Taking French actresses of the 1950s and 60s (think Catherine Deneuve in her Belle de Jour days) as his inspiration, Redken Creative Consultant Guido Palau fashioned a chic, voluminous style to complement the satin slip dresses and bustled skirts at Nina Ricci’s fall 2010 show. “Nina Ricci is a very feminine, sophisticated design house and [...]
Need a quick and easy style for a special occasion? Try this lovely look on for size. Just pull your hair into a loose ponytail, twist the “tail” until the hair begins to coil and secure the ends into the underside of the base of the ponytail with a few hairpins. Finish with a pretty [...]
Eugene Souleiman, Global Creative Director of Wella Professionals, created this super straight style to complement designer Marios Schwab’s collection of draped dresses and short skirts for Halston. Souleiman began by treating freshly washed hair with Wella System Professional Startup, a moisturizing styling fluid, before blowdrying with a large round brush for a stick straight finish. [...]
The fashion flock may have moved on to Europe, but I’m still obsessing over these looks created by TIGI’s backstage styling team in New York:
At Preen, stylist Luke Hersheson prepped hair with CATWALK by TIGI Root Boost and Rockaholic by TIGI Dirty Secret Dry Shampoo before winding the hair into this double-knotted do. The finished [...]
At Alberta Ferretti’s Fall 2010 show, Redken Creative Consultant Guido Palau balanced the ultra feminine designs of the collection with a textured, side-parted bun inspired by “dark romanticism”. To create the look, Palau began by applying Redken Thickening Lotion 06 Body Builder on damp hair before blowing it dry. Next, he parted the hair deeply [...]
Redken Creative Consultant Guido Palau whipped up this 60s-inspired lacquered egg-shaped chignon for Prada’s Fall 2010 runway show with a few key styling products (Thickening Lotion 06 Body Builder, Smooth Hardwear 16 Super Strong Gel), a couple of hair forming “donuts”, a generous amount of backcombing and lots of Forceful 23 Super Strength Finishing Spray [...]
Attention class! Today’s cut and color equation is as follows:
All over color + highlights + lowlights + gloss (for shine, natch) + precision brow skimming bangs (they MUST be perfect) + Paul Mitchell Super Skinny (the works: Shampoo, Conditioner, Serum and Balm to smooth and straighten hair like nobody’s business) + body-boosting blow out = [...]
Boy by Band of Outsiders designer Scott Sternberg listed the writer Joan Didion as one of the inspirations for his Fall 2010. Sebastian Professional lead stylist Thomas Dunkin dreamed up a low-slung ponytail to complement the lineup of paisley print dresses, mélange wool turtlenecks and terry sweatpants. To create the subtly 70s style, Dunkin began [...]
Justin Timberlake and design partner Trace Ayala’s fall collection featured a “nomadic biker” blend of fatigue jackets, cargo pants, black leather leggings and quilted vests. Sebastian Professional lead stylist Thomas Dunkin whipped up an appropriately edgy hair look to match by applying Volupt Spray, a body boosting spray gel, liberally onto damp hair then twisting [...]
