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Bridal Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2011, Carolina Herrera, Backstage with Yann Varin

Loreal Professionnel Lead Stylist, Yann Varin, created a sophisticated and sleek low-tucked roll to complement Carolina Herrera’s beautiful spring/summer 20011 bridal gowns. In this video Varin describes the roll as having the appearance of a “pout.” It’s the overturned lower lip of a beautiful woman with “attitude.” Adorning the model’s hair were handwoven jeweled pieces [...]

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April 2011 Issue: Virtual Hair Consulting With Rene Fris

For our April issue, I reported on celebrity stylist Rene Fris’ new online consultation service. For a mere fraction of his in-person cost you can log on to his website, upload three photos and Fris will personally analyze them. After, he sends back

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Mercedes-Benz Fall ‘11 Fashion Week NYC: The Blonds

Kristina Estabrooks, lead nail artist, for Creative Nail Design (CND), described to American Salon the amazing details of the firebreathing “Mori and Moto” dragons that were created for The Blonds runway show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in

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Mercedes-Benz Fall ‘11 Fashion Week NYC: J.Mendel

Creating a soft, low chignon knot at the nape of the neck, Guido, lead stylist for Redken created a look inspired by the 1970′s French Emmanuelle films and the Victorian era. Guido started by center parting the hair and pulling it back with his f

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Mercedes-Benz Fall ‘11 Fashion Week NYC: Jenny Packham

For the elegant evening wear collection from Jenny Packham, Leonardo Minetti, lead stylist for L’Oréal Professionnel, created hair for the “girl about town.” Complementing the long draping necklines, Minetti allowed the hair to naturally flow dow

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Creating the loose braided look for Rag & Bone

Mercedes-Benz Fall ‘11 Fashion Week NYC: Rag & Bone

Downtown at the Rag + Bone show in SoHo, amid the cacophony of hairdryers and a team of twenty stylists, Guido was creating hair that was simple, youthful and playful which helped to offset the texture of Rag & Bone’s 2011 Winter collection w

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Mercedes-Benz Fall ’11 Fashion Week NYC: Duckie Brown by Paul Wilson

Styling gravity-defined and gypsy-inspired looks, Paul Wilson, lead stylist for American Crew, created the runway hair for Duckie Browne’s 2011 Fall and Winter collections today at The Studio in Lincoln Center. Wilson’s hairstyles paired well wit

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Sedu Announces Banish Boring Hair Contest-Winner

Professional styling products manufacturer Sedu recently named Stephanie McCrary’s Sasha Fauhawk as the winning style in their Banish Boring Hair Contest. McCrary, co-owner of the London Hair Salon in Charleston, SC, showed that Sedu flat irons can

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