Ellen in NYC

Here is something I did last December. It's called The Lost Boys.

Ok, so its taken  me 3 months to post some of the pictures for fashion week in NYC.  I hope you enjoy this hairdresser snap shot view.  I would like to take more pictures but I am working these shows. It can get tough to find a moment when I can stop and take pictures in the rush of doing hair for the shows.  These are pictures of the people that create these looks and the teams that make it happen, that I have been so grateful to be part of for the past 14 years.  Click on the picture to go to the Fashion Week Spring 2010 galleries.

I am leaving for Florida on Friday and I am looking forward to diving in the beautiful blue water.  I get so much inspiration from diving, I will put a new cut online for printing down load, so come back and see what new shape that has inspired me from the tropics and the sea.  I can hardly wait.  Tomorrow I am doing hair for L'Oreal's Centennial Celebration 50 years,  I will get some pictures of the event.  The interns will be dressed in period costumes and the hair will reflect the times.  Can't wait it will be fun. Come back and see the pictures....

I have been using hair pieces for many years. I’ve used them on clients, in my editorial work, in shows and in classes I’ve taught. I’ve used wefts, wigs, extensions, and just about any other types of hair piece you can think of. During my experimenting, I have found that they can be a great inspiration for color placement. So when my friend Ann Marie Walts, a fellow Redken Artist from West Springfield, MA, came to visit last week, the creative juices were flowing.

Disconnection is a method for cutting hair without physically connecting the sections with the cut. It’s been around for a long time, but is recently making it’s way back into the salons. We are currently using this cutting method to reduce weight where needed, and add add interest to any haircut.

This haircut is a modern version of an old classic, the bob. It’s a great way to introduce disconnection to timid clients. In this article, I'll give you the diagrams, tips and techniques to reproduce this haircut.

The Denman Brush came into use in the 1960’s when geometric clean bobs and shapes came into fashion Vidal Sassoon put these styles on the map. These cuts worked great on straight to wavy textures that are easily blown dry without a huge amount of tension. The hand blow dryer was first used on these styles revolutionizing the way hair was finished. We saw and end to bouffant styles and a beginning of free easy styling.

To many, blow-drying seems like a simple task. But to me, it’s an art. I am one of those hairdressers who needed a lot of help in this area, especially with all the different textures that are out there in hair. I came to a point in my career where I just couldn’t get the results I wanted with the skills I had. I had originally learned how to blow dry with out the nozzle on, air on full throttle with the head upside down for lots of height and texture for big 80’s hair, let’s face it I needed help.

If you’re like me, you are probably always in the search for better tools. Occasionally, I get asked to test products and tools, and I love to pass my opinions on to my friends (as well as the marketing folks for the vendors.) Other times, I come across tools being used by my peers.