Get the Look: Zooey Deschanel at the 2013 Golden Globes

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Who: Zooey Deschanel What: 70th Annual Golden Globes Makeup Artist: Jorjee Douglas for tarte Inspiration:  “We always love to go very 60s with Zooey’s makeup, so we look at Brigitte Bardot and Twiggy for inspiration. We went with a modern Zooey version that made her blue eyes pop.” How to: Face: She prepped Zooey’s skin the night [...]

Get the Look: Kerry Washington at 2013 Golden Globes

Kerry Washington 2013 Golden Globes

Who: Kerry Washington What: 7oth Annual Golden Globes Hair Stylist: Marcus Francis using John Frieda Inspiration: Celebrity hairstylist Marcus Francis was inspired by Kerry Washington’s sequined, structured gown. How to: Step 1 – Prep Spray Frizz-Ease 3-Day Straight Semi-Permanent Styling Spray  ($9.99 at drugstores), throughout wet hair and comb through to distribute the product evenly. Step 2 – [...]

Get the Look: Anne Hathaway 2013 Golden Globes

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Who: Anne Hathaway What: 70th Annual Golden Globes Awards Hair Stylist: Frederic Fekkai’s Adir Abergel Inspiration:  A loose, romantic style inspired by Anne’s gown and vintage Chanel advertisements from the 1990s and early 2000s (featuring model Stella Tennant)      How To: Begin by applying Fekkai COIFF Bouffant Lifting & Texturizing Spray Gel on freshly washed hair. Spray the hair from [...]

TTB Reviews: Fekkai PrX Hair Care Line

Fekkai PrX hair line

It’s the new year, and along with personal resolutions (go to the gym more, stop and smell the roses, blah-ba-dee-blah) my beauty resolutions are paramount to this commitment. One of the areas that can always use work for so many of us heat-styling addicts is better, healthier hair.  Since my hair is naturally curly, a [...]

ThisThatBeauty Video Tutorial: Side Sweep Pompadour

ThisThaTBeauty Christene Carr How to do a Pompadour

I’m still trying to decide what I’ll get into for New Year’s Eve. But while I’m thinking about “festivities,” I’m also giving serious thought to what I’ll do with my hair. I have about three inches of very tightly coiled natural hair that is more often than not — in Afro Helmet status. A couple [...]

TTB Holiday Giveaway: Joico

TTBHoliday Joico

Yesterday, Felicia hosted a Twitter party with Joico and Joico hair stylist, Cherry Petenbrink. For an hour the Twittershpere was abuzz with professional tips for winter haircare and styling tips to help hair look fabulous this holiday season. Click here to see the information shared at last night’s #JoicoParty. No party is complete without a [...]

TTB Highlight: Glossybox US

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The world is becoming overrun with beauty subscriptions.  They are everywhere -  sending you tons of makeup, skincare and hair samples monthly, in hopes that you may fall in love with at least one if not all of the items and become a loyal purchaser.  Though the playing field is well saturated, there is still [...]

Katy Perry for ghd: good hair day, every day

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Katy Perry has a bubbly persona that is easy to love. Even when she is being serious I still see her as a bit playful.  In these  photos of her latest campaign for  ghd, Katy shows a sophisticated style that is exceptionally easy on the eyes. Katy Perry is ghd’s Global Brand Ambassador and for [...]

ThisThatBeauty Reviews: Ouidad Curl Co-wash and Mongongo Oil

Ouidad Co-wash

I was recently invited to a Curlbox and Ouidad  event to launch Ouidad’s new Co-wash and a multi use hair treatment called Mongongo Oil. Never before had I been in the presence of such beautiful curls –everywhere I looked there was one beauty after another. I loved it! To see all the event photos, please [...]

ThisThatBeauty Review: Elizabeth Arden Red Door Spa

Big, Bouncy Hair!

I was raised in the South (Virginia Beach) to be exact, and while I don’t consider myself a true Southern Belle, I did develop a strong affinity for the big hair often affiliated with anything below the Mason Dixon line.  It’s quite the challenge to find stylists and salons in Manhattan that keep the dream alive – [...]