Amber Hair Color

Amber hair color can match any age and any personality with its warmth and jewel like tone, it’s a great way for either natural or color treated redheads to go lighter and softer this summer. By adding sandy browns and golden orangie shades in the formula will create what I consider a beautiful amber color, and whether you are a redhead, copper or strawberry blonde the trend this summer is to soften it up by taking some of the edge off which is usually present in this category of hair colors, the best part is that we don’t have to worry about what the sun –summer will do as we would with the brighter red shades. So for all those who like or have red, auburn, copper, strawberry blonde hair try a little amber emulating one of natures true wonders.

Fantasy and Jewels

Photography By Bruno Dayan

Friday Fashion Spotlight: The Hair Band

Over time the wearing of hair bands has changed from being worn to special occasions to more of a fashionable accessory and it remains as popular as ever this year. It is one of today’s best accessories to wear with a wide assortment of materials used, from jewelled bands, leather, plastic or even fabric to create these beautiful hair bands. The hair band was made every popular in the 1920’s and 30’s which women worn to showcase their Bob cuts, and through the eras the hair bands changed they either became thicker or scarf like but have always’s remained fashionable . And using hair bands is also a great way to get hair off the face as well as a time saver for those days or nights you don’t have the time do your hair, simply pull the hair up pin it place one or two hair bands on and you have a wonderful chic look. Spring and Summer is the time to start playing around with all the great hair bands out there, and they can be an inexpensive way to sprucing up any hairstyle

Hair & Hair Color Challenge

HCC Email / Question # 11



When do you use a slice over weaves when doing highlights?
Estella.

It all depends on the look ; weaving is the most common used technique for highlighting hair particularly when you want a natural end result, however when slices are correctly used it can also create a same result. My personal preference is to alternate both a weave and a slice throughout the interior parts of the head, which is in most cases the thickest area of hair on the head as well the darkest and takes the most amount of time to get through in the application process. I do use the slice on the top part of the hair as well remembering that if it’s for a natural look yet slightly stronger highlight effect the slice I take is “paper fine” and creates no lines at the root area where if you’re not careful occurs. . The benefit of using slices when doing highlights is that they are faster, and in today’s world most clients do not have the luxury of having a lot of time just for color, so depending on what the look is a slice is a wonderful easy and a fast approach in delivering a great set of highlights.

Friday Fashion Spotlight: The Earring

Earrings are big bold and beautiful this year as we saw on most of the major runway’s for spring/summer 2010 and it’s another great accessory to make a statement with. In recorded history, earrings have been traced back to the ancient city of Perspolis, Persia, where the illustrations on the walls depict soldiers wearing earrings. During the Roman Empire, jewellery was crafted and worn with gusto as a sign of status and luxury and the earrings were made of shiny materials and gem stones so that they could illuminate the face. The popularity of earrings also largely depended on the fashions that prevailed at the time, today whether the earrings are for pierced ears or clip on’s earrings are always fashionable and they are a hot item. Their made of any number of materials, including plastic, glass, precious stones, beads, and other materials and have become lighter in weight, so if you are one of those people who love to spark up your style and love big earrings this is the year for you.

Photographer Spotlight # 4

Victor De Mello

Photographer Victor De Mello's images you will find an absolute devotion to the power of beauty and shapes. The photographic techniques result in lush, translucent images that are loaded with sensuality emotional presence with focus on line, shape and expression and sometimes with dark messages. His inspiration is deeply rooted in the passionate expressions of Latin culture - classic chastity is mixed with raw sexual power. The results are timeless images but with a touch of the presence that evoke thought. Born in Portugal and moved to Brazil at age 17 were he started his career and now lives and works in London but makes the world his playground. He has become one of the industries most sought after photographers with a reputation for telling story’s through his images.

Brunette Summer Ombre Hair Color

One of the best times of the year to start getting your hair healthier or wanting to cultivate your own natural hair color through your already existing highlighted or colored hair this summer is with an Ombre approach. The “look” so to speak is and can be a beautiful style, dark-grown out roots worn with confidence also is one of my favourite way’s to help a client go from light blonde shades of highlights to darker tones, caramel’s, light brown’s etc, for a more natural look. And in the summer I hardly ever do lowlights because with the sun they always turn brassy, for me it’s not the best time of the year for lowlights, so ombre hair color is an ideal approach. Whether the ends of the hair are platinum or just simply to light the choice you make for the new hair color put through will determine a bolder or softer end result. The techniques I use to create these types of ombre colored looks are, back combing (coloring the back combed parts) not the typical straight ends, foil or slice highlights. Ombre hair being accidental or deliberate is another raw fresh look with great benefits such as preparing the hair for a new fall look without compromising style.

Friday Fashion Spotlight: The Pink Lip

Pink goes full-throttle this spring and summer, from brazen pinks, baby pinks, to sheer pinks, and the shades reign supreme with so many options for a shade of pink you want to wear. With every cosmetic company out there promoting their spring/summer collections and their own versions of pink you can choose from many shades in a lipstick, lip gloss and stains. And if a bold, bright pink lip is not for you think about a more conservative spin like a baby pink which is my favourite. Whichever shade of pink you go for this season a great trick you can try is to create an illusion that makes your pout even more pillowy is applying a touch of shimmery white eye shadow to the center of your lips. Pink is hot and sexy that is sure to make a statement, and whether it’s bold or soft go for pink.