Emmy Hair
Here I am in Los Angeles on the day of the Emmys. You have to be in a coma not to realize that it's a special day. The gym was as busy as Grand Central Station at 7:00am. Every hairdresser and make-up artist in town has been booked weeks in advance and is packed and ready for any beauty emergency.
There is not a root or grey hair to be seen in Hollywood. Everyone looks fluffed, buffed and polished, even if they are going to watch the show on TV. Of course the people in the biz are concerned with the outcome of the awards, but as for the rest of us, we want to watch the fun, fashion, and the eye candy. The big question for us is who is will dominate the red carpet? It's almost 3:00pm. The first of the nominees are about to arrive. Let the games begin!
The all-star players are arriving. They include Ali Larter, Kyra Sedgwick, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Hayden Panettiere, Eva Longoria, Ellen Degeneres and Portia De Rossi, Julia Louis Dryfuss, Debra Messing, Elizabeth Perkins, Katherine Heigl, Marcia Cross, and Kate Walsh. They are doing the meet and greet with Ryan Seacrest, and E!'s other Hollywood fashionistas. This is the perfect moment to notice trends, taste, and new directions in fashion and beauty.
The big hair news this evening is body is back. It doesn't matter if you wear it straight or wavy, hair must have body, bounce, and movement. It is officially time to throw away your flat irons and embrace your curling irons and rollers. Yes ladies, I said rollers! I know you won't throw away your hair spray but use it sparingly and force yourself to put it away. If your hair doesn't look like you can run your fingers through it you used to much spray. Brush it out and pray for the best.
Probably the newest and most flattering look of the night was glamorous waves. Eva Longoria, Teri Hatcher, Portia De Rossi, and Kyra Sedgwick all wore what looked like effortless waves. They looked beautiful and were right on trend. Their hair looked finished but soft and touchable.
The new straight hair had a strong showing at the Emmys. Julia Louis Dryfus, Marcia Cross, Eddie Falco, Debra Messing, Jennifer Love Hewitt, and Ali Larter all wore straight hair that was either set in rollers or blow dried with large round brushes to make full manes of hair. Hair was full bodied even if it is was worn straight. Straight flat hair looked like last season's award shows.
Elizabeth Perkins, Hayden Panettiere, Heidi Klum, and Katherine Heigl's updos all had the glamor of old Hollywood but looked totally new. The tip to old Hollywood glamor looking new is to keep it simple. Groomed looks right, but every hair in place looks wrong.
Hair that tried to look like something it wasn't was the biggest mistake of the evening. Felicity Huffman tried to make her thin hair look full. It didn't quite work, but she still looked gorgeous. I think an inch off her hair with longer layers may have solved the problem. The beautiful Kate Walsh made the "too much hair spray" mistake. Remember: If your hair doesn’t look like it can move, it's probably not right. Get out the brush!
The show is about to begin. I can't tell you who the winners will be, but I can say that glamor is the trend. Looking pretty looks right.
Watch closely and learn from the pros! The best of the best are out tonight.
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Hi. I thought Julia Louis-Dryfus' hair and purple dress looked beautiful. I have a question for you regarding blonde hair. I was blonde as a child and my hair is now a medium brown color. For years I would always get my hair highlighted a heavy blonde but I always thought that the highlights were a bit too white looking. I always wanted the blonde to look a little more yellowy like Gwenyth Paltrow's hair or like Goldie Hawn's hair. My hair colorist convinced me that I would get that pretty blonde color if I first lightened my base color to a lighter, warmer brown snd then added blonde highlights. I agreed to do this and while the new base color seems okay, the blonde highlights are dull and a bit ashy. I wanted more yellowy highlights that were bright. My highlights don't look much different then when I had them done over my natural base color. I think I'm going to go back to her to see if she could make the blonde more yellow. Is this possible to do? If so, how? Any help would be greatly appreciated.