Paula Begoun rocks!

Not only does she do all this exhaustive testing and research to write books about all the makeup and beauty products available, she also created a website about them. What a wonderful woman!

Here's the home page: http://www.beautypedia.com/default.aspx

Here's the Master List of all the different brands with reviews of some of their products: http://www.beautypedia.com/brandlist.aspx

If you pay a membership fee of $24.95 US per year you have access to all the individual product reviews and her list of "Best Products" as well as the latest reviews as they arrive. Or you could buy one of her books which covers the same ground but obviously goes out of date very quickly...

Great way NOT to waste money on useless beauty products as she does all the work to find out what's best for you to use- fabulous!

Recommended Products for Your Hair

More from the Oprah website and Paula Begoun:

Best shampoos for dry, damaged hair:
*AVEDA Damage Remedy Restructuring Shampoo

*Neutrogena Triple moisture cream lather shampoo

*Pantene relaxed and natural Intensive Moisturizing Shampoo

Best conditioners for dry, damaged hair:
*Pantene Relaxed & Natural Breakage Defense Conditioner

*Bumble + bumble Creme de Coco Masque Nexxus Humectress *Luxe Ultra-Moisturizing Leave-In Spray

Best flat irons:
*Remington Wet 2 Straight Flat Iron
*BaByliss Pro Porcelain Ceramic Flat Iron

Best blow-dryers:
*Vidal Sassoon 1875 Watt Quiet Hair Styler Vs750

*Revlon RV544 1875 Watt Tourmaline Ionic Lightweight Dryer

Best products to protect from heat damage:
*Got2Be Dazzling Shine Spray

*Citre Shine Color Prism Anti Frizz Serum