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Salon Insider: ‘Tis the Season for Party Hair!
The holidays are almost upon us and it’s time to get glamorous! Now through march, we at Neil George salon get into party/award season hair mode, and it’s a non-stop mission of pretty party hair. I have been looking around for great hair accessories, and found a few that I love.
Jennifer Behr has terrific headbands, particularly her Overlapping Crystal Twist (Natalie Portman wore it on Letterman). Juicy Couture also makes adorable headbands (check them out here on shopstyle.com, where they have a feather headband by Oak that’s simple but chic.) And Deepa Gurrani makes beautiful beaded teardrop headbands that you can find on netaporter.com.
Styling the hair gets a bit more involved this time of the year. When all of us have to go straight from work to events and Christmas parties, I find dry shampoo and hairspray are must haves to keep you looking (and smelling!) fresh. (We just came out with Neil George Refresh dry shampoo, which takes but a minute to apply, and instantly freshens the roots and gives great volume.) Finish with a pretty headband or clip to dress up from day to night and a spray of hairspray to hold everything in place.
By the way, if you can take one tool with you then it has to be the HAI straightening iron, which will add shine to locks, and can also be used as a curling iron for modern waves. It’s another must have for the office drawer. Use it, then just throw on that little black dress and go!
Amanda George is co-owner of Neil George Salon in Beverly Hills
Salon Insider: California Summer Waves All Year Long
In the salon, we always get asked “How do I replicate your salon tricks and style at home?” The most popular question: “How do I get that great California wavy look throughout the year? And so here it is!
Get a large barrel curling iron and when your hair is dry, take large sections and wrap them around the outer barrel of the iron, leaving the ends off the iron. Why this way? Well, many women have a ton of problems with the spring device on curling irons which can cause creases in the hair. The hair, when heated, will mold to the shape, so you do not need to use the spring device on the curling iron. All you need to do is wrap the hair around the heated barrel to achieve the look, alternating whether you wrap the hair toward or away from the face.
Leaving the ends out is the key to keeping it natural like your hair, versus a really perfect curling pattern in the hair. And it is easy since you are taking large sections, leaving each wrapped around the iron less than 30 seconds. It takes 5 to 10 minutes max and gives you California summer beach hair all year-round!
Neil Weisberg is co-owner of Neil George Salon in Beverly Hills
Salon Insider: Back from C.O. Bigelow!
Neil and I were in Chicago and Columbus last week making personal appearances for the launch of the new partnership of Neil George and C.O. Bigelow. The stores are lovely, and everyone on the team at Bigelow is amazing. We are so excited about the new launch and look forward to great success!
Also exciting is the upcoming launch in November of Neil George Refresh Dry Shampoo (which Neil wrote about here a couple of days ago) and Perfect Hold Hairspray to add to the assortment of our hair care collection. I know you will all love them. In the meantime, if you have any hair questions, post them below and we’ll answer in our next post. Until next week!
~Amanda
Amanda George is a celebrity colorist and co-owner of Neil George Salon in Beverly Hills
Salon Insiders: Neil George off to C.O. Bigelow
My partner Amanda and I are traveling to Chicago for 2 days of personal appearances at C.O. Bigelow in Chicago, then 1 day in Columbus, Ohio. It is exciting for Neil George to be partnering with Bigelow, which is such a great retailer and launching in 2 cities where we are not currently sold. We’re looking forward to getting out of LA and touching people in the midwest! It’s my 1st time ever traveling to Chicago–being from LA, I hope it is not too cold! We’re looking forward to meeting some of our fans, the clients of C.O. Bigelow, and having some good food.
Our other big news is the recent feature of our Refresh Dry Shampoo in the latest issue of Marie Claire. (more…)
Nadine Jolie
Lianne Farbes
Shannon Nelson
Julia Coney
Michelle Mismas
Marta Walsh
Patrice Yursik
Sonya Dakar
Carla Maganinho
Beau Nelson
Carolyn Hsu
Jamie Stone
Amber Katz
Amanda George
Neil Weisberg
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