This week I met Cecile Cassel. I must admit I was very excited. A true French starlet. She did not disappoint!
Cecile was attending the Love Ball and I styled her hair in an un-done super-shiny chignon. She was dressed in Louis Vuitton, in the coolest dress and jacket.
Cecile was really relaxed and played French songs from her iPod as we helped get her ready for the night ahead. She was laughing and joking and was one of the nicest actresses I have ever met. I over-sprayed her hair to make it Gothic shiny and pinned it up in a random manner. She made it all seem so effortless to be that beautiful and looked so pretty.
J’adore Cecille Cassel!

I found the A-Rebours blog through my friend Ellen and immediately loooooved it. It has the most beautiful images of fashion and art and I thought I would share the blog love!

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This is Kim Basinger in LA Confidential. It goes with my how-to and it’s the hair I have done ‘Pop Star to Opera Star’.
I luuurve this look, and it gets used so much in different versions. Check  out Penelope Cruz at the Golden Globes last week…
I get asked to quote on it all the time, which means it’s really popular with magazine readers – our clients!
Imagine being the hairdresser that came up with it! Amazing!

Zoe Irwin with Lisa Snowdon at the UK's Most Wanted 2009 Grand Final

Creative HEAD stepped up the style stakes this year with its inspiring UK’s Most Wanted awards, which proved full of surprises. I brought along a few friends for a special Creative Head shoot. They loved the evening and the shoot, which had such beautiful hair and styling. The trouble was there was so much going on, it was hard to know which bit to watch!

My Best Dressed Award goes to the beautiful Sacha Mascolo-Tarbuck, who wore a jacket that screamed “I am so hot and so this season.” If I didn’t love her so much I would be jealous!

And Adam Reed, who owns so much of his best mate Henry Holland’s collection that I’m sure he even jogs in it!

Seeing all my peers and the work they do for awards inspires me to push my ideas further. I left thinking I want an award and I must check Net-a-porter for a new jacket when I get home!

The Hari’s crew need to be informed super-quick to keep up with the quick turnover of news from the weeklies so I’ve been giving trend demos at the salon.. This season’s chignon is extra-polished so I am upping my serum usage and my gel pots are empty after styling so many slick back looks on shoots. I use tint bowls filled with gel and apply with a brush with the precision of a high lift tint!

In my eternal search for the best beauty treatments for the salon I am now donning lashes that last a month and promise early morning glamour. The trouble is, with my half head of Russian hair extensions and my major lash flutter, I am becoming so fake. When my handsome man says I look cute I’m not really sure whether to take it as a compliment. The only way to understand a new salon treatment is to have it: our Brazilian Blo Out has a waiting list and our lash queen is busy as can be. Boy do I have to step up with my colour and foil!

So for me it’s back to school in the form of the Wella Studio. The only way to compete with the best is to obtain the highest knowledge and spend days watching the coolest new crowd in Hackney and Copenhagen. I think it’s an exciting mix. And my brushes are more than ready!

The most important thing is to be careful what you use. You need to know that the product will wash out with ease and not cause any harm to the hair. DO NOT put any type of sun oil spray in as I cannot guarantee it will wash out. I would not want to land the bill for a model that cannot shoot for days as she looks like she has just come from the local chippie!!

Sisley Body Sun Oil
This is a very fine spray, which leaves a high sheen. I use this when I’m shooting outside and want a wet look. Tong the hair to make it wavy and then spray the oil on liberally. It will give the hair a wet look but keep the texture in to create a surfy beach look. Also the oil is a super reflector so it’s great in the studio if you are shooting (be careful of the floor: it’s not so great if the model then slips and falls.) I always put at towel down to stop the oil from causing accidents!

Alterna Caviar Beach
This spray gives realistic end-of-day beach hair. I also love it because it’s kinda posh and has caviar in – a treat for the hair and an upmarket touch to your kit!

She Uemura Art of Style Fibre Lift
This gives amazing hold. Use it to create this season’s slick looks. Comb it through the hair then dry with a diffuser and finish by applying Sisley oil on top with a tint brush.

My blonde month started with a call from Pixie Lott’s mum. She called me on a saturday afternoon after a recommendation from Caroline Barnes, the celebrity makeup artist, and asked me if I could come over to colour her daughter’s hair. Now, of course, I had heard of Pixie. She is the beautiful, pale blonde with the big voice and hot song that is currently Number One in the Charts.

The mags are writing up their August issues so I’ve spent the last few weeks quoting beach tricks and creating  sexy holiday hair. Here’s a sneak peak inside my beach kit bag…

Sisley Golden Dry Oil for Face, Body and Hair

Ideal for girls who want to look hot and glittery on the beach – in a Vogue kinda way, not a WAG way. It’s a light oil with fine, copper-gold sparkle – run it through wet or dry hair and then tie in a top knot to add height. Or simple apply on top of a strong gel for hold and shimmer.

I used the oil throughout a whole week of beauty shoots in Ibiza for Grazia and I still had enough in the bottle for a fortnight away in St Lucia myself! I call it Credit Crunch Shimmer!

Kérastase Soleil

I love everything in this range – nothing beats it for UV protection and lightness. I can bask in the sun without worrying about messing up my hair and highlights!!

My moodboard for my S/S 09 Colour Crush Menu

This season I created a colour menu of techniques inspired by my ‘Colour Crushes’. We all have them – crushes – no longer exclusive to hot boys, the modern day crush can be the latest handbag, nail colour or you may have even find yourself with your very own girl crush…

Sun Kissed Starlet – Giselle Bundchen & Sarah Jessica Parker

Radiance Lumi Light – Jennifer Aniston

The No Colour colour – Angelina Jolie & Penelope Cruz

Cobain Chic – Alice Dellal and the Olsen twins

Hari’s Honey – Eva Mendes

Iconic Blonde – Gwyneth Paltrow & Kate Winslet

Have a go at designing your own moodboard with on trend colours at www.head1stinspires.net

This year I loved…
*Alice Dellal’s shaved sides with long
*Jaime Winston’s red hair and all those Brits that gave us something more than a few highlights and wag like extensions – hooray!
*England’s obsession with blow-dries
*Bobs cut with kitchen scissors
*Bobs cut with precision
*Credit crunch treatments – I have never mashed up so many avocados and put so many eggs on heads!

This month I am loving…
* Really bright dyed hair… red is finally back in town
* The amazing new hairdryers on the market, which cut my drying time to half and makes my kit bag lighter
* Credit crunch fashion ideas forcing us all to be much more creative
* Party hair season…when clients leave with sexy hair ups and fill me in on all the gossip from parties

P.S This month I’m loving
* Hair wrapping as seen at Alberta Ferretti spring/summer 09… it’s gonna be big!
* Holey punky jumpers – goth up your look because it’s all about black. Most salons make you wear black – so embrace the goth trend!
* Tinting your eyebrows like Agyness Deyn (it updates a pale blond look)
* Online hair orders – it’s time to find those brushes and pins in Europe and the States and refresh your brush kit
* My men’s brogues with coloured tights

This month I AM LOVING….
*Manly brogues and loafers with black tights and pretty dresses
*Collecting oversized bows to put in hair
*Mongolian jackets for a Kate Moss-inspired snuggle against that autumn chill
*Super shiny hair slathered in serum then slicked into the most perfect hair up to sex up the lace trend
*All the new texturising products and conditioner used as a finishing product

This month I am loving…

* The new Chanel Union Jack earrings, mixed with shiny, wet-look American Apparal leggings
* Goldie Hawn in Shampoo with Warren Beatty and my fave Julie Christie. The cult Sixties movie and the cutest summer hair…watch it now or regret it later!
* Neon pink tips on a biege base for nails’ kooky nails at their best. If you can’t afford the bag this season get the nail!
* Mason Pearson blo outs…the only way to blo!!