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Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

Lady Gaga’s Hair Frenzy in Alejandro

Lady Gaga recently debuted her new controversial video for her bonus track, Alejandro, from her Fame Monster album. The big apple alum has swept the world with her catchy dance hooks, outlandish fashion and performance art shows. From her fashion to her ideas, Lady Gaga pushes the envelope even more with this Steven Klein directed video. It features some references to fascism in addition to using some religious imagery. The song and the gorgeous male dancers with the pop star are an attempt to pay homage to certain people in her life.

Here Lady Gaga explains her thoughts behind the idea of the video: “It’s about the purity of my friendships with my gay friends, and how I’ve been unable to find that with a straight man in my life. It’s a celebration and an admiration of gay love—it confesses my envy of the courage and bravery they require to be together. In the video I’m pining for the love of my gay friends—but they just don’t want me to be with them.”

We love the shots of Lady Gaga with her modified bowl cut bob as the shape is amazing and is styled impeccably. It looks like a modern version of the Dorothy Hamill haircut that was so popular in then 70’s. Achieving this style requires a lot of round-brushing and we recommend doing so with a natural bristle brush in addition to using Radiant Smoothing Lotion by Alterna. A little flat ironing could be necessary for wavier/heavier hair types (any flat iron that goes above 300 degrees is sufficient.) Make sure to use a fluid round motion when flat ironing in order to bevel the hair.

Finish with Working Spray by Alterna in order to maintain movement and flexibility.

What will Lady Gaga come up with next?!?! We’ll be watching!

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Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

Heidi Klum: It’s All In The Bob

For many years, Heidi Klum has been a style icon as a fashion model in magazines and on the runway. Whether she is in Sport Illustrated, in a Victoria’s Secret catalog, or hosting Project Runway- Heidi always looks chic and perfectly coiffed. Heidi experiments with varying hair lengths often and even rocks some unique updo’s on red carpets.

Heidi has recently taken her hair into a shorter bob style with lots of texture. This a a popular trend: we recently discussed Christina Aguilera and Jennifer Love Hewitt’s move to the bob. This is a great length especially if you heat style or straighten your hair- less to blow dry/flatiron!

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Heidi generally sticks to some sort of golden highlight or ultra light blond but always tempers it with a subtle, warm, brown lowlight. The technique used for her hair color is most definitely balayage which uses a subtle painting technique. The hair’s saturation of color is focused mainly on the mid-shaft to the ends and is more diffused towards the root. This is great for a more natural looking highlight on darker hair that does not need to be maintained as frequently as a foil. It also can mirror a more “beachified” blond with more highlights on the ends than at the top of the head. Clients are increasingly requesting this technique and are always exceedingly pleased with the result!

This balayage hair color is fantastic to wear loose waves with. It accentuates the dimension, movement, and shine to the hair.

When styling a “beachy” wave:

Try using Hair Resort by Kevin Murphy on damp hair and diffuse. This particular product is great on fine to medium density slightly wavy hair or strong, ethnic, coarse hair. It gives great hold and bounce to the wave. It utilizes a light gel combined with micah oxide to simulate the salty texture you get after swimming in the ocean.
Or try using Intense Curl Cream by Moroccan Oil on medium to thick wavy/curly textures. It uses the benefits of argan oil and a stronger hold lotion to create long lasting waves. Scrunch into damp hair, twist into tendrils all over the head, and diffuse on a low velocity high heat setting. Then, to finish, use a cool setting to set the style.
Finish either style with Working Spray by Alterna and a light spritz of Glimmer Shine by Moroccan Oil.

Want this “beachified” look! Consult an Emerson Stylist about what colors work best for you through the balayage technique!

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Monday, April 19th, 2010

The Many Styles of Audrey Tautou

Recently, female clients have been asking for edgier or more unstructured hairstyles with tons of texture and out of the box shapes. When women come in with a picture as a reference for this type of haircut it is often of the actress Audrey Tautou. She has donned many different hairstyles and rocks out on all of them!

Audrey starred in the immensely popular french film, Amelie. In this movie she wears an extremely short blunt bang and an extremely flipped out short bob. This type of style looks really great on oval, round, or square face shapes. It elongates the facial features and draws attention away from the jaw line. A great product to use on this type of hairstyle is Fat Hed by Fudge as it gives texture and hold to the more extreme styling needed for the flip. (Try using a small round brush and direct the dryer’s airflow from the bottom up to create bend.) This product can even be used on the short bang to control frizz or wave.

The other popular hairstyle Audrey has inspired others to receive is the short and curly gamine haircut. This haircut reminds us of the same type of style Audrey Hepburn donned in some of her earlier movies. Its fun, easy to style and very girly simultaneously. It too uses the shorter bang but utilizes more length and texture in comparison to the Amelie cut. This haircut looks best on oval, pear shape or diamond face shapes. To style: try Moroccan Oil Intense Curl Cream for wavy/curly textures or Hair Putty by Fudge for straighter textures. Scrunch into damp hair and diffuse with a blowdryer.

Looking to change up your look? Find a picture and bring it in! We’ll consult with you to design a haircut just for you inspired by the picture!

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Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

Christina Aguilera: New Life, New Music

On June 8th, Christina Aguilera will release her newest studio album, Bionic, which she says is a reflection of her life changes over the last 4 years. She has already released her single, “Not Myself Tonight,” to great reception on the radio and iTunes. The Grammy award winner also recently became a new wife and mommy in addition to working on a new movie with Cher called, “Burlesque.”

Christina is a style maven who has tried many haircuts, extensions and even darker hair color in the past. She recently took her signature bright blond locks into a shorter blunt bob haircut with added texture. This classic look is fun and can be modernized depending on styling product or techniques. Christina does have a short texturized bang added to the haircut but it can be easily hidden when parted to the side with a heavier type of pomade. Try using Sheer Pomade by Alterna or Hair Shaper by Fudge.

This style of haircut needs to be maintained once every 2 months to keep the precision of the perimeter and texture. This haircut is somewhat different to the inverted style that Victoria Beckham made popular a few years back. The perimeter is even all the way around the head shape instead of gradually getting longer towards the face. Also, Christina’s haircut is emphasized in that the weight is allowed to hang at the perimeter and any texture is created on the top of the haircut. This gives it a more “piece-y” feel. This hairstyle looks good on square, rectangle, oval, or heart shaped faces as it creates horizontal volume around the face shape.

When wet-dry styling this cut on wavier textures, try using Radiant Smoothing Lotion by Alterna for shine and smoothing on this haircut. On straighter textures, try using Anti Gravity by Kevin Murphy for control and volume.

Hint: When blow drying a bob hairstyle- use a paddle brush or denman brush to encourage the hair’s natural fall into the haircut. These brushes are flat or have a slight bevel and provide minimal tension on the hair. Round brushes tend to alter how hair lays and can de-emphasize the quality of the haircut.

We look forward to Christina’s entire album and are just as excited to see what inspiring looks she dons in her videos and concerts!

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Friday, March 19th, 2010

American Idol’s Best Hairstyles of 2010

Over the years, many American Idol contestants have pushed the envelope when it comes to their hairstyles. From trend setters like Kelly Clarkson and her “chunky highlights” to Sanjaya and his ridiculous mohawk and even Adam Lambert with his slick and shiny emo do. However, this year’s top 12 contestants seem to be a bit more tame when it comes to their lovely locks.

Siobhan Magnus, is adorable with her edgy take on the bob. Ask your stylist for a layered, a-line bob with fringe that just hits the eyebrow. For her color, ask for a rich brown with slices of highlights or a technique known as balayage. The awesome thing about this look is that it looks adorable with different hair accessories and can also be worn curly.

Didi Benami keeps her look fresh and feminine with soft curls and golden blonde highlights. Her long layers and subtle color gives her a very fresh and natural look. Ask for face framing layers and a deep side part. Style with a round brush and big barrel curling iron on the ends – curling away from the face.

As for the boys, nothing too out of the ordinary there either. Though I must say that Casey James has beautiful hair. Hair that I would love to have. His sunkissed hightlights and soft wave that are au naturale is the look that tons of women pay big bucks for. I just wish he would leave it down more often.

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Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

Celebrity Hairstyle Ideas: Christina Aguilera’s Bob

Christina’s stepped into 2010 sporting a new sharp bob.

“Christina wears her short blonde bob cropped to just below the level of her lips which is the current ideal bob length, but rather than wear it curved under with a full fringe, she opted for this sharp new style with a rocky edge for a night out…

With hair parted to one side the singer’s bleach-blonde bob was styled ultra-straight with a blunt finish. Her fringe was straightened and swept to one side. But rather than wear it totally smoothed, the lengths were given some texture and movement for a cool-girl edge.” (instyle)

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Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

Strawberry Blond Parisienne Bob

Hello Emerson Salon followers, Peter here.

I wanted to share one of my favorite recent cut-and-colors. My client started out with a chin length graduated bob and her color was an all natural dark red-brown. After browsing European hair mags, she saw a shorter variation of her bob that she thought looked great.

By the way, technically the definition of a “bob” is any haircut above the shoulders so many cuts that would otherwise be thought of as short layered cuts are by definition “bobs”. However, I think the soft beveled shape sets bobs apart from your standard shorter layered cuts and are a great option for many women!

Since, my client was not a heavy user of makeup, aside from some black eyeliner and lip color, we decided to add the effect of intense color with her hair. To make the change more dramatic, we colored all over with a light level 8 strawberry blonde to compliment her warm eye color and subtle olive skin tone.

She had been wearing her chin length bob blown under her chin and we thought that bringing the length up and out of her face was a great way of show casing her natural beauty. Because the cut has graduated layers throughout it will style beautifully behind or over the ears. Like most of us, my client is “hairstyle challenged” meaning she doesn’t have the easiest time with brush and blow dryer. I took this into consideration when I cut her hair and guided her through the styling process showing her that she could simply “flat wrap” the style with a paddle brush. Flat wrapping is a technique that anyone can master and all it requires is a paddle brush and blow dryer. No clipping and sectioning, no special training aside from the instruction you get from me during your visit if your cut is in fact a flat wrappable style!

For styling products we used Alterna Caviar anti-aging non-aerosol mousse, applied to wet hair and blown dry with the flat wrap technique, all of this brushing brought out maximum shine and to seal in that shine we followed up with Alterna’s Hemp Spray Shine. Color maintenance is 6 to 8 weeks depending on client preference and the same applies to the cut. Some people can take a style growing out for a longer time than others, you decide.

Thanks for checking in, keep a look out for more style blogs from me, Peter Duerr.

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Friday, September 11th, 2009

Marissa’s Bob Featured on Mopshots

Congratulations Marissa! The amazing cut she did recently for Karen was featured on MopShots. You can see the entire profile here.

This is what MopShots had to say: “Totally in love with this two-tone bob. Great look for Fall! This style really suits Karen…I can just tell she’s a warm person! Great cut paired with a great smile.”

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Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

Kylie Minogue’s New Hairstyle

Kylie Minogue is out and sporting an energetic and beautiful new hairstyle while hitting the streets of Paris. A loose and flowing bob, the hair style is perfect spending a summery day in the city. We love it. More pictures can be found at the DailyMail.co.uk.