Tuesday 15 November 2011
Fashion Audit: Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
Fashion Audit: Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow: It's nearly the end of 2011 and this year has been one long hair-o-thon. Early in the year, long wavy hair was all the rage: As the ye...
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
It's nearly the end of 2011 and this year has been one long hair-o-thon.
Early in the year, long wavy hair was all the rage:
As the year progressed, even the A-listers went for a crop:
And now as we approach party season, it's Charlie's Angels mania: the super sexy layered look is back and worn either straight and effortlessly messy or with big rollers:
And here's a guide on how to achieve this season's party hair:
- get a super layered, all over cut, maintaining the bob effect on the lengths of the hair and ensuring that the layers go up as far as the fringe (for maximum retro effect)
- try scattered lights with a similar base colour to differentiate the layers
- condition to the max: my favourite treatments on the market currently are either the brazilian keratin blow dry or the Paul Mitchell awapuhi wild ginger treatment - both are in-salon treatments, last for around 3 months and do not straighten the hair but reduce frizz and static.
-after washing and drying, style hair using heated curlers or tongs (curlers add more volume)
For recommendations on salons that provide any of the above treatments, please leave a comment. The salon of the moment has to be Edward James London in SW11, which is an Aveda salon, meaning that they mix up colours from scratch using completely ammonia free products and the colour does not fade or make the hair crunchy at the ends over time.
Early in the year, long wavy hair was all the rage:
As the year progressed, even the A-listers went for a crop:
And now as we approach party season, it's Charlie's Angels mania: the super sexy layered look is back and worn either straight and effortlessly messy or with big rollers:
And here's a guide on how to achieve this season's party hair:
- get a super layered, all over cut, maintaining the bob effect on the lengths of the hair and ensuring that the layers go up as far as the fringe (for maximum retro effect)
- try scattered lights with a similar base colour to differentiate the layers
- condition to the max: my favourite treatments on the market currently are either the brazilian keratin blow dry or the Paul Mitchell awapuhi wild ginger treatment - both are in-salon treatments, last for around 3 months and do not straighten the hair but reduce frizz and static.
-after washing and drying, style hair using heated curlers or tongs (curlers add more volume)
For recommendations on salons that provide any of the above treatments, please leave a comment. The salon of the moment has to be Edward James London in SW11, which is an Aveda salon, meaning that they mix up colours from scratch using completely ammonia free products and the colour does not fade or make the hair crunchy at the ends over time.
Friday 11 February 2011
Bag Lady
It's all in the bag for SS2011! But with such an abundance of shapes, colours, sizes and designs, it can be tricky to choose the perfect arm candy for Spring/Summer 2011. This post will summarise what the catwalks and most chic bag designers have in store and outline the styles that will set you apart from the crowd.
If you're mad about the bag, email over your questions, thoughts and opinions for inclusion.
Friday 14 January 2011
TRUNK: never too busy to look beautiful
Photo gallery of Colombo's most fashionable retail brand:
The TRUNK boutique in the shopping wing of Galle Face Hotel
La Tavola, the funky homeware range
Fever's all the rage
TRUNK's off-spring brand - Baby TRUNK
A huge beachwear selection
Cool cards and accessories
and the flagship brand: Amrapali jewellery
A great day's shopping!: enhanced my Spring wardrobe with a turquoise blue puffball skirt from local designer - Upeksha Hager, a jewelled antique ring and an antique silver bracelet from the Amrapali range. You can also visit the TRUNK concession on the 1st floor of Colombo department store Odel.
The TRUNK boutique in the shopping wing of Galle Face Hotel
La Tavola, the funky homeware range
Fever's all the rage
TRUNK's off-spring brand - Baby TRUNK
A huge beachwear selection
Cool cards and accessories
and the flagship brand: Amrapali jewellery
A great day's shopping!: enhanced my Spring wardrobe with a turquoise blue puffball skirt from local designer - Upeksha Hager, a jewelled antique ring and an antique silver bracelet from the Amrapali range. You can also visit the TRUNK concession on the 1st floor of Colombo department store Odel.
New Year, New Hair!
Following on from a previous post on bed head hair, I have been researching the ultimate bed head wash and go technique, resulting in a permanent bed head effect: tousled waves, carefree, messy and easy to maintain hair. The answer: the Digital Perm: a South Korean technique resulting in a permanent bed head look with or without a blow dry after washing, no use of products and enhanced shine and softness.
So here's how it happened: after months of washing and tieing up my hair only to produce inconsistent waves and sometimes frizz, I researched a more permanent technique. I initially found the organic perm: a perm without much harm, but the strand test did not produce any results at all!
The Digital Perm on the other hand, if done by an expert who applies the right amount of solution and the correct heat temperature and timing can produce a permanent wave, simply achieved with a wash and go and without the use of styling products. Given the potential cost savings on my 2011 hair maintenance line, I explored the technique further and found London's expert on the subject. Hans of Four Mirrors in Earlsfield, South West London is the guru on the technique and explained that he had done about 1000 digital perms on all hair types over the last 4 years. Reassured that perms had actually moved on from the hideous frizz bombs of the 1980's, he then explained the difference between the Digital Perm and the Cold Perm. Essentially, both require perming and neutralising solutions (although these are much less harmful nowadays), however the Digital is done on thinner, rod like curlers and set in place by heat and more noticeable once hair is dry. Here are the steps to achieving the Digital Perm:
Step 1: the much less harmful perming solution is applied and cling film put on to seal this
So here's how it happened: after months of washing and tieing up my hair only to produce inconsistent waves and sometimes frizz, I researched a more permanent technique. I initially found the organic perm: a perm without much harm, but the strand test did not produce any results at all!
The Digital Perm on the other hand, if done by an expert who applies the right amount of solution and the correct heat temperature and timing can produce a permanent wave, simply achieved with a wash and go and without the use of styling products. Given the potential cost savings on my 2011 hair maintenance line, I explored the technique further and found London's expert on the subject. Hans of Four Mirrors in Earlsfield, South West London is the guru on the technique and explained that he had done about 1000 digital perms on all hair types over the last 4 years. Reassured that perms had actually moved on from the hideous frizz bombs of the 1980's, he then explained the difference between the Digital Perm and the Cold Perm. Essentially, both require perming and neutralising solutions (although these are much less harmful nowadays), however the Digital is done on thinner, rod like curlers and set in place by heat and more noticeable once hair is dry. Here are the steps to achieving the Digital Perm:
Step 1: the much less harmful perming solution is applied and cling film put on to seal this
Step 2: having washed the solution off, hair is then wrapped around thin rollers and plugged into a machine which controls the heat applied (you only have to look this weird for 15 minutes!)
Step 3: hair is unplugged from weird machine and neutralised, washed with conditioner and hand dried or diffused to produce the dry result
And finally thank you to Hans for the fabulous hair and very generous additional hair conditioning treatments!
For a free consultation and to benefit from Hans' latest technique of the Digital Perm with smoothed out roots (to prevent re-growth frizz) visit: fourmirrors.co.uk
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