Our Favorite Cropped Cut: The Pixie
By The Hair Book + April 1st, 2013Shed some weight this spring by shearing off long, damaged layers in place of a fresh, clean pixie cut.
Shed some weight this spring by shearing off long, damaged layers in place of a fresh, clean pixie cut.
Last night, after watching Legally Blonde for what’s probably the 30th time, we sat for a minute contemplating perms. It used to be the norm to walk into a salon and request a perm. Today, however, you hardly hear anyone say they’ve just gone and gotten their hair permed. And we’re pretty sure Linda Cardellini’s character, Chutney, in [...]
To put my hair styling knowledge to the test, I attended the Hair Seminar and Awards Show for the best Carlton Salons in California. With technical work by Senior Artistic Director Damon Footer, we spent some time focusing on the bob, a classic cut that is constantly reignited with modern variations. The bob has been [...]
This morning we caught wind of the fact that it takes up to seven hours to style reality star and fashion designer Lauren Conrad’s hair. Our initial reaction was just…utter confusion. LC has gorgeous, healthy hair but she wears simple styles that can be easily copied; how could a top knot, sock bun or long [...]
This holiday season, add glamour to your look by adding a touch of old Hollywood style.
She may straighten her hair or cut bangs but this country music star has shown us all how great it can look to rock natural curls.
Vidal Sassoon, the visionary hairstylist who died yesterday at age 84, revolutionized women’s hairstyling by freeing women from looks that depended on curlers, hair dryers and stiff hairsprays and giving them styles created with little more than a pair of scissors. His signature cuts were geometric, edgy—and touchable. “He changed the way everyone looked at [...]
Beauty blogger Stevie Wilson, of LA-Story.com, visits a Regis Salon and shares her experiences: “My dry, frazzled hair needed a miracle. I visited the Regis Salon at Los Cerritos Center in Cerritos, CA, for help. Jenna Gray, the salon manager, had the perfect prescription: A salon deep conditioning treatment. Jenna shampooed my hair, applied the [...]
Actress/comedienne Sarah Silverman wore a 1950s style knee length dress to the Tribeca Film Festival’s Sunday night debut of her film (a drama co-starring Michelle Williams, Seth Rogan and Luke Kirby) Take This Waltz. Celebrity hairstylist Thomas Dunkin for Sebastian Professional styled her hair in a playful, pinned up, pin up girl style. Here, his [...]
The Cuban-born hairstylist Oribe (that’s pronounced Or-bay) has had a legendary 30+ year career working with every top photographer (Irving Penn, Steven Meisel), supermodel (Christy Turlington, Cindy Crawford), magazine (Vogue, Self), fashion designer (Chanel, Armani, Louis Vuitton) and celebrity (Jennifer Lopez, Scarlett Johansson) on the planet, so when it came time for him to create [...]