A blog about hair, written by hair junkies at Folica.com

Hi all. Lauren here and The hair color that’s got me fired up this season is RED.

For me, autumn is a great time to find inspiration in the changing colors and red is my favorite fall color. But as much as Fall colors may take credit for the trend, some must still go to the lovely redhead Christina Hendricks of Mad Men. (Another notable redhead starlet is Emma Stone, of course.)

Christina Hendricks – ravishing red for Harper’s Bazaar:

Emma Stone:

Sadly, red tends to fade faster than most hair colors. So if you’re not a natural redhead and even if you are, you should definitely take extra care to keep your color fresh. My hair guru, Jaime Lewis, recommends using shampoos and conditioners specifically designed for red hair. Try John Frieda’s Radiantly Red which can be used on natural and colored red hair.

Are you red or headed in that direction? Any tricks, trials or tails to share?

Happy Fall,

Lauren

Busy Scissors, Redken’s new video game for Nintendo Wii and DS is out this month. In it, you get to play star-stylist to clients in a Hollywood based salon. It’s a race to fame that you win by earning points successfully performing the latest cut, color or style trends.

I found it interesting that “each salon technique was demonstrated and filmed by stylists from the Redken team before it was re-created in 3D and designed as a mini-game.” {stylelist}

(Think they used the NVIDIA graphics chip we saw back in March?)

According to Senior Director of Interactive for Redken, Rachel Weiss: “We are excited to share the behind-the-scenes salon professional experience with our clients via Busy Scissors. [It’s] a new way for consumers to connect and engage with Redken by allowing them to interact directly with Redken products in the virtual salon.”

Will you play it???

One of the articles I read about it mentioned the fun of being able to try a different look every day without having to commit to a cut or color. If you could try any look tomorrow, what would it be?

I think I’d go for a platinum blond pixie.

If you need any help choosing your alter ego, check out New York Daily News’ H’wood hair chameleons photo gallery:

It’s 82 pages strong, Rihana takes two slides and hey, who remembers when Gwen Stefani had braces?!

Have some fun with your hair this weekend and I’ll see you next week for whatever’s next and new in the ‘do business. Cheers!

All we have is Twit-pics at the moment but soon as there’re glossies, will post!

 1. Follow the Twitter buzz on McQueen.

2. How long do you think that took to style?

The whirlwind that is New York Fashion Week attracted trendsetters from all across the globe and HairJunky was there to scout out the newest hairstyles and how-tos for spring. From backstage and the front row, here are a few of our favorite finds and snapshots.

Top chignons (not to be confused with top buns) at Rosa Cha, by Ric Pipino and Jean Marc of Pipino Nolita and the Revolution in Cut product line. Yes, the dynamic duo from our salon visit a couple of weeks ago. (We shot a bunch of video that day that I’m still working on. One of the clips is uploading as we speak. Stay tuned!)

Ric and Jean did the hair for the Rosa Cha show and then alice + olivia immediately afterward and we were lucky enough to tag along.

Ric and Seventeen mag

Backstage at Rosa Cha SS11

Jean Marc chignon doing

{Shop Revolution in Cut on Folica}

Another highlight of the week was Logan Neitzel’s presentation, which I actually helped produce. (You may remember him from Project Runway?) He and I have mutual hairstylist friends from Gene Juarez Salons in Seattle and the whole crew of them (6 total) flew out to NY to style the show. They brought pre cut and colored wigs that they could fit on the girls and then style quickly. Clever, I thought. And it made for lighter suitcases. The models liked the idea less though – an hour into the show I had to sneak them backstage one at a time to snip the elastic on the inside of the wig to loosen it.

Bonus: The stylists left us with a duffel bag full of products.

Logan Neitzel SS11 Presentation

Hair wrap pre-wig.

Choppy bangs and simple ponytail wig. Get your own without the cut: shop Extensions on Folica

P.S. I’d wear everything Neitzel makes, but my favorite piece to date are his leather epaulettes. To me, they serve the same purpose as the messy bangs and ponytail look: add a little toughness to something soft or polished.

And if I had to stand behind one trend from the week though, it’d be the 70s hair (and clothes, makeup, accessories …). The best thing about that decade is that the there was a hairstyle for every hair texture. Curly? Go big with it and embrace an afro. Wavy? Try feathered layers ala Farrah Faucet. Straight? We all know that one: center part, long and sleek and if you’re really in the mood, try a headband around your crown.

{The tool to get all three styles: Pure Heat 3 in 1 Crimper}

Phew Fashion Week. Back to business as usual. Have a great weekend!

Rachelle

Beautiful flying hair on the cover of the new U.O. Fall Catalog!

J.Crew always does gorgeous hair too. Masters of the unstyled style, no?  Shiny and whispy … romantic but not overdone … sophisticated, feminine and playful. I love it and it makes me want to embrace natural texture. Encourage hair to be free, rather than fighting it. Which sounds like the Folica, “Is your hair getting enough playtime?” tagline.

A piece perfectly out of place:

Flowers and tulle:

Hehe:

And tons of charming updo ideas:

Where do you find hairstyling inspiration?