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Mercedes-Benz Spring ’10 Fashion Week NYC: Teen Vogue “Best of Bleecker Street”

On Sept. 10, the first day of New York Fashion Week, Aveda joined with Vogue and New York City shoppers to celebrate the first-ever Fashion’s Night Out at two of its Manhattan locations. Fashion’s Night Out is a global initiative to promote retail, restore consumer confidence, and celebrate fashion. Hundreds of retailers across New York’s [...]

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Mercedes-Benz Spring ’10 Fashion Week NYC: Monique Lhuillier

Monique Lhuillier’s spring ’09 collection was presented at Christie’s, an apt location for the glamorous designs, which were inspired by Maasai warriors. Backstage, Laurent Philippon for Bumble and bumble was styling the models’ hair into crimped

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Mercedes-Benz Spring ’10 Fashion Week NYC: BCBG Max Azria

Here in Manhattan, we’re in the middle of spring ’10 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. I kicked off the week with a visit backstage at BCBG Max Azria, in the tents at Bryant Park. The lead stylist, Bob Recine for Phyto, was busy backstage tending to t

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Pureology Makes Holiday Gift-Giving Easy

The holidays are always a hectic time of the year. Help ease the stress of holiday shopping by offering the following Pureology Holiday Gift Sets: The Holiday NanoWorks Hostess Gift includes travel-sized versions of the NanoWorks Shampoo and N

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Kim Vo’s Red Carpet Emmy Predictions

The Emmys are around the corner and celebrity stylist Kim Vo will be covering the latest beauty and style trends for TV Guide on September 20. Here are some of his predictions for the red carpet on Emmy night: • This year we are going to see

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Experiencing the New Wella Professionals Color Touch Demipermanent Haircolor

When I recently visited Eva Scrivo’s eponymous salon in Manhattan to try out the new Wella Professionals Color Touch demipermanent haircolor, Eva took a look at my brunette shade and said, “I’m thinking…red.” Normally I might feel a bit cautious ab

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Sport Clips Greets Fans at Cowboys Stadium Silver and Blue Debut

Former Dallas Cowboy and Sport Clips Board Member Jay Novacek and Jan and Mark Mansfield, Sport Clips area developers for North and West Texas, teamed up with Dallas- and Fort Worth-area Sport Clips stylists at the recent Cowboys Stadium Silver and B

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Color My World

Although I wrote about Rick Wellman’s unique Bio-Lights coloring technique at the Patrick Melville Salon in New York City in our April issue, it’s taken me a few too many months to get into the salon and try it for myself. Well, after I saw the resul

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Rusk Stylist Wins Hair Competition

Alabama-based Rusk designer Kevin Kirk was recently named co-champion of the Bronner Bros. International Hair Show’s Hair Battle Royale at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. Kirk, who has been with Rusk since 2007, was also awarded $20

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Beauty Bus Foundation Celebrates Launch

The Beauty Bus Foundation (BBF), a nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for homebound, terminally and chronically ill people by bringing beauty into their lives through complimentary treatments and grooming services,

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