Fekkai Celebrity Stylist Renato Campora Created A High-Fashion Sophisticated Up-Do for Katy Perry at 39th Annual American Music Awards

INSPIRATION: A very sculpted, modern take on a French twist. Renato was inspired for this look after seeing Katy’s red carpet dress. The look was elegant and sophisticated but also innovative.

How To Get the Look: Renato began by applying Fekkai Coiff Bouffant Lifting & Texturizing Spray Gel to wet hair in order to give it a firm base. He then blow-dried the hair while brushing it through with a flat brush. He used a one-inch curling iron throughout the hair to create body while giving it a sturdy foundation. Renato then heavily teased the hair. To create the final up-do, he pushed the front of the hair forward and wrapped the rest into a French twist, securing it with hairpins. To complete the look, Renato added an accessory made by Vivienne Westwood by weaving it into the hair with his fingers. He secured the look by spraying the hair with Fekkai Coiff Sheer Hold Hairspray.

All products by Fekkai: Fekkai Bouffant Lifting and Texturizing Spray Gel ($25), and Fekkai Sheer Hold Hairspray ($25). Available at Fekkai.com and Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, and Saks Fifth Avenue stores.

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If you think you have  a handle on anti- aging with a great eye cream and facial regimen you are missing one vital piece. Most women overlook their hair as they grow older, missing key steps to keeping their hair healthy, shiny and vibrant. Fortunately Anti-Aging hair care is one of the fastest growing hair care categories and there are lots of great products to get you hair Rapunzel would swoon over.

Pick the right haircut:

You don’t need to chop off your hair  just because your no longer getting carded on ladies night. Study your face and your  lines to determine the right cut. Long hair can make crows feet appear smaller while a great bob can diminish the look of laugh lines and under eye droop. Your stylist can help you find the perfect cut to play up your best features.

Great hair starts on the inside:

What you put in your body is as important as what you put on it. When it comes to healthy hair a high quality anti-aging supplement and a healthy balanced diet will aid you in keeping silky, vibrant hair. Your hair will also benefit from hair care products fortified with vitamins A, B, C, and E, try Vitamin Blueberry Avocado Shampoo ($3.99) infused with potent antioxidants.

Treat your hair to a mask:

A great deep conditioner or mask can help combat dryness and roughness. A great deep conditioner that is easy on the wallet is Age Beautiful Intense Strengthing Treatment (9.99), a customer favorite leaves hair moisturized and easy to manage and adds unbelievable shine.

Switch your Shampoo and Conditioner:

A switch to anti-aging shampoo and conditioner will help nourish  and moisturizeyour hair restoring a youthful shine. Alterna’s Caviar Moisture ($53.00)  goes beyond simple moisture by helping hair attract, retain, and rebalance the hydration it needs. One of my favorites Frederic Fekkai Ageless ($35-$125) anti-aging formula repairs and prevents the effects of biological, environmental and mechanical aging in hair by restoring hair’s intrinsic strength, structure and vitality.

Have you tried any anti-aging hair care products? What have you liked ?  Come join the discussion in the coffee talk community.

I went to Ulta the other day, and went straight to Fekkai, for my must-have Glossing Cream (I’ll never use anything else on my hair!). I noticed that Fekkai has a new line of products, called Silky Straight Ironless.

Each product in the Silky Straight Ironless collection, infused with advanced micro-smoothing technology, is created to work synergistically to create and hold chic, straight style and luxuriously silky texture without effort. This weightless Smooth Finish Serum wraps each hair strand with concentrated smoothing agents and fights humidity, frizz and curl all day for sleek and shiny hair.

I have always had a problem with frizzy hair, and while Glossing Cream is the best product for this, I still have flyaways all day long to deal with! So I picked up Fekkai’s Silky Straight Ironless Smooth Finish Serum. The description read:

This weightless Smooth Finish Serum wraps each hair strand with concentrated smoothing agents and fights humidity, frizz and curl all day for sleek and shiny hair.

How to use: For best results, apply 1-2 pumps and spread through dry hair. For especially unruly hair, combine with the Ironless Straightening Balm on wet hair before blow-drying.

Sounds perfect, no?

Well no…it’s not. It doesn’t work at fighting frizz AT ALL. It did not leave me with sleek and shiny hair. In fact, I’m not sure it didn’t make my hair worse!

I returned it to Ulta, and bought another bottle of Glossing Cream.

FYI

I just had the chance to try this line and I was excited but skeptical as you can see from the before picture below my hair is really curly naturally. Well my doubt was silly Fekkai has produced another brilliant hair care line even with my curly hair the shampoo and conditioner were able to leave it silky straight with just a few minutes of blow drying.

Usually I avoid straightening my hair because its hard labor to dry it and then iron it. The Fekkai Ironless Shampoo and Conditioner were strong enough to tame the curl without drying out my hair! I think I have to buy the Ironless Balm now, can’t wait to see how well it works!

Fekkai Silky Straight Ironless
With Anti-Frizz Straightening Complex to smooth each strand, each product works synergistically to create and hold a chic, straight style

SILKY STRAIGHT IRONLESS™ SHAMPOO

This smoothing shampoo fights frizz and primes each hair strand to receive the powerful results of our salon-proven Straightening Complex.

SILKY STRAIGHT IRONLESS™ CONDITIONER

This silkening conditioner softens hair and restores manageability. The Straightening Complex smoothes the cuticle down and helps lock humidity out for silky straight locks.

Natural Hair                                              Post Ironless Shampoo/Conditioner no product

Disclosure: Complimentary samples of this product were sent to me for an honest review.

Frédéric Fekkai has a great gift idea for Mother’s Day that will make the beauty of moms nationwide radiate.

This Mother’s Day, celebrate her splendor with an ultra indulgent trip to the Frédéric Fekkai Salon. With the gift of a $250 Frédéric Fekkai gift card treat your mother to a complimentary manicure, too. Let the expert stylists craft a special look to enhance her beauty, then shop the extensive line of beauty products to maintain her gorgeous glow.

Valid May 2nd through May 8th. Offer valid on gift card purchases of $250 or more. Offer not valid on previous gift card purchases.

Visit www.fekkai.com for salon locations nationwide.

Check out the latest from the fabulous Fekkai collection:

Marine Summer Hair Collection

Take the summer off
from frizz, fuss & damage.

Take the summer off from frizz, fuss & damage. Our complete summer hair care regimen draws on AquaTherapy technology to defend against the damaging effects of sun, saltwater and chlorine—and now, humidity.

Collection includes:MARINE CLEAN DETOX SHAMPOO, BEACHCOMBER LEAVE-IN CONDITIONER, SMOOTH SAILING ANTI-FRIZZ CREAM, BEACH WAVES

$24

Ageless Hair Products

Anti-aging for your hair. Restores hair’s intrinsic strength, structure and vitality.

Anti-aging formulations that repair and prevent the effects of biological, environmental and mechanical aging in hair by restoring hair’s intrinsic strength, structure and vitality. This three-step system was specially designed to visibly correct the first signs of fiber aging (e.g., dryness, damage, loss or radiance, uneven texture) while proactively protecting hair from mechanical and environmental “age-accelerators” (e.g., color and chemical processing, heat-styling, pollution, UV radiation). With continued use, hair is protected and stays younger-looking longer.

Collection includes: AGELESS™ REJUVENATING SHAMPOO, AGELESS™ RESTRUCTURIZING CONDITIONER, AGELESS™ OVERNIGHT HAIR REPAIR, AGELESS™ CRÈME LUXE HAIR TREATMENT, AGELESS™ ALL-DAY HAIR PLUMP

$35.00 and up