Why we are obsessed with Nick Arrojo

Those of you not in the salon industry may know Nick Arrojo from "What Not To Wear, where he was the show's hair stylist for for seven years. Here at Anita Kurl we know him as a formidable expert in hairdressing. He has been associated with Wella, Bumble and Bumble, Aveda and has now launched his own product line that we have been experimenting with in the salon. A few weeks ago we were invited to an exciting new class touring the country called "Happy Mondays". The class featured live model demos of the latest trends and techniques in contemporary hairstyling. He is an inspiring artist and business owner, and I left the class feeling a renewed love for my job and my industry. Arrojo trained in the Vidal Sassoon method of haircutting early in his career, and has developed a personal style that combines the geometric perfection of Sassoon cut with his own unique twist. He designed a special razor made especially for his method of cutting. It is sort of a deconstructed precision haircut. Come on in for a new clean razored take on your long layered haircut for the Fall.

The modern day bob

The bob sometimes gets a bad rap, being called the "soccer mom" look or that hideous hair cut we keep seeing on the cover of recent tabloids, but we think it is actually a timeless and classic hairstyle. The hair cut became popular in 1914 when ballroom dancer and silent film actor Irene Castle cut her hair into a bob before entering the hospital for an appendectomy. She did it for convenience, but with so many woman in the workforce while the men were at war it became desirable to simplify their hairstyles. It has come in and out of fashion almost every other decade since. For a lot of modern day hair stylists Vidal Sassoon is what we think of when we hear "bob". We might picture one of the precision haircuts he did in the 60's pictured above on Nancy Kwan in the black and white photo. Over the weekend we gave that hair style a modern interpretation in Melissa's haircut above, which captures the geometric look Vidal Sassoon made famous, but with a little more movement and texture.