Cosmopolitan magazine and Head & Shoulders shampoo are looking for the “Head Turner of the Year” – someone with personal style, charisma and stand-out achievements.

Are you a head-turner? Ever imagine your photo on the pages of Cosmopolitan? If you read Beauty on a Budget regularly, we know you are a head-turner and you could win a three-day/two-night trip to New York City to participate in a photo shoot and makeover; the photo will run in the June 2007 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.

To enter, just visit the website for details. Here’s the full press release from Cosmo and Head & Shoulders:

CINCINNATI, OH January, 2007 – Head & Shoulders, a hair care secret discovered by Cosmopolitan readers who know all about being head-turning, is looking for the “Head Turner of the Year” – someone with personal style, charisma and stand-out achievements. Women are invited to log onto Headturninghair.com to nominate themselves for “Head Turner of the Year.”

The grand prize winner will receive a three-day, two-night trip to New York City to participate in an unforgettable photo shoot and makeover with the Head & Shoulders’ Style Squad, comprised of some of the industry’s top fashion and beauty stylists. A photo layout will run in the June 2007 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.

To enter, women should log onto HeadTurningHair dot com by January 31, 2007, and submit a recent photograph and original essay of 50 words or less on what makes them a head turner. The Head & Shoulders’ Style Squad will select 10 finalists, and the public will decide the winner via online voting.

In a blind survey, 80 percent of Cosmopolitan readers found that Head & Shoulders gave them head-turning hair. Head & Shoulders delivers truly healthy, head-turning hair because it provides both hair and scalp care.

Head & Shoulders helps to liberate people from hair and scalp worries, such as dullness and flakes, and contains six times more moisturizers than non-conditioning shampoos. Head & Shoulders increases hair’s protection from damage and decreases dandruff symptoms such as itching, redness, irritation and visible flakes. The result: healthy, manageable hair and an extra boost of self-confidence. This assurance, coupled with gorgeous, healthy hair, stops people in their tracks, embodying what being a head turner is all about.

Lather, Rinse - Don’t Repeat

Regardless of which shampoo you use, from the least expensive drugstore brand to the poshest salon formula, the instructions never seem to change from bottle to bottle.

Lather, rinse thoroughly. Repeat.

Does your hair really need that second application of shampoo? It’s not likely. One lathering with any shampoo is sufficient to lift the dirt and excess oils from your hair and scalp. To repeat the process will only strip hair of too much oil and leave it dry and easily damaged by the rest of your styling routine (which probably involves heat in the form of dryers and irons, stressing your hair even further). So why do the directions on the bottle tell you to repeat?

Easy. You use more product, they sell more product. But they don’t just sell more shampoo, you will also use more conditioner as well, trying to make up for the loss of moisture as a result of a too-thorough cleansing.

So when you wash your hair, lather, rinse and don’t repeat. Once is enough.

There’s nothing like the smell of fall in the air. A sweet smell of fallen leaves fills the crisp air and the warm aromas of home greet you when you return. Pumpkin pie, apple spice, cinnamon and pecan.

Bath & Body Works brings those delicious scents to your bath with sweet scents that will warm your senses and pamper your skin.

Try Pumpkin Pie Paradise Three in One (body wash, shampoo and bubble bath), Body Lotion or exfoliating Pumpkin Scrub. Other Temptations scents include Pecan Passion, Spiced Apple Rapture and Cinnamon Bun Heaven.

If your hair is processed, that is, permed or straightened, your hair is more susceptible to damage from drying and styling. Definitely use pre-styling products that protect the hair from thermal damage but you have to get more basic with your hair care, starting with your shampoo.

A mild shampoo is a must. You can try different shampoos in different price ranges. Salon shampoos are great but pricey; try one of the shampoos for colored and processed hair available at the drug or department store. Follow it up with an extra-moisturizing conditioner for colored hair. These products contain ingredients to protect and preserve hair color. Because your hair is more likely to be dry near the ends, concentrate conditioner in that area. Scalp hair may get oily if you use too much conditioner.

Finally, try washing your hair less often, say every other day instead of every day. Let it have a break occasionally from styling as well.

Our pick for price and quality is L’Oreal Vive Pro Color Shampoo. It contains UV filters to protect from sun-fading of your hair color and promises 45% more color rentention.