I wanted to show you some fabulous images from photographer Terry Tsiolis for an article ‘Girls on Top’. Here we are featuring Tao Okamoto, Liu Wen, Shu Pei and Fei Fei, 4 of the top Asian models working today.
Pink Hair..
I have always loved the baby pink hair that’s been all over the place. I once had my own small pieces scattered throughout my hair, the only problem was having to bleach out the hair to a light enough shade of blonde in order to put the baby pink on it. Of course it didn’t last too long either but for the one day seminar I had to do it was fine.
Lately I’ve seen so many Ads and other pictures with that shade of pink, I was always told it would be difficult or almost impossible to get it looking so light and pink on Asian hair, which is why most people would settle just for the pieces in the dark hair. Here’s an example of the pink I was talking about…..
Anyway I came across one Asian girl who managed to get this shade of pink for herself… From the chart topping South Korean Band.. Miss A, this young lady JIA looks fabulous as she’s swinging her hair around singing Bad Girl Good Girl with her other band members. (Thanks @ Doug Henderson) for showing me the video. So this just goes to show, if you’ve got enough time money and a great colorist, Asian’s can have baby pink hair!
Oh and here’s our very own Twinkie Chan and Joni from Dekko with their gorgeous pink hair..and Thanks to Jodi and Heather from Dekko Salon for the colors.
A Tribute To The Man Who Inspired Many – Vidal Sassoon
To my first real boss, a legend who inspired and influenced many many hairdressers by revolutionizing the way we cut hair… Thank You for your vision and passing it down to the rest of the family to develop and create lives that have been just as creative as you were. My life as a haircutter would not have been as fulfilling without your inspirational existence on this planet!
RIP Vidal, you will never be forgotten.
Thanks Stephanie for the pic : )
Dekko’s Daily Grind ~ Jenny
Every now and again, I start to do my haircut at work and then when there’s tons of hair that start to fly and around a third of the way through I then realize that I should’ve taken some before pictures of my client : (
So I end up taking the ‘after’ pics anyway and hope that the client will have some good ‘before’ pics for me to slot in.. anyway, this was the case of Jenny Ping who came into Dekko to see me.
Jenny was so sweet and was open to having some changes to her hair but still wanted to continue growing the length down. The hair was already asymmetrical but it was almost one length throughout. The only problem I foresaw was the step in the middle of the long side! This was my challenge to try to blend it altogether to make it work with the rest of the hair.
Here’s 2 pictures that Jenny sent to me after showing her hair before the ‘chop’!
Anyway, we decided to layer it all up, lighten up the inside of the hair while keeping the whole outside length long. I also wanted to chop up the fringe area so it didn’t hang to heavy on her face. Once we had layered it all we used some styling cream to get the effect of chunkiness to the hair.
Sorry about the bright ‘back’ picture.. but at least it shows off the layers anyway.
What was surprising about the hair was once all the weight was taken off, there was so much natural texture in the hair, it all came to life and so Jenny could play around and have a much more textured fun look, and I was able to blend in the hole at the side : )
Thanks for posing and sending me the before pics Jenny, I enjoyed doing your hair..
55 Year Old Rapunzel : 0
Ok now, I know we all love long hair and we all get abit reluctant to cut it off, but when are we too old and how long is too long? I ask myself this quite often as time goes by…
Now here is a lady from Taiyuan, China. Ni Linmei is 55 years old and hasn’t had a haircut in 14years, Her hair is 8foot long!!! (Which is longer than she is) so in order to measure her hair she has to stand on a chair! Do you think this look is attractive, youthful or anything at all?
So anyway, I have to admit I haven’t had a proper haircut in the back for about 6years although its nowhere near 8foot and I doubt whether I could ever get that long, so I think I’ve got afew more years to go yet. But dear friends…. if I end up looking like this please someone tell me to get a bloody haircut!!! Thanks!
For full story and original source.. read here.
Curl Defining Cream ~ by Moroccan Oil
Its been a while since I have come across a curl product that I like.. but after trying this Curl Defining Cream by the company Moroccan Oil, I am now a huge fan.
The reasons why I like it are:
The texture of the cream is light and fluffy so its easy to distribute throughout the hair.
The shine from the cream continues throughout the whole of the hair length, something we rarely see with curly hair.
It dries softly but has enough hold on the curl.
Not too heavy.
I have just remembered that in all the occasions that I used it, there was only one clients that I did not like the result on, The top of the hair seemed to not have enough hold therefore falling flatter and there didn’t seem to be enough hold to keep the curls in place when I shook the hair out! This was only 1 head of hair out or maybe 60 others that I used it on, so not bad, it could’ve been that I didn’t apply enough on the top or whatever the reason, it was not enough to put me off using it.
My Pick…
Again, I have to apologize for not knowing who did the work for this hairstyle, but I chose it for its very creative cut and color work. similar to another one I posted the precision work with the color is fantastic (although I hope the work was not touched up in Photoshop afterwards cos you just never know nowadays)
Anyhoo, fabulous strong defined shape, well done to whoever did this!
Chen Man, Photographer
I first came across Chen Man when I read an article about her in Vogue this year, her own profile picture stood out with the whole cute look she had going on.
Chen Man is a 23 year old photographer from China. From her start in China she has now become a sought after photographer shooting projects for China Vogue, Gucci, Marni, Mercedes Benz and one of her pictures was chosen to represent the Victoria and Albert Museum for an exhibition called ‘China Design Now’ in 2008. Wow – Impressive for such a young lady!
Chen Man works with make up artists a lot with her work and give directions to her shoots giving emphasis to the make up, because of the strength of the visions with the make up, M.A.C (the famous make up company) is now collaborating with the young photographer to have her own limited edition make up collection! Double Wow!
Here are some examples of Chen’s work:
I then accidently came across some more of Man’s work (the first picture) through a friend on FB, (Thnx to Scarlet for the info) I immediately spotted the similarity in the picture to her Vogue profile picture, so I did some more research. Man did some work for one of my favorite English magazine I-D Magazine. She shot a series of covers for a collection called Rise and Shine. The first few were for the magazines..
And then there were other variations for online use which were just as spectacular:
Anyway, I’m sure that we’ll be seeing a lot more of Chen Man along the way, such fabulous shots and visions : )
My Pick ~ Prada Ad
I found this a while back but only just got round to showing you all. The hair is so cute and ‘Betty Boop-ish’, I love it! I think I also found out the hair was done by someone I used to work with back in my London Sassoon Days – Art Director Sandy Hullett.
Hope I got that detail correct, if so Sandy, well done, it must’ve been so hard to get all the hair looking so perfect but you jolly well did.
Thanks for the inspiration..
Color for Men..
Heather English who works with us at Dekko Salon has been taking care of quite afew of our men who have not been too happy about their salt and pepper hair becoming too salty!!!
Goldwell’s Men ReShade is one of the latest launches in men’s hair color, Because of its easy application which is usually applied at the color bowl and with it being foam based, this makes the ReShade a quick no mess treatment to have.
Quite afew of my clients have been to Heather to try it and have been very happy with their results. I have also noticed that there is no harsh hard lines around the hairline and edges so it doesn’t look like a fake piece has been ‘plonked’ on top of the head : )
Heather added that it leave the hair much more natural looking than tints because it leaves the hair with a cool tone, and It is used for grey reduction and blending and NOT grey coverage! The result usually lasts about 4 – 5 weeks which is ideal to have to coincide with their haircuts. Also note that is washes away naturally and does not have a regrowth line.
Goldwell’s ReShade:
Other companies also have their own solutions but work on the same lines.. for example Redken Color Camo for Men, another quick easy option to camouflage the grey hair…
And just for your information, I managed to get a shot of a slightly crooked color chart for Redken’s Color Camo to give you an idea of the color choices and shades, although I always think its best to leave it to your colorist to choose the shade, after all, they do know best! So guys – what are you waiting for? Oh and I forgot to mention it was also easy on the wallet too : )
Technorati Tags: Goldwell,Men’s ReShade,Redken,Color Camo,Mens Color,Heather English,Dekko Salon,JujuChan
