Julie Vriesinga Hair Colors Inspo NAHA – 2023

Posted by on Feb 5, 2023 in Helen's Blog | 0 comments

Julie Vriesinga Hair Colors Inspo NAHA - 2023

Photos: Paula Tizzard (Courtesy The Professional Beauty Association (PBA)

Julie Vriesinga of Salon Entre Nous is nominated again for the PBA NAHA 2023 Awards in the Hairstylist of The Year Category.  She worked with colors and products by L’Oreal Majirel  and Goldwell Elumen.

Left.  Her structured bob with shattered ends shows off color done in layers, as though it was a canvas. The base color was first applied, then the award-winning artist did a series of hand-painted diagonal crossed lines in different tones.  Lastly, she finished by tipping out certain sections with a copper glow.  The look was finished by styling the hair with a round brush blow dry, then a 1″ flatiron created folds around the parietal ridge and through the fringe to create erratic zigzag patterns.  It was set with a ribbon tied temple to temple around the head to tighten the shape through the center

Right: The short look has heavy blunt layers, a micro-chopped fringe, and a rainbow of pink colors applied from the palest blush to a dusty rose to bubble gum, and deeper tones, all creating an incredible multi-dimensional look, somehow still subtle.  Very thin and detailed sections were placed in foil throughout the head, a deeper shadow root created depth from the inside.  The cut contrasts the soft color placement. To contradict the cut, a very soft multidirectional curling iron set was then shaped using a brush and hands.

Hair: Julie Vriesinga, Salon Entrenous, London, Canada
Products: L’Oreal Majirel and Goldwell Elumen
Makeup: Florencia Taylor
Wardrobe: Florencia Taylor
Models: Left: MK Kearns, Right:  Sophie Monet
Photos: Paula Tizzard
(Courtesy The Professional Beauty Association (PBA)

(Left: Products:  L’Oreal Dia Light, Techni Art Pli Setting Spray, Constructor, Anti-Frizz HairSpray, Savage Panache, Ring Light
Right Products: L’Oreal Techni Art Transformer Texture Gel to Foam, Super Dust, Web, Anti-Frizz, Ring Light)

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Avant Garde Hair by NAHA Finalist – 2023

Posted by on Feb 3, 2023 in Helen's Blog | 0 comments

Avant Garde Hair by NAHA Finalist – 2023

Photos: Damien Carney

The inspiration for this “Euphoria Hair Collection” by Anakin Chan of Bubbles Salon, was a futuristic garden.  “I was trying to think outside the box to make the hair look like plastic with some transparency so you can see the hair through the light,” the artist said.   “The lighting for the photo shoot was also critical because I wanted to see the shapes.”

Nominated as an Avant Garde Finalist for the Professional Beauty Association (PBA) 34th annual North American Hairstyling Awards (NAHS) for 2023, he first cut a piece of extension, laid it flat and saturated it with Mod Podge (an all-in-one glue, sealer and finish) then let dry overnight.  When 100% dried, he cut different sized circles in different shapes, folding them like an origami, then glue gunned them together on a base to fit with the model’s face. Congratulations to Anakin and to all the Finalists.

Hair Stylist: Anakin Chan, Bubbles Salon, Maryland … Hair Product: CIBU … Makeup; joanne Gair  … Fashion Director: Nikko Kefalas … Model: Elena Sartison … Photos: Damien Carney (Courtesy The Professional Beauty Association (PBA)

Stay tuned for more inspirations from the most prestigious professional beauty competition in North America which honors the salon industry’s top artists who have a creative field day participating in various categories.  Tickets for the event, which takes place at Anaheim Convention Center on April 2nd, are available if you CLICK HERE

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Deco-Inspired Hair/Cool Men NAHA – 2022

Posted by on Apr 16, 2022 in Helen's Blog | 0 comments

Deco-Inspired Hair/Cool Men NAHA - 2022

Photos: Vanessa Secondino

If you are a cool man you will love these art deco-inspired hair designs by Navin Ramgoolam of Salon Deaville in Montreal which won the Barber Of The Year Award at NAHA 2022. The Barber category included fades, tapers, and other looks created with a mastery in techniques.”  Congratulations to the team who put these looks together and to all the Winners and those nominated.   Good to know creativity is still alive and well in the hair world. For more NAHA 2022, CLICK HERE

Hair: Navin Ramgoolam, Salon Deauville, Montreal … Makeup: Kris Christodoulou … Fashion Stylist: Kim Rivka … Photos: Vanessa Secondino

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Avant Garde Hair Winner @ NAHA – 2022

Posted by on Apr 11, 2022 in Helen's Blog | 0 comments

 Avant Garde Hair Winner @ NAHA - 2022

Photo: Damien Carney. Collage: helenoppenheim.com

Migena Furxhi was the Winner of the Avant Garde category at NAHA 2022.  She wanted to “portray strength and beauty, a strong silhouette with bold definitions of design and color when everything around us seemed so bleak and falling apart.” This was a team effort, and the hairdresser credits her photographer, Damien Carney, “as the photoshoot coach” and Nicholas French who has won this award many times, for “his mentoring and unwavering support.”    The Professional Beauty Association who give us NAHA year after year say “this category recognizes hairstylists that create artistic, innovative, unique and experimental concepts that push our consciousness about what hair can do.”  To see more photos from NAHA 2022, CLICK HERE

Hair: Migena Furxhi, Grand Rapids, MI … Makeup: Joanne Gair … Fashion Stylist: Nikko Kefalas
Photos: Damien Carney

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ULTA BEAUTY WINNER @ NAHA – 2022

Posted by on Apr 10, 2022 in Helen's Blog | 0 comments

ULTA BEAIUTY WINNER @ NAHA – 2022

Photos: Richard Monsieurs

The North American Hairstyling Awards are the most prestigious professional beauty competition in North America and honors the salon industry’s top artists.  Top talents from hairdressers to makeup artists, fashion stylists and photographers across America and Canada go all out for this competition when they can let their creativity have a field day.  I was a judge for the winners from 2015 to 2019 so I know how much goes into the hair and the  images and how thrilled the winners and those nominated are.  These two photos were part of the Ulta Beauty Design Team’s Winning Collection.  No less than 16 names are credited as being part of the Ulta team – all the names are listed and archived in an album on my website, which features 23 images.  To see my NAHA 2022 selection CLICK HERE 

Hair: Ulta Beauty Design Team, Bolingbrook, IL … Makeup: Deney Adam …
Photos: Richard Monsieurs

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Avant Garde Hair Up To There For NAHA – 2021

Posted by on Apr 27, 2021 in Helen's Blog | 0 comments

Avant Garde Hair Up To There For NAHA – 2021

Photo: Damien Carney for NAHA/Pro Beauty

If only a celeb at the Oscars, or any award ceremony, had the guts to wear their hair and makeup like this, which has happened, with too much criticism for anyone to try to be avant garde again!  This hair up to there is by Damien Carney, makeup by Joanne Gair, and it is nominated in the Avant Garde Category of the 2021 NAHA Awards (North American Hairstyling Awards) to be announced on August 29th at the Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas – tickets probeauty.org/naha

Hair: Damien Carney, Damien Carney Pro, Makeup: Joanne Gair, Model; Elena Sartison, Fashion Stylist: Rod Novoa, Photo: Damien Carney for NAHA/Professional Beauty Association (PBA)

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Orangeheads Nominated for NAHA – 2019

Posted by on Nov 29, 2019 in Helen's Blog | 0 comments

Orangeheads Nominated for NAHA – 2019

Photo Left: Paula Tizzard … Photo Right: John Rawson

Two orangeheads nominated for the North American Hairstyling Awards (NAHA) for 2019.
Left: Julie Vriesinga’s waved wonder is one of her looks up for the Master Hairstylist of the Year Award …
Right: Chrystofer Benson’s look for girls who love curls is up for an award in the Hairstylist of the Year Category. The NAHA Awards will be announced by the Professional Beauty Association (PBA) on January 25th. 2020.  Tickets/info pro beauty.org/naha

Hair Left: Julie Vriesinga, Salon Entre Nous, London, Canada … Makeup: Florencia Taylor …
Photo: Paula Tizzard
Hair Right:: Chrystofer Benson, CBC Productions … Makeup: Danielle Donahue …
Fashion Styling: Hannah Patrica … Photo: John Rawson

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NAHA Hairstylist of the Year Winners – 2019

Posted by on Jan 28, 2019 in Helen's Blog | 2 comments

NAHA Hairstylist of the Year Winners - 2019

Photos: Paula Tizzard for NAHA/PBA

Winners at the North American Hairstyling Awards (NAHA) for 2019 include Julie Vriesinga, Hairstylist of the Year, and Florencia Taylor, Makeup Artist of the Year, both Canadians. The  extraordinary makeup was inspired by John Galliano and Pat McGrath, the all one length lob was shaded and painted colorifically.  Winners were announced  last night by the Professional Beauty Association in Long Beach, California.

Hair: Julie Vriesinga, Salon Entrenous, Forest, Ontario, Canada … Makeup: Florencia Taylor, London, Ontario, Canada … Model: Emma Pilon … Photos: Paula Tizzard for NAHA/PBA

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