School Hair Ideas From a Future Super Star

I get comments on both of my blogs here at Visual-Makeover and a lot more on Hairstyle Blog from young girls, most of them are intelligent and thoughtful. But in the nine years I have been writing blogs, I’ve yet to run across a young writer quite like Christina, from Canada. I’d like to introduce to you a future super star in the beauty and fashion editorial world.

I woke up this morning and checked the comments on Hairstyle Blog, as I do every morning and I found what follows as a comment on my article Back to School Hair Styles – Are You Ready?. What a wonderful piece of journalism, very well thought out and complete with DIY how-to instructions. I haven’t changed a thing, it is exactly as she wrote it. I was so impressed that I decided it was worthy of much more attention than just an ordinary comment buried amongst my over 1,000 articles, so here is a full-blown blog post.

I hope someday you’ll all remember that it was Barb Quinn and Visual-Makeover who brought you Christina Grasby to the fashion and beauty editorial scene. Thanks Christina!

Here is Christina’s article as she wrote it:

Hey girls. My name is Christina, I’m 12 years old and I have hair that is barely under shoulder length. I have a TON of hairstyles that I do with my hair. I’ll name off a simple few that you can do easily and quickly for school.

1. Pulled Back

Pin your bangs on the top of your head with a bobby pin or clip. Pull the hair in front of your ears back and pin it at the back of your head. Pull out the bobby pin holding your bangs and let them down. Pull the hair on top of your head in a backwards direction so it flows down the back of your head. Pin it down also with the two sides at the back of your head. That is one simple hairstyle for you.

 2. Pinned Back and Chick

Pull your bangs back and pin them in the top/middle of your head. Pull the sides of your bangs gently from the sides to make it wider, and then pull on it ever so slightly on the top of your bangs. Optional: Braid half of your bangs and then pin it on your head.

 3. Braidy

Take very small pieces of your hair, and braid them into small braids. Do this on random sections, it creates a normal look, but also looks like you took time to do it. Note: Do not put elastic on the ends of the braids, just do them small enough and tight enough and they won’t fall out easily.

For more hair tips and styles for back to school and other occasions, Email me at: christinagrasby@yahoo.ca .

Thanks for reading! Hope this helped.

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Marbleizing- the new way to add dimensional hair color!

Are you marbleized yet??? Don’t you love it when a beautiful hair color makes you stop and really take notice! Great hair color is like a notable piece of art, it demands attention and admiration. Hair coloring techniques are always being improved on and the new method for hair color application to watch for this season is called, “marbleizing.”

What is marbleizing?

Marbleizing is a new method of hair color placement so colors sort of melt together. Rachael Bodt, celebrity hair colorist at Cutler Salon in Manhattan, whose work includes, “The Rachel Ray Makeover Show,” Seventeen Magazine and “Make Me a Supermodel,” says “It’s all about the proper placement of transitional tones and ribbons of hair color so it looks beautiful.” A redhead for example, may wear a mix of strawberry tones and lily blonde hues for a contrasting cool effect.

I love the description Blackwell Preston, L’Oreal Professionnel Portfolio Artist, had to say about hair color trends for fall 2011; “The colors were all melting tone-on-tones with ribbons of opposing shades to create a unified luminous glow.” Marbling involves placing complementary or contrasting hues in such a way that they merge into each other.

Hair color is a great way to totally update your look. Professional hair colorists suggest deeper shades for fall hair color with added high lights and lowlights to create new hues and dimensional tones. Summers sun, salt water and chlorine leave hair looking faded and damaged, so a color refresher like marbleizing will really brighten your look.

Marbleizing hair color is so new you may need to search out high-end, fashion forward hair salons to find it offered. But, isn’t it always fun to be on the cutting edge (so to speak) when it comes to hair color and cuts? The changes you make don’t need to be drastic in order to update your look, but even the slightest adjustment in your hair color for fall can be all it takes to make you feel totally refreshed!

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Get Mila’s Gorgeous French Roll

At the Golden Globes, Mila Kunis truly dazzled in a beautiful French twist! We loved her glam look so much, we asked the woman behind her mane, TRESemme celebrity hairstylist Mara Roszak, to share her styling secrets.

1. Spray TRESemme Naturals Finishing Sprayon damp hair and rough-dry with your fingers to add body.
2. Section off the top and apply TRESemme 24 Hour Body Root Boost Sprayfor lift.
3. After blow-drying the top, pin-curl it from front to back.
4. Pull the bottom section back tightly and gather as if you are creating a po
5. Twist hair upward, starting at the nape, and insert pins in a crisscross pattern at the crease.
6. Undo top pin curls and tease at the root.
7. Brush the top backward and tuck underneath the French twist.
8. To set hair and provide a lasting hold, mist with TRESemme TRES Two Extra Hold Hairspray.
9. Gently loosen hair in front for a soft finish.

Article courtesy of Harris Publications

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