' surrealism art for sale

Past Issues

© All designs, text and graphic art throughout this site copyright 1999-2014 by Susan Maxwell Schmidt, all rights reserved.

We comply by Fair Use under United States law.