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Noemie Lenoir before and after

Unbelievably, it seems the Britney look is catching on. Gorgeous French model and actress Noemie Lenoir, the face of Marks and Spencer and Next, was spotted in New York - with a freshly shorn blonde crop.

Noemie is barely recognisable without the signature golden brown pre-Raphaelite curls she normally sports in television and advertising campaigns for the companies she models for.

What was she thinking?: Model and actress Noemie Lenoir has cut her beautiful brown curls off for this severe blond crop.

With no clue as to why she’s undergone such a severe transformation, one can only conclude that she’s been cast a baddie in her latest film.

She is currently filming the third instalment in the Rush Hour franchise with Chris Tucker.

The mother of one, who is married to French international and Chelsea star, Claude Makelele, looked like she was getting into character, as she sat stern, and unsmiling while lunching with friends at popular celeb restaurant Cipriani.

Let’s hope this attack of the crops isn’t catching.

Who will it strike next?

— The London Evening Standard

In its ninth installment, Consumer Reports AdWatch takes a look at the eyelash growing drug Latisse. The ad is everywhere.

And while it may be easy to spot a TV commercial for Latisse, it’s not so easy for consumers to recognize the downside of gorgeous eyelashes.

Consumer Reports spells it out—the drug, which costs about $100 a month, could make hair grow in places you don’t want it; it could turn your blue eyes brown; it could cause darkening of the lower eyelids and a “raccoon” look; and it could give you itchy, red eyes. And P.S., when you stop using Latisse, your eyelashes return to normal.

Consumer Reports notes that Latisse has caught the eye of the Food and Drug Administration, which in September warned Allergan that promotional materials on the drug’s Web site omitted or minimized certain risks.

As noted in a blog posted at ConsumerReportsHealth.org, the Latisse commercial embodies pretty much everything that’s wrong with direct-to-consumer advertising.

Click here for the blog and the Ad Watch video

Actress Lucy Benjamin is mostly worried about her hair going wild as she prepares to embark on her jungle adventure for the taping of the British TV show “I’m a Celebrity”.

The 39 year-old mum-of-one said she is so concerned about the state of her frizzy hair if she doesn’t have any conditioner she might have to resort to rubbing leaves into it.

She says: “I couldn’t be without my hair conditioner because I’ve got naturally curly hair. I’m trying to wangle getting conditioner in because otherwise I’m going to look like a mad woman.

“At one point I thought, ‘I’m just going to pick leaves that have got balm in them and rub them in my hair, anything.”

Taylor Swift has spoken about her “girly” fashion style.

In the December issue of “In Style” magazine, Swift gave girls tips on getting their hair to look curly. “It helps if you have natural curly hair but if you want a really good spiral curl and want it to have a nice lift, you take a piece of your hair and wrap it around your finger, going towards the back of your head.”

She also told the publication: “I love dresses, I love skirts, headbands, old antique necklaces.

“I’m really inspired by retro fashions and things that were beautiful then and can still be beautiful now in a more modernized way,” the “You Belong With Me” singer added.

Look like a star! Quick directions for achieving celebrity looks at home.

Carrie Underwood

Carrie Underwood glowed on the red carpet this past weekend at the 43rd Annual Country Music Awards. Her look was romantic, polished, and ultra-glamorous. Alterna’s Global Creative Director, Michael Shaun Corby, explains how to re-create this glam-curly, red-carpet look at home.

• Work a volumizing styling lotion into damp, freshly washed hair like Alterna’s Hemp with Organics Thickening Compound and create a side part
• Blow-dry hair with a round brush to achieve volume, especially at the roots
• Back-comb the top back portion of the hair lightly and carefully to get volume at the top of the head
• Lightly spray the entire head and hair with Alterna’s Caviar Working Hair Spray
• Use a wide-barrel curling iron to curl sections of the hair from mid-shaft to the ends, spraying each curl with Caviar Working Hair Spray after it’s been curled, to maintain the shape
• Pin back a small amount of hair from the sides, securing just below the back-combed section and pushing it up and back slightly to get extra height
• Use fingers to lightly separate the curls to add some texture
• Finish with a light spray of Caviar Working Hair Spray and Hemp with Organics Spray Shine for a brilliant sheen

Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift’s fun, feminine updo perfectly complemented her elegant sparkly gown. We love the loose curls that fall along her face! To get this look at home, Alterna’s Corby offers a few easy steps using Alterna products:

• Work a small amount of Alterna’s Hemp Shine & Texturizing Catalyst into damp, freshly washed hair for smooth, soft, weightless volume and create a side part
• Blow-dry hair with a round brush
• Lightly spray the entire head and hair with Alterna’s Caviar Working Hair Spray
• Use a small-barrel curling iron to create ringlet curls throughout the hair from mid-shaft to the ends, spraying each curl with Caviar Working Hair Spray to maintain the shape
• Coat fingers lightly in Caviar Anti-Aging Shaping Balm, and use fingers to lightly separate the curls and add texture with the balm
• Pin up the hair by rolling the ends under for a ‘faux bob’ effect and pinning to secure. Make sure to leave some loose curled strands to fall along the face
• Finish with a light spray of Caviar Working Hair Spray and Hemp with Organics Spray Shine for a brilliant sheen

Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman’s hairdresser David Babaii created Nicole’s loose waves for the award show.

• Shampoo and condition hair with David Babaii for WildAid Amplifying Shampoo and Conditioner for volume. His motto is: rinse, rinse rinse so you have a clean canvas. This is a must for achieving a “good hair day!”
• Spray the entire head with David Babaii for WildAid Bohemian Beach Spray and scrunch the product into hair. This gives just the right amount of texture and movement.
• To create added volume while blow drying, move hair in various directions. Once dry, section the hair into 3 different parts: top, sides and back, leaving the nape area free. This is vital because you need to have constant control over the hair at all times. He used a 1 ½” sized FHI Heat Ceramic curling iron to create these luscious loose curls. To achieve natural looking curls and/or hide any partings, take alternating “V” shaped partings and wrap the sections around the inside of the barrel and hold for 10 seconds. Clip each curl and allow them to cool.
• To style, remove all the clips and rub a small amount of David Babaii for WildAid Hair Polish into your hands and finger tips. Gently run your fingers through the curls to loosen (no comb or brush, please!) Remember, your hands can be your best styling tools. To create these loose curls, take random sections and run your fingers through to separate and define.
• For additional lift or volume at the scalp area, use David Babaii for WildAid Volcanic Ash Root Amplifier. With fingers, lift sections for extra volume and height.
• To complete the look, spray David Babaii for WildAid Mise en Plis Light Styling Spray.

What makes curly hair curly? Scientists in Australia have identified a single gene that strongly influences whether you have curly or straight hair, according to PhysOrg.com.

The study looked for genetic variations in people of European descent to identify any genes associated with curly and straight hair. People of European descent have 45% straight hair, 40% wavy, and 15% naturally curly hair. Professor Martin and colleague Dr. Sarah Medland have previously found there is up to a 90% chance of inheriting the curly hair trait.

The scientists, from the Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR) in Brisbane, identified the TCHH gene (trichohyalin) on chromosome one as the major gene controlling the curliness of hair. TCHH has been known for over 20 years to play a role in the development of hair follicles. It is expressed in the inner root sheath of developing hair follicles.

Curlies have long been told that it is follicle shape that determines curliness, so presumably this gene affects the follicle shape.

Leader of the team Professor Nick Martin said that variations in the gene determine how straight or curly the hair is, but more work is needed to determine the exact variant that influences curliness. Professor Martin said a variation that causes a change in an amino acid is the most likely contender.

Hair morphology has been studied extensively in Asian populations, and research carried out in Japan last year determined the genetic basis for the straight, thick hair common in East Asian populations. The differences in the FGFR2 and EDAR genes found in Asia are thought to have originated after East Asian and European populations diverged. Much less is known about the genetic basis of straight and curly hair in Europeans.

The study analyzed data collected from a 30-year study of 5000 twins of European ancestry. The twins were asked whether their hair was curly, wavy or straight, and the researchers then tried to match the hair type against the data on the genomes of the twins.

The paper was published on November 5 in the online edition of the American Journal of Human Genetics. The research is likely to have applications in the cosmetics industry and in forensics, where the knowledge may help in identifications.

In a recent post on CurlTalk, SicilyCurl offered these insightful observations:

In terms of the curly hair topic, this is what I’ve been thinking lately -

Without mentioning names specifically, I think that certain organizations, businesses, and people need to do more than just profit off of the confusion and desperation of many curly-haired people and actually do something to lobby on our behalf. Curly hair is extremely complex and you really need hands on, on-site help with it, instead of spending hundreds of dollars on products, playing guessing games, and communicating with people hundreds of miles away who can’t even see you. Do you know what would be truly helpful?

1. Lobby the heck out of the beauty schools and persuade them to churn out more curly hair experts.
2. Help set up curly hair institutes in all major cities that carry an array of products for an array of curly hair types. People cannot guide you on your hair from afar because they can’t see and feel your texture and know the climate that you live in. You need hands on, on-site assistance from someone who can guide you every step of the way. I don’t mean to sound patronizing because I know some curly heads figure their hair out on their own, but many do not and they spend loads of cash and shed tears trying to figure it out.
3. Work with consumer rights and environmental organizations to get hair care companies to stop putting industrial chemicals in their products that are damaging to our environment, our bodies and to the health of our hair.
4. Monitor reviews (on all Web sites) that seem to be covertly placed by hair care companies. I’m sure some companies pay people to say positive things about their products, and place negative comments about competitors’ products. When someone raves “I combined FKG with some EETK, raked and scrunched, plopped, and spread some NUJKL on the canopy, and dolloped some TNMIL over the fortress. Voila! My curls where rockin’!,” how do you know that person isn’t actually some 70 year-old bald guy who was paid by the companies to plant that on a site? I’m a smart and educated person, but when I get extremely frustrated with my curly hair, even I buy into the propaganda.

I do not think we curly heads are gullible and that we need someone to hold our hand, but curly hair can be extremely complex and majorly frustrating and I think there can be a better way to figure it out. We shouldn’t be bankrupted into blindly figuring out what our hair likes or needs. We need more trained hairstylists who can help us get it right the first or second time with the right products. We need certain organizations, businesses and people to lobby to make that happen.

Yes, I do care about far more serious problems in the world, but this is a site about curly hair and I just wanted to express my opinion on the topic. Feel free to respond or not.

We like your comments, SicilyCurl, and couldn’t agree more. We at NaturallyCurly commit to do all that we can to facilitate many of your thoughts. Our recent launch of CurlStylist was very much an attempt to educated stylists about curlies’ real-life needs and to provide them with training and education to help us rock our curls.

Additionally, we are in contact with various beauty schools, and in fact helped bring in an Austin curl expert to a local school to give the students some curl-specific knowledge. You can read about it here!

We encourage other curly-friendly organizations and businesses to join NaturallyCurly in this endeavor to spread the curly word!

Paula Patton

At the recent Ninth Annual Avon Foundation for Women Awards Gala, Paula Patton added to the celebration of this monumental cause with this fun-upbeat look:

Ursula Stephen, Motions Celebrity Stylist, created Paula Patton’s sweet look for less than $15. Follow these easy steps to create this versatile style:

1. Apply Motions Light Styling Foam, focusing on the roots
2. Blow dry hair in an upwards motion to add volume
3. Spray Motions Light Hold Working Spritz throughout hair. Using a medium-sized barrel iron, curl small sections of hair, securing curls with hair pins. After hair has cooled, remove pins and comb through with a wide-toothed comb
4. Using fingers, gently sweep hair behind ears and create a soft side part, teasing the crown if necessary
5. Finish with Motions Oil Sheen & Conditioning Spray for a long-lasting look

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Jesse Reese, Grand Prize Winner of the DevaCurl Challenge, was treated to an all-expenses-paid weekend trip to New York City in September.

With her curly mom, Maryann, in tow, both lovely ladies spent the day at the Devachan Salon and Spa on Broome Street while the Curly Girl herself, Lorraine Massey, tended to their tresses. Lorraine Massey had little to do to condition Reese’s curls because they were “Deva Healthy. “

Reese has been a DevaCurl lover for as long as she can remember and a true crusader for curly girls. She told the Deva staff story after story about how she constantly had to defy the norm as people all around her encouraged her to straighten her hair. The worst culprit was a college professor who told her that her curls were messy and unkempt looking and that if she wanted to get a job after college and be taken seriously, she should straighten her hair. Well, not Reese! Instead she continued to embrace her curls every step of the way and is a strong, smart, beautiful curly girl!

Deva teamed up with NaturallyCurly in the spring for the Curly Girl Challenge, which encouraged readers to try the Deva 3-step regimen and and to share their stories.

As the Grand Prize Winner, Reese will appear in Massey’s “Curly Girl 2″ — the sequel to her popular curl bible “Curly Girl“.

We love our CurlTalkers! Here’s a fun peek at the threads that got the most posts yesterday, Nov. 5. All threads are from Non-Hair Discussion, except “Hand Dry Hair Glove”, which is on the General Discussion about Hair forum.