Maintain those shears!

Sure Sam is pimping his products, but he's right about keeping the tools of your trade in good condition.



I got my hair cut a few months ago from a barber that had the squeakest shears I have ever heard.  I asked if he thought he needed a new pair and he said "No I love these shears!"  Mean while it was like nails on a chalk board in my ears as he cut my hair.  The hair cut turned out fine and I gave him my friend Kevin from Professional Products and More and told him to get those things an oil change.  You spend a lot of money on shears, keep them in good working order.  Have a great day! Cut, Color, Create.  

The Fabulous French Braid

 Tress the Halls with Braids

September, 2011 (Bethlehem, PA) – The braid craze continues with hipsters looking relaxed and Bohemian-like with a little sum sum to make them stand out.  The trick to adopting the look is confidence and a quick recall of those French braiding days at camp.  Krista Beahm, cool camper and stylist at patrick mcivor color studio, refreshes the glory days in preparation for the holidays.

“The holidays are crazy enough without having to stress about your hair.  I keep it simple with my clients, with a basic understanding of braiding, anyone can look hip this holiday,” explains Beahm.

Simple French Braid

·         Separate a small section of hair where you want the braid to start and apply Matrix Design Pulse Loosely Defined Texture Crème for natural hold.

·         Separate the section into 3 sections (make sure they are even).

·         Cross the section on the right over the middle.

·         Add some hair to the far right side (thin section about the same size as the very first section).

·         Cross the far left section over the middle.

·         Add some hair to the far left side (same amount of hair as added to the right side).

·         Repeat the process until you run out of hair to add and then either continue the braid until there is no more hair left or secure at the end of the French braid with an elastic.

“Once the braid is mastered, you can use it as the foundation of the style and personalize it by doing different things like curling the rest of the hair, straightening the rest, adding a messy side bun or a textured ponytail,” adds Beahm.

Kate Bosworth has the blues

Kate Bosworth was showing off bold colored ends in her hair leaving a Cold Play concert last week.  She is just one of the latest celebs that have opted to coloring the tips of their hair in blues, reds and other fantasy shades.  Do you have clients coming in for this look?
Make sure your color brand has a solution for this service, the trend should take off this fall.

Bangs! Without commitment

Olivia Wilde's blunt cut bangs were all the rage in Hollywood at the Red Carpet premier of her new movie "The Change Up".  The sultry actress wore her long brunette hair in a stick straight style with blunt-cut bangs.  But what do you do if you are afraid to make the commitment to bangs?  Well, we have the solution.  Clip in bangs.
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No commitment to buy.  Check out the video on how to apply.

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Rooster Feathers, Oil, Gas and Gold Prices on the Rise

The Dow Jones Industrial average was down 180 points today.  Stocks were having a bad day but oil, gold, gas, and feathers were climbing to new heights.
Rooster feathers are in high demand by the fashion world, but have the fly fisherman calling fowl.  Peta is getting into the fray as the rooster population is decimated for hair stylists embellishing  their clients tresses.  Fly fishermen are now standing on the sides of streams with the fish laughing at their empty hooks.

The feathers are not easy to come by these days. They come from roosters that are genetically bred and raised for their plumage. In most cases, the birds do not survive the plucking.
At Whiting farm in western Colorado, one of the world’s largest producers of fly-tying feathers, the roosters live about a year while their saddle feathers - the ones on the bird’s backside and the most popular for hair extensions - grow as long as possible. Then the animal is euthanized.  As hair extensions, the feathers can be brushed, blow-dried, straightened and curled once they are snapped into place. Most salons sell the feather strands for $10 to $20 a piece. The trend has become so popular a company online even sells feather extensions for dogs.
The craze has also left hairstylists scrambling to find rooster saddle feathers, as fly shops hold onto a select few for their regular customers. The businesses will now ask if the feathers are for hairdressing, said Shelly Ambroz, who owns MiraBella Salon and Spa in Boise.  “If you go in, and you’re a woman, they won’t sell to you,” said Mrs Ambroz, who started to eye her husband’s fly-fishing gear after stores ran out.
“He told me to stay out of his feathers,” she said.

OPI rumor the street

There is a rumor on the street about a new professional OPI product.  The nail distributors are saving their pennies for a big OPI buy in.  Axxium, OPI's soak off gel product that comes in a pot will now have a polish bottle companion.  Shellac, CND's line of soak off gel made polish bottle gels the rage last year.  Many new brands have popped up capitalizing on the idea.  Shellac always suffered from lack of product and color choices.  It's a crowded market, but hell its OPI.  My prediction is great marketing, and colors from OPI then shortages just like what happened with "Shatter"  The price of the bottle will be about $18, but don't forget you need your base, top coat and UV light if you don't have one.

Could this dryer be off the set of Mad Men?

If vintage is in, you need to find these state of the art 1960s hair dryers for your salon.  I stayed in a hotel in Burbank this week that featured these in all their rooms.  The hotel was the Golden Key which was aesthetically out of place being surrounded by a gorgeous mall and apartments.   The dryers are wired so that when you pick up the handle they power up,so no need for those pesky button that control the temperature or power.  Cold shot?  Who needs one.  Stylist be warned, the hose heats up quickly and you will be covered in burn marks by the end of day.  Can you get one from CHI you ask.  I'm texting Farouk now.

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY

THANK YOU ALL WHO HAVE FOUGHT FOR OUR FREEDOMS.  YOU SHALL NEVER BE             FORGOTTEN 

Redken Recalls rupturing spray mousse

The US consumer product safety commission, Redken announced a voluntary recall of about a million Redken Guts 10 Volume Spray Mousse foam cans.  The aerosol container's liner can corrode over time, posing a risk of the cans rupturing and expelling its contents.  The product can be identified by a lot code printed on the bottom  of the can.  The recall is for lot codes
32g10y, 32g11y, 32g20y, 32g21y, 32g23y, 32g40y, 32g41y, 32g60y, 32g61y,32g62y, and 32g70y.
It is illegal to attempt to sell or resell any recalled product.  For more information, contact Redken, 888-241-9504 between 9am and 5pm EDT or visit redken.com

Hair trends from matrix stylist!

Patrick McIvor, Matrix artistic director and owner of patrick mcivor color studio, expects to see a shift to high-impact, low maintenance haircolor for fall/winter 2011/12.

 

“People live at such a high speed these days, so providing colors that have an attractive balance between time for the color application and frequency of maintenance will be key factors in the colors women want for fall.  Today, there has to be a two week grace period in refreshing color, women want and need more options for service times and frequency, and they still want impactful color,” explains McIvor.

 

Thanks to many like Emma Watson and Michelle Williams, hair is getting shorter.  And with shorter hair comes more risk, so high impact colors, unnatural accents and strategically placed statement colors will be popular on all hair lengths.  Think ends lights, underlying colors, defused color placement, mini-lifts and demi-permanent color panels.  Even temporary color accents with feathers and wefts will be in style.

 

Hot Fall Colors

Blondes: More glamorous, no longer just a head of highlights – return of blonde on blonde and double process blondes (Reece Witherspoon, Michelle Williams, Lady Gaga).

Brunette: Move from dark and solid to dark with texture (Kate Middleton, Rachel Bilson, Olivia Wilde, Selena Gomez).

Red: The hot new it color due to fade-proof reds with new advances in technology in professional colors like Matrix Color Sync (crème demi-color) and SOCOLOR (permanent cream) formulated with HD (high def) Color Technology Red/Copper for longer lasting, more vibrant reds and coppers.  (Ariana Grande, Rihanna, JoAnna Garcia, Drew Barrymore, Scarlet Johansson).