Archive for the ‘Hair’ Category

Spring Hair Accessories Trends

Spring 2010 fashion shows gave us a peak of a significant hair accessories trend for next year. Designers made use of bows, ties, clips and bids to coax purchases at the register. Fortunately, it is easy to reproduce these hair accessories at home. Style.com shares some tips on how to adorn your tresses on a budget. BowsAt Marc by Marc Jacobs, stylist Guido Palau created Minnie Mouse bows to complement the upbeat pieces. To make one for yourself, make sure that the fabric is thinner in the middl…

Hair Trends: Laced-Up Chignons

Hair Trends: Laced-Up Chignons

For Rodarte’s Fall runway show, stylist Odile Gilber was inspired by the way the collection used fabric and texture – and by the models’ footwear. “The shape of the chignon is simple, but the texture is complex. “Like the collection, which plays with fabric and texture, the look is sleek in front with an architectural, modern chignon in back.”During the pre-runway show hair test, Gilbert looked on as dressers wrapped the models’ legs with the crisscrossed laces of the Nicholas Kirkwood thigh-hig…

Textured Hairstyle

Textured Hairstyle

Forget your out-of-bed look. This hairstyle’s a lot messier than that – messy in a sexy, stylishly bohemian sort of way. At Ruffian’s Spring 2009 fashion show, the models’ tresses were styled to look “decidedly frizzy.” But for all the lightsomeness it exudes, stylist Neil Moodie admits that creating them took some effort. To create this look, Moodie sprayed a heat-protecting moisturizing spray on dry hair, and then rough-dried them to bring out their natural texture. He then twisted 15-20 small…

Hair Trends: Ballerina Bun

Hair Trends: Ballerina Bun

The ballerina bun is a simple yet elegant up-do that is making the rounds at Fall runways this year. At Monique Lhuillier’s fashion show, the designer staged what stylist Sabrina Michals called “a ballerina and a smoky, operalike atmosphere.” Michals added that “the clothes are beautiful and elegant, and she didn’t want the hair to take away from that.”Michals’s austere yet sophisticated hairstyle was the perfect solution. To create the classic up-do, Michals dropped her brushes and went manual…

Jennifer Aniston’s Hair Secrets

Jennifer Aniston’s Hair Secrets

Ever since Friends exploded into one of the most popular sitcoms of our time, Jennifer Aniston has become somewhat of a hairstyle icon. Every new hairstyle is noted and catalogued, and used as reference by Find out how she’s able to get superb tresses straight from the man who’s been caring for them from the start. Chris McMillan, Aniston’s longtime stylist, share’s the stars secrets to Elle.The Rachel hair and Friends Era”I’ve been doing Jennifer’s hair forever. When I first met her, she had lo…

Summer Hair Trends

Summer Hair Trends

Wondering how to style your hair this summer? Look to the stars for inspiration – Hollywood stars that is. Being the trendsetters that they are, celebs spark a major following with the styles they strut. Check out some of the season’s hottest hair trends, and see which one you suits you best. Half-Shaved HeadIn one bold move, songstress Cassie shaved half of her head – and kept the other half’s long tresses – for a unique and edgy look. Stars like Carmen Electra followed suit, and started the h…

Matching Fringe to Face-Shape

Matching Fringe to Face-Shape

 Now that fringe has gone past being a trend, and established itself as a beauty staple, a fringe cutting guide for your specific face shape seems to be in order. Stylist Antonio Prieto gives a rundown of fringe type-to-face shape pairings to avoid confusing your face shape with another, and thus preventing post-salon frustrations, and subsequent months during which you’ll be spending your time securing your unsuitable fringe with bobby pins. RoundPrieto advises against fringe for round-faced wo…

Homemade Hair Shine

NYC’s Phyto Universe Salon shares their secret to having great summer hair. The best thing about it is you can do it in the comfort of your own home. Elle.com’s Emily Hebert recounts her experience at Phyto Universe and where she had the salon’s new Summer Bliss Treatment. The treatment starts with a study of the hair and scalp. The stylist rubs an ultra-sound like lens to observe sections of the hair and scalp on a small computer screen.The stylist brushes the hair using a boar bristle brush to…

Caring for Sad Summer Fringe

The summer heat can cause your fringe to resemble something that you use to create a masterpiece with, or something that your can use to adorn a handbag. Fret no more. You can save your fringe or from looking like a frizzy or greasy disaster that’s plastered on your forehead. Leonardo Manetti, co-owner of New York’s downtown salon ION shares his fringe-care secrets:Do not apply too much conditioner to your fringe. When prepping for something, keep bangs away from your face at all times. Wear a h…

Hair Care Products: Splurge or Save?

Hair Care Products: Splurge or Save?

Uncertain times have come between you and your hairstylist, your hundred-dollar haircuts and treatments, not to mention your costly hair care products. Never fear. You’ll come out of this economic slump with your tresses looking good enough for a shampoo commercial. Style.com suggests, if you can’t go to your stylist, let your stylist come to you – in the form of hair care products that is. Here are Style.com’s recommended products from your favorite stylists. Splurge: Fekkai One Process Hair C…