Archive for March 22nd, 2010

Robert Pattinson wants to be James Dean. He’s been deemed the world’s favorite vampire (as Edward in the Twilight films), but more recently, his attempts at a less sparkly career fall flat when he’s left to his own devices. But what better way to revamp (no pun intended) his career than to play up that signature brooding expression in a modern day tragedy? That’s where Remember Me comes in. It’s endearing, exasperating, and delicate – not unlike young love.
 
Pattinson plays 21-year-old Tyler, a scruffy amalgam of troubled young men through the ages. Like Holden before him, he’s got a little sister whom he adores, and he tends to focus his energy on withdrawing from society. Like the guy in Ordinary People, he’s also living in the shadow of his dead older brother. Coincidentally, he’s also the son of a bureaucratic, dominant father, much like Cal in East of Eden. Tyler is more like a set of qualities than a character (i.e. he works at a Strand bookstore in New York City (surprise), arranging shelves into categories like authors who died young or authors who slept together). He smokes obsessively, drinks beer for breakfast, and more…

Fatima Scott

There are up to 150,000 strands that make up a full head of hair. Thankfully, it doesn’t take that amount of people to maintain it. Good hair needs texture, requires length, and deserves some type of body. It’s believed that we’ll care for our hair the way we care for our pets. We groom them, feed them nutrition, and can’t help but pet them every so often. Just as a dog needs an owner, good hair needs a companion too; a hairstylist.

Today, salons have become a woman’s home away from home. It’s the one environment where women share the same needs, wants and interest; healthy hair. In fact, most women would live in the salon if they had the chance too. In today’s society all a woman needs is a comb, a mirror, hairspray, and a rack of gossip magazines to keep her occupied. (And just maybe, a handsome mail man to more…

Kasia Struss with Guido Palau’s hairstyling

The trends for Spring/Summer 2010 are classy and full of fun, but they also have had a fun laid-back vibe, and that’s how the trend of the braid came back. Some designers have had models with braids. Some were across the head as headbands, and some just loose, they still made a fashionable statement, and have become the latest obsession of fashionistas and a great trend for the upcoming spring/summer. 

Milkmaid braids were popular among Oscar de la Renta. One bold braid was made on the crown of the head, forming a circle. De la Renta weaved bright pieces of ribbon into the hair for a unique look. The trend can also be done as a front braid, where the braid goes from front to back. Diane von Furstenberg had models with small braids down the side of their heads, and slicked back. Some designers sported a new way of braiding by doing fishbone braid. The braid is more narrower and has more layers because the process involves small pieces overlapping each other. But when achieved, the braid is more…