THE REAL HAIR TRUTH by Joseph Kellner ~ Reviewed by HAIR NEWS NETWORK

The Real Hair Truth is a documentary by Joseph Kellner created for anyone considering a career in the hair industry, anyone new to the hair industry, as well as the professional independent stylist, and salon and business owner. Interviews are given with established artists and some highly revered icons in the world of hair who greatly contribute to inform on a variety of pertinent topics from different angles with varied opinions. The admirable Maurice Tidy, Robert Lobetta, Jess Briggs, Albie Mulcahy, Eric Charles Mokotoff, Claudia Diesti, Phil Stone...just to name a few...give brilliant and colorful contributions and opinions sharing their knowledge from individual experiences throughout.

The film is smartly made and moves fast, and is loaded with valuable information giving the viewer much to think about on topics varying from education, to booth renting vs commission vs salary, marketing and trade shows, to product diversion...and much much more. It is a film to pay close attention to, and offers more to take into careful consideration than can be absorbed in one viewing, when making business choices and mapping out ones career path.

Although you may or may not agree with all or any of Mr. Kellner's opinions and point of views, his diplomatic and emphatic delivery comes through as caring and sincere from the heart with a true passion for his craft, and proud reverence for the hair industry.

Whether as a platform for debate, or to gain knowledge and have eyes opened, or to be inspired and informed, this is a MUST see.

Thumbs up, Mr. Kellner!

by Kathryn Miller for Hair News Network



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Halloween Vamp

Vampires are a traditional, popular look for Halloween especially this year thanks to "Twilight" and "New Moon." Could there be anything more frightening than bumping into a vampire on this particular night? Here we show you three steps to do vampire makeup for Halloween.

Step 1: Prep the face

An extremely pale face is a must here. You must look as if you have never stepped out into the sunlight. I suggest using foundation from a costume shop meant for other deathly costumes. Before applying any type of face paint, I suggest slathering your face with a foundation primer or moisturizer. This keeps makeup from appearing cakey, especially if you have dry skin.
Apply a puff of powder over entire face to keep it in place. You can use white baby powder here to keep the white effect.

Step 2: Apply the eye makeup

For the perfect vampire makeup, you want a smokey eye. The trick here is to use eyeshadow for the smokey bits, over an eyeliner. You can choose a dark gray, brown or black or have fun with aubergine. Any dark eyeliner and eyeshadow will do you. Apply eyeliner on the inside of eye, on the top and bottom. Then take a dark eyeshadow and apply around the perimeter of the eye. Blend well.
If you really want to go all out as a vampire, pop in fake contact lenses. You can order them online or get them in costume shops.

Step 3: Now have fun with the lips

Vampire lips aren't supposed to be perfect. But they are supposed to be red. To get this look rub lipstick on your finger and press into lips. The "stain" will look authentic. Don't forget to put in your fangs and you're ready to go.

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Ellen DeGeneres Wears Snooki Pouf Halloween Costume

Ellen DeGeneres dressed as Snooki's pouf on her talk show. Photo: Michael Rozman, Warner Bros

Now that's scary.

Ellen DeGeneres will be dressing as Snooki's famous pouf in a Halloween episode of "Ellen" airing Oct. 29, her show tells us.

While the "Jersey Shore" star is set to be one of the holiday's most ubiquitous costumes, DeGeneres is taking it to the next level by wearing a knee-length black hairpiece (complete with handy cutouts for the face and arms), from which a spray-tanned Snooki Cabbage Patch doll dangles.

Top that, meat dress.

"That's Snooki down there," the talk show host says.

"I'm the pouf. She's the actual size. She is that short.

"I met her in person. I was almost late for the show because I didn't take in account how long it takes to gym, tan, and laundry, everybody."

Rookie mistake.

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Lady Gaga Wears Gray, Blue and Black Hair

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Posted Oct 25thLady Gaga's two-tone locks.

Photo: Neil Mockford/FilmMagic

Oh Lady Gaga, there you are again, up to your old "look at me" antics. This time, it's not a hair dress, a meat dress or even a rendition of your local farmer's scarecrow.

No, this time, it's back to the gray hair. And who can blame you? It had so much shock value the first time around.

Spotted leaving her London hotel recently, Lady Gaga was sporting long silver strands accented with blue and black highlights that appeared to be sprayed on. Usually Ms. Bad Romance is setting the trends, but dare we say this time she appears to be repeating them?

The gray hair is nothing new. We saw it when she graced the September cover of Vanity Fair. We've also seen it on other stars like Kate Moss and Kristen McMenamy. We even witnessed it all over the catwalk last year.

The blue dye at the end of her strands is also following this season's trend where heavily dyed tips are the new alternative to all-over highlights. The blue has been done on the likes of Juliette Lewis and Katy Perry, not to mention the Lady herself last month at the VMAs.

So come on Lady G, what else do you have for us? Shock us with more raw meat or a telephone 'do. It's almost Halloween, you know!

Want more Gaga fashion? Have you seen her Statue of Liberty get-up?

And check out this roundup of Lady Gaga's 10 most outrageous outfits.

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