Archives For September 2011

…According to her stylist, Marcus Francis, anyways.

“[It's] the perfect balance of masculine and feminine,” he told Beautyhigh.com. “[A] combed out finger wave with a David Bowie twist.”

Here is a great “how to” that Marcus Describes on how to get this perfect look:

“Prep damp hair with a volume spray blow drying with your hands to manipulate volume at the roots. In the back, direct the hair down; on the sides, use your fingers to direct the hair back – keeping a piecey texture,” he explained.

With the hair slightly dry, lightly spritz with a tousled wave spray to “thicken the look and feel of the hair”.

 To Create the waves:

 ”With the end of a tail comb, make a deep side part starting at the arch of your eyebrow. Starting at the part, wrap small sections of hair using a 3/4 inch curling iron. Moving toward the other eyebrow, your next row of sections will alternate the direction of the curl. This emulates an imperfect version of a finger wave.”

“Continue this alternating curl pattern until you’ve finished the top side section. At the crown of the head, wrap the hair as you did in the beginning, alternating about three rows down.”

Marcus then explains with your fingers begin to break up the curls. Finish with a hairspray for great hold.

Love the look! Think it’s a great how to as well and easy enough for you guys to take with you into the salon and share with your guests.


What do you think?

This is a very cool and excellent Marketing ploy!

Trim Bashar Brown, 31, opened his business after learning overweight clients felt discriminated against in salons full of slim women. 

Bashar, from Rainham, Kent, spent £5,000 making sure his salon is fat friendly – complete with an extra-large seat, roomier gowns, and even wide-neck basins for washing hair.

For now he is running the Hair By Bashar out of his home, but plans to expand as he already has more than 50 clients after just a few months in business.  

Bashar said: ‘I’ve been a hairdresser for years. Increasingly, larger women were telling me how they hate going to the salon because they are filled with slim, glamorous women.  

‘For them, it feels the same as walking into a gym full of ultra-fit people. They feel like everyone is staring at them.  

‘I just thought – ‘this isn’t right!’ and decided to set up a salon where overweight people would feel comfortable.

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And now Bashar hopes that he will one day get to style the hair of larger sized celebrities.

He said: ‘I would love to do the hair of Dawn French or Claire from Steps. They’ve both got great hair – and the types of curves I cater to.’

Read More at the daily Mail!




There is a huge market for plus size women in the world of fashion, so why not hair!? This is a great concept that someone can take and run with for their salon. 

You may not necessarily need an entire salon dedicated to plus size women, however its a great idea to have a stylist who is a specialist!

Amazing hair from Michael Kors! Orlando Pita does it again!!!

Sexy loose knots tied into a pony gave a perfect style to this amazing collection. I loved the intricacy and simplicity of this style!

Orlando Pita has a way of working with knots and making them work!

“The girls are on a trip through Africa and they have nothing to groom themselves with. So they take their shoelaces and tie up their hair in the back,” said Pita. “It’s a thick, matted, dusty braid.” (One that happened to look so chunky and cool, we’d gladly forgo our own grooming products to recreate the look in our NYC apartments.) 

The Worlds Largest Afro

greg —  September 16, 2011 — Leave a comment
The Guinness Book of World Records just announced the new worlds largest afro.

Aevin Dugas a 36 year-old social worker from New Orleans, USA, is the proud owner of the largest natural afro in the world with a circumference measuring an incredible 4 ft. 4 in (1.32 m).

The hairstyle that has taken over 12 years to grow can at times be problematic. 

“It’s always getting caught in trees, and one time I even slammed my hair in the car door!  And I hate it when people touch it without asking my permission first!” , she admits.

 ”As a woman you’re told that straight hair is beautiful hair. This is crazy.  The afro is my natural hairstyle and there can’t be anything more beautiful than that”. 

Aevin trims her afro three times a year, and uses up to five conditioners at once when she washes it. 

“You want to know the best thing about my hair?” Aevin says with a smile: “It provides the perfect pillow. I sleep very well.”The hair is larger than a disco ball! Aevin’s hairstyle is so large she could fit the world’s shortest man inside!

Fashion Week: How To Make Up

greg —  September 15, 2011 — Leave a comment

Sure this is a Hair Blog….

But we love make up!

Check out this great see and do make up spread from fashion week.

Bonus** It includes some really good DIY tips and tricks!

O.K Twilight fans! This movie is about to drop and you should get excited.

Here are a few great shots of how Bella Swan’s hair will be worn on her wedding day.

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Here is a great How To Video of Bella Swan’s Wedding Hair from Twilight Breaking Dawn. This hair do is inspired by The Breaking Dawn Hair! Check it out!:

J. Crew – Check it Out

greg —  September 14, 2011 — Leave a comment
Here are some cool shots of the J. Crew Collection (w/ some thoughts).

I personally love J. Crew. It fits quite well into my personal style, but I think that’s besides the point. 
What I think is so much fun about J. Crew is the way their clothes always seem to work, no matter the season. As their saying goes.. timeless looks that fit with the trends.

Marissa Webb was quoted saying “We don’t want to be disposable fashion,”  I love it.

So I think when we look at this collection it really just falls right into line with who they are. Maybe it’s not anything we haven’t seen before, but its a blend of new colors and designs; and in the world of J. Crew it’s an exciting new creation that is simple and chic!

The hair was cool and simple. Something that I thought was fun, was that they used a middle part for a lot of their girls wearing a pony. I think again, it falls into line with who they are. Perfect for that simple girl who has an amazing sense of fashion and style who is into pieces that are timeless. 



Until Friday! – We are offering The Big Scissor Shirt for only $6.00, with the purchase of any other shirt.

Make sure to use offer code: W9L6E5

So when you buy any shirt you get this shirt for free!!! Offer good until Friday.

Here is a fun list Yahoo! Green put together filled with 15 (+1 Bonus) ways you can use a hair dryer,; besides using it on your hair.

Hope you enjoy!:

  1. If you need to quickly set the icing on a cake, the air and heat of a hair dryer can quicken up the process.
  2. If your cake won’t unstick from the cake pan, use your hair dryer on the bottom of the pan then invert it, it should drop right out.
  3. Running an ice cream scoop under hot water helps, but you can also try using a hair dryer on the carton to soften ice cream for easy scooping.
  4. Some people use pots of boiling water to quicken freezer defrosting, but a hot hair dryer works even more quickly. (Be careful of puddles of water and the dryer, though.)
  5. Automatic ice-makers can get jammed with frozen ice; relieve that with a long blast of hot air to melt unwanted icebergs.
  6. Remove contact paper from shelves by heating it with the hair dryer and gently working the edges up. Also works for bumper stickers and other rogue sticky things.
  7. Use a hair dryer to dust hard-to-dust items; the air will blow the dust somewhere else, but hopefully somewhere else that is easier to dust.
  8. Personally, I like my kids’ crayon marks on my walls, but for the rest of you: Heat the crayon marks until softened, then scrub with hot water and detergent.
  9. Old photo albums with magnetic pages can get stuck — unstick them with a blast from the hair dryer.
  10. Spot-iron wrinkles by lightly dampening the area and then heating the wrinkles with your dryer.
  11. Wet boots, shoes, and sneakers can take on a terrible odor if left to dry slowly — alleviate that by drying them with your hair dryer.
  12. Winter can bring frozen windows and locks — thaw them with a hair dryer.
  13. Window screens collecting dust and pollen? Blow it back to whence it came.
  14. Removing bandages can hurt more than the wound, so soften the adhesive with a hair dryer first to ease the rip.
  15. If you have trouble keeping a hot compress hot, keep your hair dryer by you and reheat as necessary.

Bonus: For wrinkled ribbons and fabric belts, employ a curling iron to straighten them out. 

Michelle Monaghan joins the redhead club. Monaghan showed off her fiery looks at the Toronto Film Festival on Monday.  According to some this cut and color seem to be quite the  resemblance to The Help star, Emma Stone….. I guess I see it.


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On Sunday night she was recognized at the Creative Coalition’s 2011 Spotlight Initiative Awards for her work in the film, which is based on an inspirational true story of a drug dealer who transforms his life. 

“To be honored with a Spotlight Award means a lot to me, actually,” Monaghan said. “I think it’s important to recognize projects that take a risk, and this one isn’t afraid to confront the audience with some tough material.”