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Articles from ‘Highlites’

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

Kylie Minogue’s Iconic Hair

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Kylie Minogue is a pop icon not only in Australia (her home country) but all over the world. She has been steadily touring and producing great dance albums ever since her first single, Locomotion, hit #1 on the charts in 1988. She is most recently known for her popular songs Come Into My World, Fever, and Can’t Get You Out of My Head. She has won many music and video awards in Britain and Australia. Ironically, Kylie originally started out as a young teen actress in the Australian soap opera, Neighbors, and has since starred as the Green Absinth Fairy in Baz Lurhmann’s Moulin Rouge musical movie.

Now, Kylie has teamed up with Madonna’s producer, Stuart Price, for her 11th studio album, Aphrodite. It releases sometime in June, but we’ve already heard her first single, All The Lovers, and we love it! The single is a fresh take on pop rhythms and reminds us of Little Boots recent synth pop work.

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Kylie recently appeared in a spread for Spanish Vogue that truly showed off her sexy, sultry beauty. The hair color featured on Kylie is amazing as it probably uses 2 different color services. An all over color is applied first to add richness to the base color of the hair (here we see a dark beige color). Once this service is complete, a bleach balayage painting technique is applied to large pieces of hair all over the hair. Then the bleached hair is toned a super light beige blond. This service gives a great multidimensional effect that makes her highlights pop out and truly accents her medium skin tone. More and more celebrities and every day women are demanding this simple, classy technique.

Some great products to try styling with on this hair color:

  • On fine hair: Try using Thickening Compound by Alterna Hemp: It contains color lock, wheat for hair plumping and leave in conditioner.
  • On wavy/curly hair: Apply Leave In Luxury before blow drying. It uses Peruvian bark moisture and botanical extracts to protect hair during heat styling.
  • To finish: Apply Alterna Shine Spray for overall shine and to control fly-aways.

We look forward to the entire Aphrodite album by Kylie and are confident she will rock the house if she decides to tour the globe. We hope she comes here and entertains us with her high quality vocal stylings!

post by D’Arcy

Friday, March 5th, 2010

Is Balayage Right For You?

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Heard of balayage but not sure what it is exactly? Is it for you? What does it even mean? I will tell you!

Balayage is a French term that was developed in the 1970s that means “sweeping” or “to sweep.” It is essentially named after the way in which the color is applied to the hair. It is actually swept on or painted on by hand leaving a more natural looking highlight or lowlight. The technique was developed as a new way to add variation to the hair color with a more natural appearance and a more subtle grow out. The color can be applied for a more bold variation or slight depending on the client. Balayage isn’t just for lightening either. Many stylists will use it to add lowlights or a combination of the two.

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Who is balayage right for? Balayage is a technique that is great for anyone who appreciates a little versatility in their color but who doesn’t have time for a lot of maintenance. It also works well for the client who likes a more sunkissed or natural look. It is a great technique for shoulder length and longer hair. Balayage is the perfect color technique for summer, as it offers the same benefits as someone who would be spending a lot of time outdoors. I wouldn’t recommend it for someone with a lot of grey or shorter, finer textured hair.

The technique, that is becoming more and more popular, definitely offers many advantages. It is a foil free color application in which your stylist hand paints your highlights. Picking up layers and “sweeping” the color on different sections of the hair allows the stylist to move more quickly and efficiently while picking the proper placement for the color. It focuses more on the base of the hair shaft rather than concentrating on the root area. Thicker sections will lead to a more bold highlight while smaller will do the opposite.

Come see our balayage experts here at Emerson Salon!

Post by Amanda

Saturday, September 26th, 2009

Fall Hair Ideas on MopShots

Check out this great hair style featured on MopShots here.

Here is what the MopShots editors said about the cut:

“Smooth sleek style with great color added in for definition. This is a seriously sexy cut, which can work in a variety of ways and still provide that “come hither” look. The color highlights are stellar as well!” – Stevie Wilson

“This combination of colour and highlights is exactly what I want for this fall. It’s spicy & sweet!” – Rachel

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