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Ballina based salon allure Hairdressing has once again enjoyed immense success in the Irish hairdressing championships in Dublin with its highly trained team sweeping the boards in a number of categories.

Frizzy hair can be a nuisance. You wash, dry, and style your locks but as soon as you take a step into the elements, boom – uncontrollable, static, frizz. How annoying!

Downtown Hairstyles has been serving the people of Athlone proudly for 15 years.

The most common problem is condition. If the condition of the hair is not good it will lead to a variety of problems such as split ends, colour fading and of course lack of lustre and shine. The remedy first begins with the shampoo and conditioning products you use. Firstly they must be designed for the hair type you have, ie, fine, thinning, dry/brittle, greasy, normal, coloured, or chemically damaged.

It’s no secret that we’re big fans of facials around here. There’s nothing more relaxing than treating your skin to a bit of pampering after all those nights of leaving make-up on and using cheap moisturisers.

Paul Labrecque is hair stylist with two New York salons. His star-studded clientele include the likes of Renee Zellweger, Reese Witherspoon, Hilary Swank, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, and Helen Mirren. Below are a few of his best summer tips:

If you’ve ever felt isolated and embarrassed by thinning hair you’re not alone. A staggering one in three women and one in two men will suffer from thinning hair at some point in their lives, with poor diet, smoking, stress, pregnancy, childbirth and the menopause all common causes of the condition.

Visit the country’s most colourful, trendy, and busy new unisex salon and training college at Mullingar’s International College of Hair and Beauty and the First Floor Hair and Beauty Studio at 32 Mount Street, Mullingar.

The Ardilaun leisure club is the perfect choice for getting in shape for summer 2009. Now in its 10th year, The Ardilaun leisure club has gone from strength to strength. The hotel introduced a six month membership in January, and is now running a great offer on summer memberships, four months for the price of three. The club is equipped with state-of-the-art technology, new gymnasium equipment, plasma screens, stereo system, Greco-Roman deck level swimming pool, sauna, 20 seater Jacuzzi, steam room and therapy suites. Personal programmes are devised for each member. Also included in the membership fee is a schedule of classes including aerobics, Bosu, Aqua Aerobics and Spinning classes. As part of the Growing with the Ardilaun programme, the club is introducing a new mother and toddler class (€50 for six weeks), the class is for mothers who wish to exercise in the same room as their toddlers and enjoy a coffee afterwards. It is open to members and non members. The Avalon Beauty Salon offers a wide range of relaxing, invigorating, and indulging treatments with something to suit everyone. Avalon treatments vary from facials to massages, pedicures to manicures with various pamper days and bridal packages to cater for all special occasions.

Marian Gleeson from Zenith Hairdressing on Eyre Street has won a place as a finalist in the Irish heat of the international Visionary Hair award which will take place in Dublin on July 6. She is the only finalist from Galway and the west of Ireland chosen for this prestigious award.