By Celebrity Hair Care
Guru, Chaz Dean
Beautiful hair is a requirement for your wedding.
The good news is that with the right planning your
hair will look great for your wedding, and the rest
of your life. Sound impossible? Well its not. Just
follow these 8 simple rules and you'll look great
and you'll feel great about the way you look.
Rule number 1:
Do not do anything drastic the week of your wedding
like dying your hair a new color or trying a brand
new cut and style. Rushed decisions are rarely good
ones especially when you are already nervous and
excited. Plus, you will need more than a couple of
days to correct a disaster. Your wedding pictures
are something you should love and cherish not hide
because your hair looked bad!
Rule number 2:
Do plan early! The week you choose your wedding
gown is the best time to start planning you hairstyle.
Your 1st step is to have someone take a picture of
you in the gown. If you're having your gown made
just slip into a similar one so you have a visual
representation of its style and fit. Look at the
pictures and decide what style or image you want
to convey i.e. Renaissance romantic, Hollywood glamour,
modern and edgy etc. Then decide which hair style
best captures that look. Take the time to thumb through
magazines and get a feel for what other people are
doing. Once you've settled on 2-4 hair styles take
the pictures to your stylist and discuss which would
best suit your hair type. Then try a couple. Have
someone at the salon take a picture of you in each
of the styles. You will know the right style when
you see it!
If you are having an out of town wedding, you should
take pictures of your finished style as well as pictures
of the styling process like curling, teasing and
blow drying. This way your new hairstylist will see
exactly what you want your hair to look like, and
know what they need to do to get it there
Rule number 3:
If you are going to experiment with color do it
at the same time you decide on the style of your
hair. The right highlights, low lights or 3-4 color
hair weaves can look spectacular and really light
up a face. The wrong color can be a disaster. Finding
out what works and what doesn't early, gives you
plenty of time to correct the color and even try
another option without damaging your hair! Make sure
that you have your stylist use a low volume, low
amonia product. At Chaz Dean Studios we only use
Majirel by Loreal to insure the best color and protect
the hair from damage.
Rule number 4:
Drink plenty of water and load up on vitamins. Within
6-8 weeks you will see a wonderful change in your
hair! The big bonus is that you will feel great and
your skin will look and feel softer and more supple.
Water also helps wash away toxins produced by stress
that can rob you of energy and leave your hair and
skin looking dry and dull. I recommend 8 ounces of
water every hour throughout the day. The most important
vitamins to add to your diet are zinc (found in beans),
vitamin A (found in dark green vegetables) and (B6
found in eggs.) If you have dry thinning hair some
herbalists also recommend black-current oil (try
500 milligrams twice a day.) For a fast fix you can
also purchase quality hair and skin vitamins from
any good vitamin or organic grocery store.
Rule number 5:
Don't over cleanse you hair! Yes I know it sounds
dramatic but its true. Most commercial shampoos and
have harsh detergents that strip your hair leaving
it dull and lifeless. The commercial conditioners
that stop the frizzes end up robbing your hair of
volume. We haven't used shampoo at Chaz Dean studios
for over 8 years and all my clients' look great.
We use Wen, a cleansing conditioner with Rosemary,
Mint and eucalyptus. Since it doesn't have any detergents
it doesn't lather, or leave a residue. You just get
clean gorgeous hair. It also deep conditions, nourishes
the scalp and actually helps your hair grow faster,
feel thicker, have more volume.
Rule number 6:
Do any maintenance color or retouching 2-3 weeks
before your wedding day. This will leave you plenty
of time to counteract any extra dryness or damage.
As before, I highly recommend using Majirel by Loreal
to insure the best color and minimize damage.
Rule number 7:
Deep condition your hair one week before your wedding.
You can use Wen or an herbal based deep conditioning
treatment. This treatment will revitalize your hair
leaving it vibrant, shiny, full of volume, and luxuriously
soft. Simply massage the product into your hair,
cover with a plastic shower cap and sit under a dryer
for one hour. If you don't own a dryer, just leave
the product in for an additional hour or so. Do not
deep condition your hair the day before your wedding.
The deep conditioning will make it hard for your
hair to hold any style or curl for any extended time.
I also recommend doing this treatment every 4-6 weeks
as part of your regular hair maintenance routine.
Rule number 8:
Use your hair cleansing product the day before not
the day of your wedding. This is especially important
for women with straight, fine or thin hair. This
will insure that neither you nor your hairstylist
will have to deal with fly away ends hours before
your wedding. Your hair will also be easier to style
and be able to hold a style longer. However, if you
have incredibly thick and curly hair like my client
Julianna Margulies, I recommend that you do condition
the day before and the day of your wedding!
Remember, you are beautiful and this is your special
day. Be prepared for a ton of compliments, and enjoy
your gorgeous hair!
By celebrity hair specialist Chaz Dean
ewonderfullife.com
Chaz Dean Biography
Chaz Dean is Hollywood's foremost authority on hair
care and creates signature styles for Hollywoods
hottest stars including: Julia Roberts, Calista Flockhart,
Antonio Sabato Jr., Julianna Margulies, Sela Ward,
Maria Shriver, Keri Russell, Robert Downey Jr., Krista
Allen, Lucy Liu, Susan Sarandon, Harry Hamlin, Halle
Berry, Lara Flynn Boyle, Camryen Manheim and Alanis
Morisette.
Dean designed Wen, the patent-pending herbal based
conditioning cleanser to revitalize and condition
his celebrity clientele's hair. Now its available
to you at ewonderfullife.com.
For over 15 years the Vermont born Chaz Dean has
been the vision behind the hairstyles of celebrities
like Julia Roberts, Calista Flockhart, Antonio Sabato
Jr., Sela Ward, Maria Shriver, Keri Russell ,Robert
Downey Jr., Krista Allen, Lucy Liu, Susan Sarandon,
Harry Hamlin, Halle Berry, Lara Flynn Boyle, Camryen
Manheim and Alanis Morisette.
Recognized as Hollywood's foremost
authority on hair styling and care, Dean has been
named LA's premiere
colorist by numerous publications. His clientele
count on him to create a signature star quality look
that brings out their unique beauty, and to rejuvenate
over stressed hair. To this end, Dean created Wen;
the herb based patent-pending cleansing conditioner
that rebuilds hair, adding volume, sheen and vibrance. "Everyone
is special to me, and a star in their own right.
You can be wearing a ripped T-shirt, jeans and sneakers
but if you have great hair you look and feel beautiful.
I can't save the world, but I can give my clients
great hair!"
Part of Dean's philosophy includes
providing clients with revitalizing treatments
that help them look
and feel their best inside and out. Moving his Bel
Air salon to Hollywood, Dean created the beauty sanctuary,
Chaz Dean Studios. Dean's studio provides beauty
treatments that soothe body and soul including botanical
body polishes, wraps, facials, manicures, reflexology,
massage, aroma therapy and cellulite treatments. "True
star quality is about feeling great about yourself.
That’s what makes you shine and stand out in
a crowd. When clients tell me that they love the
way they look, they beam, and I know I've done my
job!"
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