About a year ago, I met a woman who was talking about a new product she had created called Platinum Seamless hair extensions. I thought they sounded interesting and by the looks of them in her hair, I thought they looked great. We sent Nancy Jaminion (the extensions goddess at Ted Gibson Salon--she has given extensions to everyone from Gabrielle Union and Anne Hathaway to the recent Kate Gosselin makeover for the cover of People) to the class. She came back feeling like they were a cool product but honestly, I didn't think about them much after that.

My friend Ron King (who, BTW, owns an amazing salon in Austin, Texas and is opening a second location soon) came to NYC to do some work for Platinum Seamless and offered to come by the salon to do a class. He is so into the product and I thought, what the heck!

Let me tell you something! I AM OBSESSED!!! You know how I am--once I find something that is innovative and unique, I get so inspired I can barely contain myself!!! I made a Flip video during our class. The results are fantastic and a full head takes about an hour (compared to six hours with Great Lengths).

I love them and we have been doing the service like crazy here in the salon (oh and Ted did "breakovers" for The Wendy Williams Show using Platinum Seamless and his very own clip-in extensions).

Check out the video and LMK.

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Ever since I have been a colorist, I have been listening to women express their issues with hair color. There are a handful of trade-offs women have simply accepted as fact. The tradeoffs I hear most about are that hair color smells bad, that hair color irritates or burns their scalp and that hair color damages their hair. Some complain a little, some complain a lot and some have reactions so severe, they can't even put permanent hair color on their scalp. All of them however attribute their discomfort to ammonia--the ingredient that has been essential since the invention of today's permanent hair color. I have been waiting for the day I can tell my guests they no longer need to have trade-offs when they color their hair.

For the last several weeks I have been one of a handful of colorists around the country to be able to preview the new color line from the hair color creators themselves, L'Oreal. It is called INOA. INOA stands for Innovation No Ammonia. That's right, NO AMMONIA!!! In a nutshell,with INOA you get great gray coverage, up to three levels of lift and NO SCALP IRRITATION!!!

I could seriously go on and on about how amazing this product is. I am sure you will have a million opportunities to hear all about it because Ted Gibson and I spent the entire day yesterday with beauty editors from all the major books--from InStyle and Allure to American Salon and Launchpad Beauty--we even had a private sitting with VOGUE! It was MAJOR!!!!! With this REVOLUTIONARY TECHNOLOGY I can't imagine how the press wouldn't be all over it.

Enough of what I think - check out these four "real women" who are clients of mine at the Ted Gibson Salon to see what they think of the INOA hair color experience.

Are you intrigued or inspired? LMK .

When I saw Tricia Ismail's post on StyleCaster.com, I was immediately inspired!!! I have been noticing on runways like the Zak Posen's and Proenza Schouler's Spring 2010 Collections and of course on my fave Gaga but it was so great to see that Tricia compiled them all into one place. Check out the link if you are interested.

People come into the salon all the time asking for similar variations of these looks. There are a few different ways you could achieve these pastel to vibrant shades yourself if you are so inclined.

The first is with Streekers. Streekers are temporary hair colors that come in pink, ultraviolet, red, green, yellow, orange, purple and blue. They are super easy to use because they come in a lip gloss like applicator. You can easily add ribbons of any shade into your natural hair color. Because the color is temporary you can change your look as frequently as you like and it will shampoo out after one wash.

You can also buy clip in extensions or have your hairdresser apply a more permanent extension like Great Lengths (the brand we used for Kate Gosselin's makeover). Extensions, like Streekers, come in so many different colors and will give you the Gaga look you may be gagging for.

There are many hair color brands you can try as well. L'Oreal has an at home color line called Colour Rays that will give you vibrant color results that will stay put. Manic Panic, a semi-permanent hair color, has been a favorite of punk rockers, club kids and teens for years and has a huge selection on colors to kick you up a notch. I was also searching around www.youtube.com and found a million how to videos using Kool-Aid for a great pastel tint for hair.

Whatever your desire for fab faux or permanent, colorful, sparkle there are so many options!!! Maybe next week I will post a video trying some out....

What do you think? LMK.

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Dionne Warwick
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Rihanna
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I only had dinner with Rihanna once. O.K., well maybe we didn't exactly have dinner together but we were in the same restaurant AND she was only four tables away from me AND we had a moment--she looked right at me and gave me a huge smile--so yes, it counts. After all, I have been at a few lame dinner parties with people and had less interaction...

Anyway, when I had dinner with Rihanna, I couldn't help but check out her hair and more specifically her hair color. She had just started wearing the blonde on the top--in the moment all I could think about was that bird the guy on the late 70's TV show had on his shoulder... Baretta, I think. Anyway, she's a pop star--she can pull off the Sulphur-crested Cockatoo look in a way that is quite chic. I liked it.

Recently, instead of the spiky Cockatoo version she has been wearing it down and curly. Immediately I thought of old school Dionne Warwick!!! Compare the pics... Am I wrong?I think Dionne would be into the imitation as it's the sincerest form of flattery. After all, That's What Friends Are For. Right?

I love inspiration --the way I feel when I'm inspired, the different sources--birds on a shoulder or song birds--and I love any modern twist on a retro or classic.

What do you think? LMK.

Just before Christmas Ted came up to me and said "You will never guess who I am doing a makeover on for the cover of People Magazine!!! Kate Gosselin!!!" I naturally said "Don't you mean the makeover WE are doing???" Hahaha - actually I was blown away by what a great (and super fun) opportunity this was.

I have to admit every time I saw a picture of Kate in a magazine I always thought, what is she thinking with that hair?!?! Since I never saw an episode of the show John and Kate Plus Eight, I really didn't know anything about her except what I had read on the covers of the weekly magazines.

Kate's color was, in my opinion, too stripey, the variation had too much contrast and it looked really dated. When we did the consultation for her new color I was completely surprised by the fact that SHE REALLY LIKED HER HAIR!!! During our initial chat she expressed that she wanted to keep the bold variation and that she really loves to see some contrast in her hair. It was my job to A. Make it look different enough that it would have some impact on the cover of a magazine and B. Make it look pretty!

Kate had never had a single process (one color all over everything) before and that is what I decided to do to the base. I wanted to lighten it from the natural medium brown to a medium sandy blonde. After that, I did a gloss to take all of the previous highlights down to a softer, darker blonde. Then I put in a half head of highlights and lowlights to break up the stripes that were there before and make everything a lot softer and more modern looking.

I was thrilled with the color - and so was she! I listened to what she said and kept the bold variation she loved but did it in a way that looked expensive (she laughed when I told her that!) and super sexy. In the end, Kate was so happy with the way I kept the parts of her color she felt identified her and at the same time, gave it a whole new twist.

If you are curious about the whole day - nearly 20 hours? It was a blast. I love Kate, she is charming and funny, she can tell a good story, she is patient and lovely. People like Kate and these kinds of work days take my job from fun to super fun!!!

I love Kate's new look - What do you think? LMK.