Holiday Wrap Up
Sherri Jessee
This issue, STYLE SOURCE features Sherri’s Steps to Style by Rusk Creative Team member Sherri Jessee. You’ve seen Sherri’s work under the Collection banner in past issues, and she’s our go-to for Get the Look instructions. Here in her column, Sherri takes you inside her professional stylist world to share her adventures at photo shoots, trade shows, hair competitions, Creative Team brainstorming sessions and, always, back at the salon where all of her artistry begins. Sherri’s eye for style is one of the sharpest!
Rachel Bison
Dressing your hair sets this season apart from your everyday life. Not only do your clothes have more sparkle, but your hair can, too! Accessories are an easy way to achieve that. Twist back one side with a rhinestone clip, wear a gem-encrusted headband or slip in some sparkly bobby pins, and you’re ready to celebrate! If you get stuck, stop by the salon and ask your stylist for help. We love seeing our clients right before a big party!
Right now the key focus is shiny, healthy hair, so I find that my clients are staying close to their natural color and just shining it up with demi-permanent color. You may think that doesn’t quite hold true in the case of the color-fade, Ombre (French for “shade” or “shadow”) look that’s becoming popular in Hollywood. But this look, with darker hair on top transitioning to lighter hair at the ends, actually mimics the way winter hair grows in darker and contrasts with summery blonde ends.
Drew Barrymore and Lauren Conrad
Rachel Bilson’s chocolate-to-caramel Ombre fade is one of my favorite trendy looks! At Rusk, we call this “radiant lighting” because it seems to be lit from the bottom and underneath. Stylists are achieving this effect with baliage, a hair-painting method. It’s much easier to maintain than traditional highlights, because there’s virtually no appearance of regrowth. For a dramatic Ombre look, try red-violet-chocolate (4RV+5CH) on top and red (6.RR) on the bottom or get even more daring with a high-contrast combination of black (1NC) with blonde (10NW).
As a member of Rusk’s Creative Design Team, Sherri Jessee is instrumental in developing the company’s annual Trend Release as well as training hairdressers all over the country. Sherri owns Sherri’s Hair Salon in Bristol, Virginia, and is widely quoted online for her celebrity hair how-to’s.
The Skinny on Oil
Oil will continue to be a dominant product in 2011, because it helps everyone claim shiny, healthy hair. We’re just not accepting damaged or frizzy hair anymore. Hair can be curly or straight, but it has to be sleek and healthy-looking.
A product like Rusk Deepshine Oil protects your hair regardless of length and how much heat-styling you do. Because Deepshine has a high concentration of the active ingredient argan oil; you need only a few drops for normal hair and a little more for drier or chemically damaged hair. The four-ounce bottle will last a very long time. Apply the oil to toweldried hair by rubbing it on your hands—you don’t have to emulsify the product or break it down—and then run
run your hands through your hair to distribute it evenly. Combing or brushing your hair from roots to ends will further distribute the oil as well as detangle and smooth the hair.
Oil is flexible—you can add it to other products. For nearly every client who sits in my chair, I add a few drops of Deepshine Oil to a small amount of Rusk Wired Flexible Styling Creme. The result is a conditioner that provides control. When I do the blowdry, the hair becomes smooth with lots of body and control.
Pros are Your Pals
You’ll be happiest with your hair if you develop a rapport with your stylist. First, choose a stylist who really listens to you and focuses on your needs. This will help you develop trust so that you can share your thoughts. While the hair professional knows fashion and trend, you’re the one who’s been living with your hair. You know where your cowlicks are, which side curls up no matter what you do, where your bangs won’t lie flat, how your hair takes to a perm, where it separates at the crown—all of the information that will help your hairdresser to map out a plan for you. As professional stylists, we can control anything. But when you leave the salon, you’re on your own! Your stylist wants to make it as easy as possible for you to recreate the look, so talk to her!
Emma Roberts and Kristen Stewart
Braid Brigade
Historically, braiding has always had a role in hairstyling because braids provide a pretty way to control the hair. At holiday time, braids create texture and interest. To construct Heather Morris’s pretty braid:
Heather Morris
- Rub a dollop of Rusk Plumping Mousse into dry hair and blowdry it for 15 seconds. If your hair is super-fine, pump up the volume with 10 minutes of hot rollers.
- Starting in front of the ear, below the temple, fashion a braid on each side of your head and secure the ends with Scunci Clear Mini Polybands, and just let them hang.
- Loosely rake back the remaining hair with your fingers, twist it into a messy bun and secure it with an elastic band and bobby pins.
- Returning to your two hanging braids, cross them over the top of your head, milkmaid-style, and pin them into place.
- If you have bangs, smooth them with a flat iron. Then mist all over with Rusk Radical Extreme Hold Hair Spray.