Kelly Rowe NYC Colorist

Want to try a bold color for summer, but don't know which one to pick? Try EMERALD. We are seeing a lot of water inspired colors this summer, royal blues, turquoise, emerald greens. This bold choice is not for the faint at heart but makes a statement. Try it all over with a semi-permanent color line and love it as it changes from emerald to turquoise to sea green, or go for accent pieces to show a little bit of your creative side. This emerald can be bright and reflective or deep like a peacock either way this is the color of summer to try.

Big hair is chic, stylish, and a must! Let's just set one thing straight we are not talking 80's big, that's crispy with Aqua Net and leaves you looking at someone thinking, "what went through this persons head when they left the house?"I am also not talking about pageant queen big! Backcombing hair also known to many as, teasing, can take a ponytail, up do, blown out style, or waves from pretty to va-va-voom! For volume always back comb at crown leaving a layer out in front of it mask the roughened parts, you can secure this layer over the back comb or hair spray it, but make sure to lightly brush with a boar bristle over the back comb to provide some blending; this is a great cushion for attaching bobby pins for styles or creating an extra oomph to your style. When wearing hair in loose waves or curves pump up the volume but lightly back combing mid lengths and ends then pulling apart curls for ultra volume and a runway look.

Curly haired gals LOVE YOUR CURLS! Texture is super in right now. Ultra structured super sleek styles are great, but movement, waves, curls, texture is in, and so hot and on trend. For those with natural waves and curls you are blessed to rock this style without much work. Key things you need: moisture! Curly hair is prone to dryness which can then promote frizz as your hair absorbs moisture from the environment. Use a leave in conditioner heavy or light depending on hair texture and let your curls do their thing, and be frizz free all day! Straight hair girls find a great styling cream with a little hold blow hair out with round brush, use a wand or curling iron to wrap large section for a messy and sexy look! For a permanent wave or curl consider the American Wave, ammonia and thio free waving system, I am offering at half price at the salon ($200) if you call and book and appointment within the next week! Appointment must be scheduled for sometime in next month. Cristiano Cora Studio 212-414-1333. Frizz free beach waves without work YES PLEASE!

It's Saturday and for all you ladies with dates this evening here is some great date hair! T
Is this your first date? These will definitely get that special someone ultra interested and intrigued and land you a second time out together! Try them and post how it goes feel free to ask styling tips!

Lighten up for summer! Choose the color of the sun and go a shade of golden blonde! The perfect blonde for warm weather.

With June fast approaching we know the melting heat and ultra humidity are on their way also. Why not cool off and go with an awesome pixie that fits your sense of style. A short haircut can be conservative, sexy, nervy or a hot mix of them all! It's however you want to express yourself, it's totally up to you! Unlike long styles that resemble each other quite frequently, short pixies can be tailored perfectly to your face shape, hair texture, and your own personal style! Go for an edgy rocker or coy and flirty. Although short haircuts are great for ease of styling, they will need more clean up haircuts to maintain the shape, take these maintaining haircuts as an opportunity to change the look slightly each time, have fun with your pixie and ROCK IT!

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND! With the unofficial start of summer this weekend (even though here in New York it feels more like March) I thought I'd give you a group of products that are a MUST HAVE for the summer months.

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Sebastian Shaper Plus Hair Spray - The best elastic hair spray around! Not too light where it won't control frizz in ultra humid weather but not to strong where you won't be able to get a comb through. The perfect hair spray.

Kerastase Aqua-Seal- UVA/UVB, Chlorine and Salt Water protection, must have for keeping locks strong and protected during summer months.

Muk Spray Leave In Conditioner - Extra light extremely hydrating leave in conditioner my absolutely favorite out of all I have tried. You can apply generously without weight hair down. Perfect for hair parched from salt water or the sun

ARROJO Re-Finish Dry Shampoo - Great product for drying up excess oil in the hair, creating root lift or adding texture to hair at anytime. Perfect for sticky days when you feel your hair is getting a little flat.

Bumble and bumble Surf Foam Shampoo and Conditioner - perfect prep for ultra light texture in hair.

KMS Sea Salt Spray - For creating instant beach waves at anytime whether you live near a beach or not.

ARROJO Styling Whip - perfect lightweight hold, softness, shine, and volume, for blow drying and finger styling. Conditions hair with argan oil and does not build up. Ideal styling product for when you want to not have to worry about your blowout dying on a hot humid night.
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Redken Diamond Oil - AMAZING new product, extra light oil can be used anyway you please and leaves the hair soft and ULTRA SHINY. Frizz makes it hard to create shine but this product will absolutely give you what you need. Add to conditioner, pre shampoo, on wet hair, dry hair, or even on your skin!

How bold do you want to go with accent colors in your hair? Go intense! Think neons like chartreuse, bold lemon, fuchsia, royal blue, aqua, or whatever color you can think of! You can also try drastic contrast like platinum on black or the reverse. Another great way to make colors pop is to use complementary colors, try an adventurous blue on copper hair, valiant violet on golden blondes, emerald greens on firey reds. Use these pics as your muse, to create the look you want. How do you achieve this, super easy! All of these pics show CLIP IN EXTENSIONS! You can get the most amazing eye catching looks without coloring your hair! Clip ins come in a variety of fun colors and are a great way to express your personality with absolutely no commitment. Manic Panic has a great line of clip ins in two different lengths in super bold colors some are even UV reactive so they will glow under black lights. So have fun for a night and be the star of the party.

Ponytails don't have to be boring spice things up and get some inspiration from these. Ponytails are a great way to keep a hairstyle all night without losing it to humidity or other elements. Since its Saturday give one a try tonight when you go out!

With the Electric Daisy Carnival starting tomorrow in NYC I thought I'd give you some great ideas for fabulously electronic music hair! Since it is a the Electric "Daisy" Carnival to keep it simple you can go with a simple hippie look with a daisy headband, take it up a notch and get some hair chalk and color your hair some fun adventurous colors, other options are LED hair clip ins, these are ultra fun and will be great when the sun goes down, hair tinsel is a fun way to glitterfy your hair without actual glitter, and last but not least go totally over the top and you can buy a totally over the top rave colorful wig! Have fun!

Iconic Hair Inspiration: Bridget Bardot

This weather seems to never be warming up and turning into summer, take your hair to a firey hot shade of ginger, to feel the warmth the outside isn't bringing! This is a great shade for summer because fading will not change the color all that much which is a dreaded unavoidable fact for redheads. This shade of red is a standout look without being over the top, it's a color that demands attention, and is ultra sexy very Jessica Rabbit-esque.