Mo’Nique (born Monique Imes on December 11, 1967) recently stopped by the Ellen Degeneres show to discuss her spectacular role in the film Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire.

Mo’Nique is an American television hostess, comedian and actress who is originally for Baltimore.  She is best known by many for her long term role in The Parkers.

The vivacious actress was Ellen’s first guest, bringing a clip of the film where she play’s Mary Jones, the abusive mother of Precious.  This movie has a lot of Oscar buzz around it.

Mo’Nique appeared on Ellen wearing a gorgeous dusty rose fitted V neck at-the-knee dress.  The dress had beautiful draping throughout the waist showcasing Mo’Nique’s slim hourglass figure.  Her hair was coiffed in a sleek to-the-shoulder lush bob hairstyle.

Mo’Nique’s base hair color was a right milk chocolate brown and she had a side-swept fringe with lighter caramel highlights.  The fringe had lots of texture and movement and offset her stunning eyes. Read the rest of this post »

I  first had the privilege of meeting Jennifer Behr while she was still the brilliant designer behind the original Frederic Fekkai hair accessories sold exclusively at Henri Bendels, Saks and Bergdorf Goodman.

(Image of Jennifer Behr Gold and Black Stitched Weave Stretch Headband - All Rights Reserved).

At the time I met Jennifer, I was in New York with my beloved husband Michael.

We both were taken with Jennifer immediately.  She welcomed us to the Frederic Fekkai corporate offices not far from our quaint boutique inn - The Inn At Irving Place.  In fact, we walked from The Inn to the Fekkai offices.

Jennifer invited us into the conference room and proceeded to show us all of her current designs.  She also showed us future designs for the upcoming seasons.

At that time HairBoutique.com was negotiating the addition of the Frederic Fekkai line of hair accessories to our already spectacular collection of high fashion lines including Linda Levinson, Renee Rivera, Cara and Jane Tran, to name just a few of the many spectacular designers in our Marketplace.

Unfortunately, shortly after our meeting, Frederic decided to discontinue his hair accessory line in order to focus on his other business units.  Jennifer told me she was developing her own eponymous accessory line which was of course fabulous news. Read the rest of this post »

The world of fashion in the form of Liz Claiborne Inc. (LIZ) has taken a financial hit due to the current economic situation as well as prior financial challenges.

Liz Claiborne recently posted a much wider-than-expected third-quarter loss of $90.5 million or 96 cents a share compared with a year-earlier loss of $68.7 million or 73 cents per share, but did offer stockholders and brand fans some glimmers of hope for the future.

Excluding write-downs and other items, continuing operations swung to a loss of 43 cents from year-earlier income of 39 cents. Sales dropped 24% to $769.6 million.

Liz Claiborne which also owns the beloved Juicy Couture brand along with Kate Space, Lucky Brand and Mexx reported a 90.5 million dollar loss for the quarter ending October 3, 2009. Read the rest of this post »

One of my ongoing challenges with hair, beauty, cosmetics and the like is to figure out ways to keep my information fresh, exciting and unique.

That may sound easy-peasy, but it’s not.  Afterall, other than cool marketing names, lots of old standby hair and beauty products just turn up their cool factor by throwing up some edgy names.

Case in point is the new hair “custards” and other food sounding names.  Somebody in the world of hair and beauty discovered that dessert sells.

Afterall, Jessica Simpson used to have a line of edible body creams.  Key words in that sentence is “used to”  Does a sexy or yummy new names really change anything about the formulation?  Usually not but it can create a new buzz.  Until some other edgy names hit the fashion, beauty and hair media. Read the rest of this post »

Now your professional hairdresser can protect your eyes, mouth, face and neck when you visit the salon with Pro-Tech’s revolutionary new face shields.

Owned and operated by Christian Colbert, a creative spirit with over 20 years of salon and styling experience, Pro-Tech face shields are his invention.

Nowadays he is a partner stylist with a trendsetting salon in Dallas, Texas. In addition to being passionate about his clients, he’s just as driven by his Pro-Tech Products.

(Image of the Pro-Tech face shields are courtesy of Pro-Tech - All Rights Reserved).

The fabulous Pro-Tech shields are disposable and easy to use, they can be worn the entire salon service or even for a quick bang trim.

Pro-Tech face shields are 100% hypo-allergenic and easy to apply. They protect the eyes, nose, and mouth against itchy falling hairs and harsh chemical fumes produced by hairspray, perms, relaxers and color. Read the rest of this post »