TRUE OR FALSE?
Q: If you pluck out one grey hair, 2 or 3 will sprout in its place.
FALSE!
A: Although not true that afew will sprout in its place, when the grey hair grows back, it will stick up and stand out becos it will be shorter than the rest and the grey hairs are usually coarser making them stand upright.
My Pick ~ Keith Carpenter
OK, so here’s my pick of the day…
I love this although we all know its a catwalk/stage look, I mean if I went on Bart or Muni with my hair like this I’m sure I’d be getting quite a few stares as well as a few larfs, but nevertheless, I still love it for its shape and volume, and of course, you know me with my love of big curly (yes, even frizzy hair).
The hair was done by Keith Carpenter for an issue of the Marie Claire Magazine. Thanks Keith for your creativity.
This look can be achieved either by combing/picking out naturally curly hair to achieve the height and width, or the hair can be set first either on very small rollers or pipe cleaners, and then picked out or combed out for the required look.
My Pick ~ Messy Do
Sometimes for me, I fall in love with just the ‘look’ of a hairstyle, it doesn’t necessarily have to be a precise haircut or anything too defined. One of my favorite things, especially on myself is ‘messy’ unstructured undo’s. I know this picture is abit hazy but I hope it will show you an idea of what I mean…
See how the texture is so messy, like she’s been out blowing in the wind all day, and then one side is just dragged up to create a different shape! Great Look!
If your lucky enough to have texture in your hair then this look will happen naturally and easily but if not, time is spent just to get this very natural undone hairdo!
I will continue to hunt down more messy up do’s to show you.
If your lucky enough to have texture in your hair then this look will happen naturally and easily but if not, time is spent just to get this very natural undone hairdo!
I will continue to hunt down more messy up do’s to show you.
Hair Question…
QUESTION – by Helen:
How on earth can I get some lift in my roots without having to dry it upside down? I have tried doing that and it just foes abit too wild and messy. Help?
ANSWER – by JuJu
Yes, drying your hair upside down will definitely cause the hair to become messy and also tangled, and if this isn’t the look your going for, the best way to get root lift is by lifting sections of your hair and using the hair dryer to blow underneath each section, drag and dry the roots going the opposite way to the way it normally lays, then do the same with the other side as well as with the back, where you would drag the hair up and forward. If you continue to do this method of lifting until the hair is almost dry, you wont need to use the brush to get root lift either, which can be abit messy too as the hair can tangle easy at the roots. Hope this helps.
JuJu Chan Photo Shoot..
The other day we did a photo shoot for my new JuJu Chan Hair Product. I wanted the girls to reflect a certain style that I had in mind to represent my product line and of course, for their hair to represent my very first styling product – ‘TEXTURE’ Powder Styler.
We were very lucky to have our Photographer Claudia Ward, Make Up artist Brande, our young helper Gabe and of course our 2 fabulous models Livia and Kerina who all did FANTASTIC work!
And I must also thank Joni for doing the haircut on Livia for me and also Jodi for her lovely wardrobe.
I hope you enjoy these background photos from the fun day we had, it was shot on location at Dekko Salon, and I’ll soon post the actual finished photos that I will be using to present this product.
I was very happy with the result, both girls were styled with my Texture Powder Styler to get their looks. I knew I didn’t want the pictures to look like hair advertisements so I made sure they looked more like fashion shots rather than being ‘in your face’ hair shots, the end result was very sophisticated and hip, yet not too trendy : )
Stay posted for the final results of the shoot. Thanks to everyone for their creative help and vision.
Jin Bang from Prive at Dekko Salon
Every now and again we at Dekko are lucky enough to get some outside teachers sent our way to give us inspiration and show us some new techniques.
Jin Bang, Artistic Educator from Prive Salon (LA & NY) came over to give us a demo on 2 models. The stylists had requested he show us a long layered haircut (always useful on our clients) on one model and the other model, a creative look.
Here’s Jin working on Kayleigh with his creative techniques. He showed a variation of how to remove bulk from the hair and adding lots of texture to it.
Before and after pictures of Sharon, His long layered haircut (the Kim K. as Jin would call it)(as in Kim Kardashian)! Starting with the base line to get the desired length, then he went to the front area and carved out a ‘C’ curve into the side areas. Lastly, the layers were picked straight up from the head and angled from short to long then blowdried using a round brush to create the body.
And here is before and after pictures of Kayleigh again, Jin’s creative haircut as seen in the above pictures. Jin started working from the inside out, starting with the internal layers and taking lots of bulk out with his new techniques before cutting the length off (using a back-cutting technique). He then went into the front area and sliced the front off, then returning to the sides, he connected the back length to the sides, keeping the sides longer. he continued to remove bulk throughout the layers through the top area too. Once the blow dry was completed, Jin returned into the whole haircut and refined any unwanted long areas of hair.
Both models looked great and we were very inspired by Jin, Thank You so much for ‘popping’ over and showing us a thing or two!
Hit or Miss…. Yarn Head!
Well… to be honest with you, I’m not sure whether this woman is showing off a very creative updo, or whether she’s carrying her wool/yarn around on top of her head? Whatever it may be, its a very creative look and I’m sure it might have inspired this shoot below from America’s Next Top Model Photo Shoots!! (Shot at the Great Wall of China).
My Pick ~ Bob
This style is SO cute..it had to be my pick of the week!
This hairstyle goes to show us all that even with a simple, slightly layered bob, all you need to do is add a bluntish choppy fringe, add some products, twist it up and dry it with a lot of texture and the result can turn out super cute!
Asian Afro Hair…
You all know by now that I have a thing about curly hair, especially tight curls but here are some examples to show Asian Afro hair that some of you may or may not like so much (matter of opinion, I guess)
(Personally I like the girls above, she looks very hip and suits her face shape and of course age, cant say I feel the same about the boy tho’)
But now here’s someone who ALWAYS looks good with her Asian Afro (this might have something to do with the fact that’s she’s a goddess no matter what) MAGGIE CHEUNG MAN YUK
Maggie has mostly had afro textured hair whenever I see her with shorter hair, and I personally have had the honor of styling it and making it look as silky and normal as I could for a commercial (not the easiest of styling jobs, I must add)( I will show you in a separate post about my job) but she somehow manages to make Asian Afros look cool, hip and extremely beautiful regardless of age! Here she is in a scene from her movie ‘Clean’.
Suitability – Features and Body Shapes
Continuing from my post about face shapes I wanted to talk a little more about suitability in facial features and body shapes – 2 other important considerations to take into account when deciding on hairstyles.
Strong Facial Features:
Below are just a few ‘more extreme’ samples of how important features are when choosing hairstyles, the more experience the stylist is the more they can automatically access facial features as soon as they see the client.
(just in case you cant see the text very well, here they are again.)
- Long fringes can accentuate a bigger nose.
- A ‘Nefertiti’ style would accentuate a long chin.
- A short style, particularly around the ears, will bring them out more.
- A style with horizontal lines will not do justice for someone with a wide neck or double chins.
- A short fringe will accentuate a protruding forehead.
- A flat face is made flatter if the style is worked straight up from the hairline.
Height and Body Shapes:
These also make a difference to your choice of hairstyles. It is important for the stylist to see the client before she sits down so that you can take note of her body proportion.
If a tall, thin person had a hairstyle which is very short and close to the head, or very long hair that is straight and flat, then the body length will be accentuated more, whereas if the style had more width, the stream-line would be broken giving an overall better body proportion.
On the other hand, if a person is small but in proportion, then anything that is not TOO wide would be suitable, but if the person was small, and wide in shape, then the situation would be different. To add a hairstyle with width would be adding width to the overall look, but if the style was very short and flat, this would also accentuate the roundness of the body. It is not always easy to reach a happy medium, especially if the client has a certain style in mind. The stylists job is to suggest styles which complement her all round. If the correct approach is used, most clients are willing to accept your ideas and styles, as long as you have a reason to back up your suggestions.
Again, I am using extreme examples to show my points easier, it does not mean that all persons belong in any one category of body shape or that you cannot go against type but in general, we must remember to evaluate the body along with the face shape and features when choosing styles.
