Oh Errol, I would do anything just to be like him.

Errol Flynn

Okay so it’s that time of year again when men of a certain age walk around with questionable facial hair. That being Movember.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock Movember is an annual month-long event involving the growing of moustaches during the month of November. The event has been claimed to have been invented in 1999 by group of Australian men from Adelaide.

Since 2004, the Movember Foundation charity has run Movember events to raise awareness and funds for men's health issues, such as prostate cancer and depression in Australia and in New Zealand. In 2007, events were launched in Ireland, Canada, Spain, the U.K and the U.S.

To help me raise money for the cause go to

www.au.movember.com/donate

And enter my name Jean-Paul Rosette

or registeration no# 207753

Cyril R Salter Professional Moustache Wax


Provided in a pocketable, matte-finish glass jar, this neutral-coloured wax has one thing going for it: a sublime vanilla aroma. Lacking the rigidity to last all day, it’s best for emergency touch-up usage, because it’s less messy than Pinaud or Taylor’s. Just rub some on your finger, and apply to the ends.

Clark Gable

Further reading

www.theerrolflynnblog.com/blog

www.mustachesofthenineteenthcentury.blogspot.com

SNEAK PEAK

Just a quick post today.

Here's a sneak peak at the hair direction for Maryon.

I've been ill for the last couple of days and my girlfriend is hogging the computer so I haven't had time for any new posts. Not to worry, all that will change in the next few days.

Lock 'n' Roll

You probably already heard about a swatch of Elvis Presley’s hair, which was sold for $18,300 at a Chicago auction on Sunday, Reuters reported. The locks, believed to have been snipped from Presley when he joined the Army in 1958, were among about 200 items of memorabilia collected by Gary Pepper, who was president of the Tankers Fan Club for Elvis devotees.

Note: The hair was not DNA-tested, but authenticated by “an expert in celebrity hair".

Which begs the question, so how does one become an expert in celebrity hair?

New York I love you, but you're bringing me down.

New York I love you, but you brining me down. Well, not really, just thought I should drop a LCD Soundsystem song as a catchy sound bite to talk about New York Fashion Week. More specifically the hair.

So without further ado:

Best hair of New York Fashion Week Spring 2010 goes to…(drum roll please)

Ashley Javier for Behnaz sarafpour

File between Beautifully set and with a touch of old world glamour. Apparently Inspired by modernist sculptor Alexander Calder meets Bladerunner.

Also worth a mention;

Didier Malige and his backstage team for the color work given to the girls of the Proenza Schouler show.

 And lastly;

Odile Gilbert colorful hairpieces for Zac Posen.

www.lcdsoundsystem.com

www.behnazsarafpour.com

www.proenzaschouler.com

www.zacposen.com

The Hairdressers Complained.

All hair by Luigi Murenu.


The hairdressers complained, in brief:

"What are the duties of barbers but to shave heads and purchase severed hair to give the needful plait by means of fire and iron on locks that are no longer living?"

The art of hairdressing, they continued, required at once the talents of poet, painter, and sculptor. "It is necessary," they insisted, "to understand shades of color, chiaroscuro and the proper distribution of shadow; the art of dressing prudes without making them obtrusive; the art of displaying the coquette, and of making the mother appear to be the elder sister of the daughter; the art of suiting the coiffure to the affections of the soul which someone is desired to comprehend, to the desire to please, to the languid bearing which wishes only to interest, to the vivacity which will brook no resistance - all this requires an intelligence which is not common and a tact which must be inborn. The art of the "coiffure des dames" is therefore an art bordering upon genius and consequently is a free and liberal art."

One to watch

I first saw Ranya Mordanova in V Magazine under the title "ones to watch". She has such a great haircut and dark looks that I had to give her a post here at Heads Will Roll. Since then, she has sprung up in campaigns for Givenchy and Form.

'COS I'M ALWAYS ON THE RUN

This is an interview was done for Street Style magazine 

and executed entirely via facebook chat. 

www.stylestreet.com.au

Meet Andrew Iacuone

Jean-Paul
Hey, how’s it going?

Andrew
I'm Feeling pretty cool, just chillin in ma casa!!

Jean-Paul
Cool, so you’re a busy man to catch these days, so business must be good?

Andrew
Business is pretty cool! All is good on that front.

Jean-Paul
Where are you working at the moment?

Andrew
I'm working outta Momac in St Kilda.
www.momac.com.au

Jean-Paul
I see
So I first met you when you were 19? Is that right?

Andrew
Damn straight! A sparkly eyed youngster.

Jean-Paul
So when did you start as a hairdresser?

Andrew
I was 14 Years Old. I Started at Toorak rd in Sth Yarra. At a good old place called Rok Studio!

Jean-Paul
14! That’s young... What was your first impression of ROK?

Andrew
Well I initially started as Boy Saturday, and went from there. Rok was a dynamic space as I remember it. Full of Bravado and a real passion for Hair. I loved it. A tough gig though.

Jean-Paul
And what were your duties there as a 14 yr old?

Andrew
Well. I made the best cafe' in town. Well at least that's what I told them. And I took care of the clients and the salon in general.

Jean-Paul
That's so cool. So they took you under their wing...so to speak?

Andrew
Absolutely... or they threw you out of the nest! It was Pretty straight forward. I learned some great stuff in there.

Jean-Paul
So then, why hairdressing? Was that something the young Andrew got into or...?

Andrew
Yeah I loved Fashion and did a stint at Dangerfield (which is a local fashion shop here in Australia). I didn't much like working in the rag trade though. But could see a lot of the same kinds of kids working in the hair game. So I gave it a shot. And felt at home straight up. I've never looked back since!

Jean-Paul
Okay. So then I met you again in London 2001, where did you work there?

Andrew
I was working for Aveda at that time.
They had a cracker of a shop in Knotting hill. I was based there!

Jean-Paul
That's right. It feels like a lifetime ago.
I remember thinking that London was the "Mecca" of hairdressing. And that I was going to learn so much.
What did you learn from London as a hairdresser?

Andrew
Well. To be honest, I remember feeling much the same. I was full of excitement and was quite overwhelmed at first. But soon came to realize that we Melbourne Haircutters rated pretty highly over there. I learned that "Hair is hair". And if you love it and your passionate about it then. You can be just as good no matter where you’re.

Jean-Paul
Yes. I got that too. I also thought that the haircuts walking down every High street was all looked the same. Like everywhere you went the kids had the same haircut.
And that every haircut had a name attached.... The beckham or The fin etc
We just don't do that in Melbourne

Andrew
Absolutely!
It’s kind of Naff really. Like Sydney in that, if they clock it in a magazine or in the street.
They want to roll just like that. We don't roll like that in Melbourne!!

Jean-Paul
So I heard a rumor that you have worked in 16 different salons in as many years... Is that true?

Andrew
Who knows man? I never counted them in my younger days. Maybe? I walked my walk.

Jean-Paul
So it's true or not?
We're not talking lovers here...We are talking Hairdressing Salons

Andrew
I don't Kiss and tell.
Now you got me thinking and counting. I’d say your Bang on.
Well actually, maybe a few less. .

Jean-Paul
16 is a lot of salons, I can imagine what the people reading this would be thinking. Have you got anything to say to them out there?

Andrew
Yeah that’s a sticky question. On paper it doesn’t look good. I guess I was ruthless in my pursuit of knowledge. And my passion for learning took me far and wide. Great for me though. Perhaps. A pity I couldn't learn all that in one place. But all that’s behind me now.

Jean-Paul
So are there any hairdressers that you worked with that you admire?

Andrew
From time to time I came a cross some very talented and passionate people. A young man called Jean-Paul springs to mind! .

Jean-Paul
AHHHH Shucks, You’re making me blush. Anybody else?

Andrew
Martyn Gayle @ Aveda is a genius.
Nicolas Jurnjak in Sydney
Guido Palau is a god, I passed him a pin once. I was peeking and freaking all day!

Jean-Paul
Okay, now a tough one, are you ready?

Andrew
I'm scared.

Jean-Paul
What are the biggest problems facing apprentice hairdressers today?

Andrew
I feel that most salons around the country seriously lack dedication to education and training " Inn House". And that most certainly doesn’t help young kids who are already doing a shorter apprenticeship of 3 years. These two things are the biggest challenges in my view.

Jean-Paul
So tell me your top 10 products/tools?


Andrew
So I had a little look in my kit and have come to realize that I actually roll fairly light these days. I have quite a few things I like to work with but find I like tend to change it in accordance with the direction of my work or the particular brief I'm working with..

I really do like the following products and use them a fair bit..

Strong hold styling gel (Kiehls)

Volumizing tonic (Aveda)

Hair Resort (K.Murphy)

Easy Rider (K.Murphy)

Session Spray (K.Muphy)

Prep (Bumble+Bumble)

Re Do (johnathan Product)

Pli (Loreal)

Holding Spray (Bumble+Bumble)

Brilliantine (Bumble+Bumble)

www.jonathanproduct.com

www.kevinmurphy.com.au

www.bumbleandbumble.com

www.aveda.com.au

www.kiehls.com

As far as styling tools are concerned. I love Blowdrying Hair! So I have lot's of different brushes.. Round brushes, square brushes, Nanna brushes. I also carry a few different mason pearson brushes. yet again in differen't sizes! 

I do use quite a few different kinds of Irons. I always have at least 3 different diameter curling irons. I have a really hot Hairdryer being a Parlux and I also carry around three different irons form GHD, being Slim, Thin and thick! But a big favourite would be the 3 Prong tong!

Jean-Paul
Fantastic. So how can we get in contact with you...?
Facebook, mobile number, email address?

Andrew
I generally recieve all of my work through referral. So basically word of mouth. Facebook has been a revolution though!

Momac Hairsressing
www.momac.com.au

120 Carlisle St

St. Kilda 3182

03 95342108

Jean-Paul
Has websites helped, such as
www.myhairdressersearch.com

Andrew
www.myhairdressersearch.com has been an interesting utility as has Facebook. It has definately created an avenue for people to go down should they wish to pursue you! All they need do is google your name or details about you, and you'll show up on screen!

Jean-Paul
What advice would you give to young apprentices?

Andrew
My advice to young apprentices is very simple. It is extremely important that you work for an organization that has a real focus on education and is dedicated to NURTURING, EDUCATING AND CULTIVATING Its people. Much like any company, the success of a hair shop is dependant on its people. So if the right structure and focus is in place, you'll have every opportunity to succeed. Having said that, what an individual puts in is what they'll ultimately get back. So if the dedication is there and within the right structure. The only way is up.

Upper Cut

Just a quick post today regarding all this chatter about the most expensive haircut according to The Guinness Book Of Records.

For 20,000 pounds, That's $38,690 (aus) approx you get:

* chauffeur driven limo from your home to the airport
* first class flight to the UK
* limo will pick you up at the airport and take you to one of Britain’s finest hotels
* champagne lunch
* Stuart Phillips will escort you to the salon
* extensive hair consultation
* head and scalp massage
* haircut
* instructions to maintain style and suggestions for different ways of wearing it
* selection of L’Oreal products
* limo ride back to the hotel
* day two to spend as you wish
* limo ride back to the airport on the final day
* limo ride from airport to your home
* a portion of the proceeds go to 2 different charities

Second day blow-dry, translator, personal chef and personal security are optional.

For more information visit.

                                                          www.stuartphillips.co.uk

Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch Changes

A couple of ad campaigns have got my attention this month with big fuzzed out hair, which is a nice change, and after all isn’t that what it’s all about?

Take a look at photographer Steven Meisel, he definitely must have a thing for big Fuzzy hair at the moment. For both Prada and Mulberry F/W 09-10 ad campaigns are the best examples I could find in creating a mood that feels other worldly and contemporary.

Featuring models Ymre Stiekema, Julia Hafstrom, Kendra Spears, Katlin Aas , Anna de Rijk, Kasia Struss and Irina Kulikova.

shampoozled

The most expensive shampoo I can get my hands on is Philip B Russian Amber Imperial Shampoo, and at $140us, (that's $170 for the Australian viewers). 

The big question is does it work?

Yes, and no.

Yes, it made the hair feel amazing and silky smooth not to mention the beautiful smell. Yes it did make the hair feel a million dollars.

And no, as a hairstylist it is so rich and made the hair feel so smooth and silky it did in fact make it hard to style and to give the hair body and bounce. 

Best for: coarse, chemically treated hair, curly hair.

Not for: fine hair.

For that kind of money, I could come around to your house and shampoo your hair myself. 

www.philipb.com

Little Tailleur Look Book

I had a great time doing this shoot and I'm very happy with the end result. 

And yes indeed, I also picked out a dress for my girlfriend.

To see more of Little Tailleur visit

http://www.littletailleur.com.au/

Patron Saint Of Hairdressers

St. Martin de Porres.

Now I’m not a religious guy, however I do like the idea of salons world wide hanging this little picture up on their walls.

St. Martin de Porres became the patron saint of hairdressers because hairdressing was one of the duties he performed for his brothers in the friary.

Check him out, he looks like Moss Deff or the guy who played Jesus in Madonna’s Like A Pray music video.

St. Martin de Porres was born at Lima, Peru, in 1579. His father was a Spanish gentleman and his mother a coloured freed-woman from Panama. At fifteen, he became a lay brother at the Dominican Friary at Lima and spent his whole life there-as a barber, farm laborer, almoner, and infirmarian among other things.

I wonder what I have to do to get canonized as a modern day saint? And wouldn't it look good on my resume`.

 

What the sea wants, the sea gets.

This is what happens to photo shoots that don’t work.

Some things we plan, we sit and we invent and we plot and cook up,

But not all these well-rehearsed visions of exaggerated life I call photo shoots go well. Take this little shoot I call “what the sea wants, the sea gets”.

It all started with a simple idea, to stretch myself as a hairstylist, to go further than just a pretty haircut on a pretty girl. And then it came to me, what if I photographed a girl underwater, her hair would float majestically in the big blue yonder.

I got all excited and organized a photographer that was willing and able, and a few beautiful people in a family friends pool.

We thought we could pitch the photo to Levi, Mount Franklin Water, any hair care companies et al.

 And this is what happened. 

The hair extensions that I carefully placed in the models hair kept coming out. So after a couple of frames the model had to come out of the pool, and get the hair extensions back in her hair. We sent the image to everyone, Levi, Globe, Mooks, Nudie Jeans, Aqua, Wella, L`Oreal, Mount Franklin to name a few. And not one company replied. Not one phone call, not one email.  On top of that, all involved with the shoot caught the cold, I mean everybody, the models, the photographer, the stylist, the assistants and myself all had to have four days off. And what went wrong is that is hard to convince people that I, in fact had spent hours doing hair for this shoot.

 And the shoot never went anywhere.

 All what remains is here for your viewing pleasure.

Who are you this time?

This is a little something I did a while back.

Sonic Youth part 1.

Okay, so I'm writing for a web-zine called stylestreet.com.au which is for hairdressers about hairdressers by hairdressers. My article is based on the 10 questions idea.   

Apparently there has been a drop in numbers for apprentice hairdressers. So lets ask the youth what they think... This article can also be found at

www.stylestreet.com.au

Meet Harley.

JPR: How are you and where are you?

HL:I’m good thank you very much. I live in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Where I have lived all my life.

JPR:How long have you been in the hairdressing?

HL:I’ve been in the game now for about 3yrs,compriseing of Hairdressing Pre-Apprentship Coarse, cert 2 at Chisholm Institute Dandenong. And junior apprentice in a salon in Melbourne city I also attend trade school at Biba Academy.

JPR:Where have you worked?

HL:I worked at Worksense Haircutters at their Queen st salon for the majority of my apprenticeship, which is best described as an up market

Salon. In truth, this for me was both fruitful and frustrating. I am now doing some part-time work with Elliot Beautiful Hair, which is located in South Yarra Melbourne. Which has been a refreshing and relaxing environment of which I haven’t experienced in a salon so far.

JPR:Where did you start and why hairdressing?

HL:I started at Chisholm Institute doing cert2 coarse in hairdressing to make sure that it was a right fit for me, and also to have some basic skills for work in a salon.

I tend to get that question a lot, it’s a bit frustrating. I tend to say why not hairdressing? Visually I find hairdressing interesting and creative especially cutting! To see a client visually change from new style excites me.

As a career its always changing which is good as you will never get bored with your job an the industry will never die.

JPR:What are you working on at the moment?

HL:I’m not working for a salon as such at the moment, however, I am studying at Biba Academy for two days a week while I seek an apprenticeship with a salon, or I may continue at Biba Academy fulltime to get my Hairdressing qualification quicker.

JPR:Top 10 products/tools in your kit and why?

HL:Tools-carbon comb create for men’s cutting, ghd's for styling hairups, good set of clips is a must for cutting an styling, a wooden vented round brush great for blow drying. Fringe pins are a handy tool to have in your bag at all times for hair ups

Products-American crew styling products fiber/defining paste great for men’s styling, Aveada air control hair spray has great hold for hair ups and after blow dry. Kevin Murphy angel wash shampoo and conditioner great for fine and damaged hair.

JPR:What has been your career highlight?

HL:To be honest with you my career has been not as fruitful as I would like it to be.

But the one thing that has stood out for me so was the opportunity to work, train and learn from stylists such as Jean-Paul Rosette who has been a great inspiration. He's a unique individual like I am, so I hope that I can build myself a career around my personality like he has. And there are stylist like Ivan Constable an Daniel Ravech that have been in the industry a long time, I won’t say how long, but I was fortunate to work with these stylists very early on in my career and hope to match and surpass them one day!

JPR:What are the biggest problems facing apprentice hairdressers today?

HL:Where to start with this question? Well, I was let go from my apprenticeship very suddenly and without any warning with a year and half left to go, it was very disappointing as I had invested good amount of my time an career with the salon in the hope of getting adequate training which turned out I didn’t get enough, of which is now hindering my chances of getting another apprenticeship with a new salon, as I am behind the eight ball with my training. I spent a good amount of time wining over the senior staff so I could blow-dry and style some of their clients in the busier days and nights. Then suddenly another 2nd yr apprentice was hired who had on-floor experience,, which was very disappointing. The one thing that has kept me seeking employment in hairdressing was the reaction from most the senior staff not to happy about me getting let go from the salon and a few of them have been in regular contact with are  making sure that I am pursuing hairdressing which has given me a lot of confidence that I can succeed in hairdressing as a stylist. So I think one of the biggest problems for apprentices is finding a salon that is committed to seeing you through the three years of your apprenticeship and the training that is necessary.

The one thing I noticed at trade school amongst the other

Apprentices is they tend to bounce a lot between salons, moving from one job to the next. I believe this is not good to bounce around from salon to salon while you are trying to learn a skill set and a trade for a career.

For me the biggest problem as an apprentice has been getting a real chance to implement what I've leant at trade school to work on the floor in a salon environment. I don’t know if that was just the salon I was working for, however I find that in-salon training is inadequate, as some owners don’t put in the time to teach me or other apprentices. Once a week training after hours on one model is not efficient enough.

I think employers just need to have confidence in their juniors as opposed to feeling like we cost the salon money. We (the juniors) are here to work

JPR:How can we get in contact with you?

 

HL:There are many ways that you get in touch with me in the 21st century.

harlism@hotmail.com

Then there there’s Facebook,

http://www.facebook.com/people/Harley-Clinton-Lewis/646784047

And Myspace,

http://www.myspace.com/heardthatsoundamileaway

And at last twitter,

http://twitter.com/unclerev

www.chisholm.edu.au

 http://www.biba.com.au/

Man that hair is Killer.

Man that hair is Killer, is a comment I heard at the Style Melbourne shoot.

This is a sneak peak at the huge hair I did for said photo shoot.

Details to come.

www.stylemelbourne.com

Start breaking my heart

I don’t normally post pictures of haircuts here, however, I was doing my rounds on the Wide World Web when I stumbled on some photos of haircuts I like at the moment. It struck me that they all have one thing in common, as you can see for yourself.

Everywhere I look I see blunt cut hair.

It kind of reminds me of lovers past. Or should I say, a lover past. Do you remember that kooky girl at school who wore black all the time, smoked cigarettes, had an English accent, listened to Kate Bush and used to loiter around the art department? Well, her name is Abbie and Abbie was everything, She was my first real crush I had with an older girl. We dated in high school, I was a pimply 15 year old and she was 17.  When I say date, I really mean I hung out with her for three months until it ended very abruptly.

One minute we are making out in her bedroom to the sounds of Nick Cave, the next, she started hanging around Neil. All I knew about Neil was he was at university and drove a car. 

And now I hate everybody bearing the name Neil the world over, forever more.