CHRIS BARAN Meet Redken's Top Hair Guru And Hair Master Extraordinaire by Elena Negreskul
At the beginning of my career, I had a wake-upcall when a client told me, "Chris, don't cut myhair today because I'm going to Montrealto get a good haircut."
Junior Style Stars - a beauty organization that's devoted to creating prize-worthy bridal com-petitions for cosmetology stu-dents - recently crowned a new beauty queen...or rather a national student champion. Angelica Gomez, who's studying the art of professional beauty at the Los Angeles Trade Technical Collegein the City of the Angels, beat out 325 other competitors to win top honors, which included a heart-pounding $50,000 in cash, educa-tion and travel opportunities, as well as the chance to work with, and be mentored by, a bevy of renowned hairstylists. Gomez was presented her award during a sur-prise presentation by Junior Style Stars founder Paul Barry of Barristar Productions andcelebrity stylist Allen Edwards.
What's too dry, too dull, too frizzy? A curly girl's hair, of course! But unlike past years when nothing short of heavy, greasy products and harsh relaxers could force her recalcitrant strands to behave, today's options can convince even the most stubborn coils to calm down and play pretty.
There are few beauty-emer-gencies more exasperating than breaking an acrylic nail when repairs are not avail-able - on your honeymoon in Morocco, perhaps, or the night before a major meeting. But the great thing about healthy, natural nails - meaning a nail with no tip, wrap, gel, silk or other arti-ficial enhancement - is that when the inevitable split or break does occur, you can file them down, condition hands, nails and cuticles, and just start over.
On April 7, Brig Van Osten was revealed as the third and latest winner of Bravo's Shear Genius competition. But triumphing over thousands of applicants - and a few snarky fellow contes-tants - is never an easy road. In fact, the canary-haired stylist was turned down when she audition for Season 2 of Shear Genius. When she came back to compete for a spot on Season 3, she was ready: "I took that year to make myself a better candidate for the show."
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