Thanks to www.style.com and Nat, I can show you some of my favorite hairstyles from
Fashion week, taken from London, Paris and New York, love all the creative artistic looks from woven hair to colored crazy hair.
Paris Fashion Week..
Thought I would share some of my favorites from the Paris Fashion Week, there was so much inspiration all round but for me, it was the hair from NY, London, and Paris that was most interesting, anyway here are some happening stuff from Paris,well done to all the stylists for their brilliant work. For the full feature go to NYMag.com Thanks for letting me share my thoughts. Thanks to Nat xx
Here’s some sharp short hair for Balenciaga, and Betty Page for Christian Dior.
Woven Hair for Alexander McQueen and Knots for Gareth Pugh,
And finally we have frizzy hair at Limi Feu and diagonal parts for Haider Ackermann.
Hair Facts…
TRUE OR FALSE:
Q: Is it true that you can FIX split ends?
FALSE!!
A: Split ends cannot be fixed, you can only cut them off, once they are split, they are split, although they can be masked with treatments and other products, they are still split!
Hit or Miss?
Hhmmmm, combination of a guy perm, mullet and asymmetric style?? (Oh, and lets not forget the ‘tash’) What do you all think?
I’m sort of sitting on the fence on this one, mainly because I see he’s tried very hard to be different and to stand out from the crowd, which I have to give him credit for, and even with all the combinations of potential disaster, he doesn’t look TOO bad!!
More Styling Pastes..
Jonathan Antins ‘DIRT’
I wanted to mention DIRT by Jonathan Antin because I spent abit of time watching him on his Bravo show ‘Blow Out’ and even with his few dramatic temper tantrums and sulky moments and despite his egotistical reputation, I found him to be a very likable person , and I ended up following him through the whole process of building up his salon and starting up his haircare line which I must say inspired me too.
DIRT was a big success from day one, and so I had to give it a try, I found it was a great consistency to work with, for short, medium or longer hair, altho I would tend to use this on short to medium. It gives the hair a matte, messy, textured look that held well. What’s good about it is the ease of washing it out, water based, it washes out easy. For those of you who dont’ like matte looking hair, Jonathan has just brought out another product with shine to it.
So well done Jonathan, who’s shown he’s not just a pretty face!
My Pick…
I mentioned to you before that I would continue to look for these messy updo’s that I love so much. Anyway here’s another one I found which worked on the same lines. Nothing neat an tidy and very thrown together to acheive a distorted shape.
Add the curls (whether natural or put in) and its right up my alley – Gorgeous!!!
New York Fashion Week…
Hey, I never did remember to show you the final choices and picks from the photo shoot we did to promote my Texture Powder Styler did I?
Been so busy promoting it and getting some fab reviews and stuff that I totally forgot! ‘Texture ‘Powder Styler got into the New York Fashion Week Goody bags this week!!! Now howzat for starters : )
The IFB (International Fashion Bloggers) held some conferences this week, so my products were featured in the bags at this event, so lets hope these bloggers give me some post space : )
Meanwhile here’s my final pictures, (one showing the design used for postcards to go with my products) Thanks to:
Claudia Ward for all the photography. Mark Gartland for the design work of the cards and ads. Brande for the make-up. Jodi for the wardrobe and of course Livia and Kerina for modeling.
And here’s one of my actual products..
Salon Cancellation Fees….
I felt the need to write this post to help people understand why hairdressing salon’s may have a cancellation fee as part of their company policy. One of the good things about having a blog is being able to express my opinion through it especially as I know this can be a touchy subject.
In all my years as a hairstylist in various salons, one of my pet peeves is how people/clients either no show or cancel late. For some unknown reason I have personally found this more noticeable since my move to California, USA. (maybe due to the laid-back casual attitude?)
In most reputable salons, there will be a 24hour cancellation policy, (as with Dr’s offices, massages, beauty treatments, even nail salons) some salons will choose to charge for the full service price while others may be more lenient opting for a 50% charge instead, no matter what the policy, it is there to protect the stylists time, especially as more and more stylists work for themselves nowadays, their time becomes their livelihood!
When someone makes an appointment, that time slot is then taken up and no one else can book during that time, so if a client does not show OR cancels very late, this does not give the salon/stylist an opportunity to call someone else that could be on the wait list to fill the slot. So without a cancellation fee to cover for the loss, the stylist could potentially lose out twice. Most salons will not charge if they are able to fill the slot even under 24hours, but we are not always so lucky.
In situations where color is involved this could mean a time slot of up to 3hours is being held and again if the client no shows or late cancels, this is a huge loss to the colorist, who will have been there ready and waiting to work.
Of course life can be unpredictable, emergencies happen and clients don’t mean to miss their appointments, but all we (as stylists) ask of you is to please be more considerate and respectful of the stylists time, and understand that the policy was put in place for the protection of the stylist or anyone else in a professional situation. Thanks for reading…
Hong Kong Hair..
I was flicking through some websites and magazines the other day and came across some fairly cool looking hair from Hong Kong. Movie stars and their hair in Hong Kong can be abit hit and miss, in my opinion, I feel that some go so overboard that it can look abit ‘tacky’ and ‘dodgy’, completely missing the mark of ‘naturally cool’ as shown in my post about Aaron Kwok : (
Anyway, I thought I would share them with you…
Above we have Bobo (top) Faye Wong (left) who I think always gets it right, and Du Juan (right, for Lane Crawford)
Next up is: Josie Ho, Joey Yung and Kate Tsui, all showing some nice haircuts off.
And finally we have Hu Jing (top), Leila Tong-Ling (left) and Maggie Sui (right)
My Pick ~ Short Pixie
It’s quite rare for me to find some cute little short haircut that I like, but I chose this one cos she looks like a pixie, the hair is short but very soft and up to date at the same time. Very cute!
