Salon at home

If centuries ago queens and royalty dictated the trends, now hairdresser’s have become most important than the celebrities they work for. Taking off in the 70s, new decade encourages their stardom, and makes available at your home the treatments you enjoy at salon.

Marie-Antoinette was famous for her outlandish hairdos and Mozart was so obsessed with the wigs to say that he needed more than one head to wear them all. In the 18 th century excess was the style code until French Revolution and started chopping heads.

The complicated hairdos, in a time that women wore a extremely long hair, required assistance and as they were to keep in the height of the fashion and eclipse other women, they had to look their best. The visit to the hairdresser was as important as the one to the taylor.

In 20 th century, with the development of cinema, actresses began to set trends, from the hair like men of the 20s to the waves of the 40s and the fully developed middle class started demanding their stylists.

If Vidal Sassoon was the man for United States, Llongueras and Ruppert were the saviours in Spain; in the 80s Ruppert was the star of a very successful advertisement in which celebrities told “Ruppert, I need you”. In 2001 Llongueras wrote his autobiography, Llongueras tal cual (Planeta), telling his most memorable moments: from talking to Dali to singing with Carreras.

Nowadays, the stylists of Madonna and Natalie Portman, for mentioning a few, recreate their looks for prestigious magazines and create their own styling lines, from everything to shampoos to colouring.

Recomendations

• Charles Worthington: he’s won twice British Hairdresser of The Year, and has become a must in red carpets. Celebrities as Mena Suvari, Goldie Hawn, and Jerry Hall can’t live without him. Salon Shine Results it’s the name of his brand, with shampoos, intensives, and stylers. His best:
  Full volume shampoo: Volumes up and smells too good.
  Boosting mousse: Volumes up and gets shine.
  


• Toni and Guy: Forty years in the industry. They began in London and now they have academies worldwide, a reputation of innovation and one of the widest ranges of products. His best:
  Daily style bag: Shampoo, conditioner, protein protection mist, funky gum, mini paddle brush, and bag.
  Detox Shampoo: For get rid of the residues of styling products and of pollution.
  Joystick Control Dryer: The professional hairdryer, long-lasting, and wide heating levels.

• John Frieda: A must in British Vogue and Harpers&Queen, in the 80s he seduced celebrities of Hollywood, high society and royalty. In 1988 created the first products of her line, with the help of Boots, and succeed.
  Frizz ease heat defeat and trade protective styling spray: It works with heat appliances to stylish your hair and protects it.
  Luminous colour glaze sheer blonde platinum to champagne: Revives the shine and offers a glossy touch for blondes.

Shopping points

• Charles Worthington, Toni and Guy
  www.boots.co.uk
• John Frieda
  In department stores worldwide

Picture of the model: Llongueras trend 2010