Hairstyle World Article for Women

Hair trends and forecast for summer 2006

Charles Worthington’s Creative Manager Adam Reed and Colour Director Carolyn Newman help you to re-create spring and summer 06s’ hot new hairstyles

Styling

On the catwalks of the spring/summer 06 shows voluminous hair appeared in many forms; high volume blow-dries, back brushed cheer leader crowns framed with headbands and bouncy flowing Marcel waves.

To re-create any style that needs body, apply Results Full Volume Lasting Volume Root Lift Spray (£3.99) to dry hair to create the instant volume and lift you need.

There was a return to straight hair in the spring/summer 06 shows but not the poker straight styles that have dominated past seasons. Hair is sleek and soft but with added volume that has been created by a perfectly executed blow-dry. Straightening irons can then be used through the lengths and ends of the hair for an immaculate finish. If a great blow-dry eludes you at home visit Charles Worthington’s Blow Dry Master Class, available at all London salons, you get an hour’s tuition and a fabulous goody bag for £45.

The ponytail emerged as a prominent trend for spring/summer 06. There were many variations; a simple yet elegant ponytail tied into the nape of the neck, a glamorous high shine high ponytail or a more relaxed curled or twisted style. Recreated easily yourself by brushing hair back to the crown of your head and fixing it with a piece of wet string. The string will contract as it dries making sure they pony tail stays securely in place. Smooth a small amount of anti-frizz serum such as Q&A Frizz Fix Super Serum. (£5.99) over your hair to tame wayward strands.

Cuts
A major trend this summer is the return of the bob. Whether it is strong and blunt with a fringe, or totally shattered throughout the perimeter, it’s a striking style. If you don’t feel bold enough to go for full chop, tuck your hair into the nape and secure it with a headband - you can carry off the look without losing the length. To create maximum impact, the bob should be sleek and glossy, once hair has been styled, finish with a spray of Dream Hair Divine Shine Finishing Spray (£4.99).

Again fringes featured prominently this season, whether they are strong and blunt, or side swept and textured there will be a strong presence of the fringe through summer 06.

Colour Trends
Colour is focused on inter-mixing different shades to create pure clean tones with shiny and silky looking hair colour. Summer hair colours will be light in texture, the graphic placement of colour will ensure hair shimmers and glistens.

Colour will be designed individually using shade combinations. For blondes, tones of neutral beige, oyster, gold and pearl will be added to natural hair colour. Reds will have tones of raspberry, rose, claret and crimson added, and brunettes will be enriched with variations of earthen brown, fawn, mushroom and coal.

All Charles Worthington products are available from Charles Worthington salons and Boots stores nationwide.

www.charlesworthington.com

Add comment May 1st, 2006

IHR: straightening out bad hair days

by Michelle Braham

Michelle Braham checks out Ion Hair Retexturising, the latest development in hair straightening

As a self-proclaimed hair care aficionado, I have always been a sucker for styling products that boast miraculous ’super-straightening’ results, such as sprays, gels and serums.

Yet no amount of yanking my limp, wavy, flyaway hair with a variety of professional paddle brushes under blasts of intense heat can beat a professional salon blow-dry - a weekly short-term cure that I deem time-consuming and incredibly decadent.

So, in my quest for fabulously straight Jennifer Aniston-esque locks, I was intrigued to discover a ‘revolutionary grooming treatment’ that claims to ’safely transform distressed tresses into straight, silky, smooth and hydrated hair - forever!’

Located in the heart of Soho, trendy salon JL Ion is a godsend for any woman who, like me, frequently faces frizzy hair days. The unique treatment - invented in Japan in the late 1990s and widely favoured by the grooming industry in Southeast Asia - is called IHR (Ion Hair Retexturising). It is currently exclusive to JL Ion, yet the company plans to make IHR the hottest buzzword for hairdressers throughout the UK.

The science bit
The science of IHR is totally mind-boggling; ask for an explanation and you’ll get a chemistry lesson. My specialist explained that positive and negative ions exist in most substances and are small particles that gather around an object. Through restructuring the ion cluster of water, IHR allows water molecules to penetrate into the core of each hair. As a result, the hair is rehydrated and reconditioned in each IHR treatment. Confused? Basically, as the IHR treatment penetrates every single strand of your hair, it amazingly relaxes and straightens curly, coarse, damaged and dehydrated locks. I was assured that there would be no damage to my hair whatsoever. ‘On the contrary, it will improve the condition,’ my specialist enthused.

This newfound miracle is hardly speedy - I had to sweat out four tedious hours flicking through Japanese-style mags as various lotions and potions were applied. There are four steps to IHR, so for those with a low boredom threshold, take a good book. After a shampoo, my hair was sprayed with Ionic Protector, a pre-treatment spray that restores the protein and moisture content of hair.

Add comment May 1st, 2006