Blue Hair Inspiration

Hair Color Inspiration: In To The Blue

Blue hair, who knew! Katie Perry, the summer’s unofficial queen of color, has made what was once Grandma’s favorite shade into a burning hipster trend. It may appear unnatural, yet this season’s range of pastel hues has opened the door to a new wave of creative dyes. By bleaching, you can create a canvas to glaze to almost any shade. Or you can dip-dye or use ombre effects to create pockets of pastel blue that accent the shape of the cut. Read on for tips on going blue…



Step: This is not the color to do at home! It has a tendency to go green if put on top of the wrong color base. Basic color theory rules apply –– i.e.: if you put blue on top of yellow you get green. Be sure to ask your colorist on the best way forward.

Step: A salon colorist should pre-lighten hair, then glaze to tone to blue. Alternatively, for splashes of blue, expect the color to be painted on by hand.

Step: Pastel shades fade fast. It’s a good idea to wet shampoo less, and use refinish dry shampoo to dry clean hair. You should also avoid too much heat-tool styling, and if you do use irons, make sure to prep hair with thermal protector first.

Or for a less permanent effect use KEVIN MURPHY COLOUR BUG.

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Fierce Bun By Christina Milian

Christina Milian’s Fierce Top Bun

 

We’ve been seeing plenty of top buns lately, but none are quite as fierce as this one by Christina Milian. Her bun has incredible shape and volume, adding height to her petite frame. The rest of the hair is gelled and slicked back, leaving a sleek look with no flyaways. This is definitely the best top bun we’ve seen in a while.


Step 1: Towel dry hair to damp. Apply KEVIN.MURPHY BODY.GUARD
Step 2: Blowdry hair from roots to ends, brushing down to achieve a smooth look.
Step 3: Work some KEVIN.MURPHY EASY.RIDER through hair, then use a Lattouf Paddle Brush to brush all of the hair to the top of the head. Pull hair into a tight ponytail at the top of the head and secure with an elastic.
Step 4: Tightly wrap hair around itself into a bun, then secure with bobby pins. Mist with KEVIN.MURPHY SESSION.SPRAY for a strong and lasting hold.

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How To Get Jennifer Lawrence's Summer Waves

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Kate Middleton Get Banged Up

Kate Middleton Gets Banged Up

Princess of hearts, Kate Middleton, was spotted wearing a new hairdo at yesterday’s opening of the Treasures Gallery at the Natural History Museum, London. We think her new bangs help her look more modern, less matronly. Her tresses are almost always voluminous and tousled, but now she’s got more attention on eyes, and a better frame for her pretty features. For tips on getting your own great bangs, click style notes. 

Step: Bangs can be side-swept or straight, blunt or soft, narrow or wide. Talk to your stylist about the perfect match for your style. Go in for a trim every two weeks to keep them looking good.

Step: A good tip for blow drying bangs: Mist with KEVIN.MURPHY SESSION.SPRAY, then blow dry side to side with comb, and then straight down. This will give you a smooth, bubble free bang with lots of shine.

Step: Like Kate, add tousle and flow to your style by finishing with a few twists of a curling iron on the ends.

We recommend KEVIN.MURPHY LOVES CORTEX CURLING IRONS. 

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Kevin Murphy Colour Bug - Pussycat Dolls Ashley Roberts

KEVIN.MURPHY. COLOR BUG is dusted onto the ends of the hair or where ever desired. This will wash out completely when hair is washed. To add the extra volume for fine or limp hair prep your hair with HAIR RESORT SPRAY.

Wild crazy colour became the new thing...how to get yours. COLOR.BUG available in pink purple and orange. (Ashley did...check out her pics below)

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Super Sleek Hair At Carlos Alberto’s Nyfw Show

Super Sleek Hair at Carlos Alberto’s NYFW Show

 

Carlos Alberto, a Puerto Rican based Haute Couture designer first gained success within the beauty pageant world, designing the outfits for all the Miss Universe 2009 candidates. His presentation at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Spring 2016 was all about extravagance –– a nod to his past, perhaps. Carlos showcased the spirit of grand splendor by opening the show with a collection of sexy white fringed swim suits and closing with several glitzy floor length pieces decorated in sequins, stones, pearls, feathers, and satin trims. Just apposing the elaborate attire were the super sleek ponytails donned by all the models, pushing the looks from pageant to couture. Ponytails continue to be a staple among the fashionable due to their easy maintenance and versatility. So whether you’re donning a Swarovski encrusted gown or cashmere sweatpants, see the step by step on  how to wear a super sleek pony. 

Step: Spray in thermal spray and KEVIN.MURPHY YOUNG.AGAIN into dry hair and use a ghd to straighten and smooth.
Step: Once all hair is straightened,  pull length in to a high ponytail using a LATTOUF PADDLE BRUSH. Make sure to pull hair back tightly. If needed, use the end of a rat tail comb to pull back and flatten snags or flyaways. Spray crown with KEVIN MURPHY SESSION SPRAY.
Step: Secure length with an elastic. Leave out a two inch section of hair and wrap around base of pony tail, hiding the elastic. Secure with pins and spray again with SESSION.SPRAY.

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Mens Style - Slick Hair

Tight sides with a long top provide sleek body with a flexible crest that can look edgy or polished, depending on styling. Shorter lengths around the sides provide leanness and strength, giving masculine tailoring to looser lengths on top. For the guy who likes options, this shape will provide maximum versatility. Wear this cut sleek and smooth, sculpted into a pompadour, swept into a grungy tumble, or hanging loose.

Step: To get the most elegant version of this style stay clear of clippers, a scissor or razor cut will allow for more individualized sculpting that accounts for cowlicks, growth patterns and changes in density. Ask for a precisely tapered shape around the edges, but on top go for soft, textured ends which will lend the shape maximum versatility.

Step: Get some products. For the full range of styling options, you’ll need grooming crème KEVIN MURPHY EASY RIDER, pomade - KEVIN MURPHY UNDRESSED, wax KEVIN MURPHY NIGHT RIDER, and dry shampoo KEVIN MURPHY FRESH HAIR. Apply hair crème EASY RIDER for a sleek, low volume finish; use pomade UNDRESSED for retro gloss; texture paste NIGHT RIDER will give a grungy, piecy look; dry shampoo FRESH HAIR adds a matte tousled effect.

Step: Apply product roots to ends working from the crown of the head out to the sides and then through the front. Create separation and definition with fingertips; don’t use your palms.

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Selena Gomez's Shoulder Mohawk

Selena Gomez’s Off the Shoulder Mohawk Braid at the VMAs

 

Worn at this past weekend’s VMAs, this is a clever combination of two trends by Spring Breaker, Selena Gomez. If you’re a regular trend-spotter, you’ll have noted a wave of celebrity pompadours recently –– Miley Cyrus anyone –– and Selena combines that dramatic style, which serves to lift and elongate cheekbones, with a swinging, beatnik braid, artfully placed to mimic a mohawk. The songstress says, when you want something, ‘Come and Get It’; to get this look, click style notes.

Step: Use the shine and hold of Kevin Murphy Night.Rider to create a high and handsome quiff.
Step: Gather rest of hair behind pompadour. Use a list mist of Kevin Murphy Session.Spray along the sides and into the back to keep hair sleek and flyaway free. Mist gathered hair with Kevin Murphy Fresh.Hair for texture and grip.
Step: Make a chunky, three-strand braid and, for the mohawk effect, use pins to secure to scalp. Secure the end with elastic and swing over the shoulder. Mist style with Kevin Murphy Session.Spray for flyaway and humidity defense.

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Highlight From the VMAs: Taylor Swift’s Flapper Fantastic Ringlets

 

 

In the 1920s, Flappers were a new breed of women intent on flouting the rules of acceptable society. Known for being brash, treating sex casually, and dressing provocatively –– they had the temerity to bob their hair –– these fashionable young women set the scene for women’s liberation. Now, with The Great Gatsby remake bringing the Jazz Age back into style, many of springs trends are modern interpretations of the fashions of that time. Always on the pulse, Taylor Swift cut right to it at the VMAs. Her romantic pin-curls give her a faux-bob shape, creating a vintage, retro vibe that swings like a Charleston. With modern hot-tools, anyone with mid-length locks can recreate pin-curls in a few minutes, giving you a memorable style that will be the envy of your friends. Learn how in the style notes below.

Step: Prep hair with KEVIN.MURPHY FULL AGAIN Make a deep side-part. Section hair from the crown to the ears.

Step: Starting from the crown, make half-inch horizontal sections, and sub-divide into three or four vertical sections. If it helps, use pins or clips to clip sections (that you are not working on) out of the way.

Step: Now use a curing iron to create curl in these vertical sections, working inward towards the face. The barrel size of the iron determines the kinds of curls you make. For tight, flapper curls, use a 3/4 inch or one inch curling iron. (Use a bigger iron for softer, less curly, more wavy looks.)

Step: Once a curl is made, use pin-curl clips to pin to head. repeat all around. Once all curls are clipped, mist with KEVIN.MURPHY SESSION.SPRAY and allow to cool (to speed this up, use the cool air button on your blow-dryer).

Step: Once cool, brush out gently with a flat-brush until the curly shape is as you like it (use Taylor’s image as inspiration). Now use pins all around to secure in place. Mist again with SESSION.SPRAY to add extra hold to the finish.

 

Or if your not talented with a curling wand then book into a your closest Lattouf Hair & Day Spa location for a set and style this will give you the same look but with a longer lasting hold.

 

 

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Men’s Cuts: Toughly Tousled

Men’s Cuts: Toughly Tousled

For men, styling can be a challenge, especially if their strands fall somewhere between straight and curly. Slick, dapper looks are great for a night on the town, but men should have a casual option too, one that works with their texture. The prohibition era styles of the last few season can be hard to wear natural, especially with wavy textures. The cuts shown here offer a stylish alternative. They have enough length and weight to encourage movement with tapered edges that keep things neat.

Step 1: Ask your stylist for a classic graduated haircut with length at the front. And don’t even think about going to a barber; for this cut to look its best it needs to be customized for your specific texture and growth pattern, something that only an expert stylist can do.

Step 2: At home, shampoo and condition with a gentle hydrating shampoo we recommend Pure Lattouf Hydrate my hair sulphate free shampoo.

Step 3: After showering, towel dry hair very well. Mix together a nickel each of KEVIN.MURPHY NIGHT.RIDER and KEVIN MURPHY UN.DRESSED. Run through strands, starting at the crown and working out to prevent clumping at the front hairline. Part if desired and tousle into place.

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Dry Shampoo The Modern Women's Style Weapon...

We’re still waiting for Prince Charming to rescue us from the tower, but at least we can count on dry shampoo. It rescues us from that most wicked of crones –– the time-consuming beauty regime. Battling the 6:00am conference call, power lunches, and late night Pilates is leaving us tired and grouchy, not pretty and witty. Further, the latest beauty buzz is that daily use of detergent shampoo strips hair of too much sebum, the natural oil that keeps hair shiny and supple. Luckily, innovators in hair care made dry shampoo a noteworthy go to –– a water-free way to freshen hair, soak up excess oils, and remove buildup. Either in aerosol, dust-on, or shake-on form, the starch or silica based formulas bequeath longer life to hairstyles and less trips to the shower. Dry shampoo is not only an oil-absorbing weapon, but an amazing styling aid, creating texture and volume –– perfect for the tousled and undone beauty looks currently trending on this blog and beyond. For the dos and don’ts of dry shampoo:

Do: Shake can vigorously –– the ingredients need to be bounced around –– and be at least 8-10 inches away from root when you spray. This technique evenly distributes product without buildup.

Don’t: Leave it in. Dry shampoo needs to be brushed out. As you brush out, the dirt and buildup will be removed, leaving you with cleanliness, texture and volume.

Do: Layer into hair creatively. Lift hair up and get into the underneath, sides and back.

Don’t: Put onto sopping wet hair. It’s called dry shampoo for a reason.

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Miranda Kerr's Vouge Australia Shoot

Vogue's digitally-focused April issue is now on sale and who better to front it than social-media master, Miranda Kerr? The Aussie model has a whopping 3.6 million followers on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter combined, and cleverly uses her new media channels to support her charitable causes, and share pervy snaps from her glamorous life. The latest Vogue shoot, shot by Miguel Reveriego and styled by Natasha Royt, plays up this glamour-puss side of MK — with the brunette beauty modelling some seriously laydlike looks from the latest Spring/Summer '13 collections courtesy of Prada, Christian Dior and Saint Laurent.

The glossy soft waves and her signature darker shades used on her lips.For a gorgeous sunkissed glow like miranda, try Eles Cosmetics Bronzer Duos -Matte bronzer and shimmering powder in one compact. ELES Mineral Bronzing Duo’s innovative mineral formula minimizes fine lines while maximizing a healthy glow. Colour co-ordinated to be worn over moisturiser or foundation to shade and contour cheeks. Or, brush both shades all over the face, neck and decollete to create a bronzy, “sunless tan”.

Available at all Lattouf Hair & Day Spa Locations

To get glossy locks that shimmer like miranda's try KEVIN.MURPHY YOUNG AGAIN - Immortelle infused treatment oil.
Indulge yourself with intensely conditioned smooth, soft hair. Apply daily to infuse hair with shine and protection from heat and the environment. Directions: Apply to damp, freshly washed hair before styling.

How to use
You apply YOUNG.AGAIN to freshly washed hair and before any styling products are used. Once dried you can apply a small amount to dry hair to further smooth the hair and remove any fly-aways.

Features & benefits
Weightless and nutrient rich
Regain elasticity and infuse hair with shine

Available at all Lattouf Hair & Day Spa locations.
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Jessica’s Fierce Fishtail

Normally the fishtail is a cute, carefree style, but Jessica Szohr has made her fishtail look incredibly sexy by pairing it with chunky, disheveled bangs. The braid is draped over one shoulder for face-framing asymmetry, and some hair is left loose for a messy, sultry look. We adore the combo of the sweet braid with the edgy bangs; the end result is effortlessly cool.

Step: Apply KMS FREE Shape Hot Flex Spray to damp hair, then apply Kevin Murphy Fresh Hair for texture and volume. Scrunch hair until almost dry.
Step: Pull hair over one shoulder and gather it all together. Divide hair into two even sections.
Step: Separate a strand of hair from one section and bring it to the other section. Then take a strand from the other side and pass it to the first side. Continue to pass over strands of hair from each side until the fishtail is complete. Secure with an elastic.
Step: Gently pull out a few strands of hair for a loose, unfinished look.

Style tips from Jocelyn Adwan Lattouf Hair & Day Spa Castle Hill

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Cant Commit To Long Or Short Hair?

Cant commit to long or short hair? Why not lob it off! Get the best of both worlds with a long bob or "lob" as we like to call it. Jennifer Lawrence is the latest leading lady debuting this sassy shoulder-grazing look-
 
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Other celebs to hop on the hot hybrid hair trend include E! news personality Guillianna Rancic opting for a long lock version of the trend.

 

       

We are guessing that J-Laws cute new do will be a popular request in salon!

 

To achieve this tousled look at home we recommend taking these short steps.

 

Step:Firstly prep the hair with KEVIN.MURPHY BODY.GUARD when the hair is damp (This will aid in protecting the hair and moisturising dry ends).

Step:Dry hair completely then spray on KEVIN.MURPHY DAMAGE.MANAGER heat shielding spray.

Step:use a conical tong or ghd styler to curl the hair loosely in large sections( don't worry if curls are a little irregular as this will help create your relaxed do!).

Lastly spray KEVIN.MURPHY HAIR.RESORT.SPRAY through hair(you cant also use KEVIN.MURPHY UN.DRESSED styling creme for this) and rake your fingers through the mid-lengths to ends to create  dischevalled result.

Step: Ligthy mist with KEVIN.MURPHY SESSION.SPRAY for a lasting look.

 

Style tips by Kate Frazer

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Selena Gomez's Classy Updo

Selena Gomez’s Classy Low Updo

 

 

Selena Gomez’s styling goes from strength to strength. She played the fun and flirty child star so well, and now that she is evolving into a young women, her look is going the same way. Here she shows off an elegant low updo, which is a great way to combine the casual and the chic. The opposite –– a high updo –– can appear too forced and too dramatic, especially on such a pretty and radiant young belle. This way, Selena is able to keep hair off the face –– helping to elevate cheekbones and chin in a polished and sophisticated way, while living that magical moment between woman and girl.

Step: Towel-dry hair to damp. Apply 1 pump of KEVIN.MURPHY YOUNG.AGAIN along mid-lengths and ends and blowdry with paddle brush for smoothness and shine.

Step: Lightly mist hair with KEVIN.MURPHY FRESH.HAIR to add body, texture and grip. Make a side part and separate bangs. Gather rest of hair low in the back and use hair ties and / or bobby pins to fix it as you like it.

Step: Push bangs across the eye line for an elegant side-sweep. Pull out a few pieces of hair close to each ear for a slightly undone, face-framing effect. Finish with a light glaze of KEVIN.MURPHY SESSION.SPRAY all over for night time sparkle.

Style Tips from Teriza Eid - Lattouf Hair & Day Spa - Parramatta
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