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Dekko’s Daily Grind ~ Kerina

Some of you might recognize Kerina from my JujuChan website… she’s been one of the faces of my Texture Powder Styler from the start and recently even helped me make my new product video for me, which was really fun.

Anyway it was time for another change, Kerina had been wearing her hair longer for a few years now and we decided to give her a medium length long bob shape. We wanted to keep the movement in it and keep it looking sexy and tousled, so we put graduation into it, textured it a lot within as well as keeping the ends soft and piecey with with razor.

If there’s one hairstyle that would tempt me to cut off my dreaded locks, this would be the one : )

Here’s Kerina Before:

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And here’s Kerina After with her sexy new look:

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Brave New World

A gorgeous collection by Frank Apostopoulos, who won Australian Hairdresser of the Year – 2013. Frank is Creative Director for BIBA Australia.

His collection is called Brave New World, and as you can see is fantastically full of creativity with an edgy dark serene feel to his work. I love it, fabulous use of real and fake hair, would be perfect for a ‘Mad Max’ kind  of movie!  Love the make up and photography too!

Text and Pictures from’ Behind The Chair’ mag

‘Brave new world. The end came and went, and this is what remains. Shattered realities, retooled expectations, re-engineered dreams. And also, a certain freedom. Freedom to explore unexpected textures; thatched, corded and tufted. Freedom to challenge the limits of shape and color. Freedom to refresh the old, conventional notions of beauty, of what “works” and what’s appropriate. It’s a brave new world and for those who have faced the unthinkable, the future begins to shine just a little more brightly. ‘

Make Up by: Kylie O’Toole

Photography by: Andrew O’Toole

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Vintage Updo’s

Some gorgeous work created by the Queen of Updo’s and Hair Styling Sharon Blain, taken from her latest collection Vintage Reinvented. Australian stylist Sharon has educational courses for those who would like to be educated, inspired and motivated with long hair.

‘Sharon Blain’s photographic collections have earned her a place as a winner and finalist over many years. She is consistently featured in trade and consumer magazines world wide and is the creative mind behind many photographic shoots for Goldwell’s international marketing campaigns and major fashion designers.’

Extras can be found on her educational website as well as UK’s leading educational site MyHairdressers.com

These gorgeous works of art can be re-created with the help of some lovely vintage hair barrettes or braided hairpieces 

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Mark Hayes ~ Sassoon’s

With the help of his International Creative Team, Mark Hayes helped creative these fantastic styles for Vidal Sassoon Academy’s latest collection ~ The Dandies!  Mark has inspired many hairstylists throughout the world in his position as the companies International Creative Director.

I’m proud to say that I too have been taught under Mark Hayes and he was one of my final test assessors, allowing me to become free to do my own thing, way back when in Leeds, England. To this day he continues to influence and was one of the contender for the British Hairdresser award 2013.

‘The Dandies takes the traditions of barbering and infuses them with a contemporary energy and verve creating a modern androgyny when boys’ cuts appear on girls’

Hair: Mark Hayes & the International Creative Team
Colour: Peter Dawson & the International Color Team
Make Up: Daniel Koleric
Photography: Colin Roy
Styling: Lucie Perrier
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Dekko’s Daily Grind – Katie

Katie’s been a client of dekko’s for a while now and she usually keeps her hair color around the same shade of reddy brown. We were inspired by a look  we came across a while ago mixing black with brown, so our colorist Nikki decided to change Katie’s hair up and apply this same color combination on Katie’s new look with the heavy fringe.

Here’s afew of  Katie with her before hair and color:

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And this is after Nikki and I got to her… (sorry I didn’t take clearer pics but sometimes you just don’t have a phone/camera handy : /

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January 2014 ~ Newsletter

HAPPY NEW YEAR to all my readers and followers, I truly appreciate you all 🙂

Unbelievable but here we are again, it’s that time of the year where we stop and reflect on yet another year, what we have achieved and what else we could’ve should’ve done!  Sigh!   Or at least thats what I usually do anyway, hope I’m not the only miserable person getting all serious with this.. Lol!

Anyway, I have reflected and have decided this has been a hell of a year, one of my best – for travel, for work and for reaching a milestone with my age lol!

Here’s to all you lot out there and hope you too have achieved all your wishes and dreams this year, if not we’ve got the start of a brand new one.. dont give up and all the best!

HAPPY 2014

xxxxxx