Hair On The Brain

You know it has to be a good celebrity hair makeover to get me to post on Hair On The Brain! I just couldn’t ignore Anne Hathaway‘s major chop.

As I’m sure you already know, the super crop is for a role. Anne is playing Fantine in the new version of Les Miserables. She probably wouldn’t have gone this short if it wasn’t for work, but she definitely has the face for it. And how awesome must it be to have so little hair for a while?

I was musing yesterday how stunning Michelle Williams looks with her (still) short hair. She told Elle UK a while back that men don’t dig it though. (Shocker.) “I’ve really grown into it,” Michelle says. “I feel like myself with short hair. And it’s been a really long time since I had long hair, five years… Of course, the only people who like it are gay men and my girlfriends. Straight men across the board are not into this hair! I cut it for the one straight man who has ever liked short hair and I wear it in memorial of somebody who really loved it.”

That’s really sad. But also sweet. Heath had good taste; Michelle looks amazing with short hair.

When we were in Maui last month, I was reading an old Lucky magazine and came across an interview with hairstylist and makeup artist Sunnie Brook. In the article they mentioned her blog, so of course I had to check it out! And now I’m obsessed. Sunnie has lots of great hair and makeup advice and amazing tutorials. (Seriously, I’ve watched everything.)

I love this one on how to create organic waves with a clipless curling iron. I don’t have the patients to put this much effort into my hair on the regular. And, yes, this is what I consider a lot of work. But it really does look great. However, I feel like it might work better if I had an iron that tappers narrower at the base instead of wider, like the Paul Mitchell Clipless Curling Wand? Does that matter? Probably not. Sunnie’s hair looks awesome because she has really gorgeous hair. Anyway. Major blog crush.

I came across this video about Nine Zero One Salon in West Hollywood. It looks like a cool place! I’m tempted to book an appointment. I’m so ready for a hair color change–I’m thinking lighter maybe? I’m very bored. And I’m growing out my bangs–still, some more, always. It’s brutal, slow process. They are long and stupid and in my face all the time. Maybe some kind of hair cutting magic could fix them? Doubtful. But I will not succumb to the urge to chop them off again. I’m growing them out this time if it kills me.

How’s your hair?

Amazing mid-to-late summer hair inspiration–shaggy bangs, sun bleached blonde, freckled face…

My summer hair update: finally growing out my bangs, about a shade darker, finally got a trim and took off those bleached ends. The Ombre Experiment seriously fried my ends. Be warned kiddies!

What’s the status on your summer hair?

(Image Source: Jay Carroll)

As some of you have noticed, I’ve been updating far less frequently in the last few months. My life has gotten increasingly busy working for Take Sunset, and I have not had as much time to devote to my lovely Hair On The Brain. I miss my regular readers and all of your great comments. I miss sharing my random thoughts with you guys too, but I need to get business in order, and that takes a lot of time and energy. So I wanted to let you guys know that I’m not going to delete this site, but I am going to take a bit of a blog hiatus for now. HOTB will continue to stay up, so feel free to comment if you feel like it! And I will resume posting when I have time or when I have something to say…

If you’d like to stay in touch, follow me on twitter @homeonthebrain and read me over at Take Sunset.

In the meantime, why doncha dye your hair pink or something… xoxo.

Blake Lively dyed her perfectly highlighted, much copied blonde locks. (We even had a HOTB post all about “Blake Lively Hair” with quotes from celeb stylists saying her hair was “aspirational” and that her disheveled, long layered cut was their most requested cut. Well, girl has got to change things up. And Blake went red… Er, stawberry blonde. Whatever! In this case, you don’t mess with perfection. I’m sensing the color transformation will be short lived.

Supposedly, the color change is due to Blake courting the role of Glinda the Good Witch in Oz: The Great and Powderful, which will be out in 2013. (ummm.) Girl, what about a wig? Also, I’m kinda sad they’re messing with Oz. But then again…

So… What do you think of Blake Lively’s new red hair?

Last year Drew Barrymore‘s beachy waves and ombre hair color got a lot of attention. But like anyone, Drew grew bored of the look and moved on. What was once old news, was new again…

Red! Drew went for an all-over light auburn shade this time. It looks great with her pale complexion, but it is a good thing Drew has a stylist at her beck and call, as anyone who has dyed their hair red will tell you–it fades like crazy!

As you can see, Drew has dabbled with every color and style imaginable over the years. She is one of those lucky souls who can pull off most any hue. That said…

Do you like Drew Barrymore‘s new red hair?

Vogue declares the demi bob not just a hair trend, but a Beauty Phenomenon. The bob length is described as hitting “anywhere between mid-neck and shoulder-dusting”.

Examples of this phenom? Alexa Chung…

Natalia Vodianova and Brooklyn Decker.

And according to Vogue, the original inspiration was model Arizona Muse. (Appropriately named!)

One could argue that hair length hitting between mid-neck and shoulders is really just a bob but whatever. Vogue has been in business since 1892! Each month they have to come up with some new/old trend, right?

So what do you think of this beauty phenomenon? Will you be chopping your locks this summer?

Did you know that April is Stress Awareness Month?

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1. Leave a comment telling me why you want to win.
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This giveaway is now closed! Congrats to Jumbly!!