Vidal Sassoon The Movie

I read Sassoon’s autobiography when I was in beauty school and it was incredibly inspiring to me as a student of hair. Now there is a movie about his life and I am excited beyond words… Hopefully coming to a movie theater near me very soon: Vidal Sassoon The Movie.

Haircutting Videos

I started watching haircutting demonstration videos on YouTube and now I can’t stop.

I found this one particularly interesting because the stylist uses two techniques that are (at this point in my hair experience) intimidating to me: razor cutting and the “twist & crop” texturizing technique. Plus, it is done to a cover of XTC’s Making Plans For Nigel by Nouvelle Vague; a departure from the typical techno club music that accompanies most haircutting videos.

Big Hair = Power

A brief article on how big hair has been the preferred hairdo of powerful women throughout the centuries.  It also states that the return of the bouffant can be linked to the economy:

Indeed, in small towns nationwide, hair is getting bolder. For Stephanie Kocielski, artistic director of John Paul Mitchell Systems, it is a sign of the times. Because many women are resisting fashion purchases, she said, ‘the only real area where people can influence change right now is their hair.’

Modern Takes on a Classic

It’s always exciting to see what the stylists at WIP-Hairport Salon, in Lisbon, are up to. Usually specializing in avant guarde originals, it’s interesting to see their modern twists on a classic, the bob.

A Classic…