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

Y7 A Tribe Called Sweat : Melrose

February 9, 2017

Yoga For People Who Put On Gangsta Rap and Handle It

— Vogue

I just took my first real yoga class since I had my bilateral hip replacements (last one in 2012) and it was amazing. I am a certified Hatha Yoga instructor and back in 2000 I made a living solely teaching all around town and privates (ok full disclosure I was on a TV series too cause teaching more than 10 classes a week is HARD so that kinda helped). So I’ve been terrified to take a class with my metallic hips, worried one, or both, might pop. And even though I teach spinning and my own signature fitness class, there are too many counter-intuitive poses that scare the F out of me in yoga.

Alas, it was time. I needed to get back on the mat. And indeed it did at Y7  where a trifecta of love came together for me last Saturday morning in True’s class.

Hip-hop and dry heat and sweat.

The class was not too fast (thank god), but rather a deep slow, challenging burn and in the dark with only candles to keep things aglow. The music was not all hip hop, but perfect for a Saturday morning when I had to go on to teach two classes of my own. The sweat was unreal, the people – lovely, friendly, unpretentious (!!!) and REAL. This was not pixie yoga dust annoyingness (I’ve been there. I WAS ONE!). Nope. Y7 has a real-deal NYC vibe which was so refreshing – the yogi thing is so oversaturated in LA that it’s become a parody. This place is free of all of it. YAY! To say this place is my jam is an understatement. I cannot wait to go back!

Y7 Mission:

WE FLOW HARD™

At Y7 we do things differently. We give you 60 minutes of intensity combined with heat and strength complemented by deep breathing and a calming of the mind. We ask you to step outside the chaos and embrace the fire inside. You’ll flow along to the latest beats. There are no mirrors in the candle-lit studios. The darkness, the sounds, and the heat will take you to a place you’ve never before been. Join us for the best hour of your day. Leave here feeling strong, clear and ready to take on whatever the city has in store for you. Take a class and never look back.

WE FLOW HARD™ VINYASA

60 MINUTES

Vinyasa is mindful movement. We flow through our sequences with intention, braiding postures together that will open, stretch and restore your body from the inside-out. Each class will help link breath and movement, deepen the connection of mind and body, and bring a greater consciousness to your subtle body. We will peel back the layers through a smart and safe yoga sequence, carefully choreographed to music that ranges from The Weeknd to Stevie Wonder. We ask that you come with an open mind, stripped of any and all expectations you carry of yourself, and take an hour long vacation of body exploration, transformation and movement.
All levels welcome.

WE FLOW HARD™ SLOW BURN

60 MINUTES

Different than Y7’s Vinyasa class, Slow Burn works toward not only reaching our edge, but surpassing it. This class is slower than a typical Y7 Vinyasa class, as the teacher guides you deeper and deeper into a carefully selected series of postures. We will focus on foundation and structure within our movement, while mindfully tackling some of the master asanas. With a deeper emphasis on both the necessity and support our breath allots us as practitioners, we will use pranayama to both inspire our movement and guide our mind. Although we aren’t flowing as fast, please come prepared to sweat, work, breathe and finally, to restore. This is a great class to take in the evenings when you’re ready to turn off and tune in. All levels welcome.

PRIVATE INSTRUCTION

Private and small group instruction is available by appointment – and is ideal for those with specific physical goals or constraints, athletic teams and corporate business employees.  Email hi@y7-studio.com to book.

Address: 8270 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90046

Phone: (818) 425-8448

Hours:

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.

Book Your Valentine Spa Date NOW!

February 6, 2017

The Ritz-Carlton Spa, Los Angeles

The Ritz-Carlton Spa, Los Angeles is all about self-empowerment this Valentine’s Day. The downtown Los Angeles luxury spa offers a variety of self-indulgent experiences for the best practice of self-love this holiday.

Mani’s Over Men – 50 minutes/$75

Enjoy a classic manicure with a customized mask and paraffin to completely wash your hands clean off stupid cupid. Toast to the single life—and perfectly polished nails—with a glass of “I Don’t Want Your Rosé” and eat your heart out with some soothingly sweet treats. Leave the spa wearing a commemorative “Mani’s Over Men” badge of pride.

Retreat from Romance – Up to 4 guests – $160 per person/5-8 guests – $145 per person

Escape all the ex’s and oh’s and celebrate friendship with a bottle of bubbly, an Anti-Valentine’s Day Gift bag, and a 50-minute treatment of choice, and enjoy tranquil time together in the spa sanctuary.

The Mission Inn Hotel & Spa, Riverside

Get whisked away to Tuscany at Kelly’s Spa, voted a top ten spa in the United States by Condé Nast Traveler in 2014, as they are featuring a selection of Italian-inspired couple’s packages, highlighted by the use of their Tuscan-inspired Villas and treatments using February’s signature flower, the rose.  

Italian Rendezvous for Two – 125 minutes/$475.00

A day of pampering in one of the hotel’s Tuscan-inspired Villas and an afternoon of relaxation for two includes a Chardonnay body scrub, couples massage, temple tension therapeutic scalp massage, champagne for two, and selection of Kelly’s chocolate truffles

A Walk Down Lover’s Lane – 50 minutes/$75.00  

Features a relaxing rose petal foot bath, a Rosehip & Maize exfoliant, and a sweet red rose treatment designed to revitalize and hydrate skin

Romancing the Stone – 105 minutes/$250.00

Offers a stress melting experience—a warm stone massage, followed by a luxurious rose petal bath and a glass of Veuve Clicquot Champagne Rosé

JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa, Palm Desert

At The Spa at Dessert Springs a tranquil desert escape awaits within the private Spa Suite Sanctuary of Southern California’s largest luxury spa. Guests can enjoy Valentine’s Day treatments within the suite that offers access to an indoor and outdoor fireplace, an outdoor patio with Jacuzzi, a hydrotherapy bath tub with lavender mists and moisturizers, desert rain showers, and a spa butler to pour champagne and refill platters of chocolate covered strawberries and other treats.

Chocolates & Caviar – 60 min/$140

A protein-rich caviar facial is just the beginning of this decadent treatment.  The experience begins with a luxurious caviar facial (trust us, it works) that firms, hydrates, lifts, and smooths the skin.  This protein-rich Caviar combined with powerful antioxidants dramatically improves skin moisture.  As you experience the sensation of the caviar facial, indulge with a selection of rich chocolate truffles.    

Romance Ritual – 120 minute couples experience/$ 485

This romantic spa suite features side by side 60 minute relaxing massage with organic oils.  Step into a bubble bath laden with minerals and trace elements and enjoy your time together while applying a cooling gel masque to each other’s face.  Hydrate each other’s skin with Lavender Body Spray and a nourishing facial moisturizer.  Sip on a glass of champagne and enjoy fresh seasonal fruit. 

 

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

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.

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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