Elle Magazine's article, "America's Best Hair"

Miley Cyrus is on the cover of August's Elle magazine, but you should still read it! They featured an article on top star hair styles, and their choices are very similar to what our clients have been asking for. The first cut is the long bob, or "lob" shown on Anne Hathaway and Gweneth Paltrow. I have done this haircut at least twice today alone, and it is perfect for a woman whose hair has gotten too long and heavy. The best part is that it still fits back into a ponytail for these hot humid Summer days. The next trend Elle mentioned was bangs, which have been very popular here at Anita Kurl for a while now. The picture of Katy Perry here on the right is an example of a large bang section that is slightly layered to keep it from looking too blunt or heavy. The last category is the "wave", which is a soft pretty long layered haircut which is either blown out with a round brush or curled with a large barrel curling iron shown on Gossip girl's Blake Livley.

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.