JOURNAL

Hair Inspiration: Cubism

This image above is a Botticelli hair style I did around 15 years ago with photographer Felix Lammers and makeup artist Yasmin Heinz. At the time I pulled my inspiration from my Sassoon training ,but its time again to think of recreating this style so I'm putting together a moodboard on soft cubism looks to re inspire me. I learnt at Sassoon how to stack perm to achieve the look of the "Botticelli" as in my image above. For this cubism shape instead of perm rods, we use hundreds of small braids that... Read more...

I HEART

My week revolved around Cheryl Cole, Rankin, The Ham Yard Hotel, TRESemmé and London.If you are planning to visit London, I totally recommend the The Ham Yard Hotel , This is a sister hotel to the Soho Hotel where I often stay - only opened one month ago. Everything is just perfect and the service is impeccable. The best start to your day will be with the hotel fresh breakfast serving homemade yogurt, homemade fresh fruit puree and home backed crunchy muesli all served in grandma style glass containers. The... Read more...

From Beach to Street

It's beach time ! Here are some simple tricks to take your beach hair to the street for late afternoon dinner or drinks.These are tips that work for long hair. Short hair is pretty much a swim, shake and dry. The sea water adds a great texture to short hair once dried, so don't rinse it out. Comb it through into shape while wet then don't brush it once dry, just use your fingers to shake it and you are ready to go ! For long hair you have 2... Read more...

Wendy Iles' Hair Tips : How To Keep Your Hair In Good Condition

One of my twitter followers asked if I'd advice her on how to keep her hair well conditioned. So here's my answer. Thank you Toni for your question and please let me know if this helped you.Firstly be sure to have your hair ends trimmed every 6 weeks even when growing your hair to keep the ends clean of split.If you have many split ends, then start this recipe by first taking off as many as possible. This does not necessarily mean cutting off a lot of length. What I... Read more...

Alice Ghendrih: Make-Up Artist

In my job I work alongside some of the most famous make-up artists of today. One in particular I have worked with this past week for Vogue USA tempted me... Read more...

Wendy Iles' Hair Tips: How to Cope With Frizzy Hair

I have a follower who has a big problem with her frizzy hair. When she asked me for advice, I thought this might also be a problem for many of... Read more...

"Behind the Scenes" with Cheryl Cole for Elnett

Here is a behind the scenes video of the "Making of" Elnett L'Oréal TV spot with Cheryl Cole.We shot this on location outside London. I had to do 3 styles... Read more...

Paris Couture Week 2014

Paris couture week is always a buzz. It starts today Sunday the 6th of July and ends on Friday the 11th of July.It will be exciting to see what's in... Read more...

My Favourite Moments For This Week

What a week ! It started with a day around Paris, shooting for French Vogue. What I can tell you from that shoot is that RED is definitely "IN" for next winter. Red coats, red bags, red boots, red shoes, it's all about red !The week ended in London on Saturday with my daughter and I celebrating French Mothers' Day together. We visited the Chelsea Flower Show where I met florist Juliet Glaves who makes bouquets from handpicked garden flowers, just like I love. The day ended up with a wonderful... Read more...

Protect Your Hair Color in 5 Steps

One of summer's hardest tasks is to stop color fade. Almost all permanent hair colors will fade if exposed to too much harsh sunlight. Blondes lift lighter and brunettes lift... Read more...

I Like This Week

This week was all about train trips. Firstly to London for Garnier shoot with a new British "égerie", which is all a secret for the moment, but I will let... Read more...

Behind the Scenes with Lea Seydoux

Working with French actress Lea Seydoux was so much FUN ! I know Lily Chou the makeup artist as we often work together, but the rest of the team was... Read more...