At the recent wedding of a friend, the bride (who I hadn’t seen in a long while) marched down the aisle in a while eyelet dress and light chocolate brown hair. I’d always known Vanessa as a blonde, so this recent turn of events was surprising—in a very good way! So many blonde brides I [...]
Actress Naomi Watts swapped her typically wavy tresses for a stick straight look at the L.A. premier of ‘Salt’ at Hollywood’s Grauman’s Chinese Theatre on July 19th. The change was temporary, though. A few days later she was back to her regular textured style. It seems this busy mom of two well knows it’s much [...]
At Monday night’s premier of the new comedy “Dinner For Schmucks” at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City, leading lady Lucy Punch walked the red carpet in a flirty red dress and a voluminous, loose hair look. Sebastian Professional Stylist Design Team Member Thomas Dunkin created the tousled do by applying a liberal amount [...]
Hair color? What hair color? Niki and Lara (both 17), two vacationing blondes from Finland, are the real deal. Their blonde hair is 100 percent natural. To get it, you’d need Wella Koleston Perfect Special Blonde (aka the 12 series) or Blondor (if your hair is anything darker than medium blonde) with touch ups as [...]
Singer Keri Hilson recently traded in her brown locks for this beautiful blonde shade. According to Rita Hazan, the celebrity colorist behind the new hue, “Keri had medium brown hair. I thought it would be cool to leave the sides dark and lighten the whole top to a honey blonde with many different tones. She [...]
Lisa, the Consummate Color Queen of Boca Raton, can deliver ANY look her clients come up with. This week it’s bleached tips—achieved by lightening the ends of the hair only, then toning them with Wella Blondor (the go-to lightener around these parts). Worn up in a ponytail or just hanging loose, this is the color [...]
Q. I have been coloring my hair “soft black” for six months. I hate it but am afraid to throw anything else on it. I would like to go back to the blonde I was before. What can be done, if anything? Anonymous
A. This is a process the professionals call “color correction”. Although there are [...]
Scarlett Johansson looks great as a blonde. She also makes a totally convincing brunette. And, come to think of it, she pulls off red hair pretty well, too. Scarlett seems to be one of those rare women with chameleon-like coloring that allows her to look great in virtually every hair hue she adopts. Intrigued by [...]
What’s the newest addition to the style file? “Scene” cuts: A post-Emo, music-based look that’s exactly what my youngest clients, aged 14-17, want now. The look is slightly reminiscent of Bowie circa 1967, but this time around bands like Against Me and Bright Eyes provide the artistic inspiration. While the style is rooted in Emo [...]
The next time you’re inspired to use the term “Dumb Blonde” you might want to think again. According to a study conducted by Dr. David Johnston of Australia’s University of Queensland and published in the journal Economics Letters, blonde women earn seven percent more than women with other hair colors. They also marry wealthier men [...]
