This weekend, Guido, Redken Creative Consultant, was busy creating perfect runway hair to complement the looks atJean Paul Gaultier, Akris, Loewe, Sonia Rykiel and Celine shows in Paris for Fall/Winter 2011 Fashion Week
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At Jean Paul Gaultier, hair was shaped into an airy twist with height at the crown and was “inspired by Alred Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds’ and we used wigs to portray a very done bourgeois woman.” –Guido, Redken Creative Consultant.
Redken product:
forceful 23 super strength finishing spray
Create the look:
Even though wigs were used for the show purpose, this style can be recreated:
- Rough dry hair
- Create a 2-inch center part
- Backcomb hair to create an airy texture
- Twist hair into a French Twist leaving volume at the crown
- Finish with forceful 23 super strength finishing spray all over hair to secure in place
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The look at Akris was a shiny low ponytail with a left side part. “We wanted to keep the hair simple with a youthful, low ponytail.” –Guido, Redken Creative Consultant
Redken products:
- wax blast 10 high impact finishing spray-wax
- shine flash 02 glistening mist (available April 2011)
Create the look:
- Spray wax blast 10 onto damp hair and rough dry to create texture
- Create a deep, left side part
- Pull hair into a low ponytail beginning at the nape of the neck
- Spray wax blast 10 high impact finishing spray-wax onto ponytail to create added texture
- Finish entire look with shine flash 02 for lightweight shine.
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At Sonia Rykiel, the hairstyle was a two-textured style with a soft, asymmetrical roll in the back and a tougher sprayed down front portion. The Sonia Rykiel woman is a very Parisian, left bank woman. This style was inspired by the 40s, and embodies both masculinity and femininity at the same time with the two different textures - matte in the back and shine in front. This is a very wearable look for women today.” –Guido, Redken Creative Consultant
Redken Products:
- Nature's Rescue Radiant Sea Spray
- forceful 23 super strength finishing spray
Create the look:
- Apply Nature’s Rescue Radiant Sea Spray and rough dry into hair
- Create a deep left side part
- On both sides of the head, loosely twist a section above the ear and secure both sections with pins in the back
- Pull hair into a low ponytail and backcomb adding thickness and texture
- Roll hair up toward the nape, turning slight to the right, creating an asymmetrical roll- secure with pins
- Pull a few pieces out to make it very soft, feminine
- Apply 2 jeweled hair pins on either side of the roll
- Spray forceful 23 super strength finishing spray onto the front portion, making this portion very hard.
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Wanting to create a look that was “very simple but with high impact and slightly dominatrix and tough,” Guido, Redken Creative Consultant fashioned a strict, tight, lacquered knot at the crown of the head with a ponytail holder covering the knot at the Loewe show.
Redken products:
- hardwear 16 super strong sculpting gel
- shine flash 02 glistening mist (available April 2011)
Create the look:
- Apply hardwear 16 super strong sculpting gel to dry hair making sure to saturate the hair and comb product all the way through.
- Pull hair into a high ponytail at the crown of the head and use the back of the comb to smooth hair.
- Twist ponytail and wrap into a knot, secure with pins.
- Spray shine flash 02 glistening mist all over head for added shine.
- Finish by placing a ponytail holder on top of the knot
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Inspired by the “intellectual 60s” and playing off a character who did her hair on her own with imperfections, Guido, Redken Creative Consultant created a deep, left side ponytail with pieces falling out at the Celine show*.
Redken Products:
- wax blast 10 high impact finishing spray-wax
- forceful 23 super strength finishing spray
Create the look:
- Spray wax blast 10 high impact finishing spray-wax throughout hair and rough dry
- Create a deep left side part, and cover the ears a little with hair
- Pull hair into a low ponytail and secure with an elastic
- Pull pieces of hair out to create more of a bed head look
- Finish with forceful 23 super strength finishing spray
All Photos courtesy of Matt Lever for Redken
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