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Mercedes-Benz Fall 2012 Fashion Week NYC: Ports 1961

The theme behind the Ports 1961 show held in the New York Public Library this morning was modern sensuality. The clothes matched the understated elegance of the venue, playing on interesting textures and color blocking. Hair, makeup and nails were each downplayed to counterbalance the decadence of the collection. Each model wore a turtleneck, with [...]

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Mercedes-Benz Fall 2012 Fashion Week NYC: Marc Jacobs

The Marc Jacobs fall 2012 runway show created a mood that combined Victorian fairytale with cartoonish fun. The mad hatter fashion extravaganza mixed charm, innocence and enchantment as François Nars, founder of NARS Cosmetics said, “only Marc can

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American Salon/Redken Runway Reinvention Winner Interviews Guido

American Salon/Redken Runway Reinvention contest-winner Liubov Rachmanina won a trip to New York City to have dinner with the American Salon editorial team, shop at Redken’s 5th Avenue store and meet Redken Creative Consultant Guido for breakfast. He

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Winners of the Redken/American Salon Runway Reinvention Contest are Announced

The results are in for the winners of the Redken/American Salon Runway Reinvention Contest!  Contestants were asked to use Redken products to recreate the ‘6os-inspired French pleat Redken Creative Consultant Guido styled for the fall 2011 Bottega

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Mercedes-Benz Spring 2012 Fashion Week NYC: Marc by Marc Jacobs

The beauty look at Marc by Marc Jacobs was clean and simple to complement the bold colors of the spring collection. When Creative consultant for Redken Guido met with Jacobs to discuss the hair, the designer pointed to the various ponytails the hairs

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Mercedes-Benz Spring 2012 Fashion Week NYC: Ports 1961

The  simple, modern ponytails fastened with barrettes seen at Ports 1961 were the work of Guido, creative consultant at Redken. I caught up with him backstage at the NY Public Library, an aptly elegant setting for the show. “Ports has become very cl

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Mercedes-Benz Spring ’12 Fashion Week NYC: Victoria Beckham

For Victoria Beckham’s spring show at the New York Public Library’s Astor Hall, Redken Creative Consultant Guido designed a hairstyle to identify an independent, sophisticated woman, or as he put it, Catherine Deneuve with added masculinity. “The

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Mercedes-Benz Spring ’12 Fashion Week NYC: Alexander Wang

At  the Spring 2012 Alexander Wang fashion show, Guido, the lead hairstylist for Redken, gave hair a “very downtown look” to complement Wang’s urban fashion. Redken 07 Full Frame Mousse took center stage as he applied an abundance of it to the h

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Mercedes-Benz Spring ’12 Fashion Week NYC: Rag & Bone

Natural, effortless, beauty was the theme at the  Spring 2012  Rag & Bone fashion show. Guido, the lead hairstylist for Redken, wanted to create his own version of the “mid-nineties British rave culture” with simple yet glamorous styles. 

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A Few Beauty Favorites at FNO

Vogue and CFDA’s third annual Fashion’s Night Out (FNO) was a huge success, bringing freebies, makeovers, music and celebrities to excited shoppers in New York City last night. Companies like Redken, Sebastian Professional and Essie beautified gues

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