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| Celebrity hair looks how to get them From: Lance Christopher 2/15/2009 Lance Christopher Salon, Beverly Hills Luxury for Less September 2005 Get Highlights Like Gisele Gisele’s highlights are usually a two-step process, depending on your original hair color. If you have dark to medium hair, you want to lighten your base color first by one to two levels basically to soften the brown. Ask your stylist what your hair color level is. The key is actually to soften the base color—you want to go softer, not lighter. If you lighten your base color too much, you'll end up looking brassy, and that never looks good. For the highlights, ask your stylist to add golden highlights of medium thickness to the top front half of your head. You don't want the highlights to be either chunky or fine. My view is that they look best on the top of your head because you want to look sun-kissed and natural. The highlights are there to add shine and subtle contrast, not to stand out. If the highlights come out too brassy or red, don’t worry—that’s easily fixed with a toner, preferably one that is a light golden-blonde color. This will even up the highlights. All-Over Color Like Jules Asner Rich brown is always a winner. Of course, there are different levels, so explore with your stylist what you consider to be “rich.” This depends primarily on your skin color. You don't want to match your skin color, or you could look jaundiced. If you have red in your skin, watch out for those brown colors that have red tones. If you have pale or whiter skin, ask for a deep brown with warm auburn tones. The point is to warm up your look. If your hair is light, ask for a little gold on your ends. Often when you go from light to dark, the ends of the hair go ash. You don't want that, so ask your stylist to add a lightening, golden brown touch on the ends. If your hair is already dark, you might want to consider adding richer, darker lowlights throughout your hair. This will add depth. If you want your newly rich-brown hair to pop with shine and feel like silk, I recommend a color gloss like a cellophane at the end of the process. Extensions Like Nicole Richie Extensions add hair to your head, so do something special. They can always come off if you change your mind. If you have the option, buy your hair with your hairdresser present. This is far better than the hairdresser taking a swatch of your hair and buying it without you present, or conversely sending you off with instructions on how to buy your hair. When both of you are present, you can better explore all the hair texture and color possibilities that make sense for you. You can take advantage of your hairdresser’s expertise, and your hairdresser can view your entire situation intelligently with you present. If you want a full head of extensions, get extensions that match your hair color. If you want to add a little depth or funk it up a bit, pick contrasting colors or bright colors. For brighter colors, you only need to add a few pieces toward the front of your head. Ask yourself what effect you're going for and tell your stylist. Do you want extensions all over, or just a few accents? I always say it’s safe to stick with colors found in nature, but fashion colors are the latest. Fashion colors are natural colors taken a step further to become edgy and wild. Don’t go as far as bright greens, which are clown colors. Think reds, blue-blacks, or purple-browns that are not too far from brown. Nicole chose yellow accents, and you can see how that works for her. Choose colors that will look good with your skin and hair. Remember—it's not permanent, so have a little fun. Blowout Like Cindy Crawford The key to achieving this hair style lies first in the round brush and then in the technique. Try to stay away from a thermal round brush, which will hold the heat too much and end up curling your hair and giving you an old-fashioned flip. What you want to invest in is two round brushes, one with bristles three inches in diameter and another of two inches. The bristles should be boar’s hair and soft. The softer bristles grip your hair better and will allow you to pull and stretch your hair, which will smooth out your hair and add shine. You might also want to consider purchasing a 2000-watt blowdryer. This is a powerful one and will dry your hair faster. Shampoo and condition your hair first. Towel-dry and then put a little detangler or leave-in conditioner in your hair. Just a dime-sized amount, maybe a quarter if you have a lot of hair. You can add a little straightener product instead of or in addition to the conditioner, but be careful. You don't want to weigh your hair down with product. I find that using cream products instead of gel products is better because the gel is heavier and will slow the drying process. The cream actually protects your hair from the heat better and the results are often smoother. Ah, the technique. Here goes. Blowdry your hair about 90% dry. Then, start with the bangs. Always start with the bangs; because if you let them dry first before styling, you'll have a tough time getting them to do what you want. Use the two-inch brush for the bangs and lift bangs straight up. As you roll your hair around the brush, roll down. Blowdry along the entire length of the bangs as you do so. When you’re done with the bangs, proceed with the rest of your hair. Grab about a two-inch section of hair at the side of your head, keeping the hair next to it out of your way by using a pointed nose clip. Roll it around the brush, then heat it up by move the drier back and forth over the brush for 20 seconds. Keep the drier moving constantly. Put the drier down, unroll the hair from the brush, brush out the section a bit, then repeat the process two or three or three times per section by rolling it up again from the ends of the hair up to the roots and blowdrying the hair around the brush again. Do this around your entire head, but don't worry too much about the back because it'll be harder to reach than the tops and sides. Lastly, run a comb though your hair with the dryer to smooth out your hair all over. Finish with a waxy or soft pomade or smoothing serum by emulsifying the product in your palms. Put product in your hair by raking through with fingertips, not the palm of your hand. Pull at the ends or your hair to break it up a little bit, give your head a shake, and you look like Cindy Crawford. Kirsten Dunst Haircut You'll want to ask for a shaggy bob that's round layered and has lots of movement. Find the length that compliments your face shape. Do you want shoulder length or up to your chin. Consider your neck, is it long? Thick? Keep this in mind when going shorter. Do it right, you don't want to look to heavy on the bottom. Ask your stylist for layers on the top and bottom of your hair. Often times, layers are added to the top and front of your hair, and then you have a cut that's more blunt and has less movement. Break up the bottom with texture scissors. Don't over do it or your cut will get flippy at the ends. For bangs, decide on if you want a long sweepy bang or go a little shorter. Keep in mind what looks best on you and not the celebrity. Color with Highlights Like Jennifer Aniston This look depends on the darkness of your hair, are you a soft brown or a dark brown? This will depend on if you're going to get highlights or lowlights, or maybe a little bit of both. You basically want the light to show a little glimpse of contrast. If you have medium brown hair, you want very subtle golden brown lowlights. The lowlights should be 1 level lighter than the base, and keep them golden. You don't want to look ashy or smokey. As long as there's gold in the lowlight, you'll look good. Concentrate on the ends of the hair, it'll look more natural and thin out the neck with the darker toned unders of your hair. Ask for a light golden cellophane to make your hair shiney and silky and the lowlights and highlights will blend better. Jennifer's look is very natural looking and subtle. She just has a few hints of shine not all-over highlights. Jennifer had a 1 process highlights and lowlights because she's a light/soft brunette. Lance Christopher Salon: Celebrity Looks for You and Me The Lance Christopher Salon was born with the hip and trendy crowd in mind. We offer our clients the latest in color and styles and want you to walk out feeling stylish and beautiful. The staff is friendly and very in-the-know about current trends. We're not old-school and we like our clientele to look up-to-date and stylish. If you want to get noticed, you go to the Lance Christopher Salon. I want the clients to feel welcome and comfortable. It's always a good idea to bring in pictures of the cuts or celebrity style you want. It makes it easier for the stylist to determine what needs to be done, what shouldn't be done and what you want. We're hairstylists, not psychics and we don't want to guess at what you want. Never be afraid to ask your stylist if you think a certain hairstyle will look good on you. They'll give they're honest opinion because once you leave the salon, you're a walking advertisement for that stylist and if you look bad, the stylist looks bad. Comment on this posting. |
| Valentines Day hair From: Lance Christopher 2/14/2009 12:44:14 PM Do you want a mysterious, seductive, and beautiful look this Valentine's Day? If so, keep reading. The 14th day of February is a day that all women look forward to. It is the only day of the year when your significant other is supposed to buy you flowers, candy, or even a teddy bear. This year, make Valentine's day about you, your look, and getting what you want. Most importantly, make Valentine's Day about making an everlasting, but ruthless impression on your man…with your hair. If you don't already have bangs, get some; bangs bring attention to the eyes. What type of bangs? Whispy, soft, feathery bangs are the way to go. Bangs that partially cover one eye create mystery and leave men with a sense of uncertainty. So why not create this fantasy by bangin' some bangs! Have your bangs cut at a slight angle so that they point to your eyes…like cupid aiming his arrow. With your bangs bringing this much attention to your eyes, you'll be more than just "eye candy" to your man. While bangs may create mystery and intrigue, the color of your hair can make you look fierce. Suttle strawberry blonde highlights are the perfect compliment to any hair color. These highlights lighten up brown or black hair, and add dimension to blonde hair. A great way to add shine to your already flawless hair would be a semi permanent color gloss, or cellophane. This hair treatment smoothes down the cuticle layer of your hair. Cellophane makes your hair look shiny and healthy, without damaging your hair. The perfect Valentine's Day hair would include bangs, color, and shine! Of course, any combination of the three Valentine's Day hair necessities would suffice. Any way you treat your hair this Valentine's Day, whether with bangs, color, or shine, you'll have your man wanting to kiss your hair…and not your lips. Bouncy, full body, falling on shoulder Something to grab onto Make him want to kiss your hair and not your lips. Graceful shine Unknowingly/unknowing Comment on this posting. |
| Celebrity gift bags for oscars and other hollywood parties From: 1/11/09 2/13/2009 2:15:39 AM Spring has sprung and our events are in full bloom - will you join us? We've been busy bees the past few months. You may have already heard, but April we were named finalists - twice! - for the 2006 BizBash Event Style Awards "best gift bag" competition. Campbell's Soup won, but as they say, we're honored just to be nominated. And after that, we were featured in my hometown paper, the NY Journal News in Westchester, in a special party planning section. You can find all this by following the links at left, or on our press page. Now that we've shared our good news, let's get down to business. We have several events coming up where we would love to promote your products and services. We'll be hitting high society with the American Ballet Theatre's spring gala, some of the top entertainers and TV personalities at AIDS Walk New York, and some of our favorite sports legends and entertainers in June at the Little Heroes Baseball celebrity baseball game, in Dallas. (Plus, there's a great opportunity with Heather Graham, too!) Read below, and see our events page for more details. The first two need product by next week, with Heroes coming up at end of June, so please do take a look below, poke around on our website, and let us know if you have any questions at all. I hope to speak with you soon! Gift baggedly yours, Stephanie Jo Klein Klein Creative Communications, LLC 646-472-5951 —————————————————————————— UPCOMING EVENTS: American Ballet Theater Spring Gala 1,200 VIP gift bags Metropolitan Opera House, New York, NY Monday, May 22, 2006 American Ballet Theatre will celebrate the opening of its sixty-sixth season on Monday, May 22, 2006, with its annual Spring Gala in New York. The event will be hosted by Co-Chairs Tory Burch, Susan Fales-Hill, Aileen Mehle, Sloan Lindemann Barnett, and Isaac Mizrahi, Vice Chairs Tara Rickefeller and Alexandra Loeb Driscoll, and Honorary Chairmen Caroline Kennedy and Blaine Trump. The evening begins with a Gala performance by ABT's stars in a program of classical highlights from the upcoming spring season. A black-tie Gala dinner with dancing will take place in the Tent at Lincoln Center immediately following the performance. Who: The attendees at the gala dinner include the creme of the crop in New York Society. With celebrity, Society and corporate sponsor attendees, this year's gala will bring together one of the most influential crowds in the country - with massive buying potential once exposed to your brands. By supporting the arts and nurturing the growth of a thriving cultural scene, ABT's corporate partners have made an investment in the future, based on the guiding belief that the arts make our community a better place to live. THERE IS NO FEE. In-kind product donation ONLY. NUMBER: EITHER 1,200 TOTAL or INCREMENTS of 300 and 400, to add up to the total amount (shared with other brands in that category). DEADLINE: All products must be received and approved by next week, May 16th! CONTACT: Calls and emails for this event should be directed to Amy Olsen or Stephanie Jo Klein, at 646-472-5951. -------------------------- AIDS Walk NY Central Park, New York, NY Sunday, May 21, 2006 AIDS Walk New York 2005 has raised more than $5.8 million in support of the Gay Men's Health Crisis and other AIDS Service Organizations. Some of New York's most prominent entertainers and politicians join the event every spring to encourage NYC's best and brightest to support this cause. Last year, 45,000 walkers and 2,000 volunteers participated on the day of the AIDS Walk. Who: 2006 celebs include Ted Allen (Queer Eye For The Straight Guy), Jai Rodriguez (Queer Eye For The Straight Guy), Jack McGee ("Crash" and "Rescue Me") with more to be announced. Past celebrity supporters and attendees include: Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, Jon Stewart, Joan Rivers, RuPaul, Harvey Fierstein, Bruce Vilanch, Eric McCormack, Alec Baldwin, Rita Moreno, Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Patti LaBelle, Christopher Meloni, John Spencer, cast of "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy", Norah Jones and more. What: Klein Creative will be presenting 25 Celebrity/ VIP gift bags, to be gifted in the celebrity photo area, viewed by camera crews from local and national TV stations, photographers and print media. MORE INFO: Call us for more info on submitting your product, pricing, and press. DEADLINE: All products must be approved by May 15th and delivered by May 18th. CONTACT: Calls and emails for this event should be directed to Katy Ingulli at 203-202-9299 or katy@kleincreative.com. __________________________________________________________________ Reebok Heroes Baseball Celebrity Baseball Game 55 bags/products Benefiting The Mike Modano Foundation, Todd Wagner Foundation and the Little Heroes Baseball Foundation Saturday, June 24, 2006 Two baseball teams, each made up of 10 Celebrity Players and 10 amateurs. Hard-charging, umpires umping, trash-talking, uniform-wearing, managers managing, base-stealing, home run hitting, nine inning, authentic BASEBALL. This ain't no sissy softball game. We're talking 60 mph machine-pitch hardball. Who: Celebrity attendees include Mark Cuban, Michael Finley, Donnie Nelson, Mike Modano, Brett Hull, Roger Staubach, Jason Sehorn, Roy Williams, Tim Brown, Geoff Stults and George Stults (WB's Seventh Heaven), Saturday Night Live's Seth Meyers, Jonathan Silverman and Josh Hopkins, David Boreanaz ("Bones", "Buffy: The Vampire Slayer"), Mark Steines of Entertainment Tonight, Carlos Bernard of 24, Amaury Nolasco of Prison Break, and Whoopi Goldberg, who will emcee the draft dinner as the teams choose players. MORE INFO: Call us for pricing and details to find out how you can be a part of it the excitement. More details to come, with details on http://www.heroesbaseball.org/. DEADLINE: All products must be approved by June 15th. CONTACT: Calls and emails for this event should be directed to Katy Ingulli at 203-202-9299 or katy@kleincreative.com. _____________________________________________ Swagtime's "Celebrity Editor" Giveaway with Heather Graham 2 products Benefiting "What A Pair" Breast Cancer Charity Swagtime, the go-to website for celebrity swag, has asked Klein Creative to assist Heather Graham as she creates her own perfect swag bag, which will be auctioned on CharityFolks.com to benefit What A Pair, a breast cancer research charity. One will go to Ms. Graham, and one will be auctioned on CharityFolks.com. Products will be included in Swagtime's press release, newsletter and featured on Swagtime and CharityFolks, as well. Join us in swagging for a cause! Do you have a product that suits Heather's beautiful, earthy vibe? Please give us a ring at 646-472-5951 to have your product considered. Comment on this posting. |
| Celebrity gift bags From: 2/10/2009 2/13/2009 2:13:56 AM Madison & Mulholland is Keeping the Summer Heat Alive with 4 Exciting Fall Events! August 27th the Ultimate TV Nominee (special bada bing…Baby Bling Bag added)Let’s face it! We should just call it our own MM A-list TV Star bag, because that’s what it is! Teri, Tori, Eva, Keifer…get the picture? Needed: 22 For A-Listers & 18 for Media Labor Day Weekend this season’s final HAMPTON JITNEY will depart. Get your products into the hands of traveling trendsetters on this last big weekend! September's STYLIST bag. We're gifting the hottest Hollywood (and New York) stylists this fall, these influential people dress all of Hollywood! Check out the results Delapod Handbags got from the Stylist bag (photo below)!! October brings the Annual Salute to Women in Sports Foundation(Billy Jean King's). The top female athletes & their VIP friends are rewarded at the Waldorf for a year of great achievement and success! Don't Miss: We will be creating a full page ad in People Magazine Style Watch Issue! Space is limited! Please join us in one of these fabulous events! Give us a call 212.579.5650, for further details on this or any of our other exciting events! Also check out our new retail opportunity at www.celebritygoodies.com or our homepage www.madisonandmulholland.com Comment on this posting. |
| Beauty school graduate not drop out! lol From: Heather hair stylists 2/13/2009 2:09:38 AM My name is Heather and i am a student at career acadamy of beauty in beautiful and quite conservative anahiem. after we reach 960 hours the school allows us to do what is called an externship. this program allows us to gain hours one day a week in a salon. it is to help give a taste of customer service, and help us with our skills. i was wondering if your Hair salon in Los Angeles allows students to do so. please give me a call our email me back.\ I would like to commute and hour and half everyday back and for for minimum wage and tips. i think i would be a good assistant for your hair salon! If traffic works out i might even be on time. lol More power to you!-Lance. thanks mayla Raco 250-432-4745 raco25@yahoo.com Comment on this posting. |
| Beauty Max Hair Extensions hair products From: Hair extensions 2/10/2009 Beautymax Hair Products Co., Ltd. is a professional Chinese manufacturer of hair products and it specializes in making human hair & synthetic hair products and other hairdressing accessories in Mainland China. Different then Jessica Simpson hair extensions Our products includes natural human ,human hair & synthetic hair extension (clip in hair, hand-tied extension, skin weft, pre-bonded hair system) hairpieces, hair weaving, festival wig, lace wig, toupee, mannequin head, training head and other hairdressing products. About ninety eight percent of our products are exported to the USA, Euro, Africa, Australia, Middle East etc. Our factory is located in Xuchang, with the experience of ten years and skilled staff, the company is developing very quickly. At present, it has a wide range of hair products to satisfy customer's hair extensions different requirements. To follow the world markets fashion, new products are kept on researching and providing to guarantee the competitive advantage in styles, quality, prices and service. Forget Great lengths hair extensions or jessica simpson hair extensions. We have a good reception wherever we are sold and their reputation is growing, principally because of our quality and competitive price. Every month we output reaches 500,000 pieces of human hair hair extensions weaving, and 200,000 pieces of wigs.. Our company will continue to serve customers with high quality, competitive price and timely delivery. We sincerely welcome friends from all over the world to cooperate with us and enlarge our business. for more info about our products., pls visit our website www.beautymaxhair.com our hair is tangle free, soft and silky, very nice quality.micro ring,copper ring and sillicon ring is drop off and reusable. Comment on this posting. |
| Ken Paves' Beverly Hills Hair Salon From: maryanne. 1/6/2009 12:15:24 PM I was thinking about what you said to me about Ken Paves selling all his hair hair extensions at local salons. I really think your right that it was a total conflict of interest that Ken Paves beverly Hills hair salon has sales reps selling his ken pave hair extensions with his name and his little picture of him self. ( though he is a real hottie) He might as well walk in him self and solicit his salon. Comment on this posting. |
| juan juan hair salon From: Lance 1/6/2009 12:07:26 PM Thank you for your question about juan juan salon. yes i use to work at Juan Juan hair salon in beverly hills. i worked ther in 1997. I was hired as a assisted also doing hair cuts. luckly after 5 montths the manager at Juan juan put me on the floor as a full hairstylist. at that time i alread had been doing hair for 4 years. Juan was really a nice guy and always told me to pay attention what the stylist were doing and to get better and better. and i listened. unfortunately i had to leave since I was becoming a hair colorist too. they did not like me doing hair color and hair cutting at the juan juan salon. Espically whan client wanted me to do there color after i cut there hair. So i had to leave so i could both a colorist and haircutteI then whet to Sebastian (now bough out by wella) to become a certified colorst in there education program. Comment on this posting. |
| juan juan hair salon From: jenna 1/6/2009 12:00:14 PM Hello Lance. I heard you use to work at Juan Juan hair salon in beverly hills. i use to go there but my stylist moved that i love there. are you good at styling too since you worked there? Comment on this posting. |
| great From: donna 12/11/2008 i got great hair at louis michael salon today Comment on this posting. |