Category Archives: GROOM

GIRL’S NIGHT OUT GLAM: HOW TO GET RED CARPET GORGEOUS HAIR IN FIVE STEPS OR LESS By Top Cristophe Salon Beverly Hills Stylists

February 10, 2017

Five High Style Looks Made Simple By Top Cristophe Salon Beverly Hills Stylists

With award season underway we are seeing all the stars out on the red carpet. For those that want to look glam on any given night out but do not want to spend hours getting ready, two top stylists at renowned Beverly Hills salon, Cristophe, are sharing their top looks that can be done in five steps or less.

Here Master Stylist Egle Miciene breaks down two unique takes on classic styles:

Edgy Fishtail Braid: start the look with sleek hair. (OBSESSED!!!)

Create a low side ponytail with a side part.
Wrap a section of hair around the rubber band to hide the band.
Fishtail braid the rest of the ponytail and pull hair out from the braid to give a more natural/loose look.
Flip the fishtail up the side of the head and secure with bobby pins.
Pull pieces out to compliment around the face.

Sexy Messy Bun: start the look with wavy hair.

Use a texturing mouse at the roots to create tousled texture.
Create a ponytail at the crown of the head and tie a sponge around it.
Tease the ponytail and use flexible hairspray to hold in place.
From the tail wrap it around the bun securing it with a rubber band.
Pull some pieces out to give a sexier/tousled appearance.

Here Senior Stylist Tonia Day reveals three chic styles:

Modern Ponytail Or Chignon:

Pull hair into ponytail where desired and secure with a rubber band.
Wrap easy pliable wire around the base of the ponytail.
Separate the ponytail into two sections and continue to wrap wire around each section down to the ends.
Pull hair out in between wire for a more textured and full look.
The ponytail can be left down or twisted up into a chignon. Two styles in one!

Classic Glam Wave:

Curl hair with a 1” iron.
Use a heat protectant which will also add shine and hold.
Brush curls with a Mason Pearson brush to smooth and form the wave.
Finish with medium hold hair spray.

Sleek + Chic:

Smooth the ends of hair with a blow dryer and round brush.
Use a serum mid-shaft to ends to seal ends and add shine.
Use a styling wax to comb hair back into a sleek wet look.
Once brushed into desired look, use a shaping hair spray to finish.
Hold shape with duck bill clips and let dry.

About Cristophe Salon:

Founded by renowned stylist Cristophe, Cristophe Salons are located in Beverly Hills, Las Vegas, Washington, DC, Newport Beach and St. Barth. The cutting-edge, distinctive salons are celebrated for their professional, knowledgeable team of dedicated stylists and colorists, and their incomparable five-star customer service which has attracted an international following of VIP clientele as well as top celebrities including Nicole Kidman, Brad Pitt, Kate Hudson, and Hillary Clinton, among others. The luxury salons provide cut and styling, color services, make-up, skin treatments and nails. For more information, visit www.cristophe.com.

Address: 348 N Beverly Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90210

Phone: (310) 274-0851

Products and Services: places.singleplatform.com

Share This

RENE FURTERER TREATMENT ATELIER MAKES WEST COAST DEBUT AT CRISTOPHE SALON;

February 7, 2017

On-Site Consultations And Customized Treatment Plans

Everyone’s hair is different. Many of us go through life complaining about our hair, when really any hair concern stems from the scalp. Now with the patented technology of the Capilliscope, a diagnostic tool that examines the hair at the root bulb, Angelenos can have their hair concerns scientifically diagnosed and treated. The Rene Furterer Treatment Atelier will offer one-on-one consultations by trained Cristophe Salon professionals with on-site treatments and personalized hair care regimes to achieve lust worthy hair.

“A healthy scalp is the foundation of healthy hair,” says Cristophe, Founder of Cristophe Salons. “We are excited to partner with the hair and scalp experts at Rene Furterer to offer our clients the leading technology in the industry that can diagnose all hair concerns. Our trained stylists will formulate a personalized treatment plan while providing a relaxing and luxurious experience.”

“We are very pleased about our partnership with the prestigious Cristophe Salons” adds Francois Viargues, Vice President of Rene Furterer USA. “Cristophe’s team is very talented, they will perform the best hair and scalp diagnosis and offer the appropriate scalp treatment and massages to its clients with our very natural line”.

By magnifying the scalp using the Capilliscope, the Cristophe Salon stylists can determine which personalized hair care ritual is best suited to each individual. Once the diagnosis is determined, the scalp is first prepared and cleansed before applying any treatment. To start, the hair is brushed with a specialized technique to breakdown scalp build-up and stimulate hair follicles. Following is a 9-step massage that relaxes the scalp, improves blood circulation and promotes lymphatic exchange to allow maximum penetration of key ingredients. The hair is shampooed and then the deep conditioning mask and scalp treatment that has been selected is applied. Hair technicians will also provide a suggested at-home regime.

Offered will be instant treatments to enhance color and nourish dry scalp and hair, express treatments to cleanse and soothe the scalp, premium express treatments for thinning hair and hair strengthening, and luxury treatments for hair renewal and nourishing. Clients who have already received the diagnosis can opt to come in just for a wash where they will be shampooed and conditioned with products picked specifically for their needs, get a relaxing 10-minute scalp massage as well as specific scalp and hair treatments.

Address: 348 N Beverly Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90210

Phone: (310) 274-0851

Products and Services: places.singleplatform.com

About Cristophe Salon:

Founded by renowned stylist Cristophe Schatteman, Cristophe Salons are located in Beverly Hills, Las Vegas, Washington, DC, Newport Beach and St. Barth. The cutting-edge, distinctive salons are celebrated for their professional, knowledgeable team of dedicated stylists and colorists, and their incomparable five-star customer service which has attracted an international following of VIP clientele as well as top celebrities including Nicole Kidman, Brad Pitt, Kate Hudson, and Hillary Clinton, among others. The luxury salons provide cut and styling, color services, make-up, skin treatments and nails. For more information, visit www.cristophe.com.

About Rene Furterer:

Stylist René Furterer’s 50-plus years of experience and philosophy that just like a plant in fertile soil, beautiful hair grows only from a healthy scalp, led to the development of this luxurious hair care brand. Using pure essential oils and key plant extracts, René Furterer products reveal, enhance and beautify by addressing the needs of both the scalp and hair. Combining scientific expertise and the mastery of hair styling to create high quality formulations, these professional based products reveal immediate and visible results. For more information, visit www.renefurtererusa.com.

Share This

Juice Beauty: One of My Top Favorite Organic Products on the Market – by Jonathan Stinson

February 6, 2017

After trying four products from Juicy Beauty, The Organic Solution, I was absolutely obsessed. You can actually feel your skin hydrating as you add each product. I personally use four of Juice Beauty’s products consisting of: Organic Treatment Oil, Stem Cellular Anti-Wrinkle Moisturizer, Stem Cellular Anti-Wrinkle Eye Treatment and the Full Strength Green Apple Peel. All of these are insanely powerful and leave your skin feeling healthy with no stress of chemicals or toxins as the brand prides itself on pure organic ingredients. Juice Beauty Founder, Karen Behnke said, “At Juice Beauty we believe in advanced beauty solutions that harness the best of certified organic ingredients to deliver clinically validated skincare and vibrant plant-pigment makeup that provide beautiful results, enrich your well-being, and sustain the Earth.”

Let me break it down by product:

Organic Treatment Oil– Every organic drop delivers concentrated hydration, potent antioxidants and vital nutrients to the skin. Antioxidant-rich organic cranberry seed, grape seed and carrot seed oils are blended with essential fatty acids and botanicals to deeply moisturize for a healthy, revitalized complexion. Juice Beauty’s Organic Treatment Oil is designed for all skin types and especially beneficial for normal, dry or mature skin. This is a facial treatment oil can also be used on all dry spots including elbows, heels and even as a deep hair conditioner which I use often before I use my blow dryer.

Juice Beauty Stem Cellular Anti-Wrinkle Moisturizer– is plumped with a vitamin C, resveratrol-rich grape seed formula to create a visibly firmed appearance of the skin and reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. It has certified organic, antioxidant-rich ingredients and plant oils that hydrate and improve elasticity for lasting, advanced age defy results. Juice Beauty’s Stem Cellular Moisturizer is ideal for all skin types and especially beneficial for skin showing the signs of aging including fine lines, wrinkles, and sun damage.

Juice Beauty Stem Cellular Anti-Wrinkle Eye Treatment– A proprietary blend of fruit stem cells and vitamin C infused into certified organic, antioxidant-rich juices works to create a smoother, firmer appearance and improve elasticity, while reducing the appearance of dark circles and fine lines around the eyes for lasting, advanced age defy results. Juice Beauty’s Stem Cellular Anti-Wrinkle Eye Treatment is designed for all skin types and especially beneficial for skin showing the signs of aging including fine lines, wrinkles and sun damage. It renews the skin’s surface around the delicate eye area with vitamins C, E & B5. Visibly reduces appearance puffiness around the eyes with organic essential fatty acids of evening primrose, borage & linseed. I also noticed it delivers rich hydration around the eye area with organic antioxidant-rich jojoba and shea.

Juice Beauty Green Apple Peel Full Strength– This amazing peel exfoliates with Juice Beauty’s patented, bestselling, potent alpha and beta-hydroxy acid peel that delivers spa grade exfoliation, revealing a brighter complexion while creating firmer-looking skin and reducing the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles and hyperpigmentation for optimum age-defying results. Juice Beauty’s Green Apple Peel Full Strength is designed for all skin types (except sensitive skin), 20’s and up and is effective for reducing the appearance of dark spots, and uneven skin tone and texture. Evens skin tone and texture with a spa grade exfoliation from a potent patented dose of alpha hydroxy acids (malic, citric & tartaric from organic fruits, glycolic and lactic acids) and beta hydroxy acid (salicylic acid from willow bark).

Get to know the wonderful Juice Beauty Founder, Karen Behnke:

Masterminded by a California team passionate about healthy lifestyles and whose organic products are backed by powerful science. It all started when Karen Behnke, a serial wellness entrepreneur, who built one of the first corporate wellness companies in the country, developed a keen interest in personal care products upon becoming pregnant with her first child at the age of 40.

Experiencing hormonal changes and the beginning of lines in her skin, Karen set out to find healthy skincare solutions that delivered visible results. She was astounded to learn that, although the skin absorbs over 60% of what is placed on it, there were very few available healthy personal care products that worked well. She wanted to create meaningful change in the beauty industry.

Years after her second child was born, Karen subsequently bought the name “Juice Beauty” in 2004 and launched the Company from scratch in 2005. Karen set out to do the impossible: to create organic and natural formulations that perform as well as conventional beauty products yet never compromise on the luxurious experience. Over 5 years, Karen’s team worked with PhD chemists, physicians, and microbiologists to perfect Juice Beauty’s chemistry. Juice Beauty’s revolutionary formulations started with a basic premise: Karen believed that by formulating with an antioxidant and vitamin-rich organic botanical juice base, rather than petroleum derivatives or added water, and combining it with powerful skin care ingredients, it could yield equal or better results than conventional or natural products. Multiple clinical testing proved her right. The company really started growing when the GREEN APPLE™ Peel – now patented – escalated to fame through celebrity favorite mentions and media awards.

Today, Juice Beauty offers award winning (InStyle, ELLE, Allure, EWG awards) skincare, makeup and hair care products that meet rigorous U.S., organic regulations supported by solid eco-values that include purchasing many ingredients locally from West Coast certified organic farmers and manufacturing strictly in the U.S.A. often with solar power, utilizing sustainable containers and printing with soy ink. Juice Beauty also provides donations to five chosen charities.

XX Jonathan Stinson

Share This

Who Needs a Man? Book a Mani-Pedi for “Gal”entine’s Day at MiniLuxe, Brentwood

February 2, 2017

MiniLuxe prides itself on providing surgical-grade hygienic and toxin-free nail services through employees (all women) who are empowered, fairly paid and truly cared for with health benefits, 401K plans, flexible leave policies and all the benefits of an office job. Can I get a YES KWEEN?!

At MiniLuxe, clean is the culture. It’s not just about hygiene – it’s about taking clean to the next level. That means clean business, clean ethics and clean methodologies. It’s how they care for their team, products and customers – WORD.

I support this TEN TIMES OVER!! With my hip replacements – one nail infection can literally KILL ME!!!

As you may know, the nail services industry is often predatory and exploitative for the technicians, making MiniLuxe a pleasant anomaly. Once trained, employees are honed to have a serious career with MiniLuxe and offered stock options after 5 years with the nail studio. However, being ethical doesn’t take away from MiniLuxe’s trendy, snazzy nail colors (their color runway is awesome!) and nail designs, such as the sharp nail look “RiRi” attributed to Rhianna and a more sober “Audrey” for Audrey Hepburn.

MiniLuxe recently opened its first location in LA after having ruled the Boston and Dallas markets for several years. A day of relaxation and pampering with a MiniLuxe gift card would make the perfect Valentine’s Day gift for both couples as well as singles

Want more – buy the trendiest, non-toxic nail polishes as gifts for your girlfriend or single friends – all the while supporting a nail salon that truly cares for the women who work there.

I cannot wait to try this place this weekend! Join me??

MiniLuxe Brentwood

11961 San Vicente Blvd

Los Angeles, CA 90049

T.424-442-1630

Share This

Arque Derma: Artistic Restoration Lift at the InjectAbility Clinic, Torrance

January 29, 2017

ARQUE DERMA

Pronounced ‘ARC DERMA,’ ArqueDerma^® in Latin means ‘to inject the skin’. The name ArqueDerma^® imparts a seamless mix of the artistic, ‘Arque’ (classical architecture – arches, buttresses, corbels), and medical science, ‘Derma’.

ArqueDerma^® Artistic Restoration Lift^® is an original, patented non-surgical face lift methodology developed by Leslie Fletcher, RN, MEP-C to deliver FDA approved dermal fillers such as Voluma^™, Juvederm^®, Restylane^®, and Perlane^® more effectively to the skin.

I recently tried this and I am totally wowed. I had no idea what to expect and thought I was just getting a little upkeep to stay lifted and fresh. But Arque Derma goes was deeper than that. It’s not about filling one little area or just plumping up your skin. The goal is deep, just like the description. One of my favorite people in the biz, Michele G. Messiah, PA-C, Board Certified Physician Assistant took excellent care of me and I was privileged to have the renown Leslie Fletcher consulting and giving me the inside scoop on this worthy procedure.

Arque Derma is something to plan for as you will most certainly bruise and not just your little freezer or filler spot here and there. You will need a good solid week to 10 days for the bruising to really subside – so make sure you follow all pre and post procedure protocol and plan for some downtime.

I can assure you it will all be worth it. The effects are incredible. I was treated in areas I never considered before or even thought of. As I get older, it seems my face in changing in subtle ways I am not even noticing, but these experts are. And yes, they are subtle – but it all adds up. So this Arque Derma, coupled with the Profound treatment I did in November (article comes out soon) with the phenom Dr. Ben Talei, are sure to hold me over for a good while.

I also fell in love with this place in general. They are full service, incredibly staffed with experts and KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING. It’s a little drive from your usual Bev Hills, but 100 percent worth it.

ArqueDerma provides natural, more dramatic results not achievable using conventional filler techniques offered by most clinics. Unlike conventional volume replacement techniques, the ArqueDerma technique utilizes dermal fillers as strategic relocation vectors to redistribute and direct the patient’s own tissue toward the facial hollows that have formed. Using the ArqueDerma technique, we are able to collect your descended excess facial volume and redirect it to create a more youthful look to embellish your natural beauty.

The cost for a dermal filler procedure is usually charged per syringe. Utilizing your own descended volume allows us to use less dermal filler product, making the ArqueDerma technique more economical than conventional methods.

See ArqueDerma.com for more information.

MICHELE MESSIAH, PA-C – Board Certified Physician Assistant

Michele G. Messiah, PA-C is a Board Certified Physician Assistant specializing in dermatology and aesthetics. Michele earned her Masters of Science degree in Physician Assistant studies at Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona, California. Michele also holds a degree in Psychology- Biology from UCLA. Michele is fluent is Spanish and French.
Her specialties include administering aesthetic injectables such as Botox and dermal fillers in a very natural way. Having worked in Beverly Hills, CA she has injected many celebrities. She had to learn the fine art of using cosmetic injectables in a way that is undetectable under the harsh high definition lights on camera. Her patients needed to be able to express their emotions during a scene, but still wanted a more relaxed look. Using techniques she gleaned from InjectAbility® Institute, such as MicroTox®, InstaTox®, and the patented ArqueDerma® Artistic Restoration Lift® technique she was able to offer the best of the natural look of injectables to her celebrity clientele. With her extensive dermatology background, she also specializes in treating acne, acne scarring, hyperpigmentation, and melasma. She is a member of SDPA (Society of Dermatology Physician Assistants) California Academy of Physician Assistants (CAPA).

PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY:

“During my physician assistant rotations, I fell in love with the diversity that dermatology offers. Once I started my practice, I was captivated by the ability to make my cosmetic patients so happy and comfortable with their appearance. This became my driving motivator. As a perfectionist, I never want to deliver sub-par results, so I quickly sought out the expertise of the known aesthetic industry icon, InjectAbility Institute. It was here that I found my inspiration to excel to my highest potential. The collaboration with the Institute was a catalyst for me to soar to my highest potential. I’m excited to bring my clinical experience to the patients at InjectAbility Clinic.”

HISTORY WITH INJECTABILITY

From Leslie: “Michele and I have been working together for several years now. I have spent time with her in her practice, and she has spent ample time training and precepting. I have seen her flourish in the aesthetic industry as her passion for all things creative and advanced have driven her to the highest level of patient care. She is so enthusiastic about her career; I knew she would be a perfect fit for the VIP program. She will be splitting time from her current position in Beverly Hills to share her talents with our patients one day a week here at InjectAbility.”

From Michele: “When I was asked to participate in the VIP program at the Injectability Institute, I thought it was such a compliment. I hold Leslie and her staff in such a high regard in the aesthetic industry. I consider it an honor to work side by side with the person who taught me all their specialized techniques. I do believe Leslie is one of the best injectors around and her passion for aesthetics is contagious. Her enthusiasm for staying on top of the latest and greatest treatments available is exceptional. The professionalism at the InjectAbility Institute is top notch and I am extremely honored to be part of their team.”

InjectAbility Clinic

Share This