Monday’s Muse: Michelle Monaghan

On March 21, 2016 by Corey Powell

Muse: A woman, or a force personified as a woman, who is the source of inspiration for a creative artist.
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I have had the good fortune of working with the beautiful, talented Michelle Monaghan for a few years now. Michelle was referred to me by the talented Ann Morgan (on-set hair designer extraordinaire). Ann was creating a look for HBO’S True Detective and needed some color and highlights for Michelle’s character. Monaghan, Morgan and I have worked together on many projects. For The Best Of Me, we lightened the base and added some balayage highlights to create cool, golden tones. We even lighted the eye brows to create a #GoldenGoddess. We gave her a bit darker and very natural look for Fort Bliss. Pixels was fun; for that film we kept a warm dark base and put in some lighter highlights around her face to add some brightness. Her look in Sleepless Night, was overall darker, with a few strategic balayage highlights to create light and movement. The biggest challenge with Michelle’s hair is keeping it from going warm/brassy.

FYI, Michelle is also a fanfunkintastic girl, wonderful mother and a sexy wife. Love her! Thank you Michelle and Morgan!

The Girls of “Into The Badlands”

On January 7, 2016 by Corey Powell

My good friend Anne Morgan asked me to help her create amazing hair color for the girls on AMC’s show Into The Badlands. We collaborated on creating colors that fit each character– a creative process that I love.

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Clockwise from top left: Orla Brady (Lydia), Sarah Bolger (Jade), Emily Beecham (The Widow), Ellen Hollman (Zypher)

Morgan and I decided to make Lydia, played by Orla Brady, a brunette with cool, golden hues.

Jade, played by Sarah Bolger, was to be an angelic blonde.

The Widow, played by Emily Beecham would be perfect with vibrant, cool, copper-red.

And Zypher, played by Ellen Hollman, would look fantastic with icy platinum blonde with a smoky root.

Then, I was flown to New Orleans to work my magic. During the two-day, 10-hour project we faced a power outage and even a tornado scare in the middle of my creating Sarah Bolger’s (Jade) look– even under normal circumstances transforming a reddish brunette to an angelic blonde is no easy task. I was down to the wire for the film test and my flight home. Luckily, I thrive under pressure (I am The King of Blonde, after all!) and the end result was stunning. Ellen Hollman (Zypher) was up next, and we all loved her final look.

This was such a fun project for a great show. Thank you again, Morgan!

Margot Robbie

On October 26, 2015 by Corey Powell

To MUSE is to consider something thoughtfully. A muse is a person–especially a woman–who is a source of artistic inspiration.

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In 2013, Ann Morgan asked if I could do Margot Robbie’s color for her character Jess in the movie “Focus.” I made her really blonde by softening her base and adding lots of balayage highlights. (She’s such a beauty and very sweet, so it was great working with her.) Harpers Bazaar named her Golden Globes red carpet look the Most Sought After Hair Color of 2014. She looked so damn hot!

Ms. Robbie went home to Australia and went brunette for her role in “Z For Zachariah” and showed up at The Academy Awards with long, dark retro waves. Then she was off to London, where she went strawberry blonde for “Tarzan.” For her role in “Suicide Squad”, Margot went platinum blonde with some blue and pink streaks–her look is amazing and so much fun.

On the August 2015 cover of Elle magazine, she looks stunning as an apricot blonde, which is a must-have hair color for anyone looking for a change. No matter what Margot Robbie does with her hair color, she’s HOT.

#FBF HAIR INSPIRATION 

On October 16, 2015 by Corey Powell

I’ve been doing some research, looking back into the late 80’s early 90’s. Love the French influence by Dassage, the apricot blonde is fresh and genius, let’s bring sexy back, movement, unkempt, #ffhair (freshly fucked),  fresh color, layers, hot for fall…

    
    
 

Kim Bassinger 

On October 9, 2015 by Corey Powell

#fbf I had the privilege of doing Kim’s color for a few years, she’s amazing by the way, and yes gorgeous. One of the movies we worked together on was “SENTINEL.” I did some Balayage highlights to create a dimensional blonde with baby blonde pops. #kingofblonde #coreypaints

Kate Moss

On August 24, 2015 by Corey Powell

#mondaymuse Supermodel, image maker and icon the gorgeous #Kate_Moss #bestblonde#goldenblode always #sexy 

 

Cameron Diaz

On August 21, 2015 by Corey Powell

#fbf #camerondiaz #Colorbyme #vogue #magazine #voguemagazine #kingofblonde So amazing working with Cameron #balayage #highlights ❤️her #bestcolor @sallyhershbergerla  

Celebrity Spotlight: Why I Love Beth Behr’s Color

On June 2, 2015 by Corey Powell

IMG_7168My client, the beautiful Beth Behrs plays Caroline Channing on 2 Broke Girls. I love working with her.

When we meet up, I do a blonde on blonde – smudging her base to make her a little lighter then her natural color. Then, I paint some balayage highlights. Last season we #lobbed her hair off with a side bang. As of recently she’s been growing  her bangs out.

It’s good to mix it up, change it. She looks fabulous nomatter her hairstyle. As you can see in the photos, her color really accentuates her beautiful face, skin, and eyes, making everything pop!

Summer’s Hottest Trend: Balayage Highlights

On May 27, 2015 by Corey Powell

Screen Shot 2015-05-27 at 8.58.15 AMThe summer’s hottest trend is going lighter and looking natural. In my most recent video, we balayaged graphic designer and model, Blanda Eggenschwiler just in time for the warmer weather

What makes Balayage unique versus traditional color techniques? For starters, the hairdresser doesn’t use any foil to create the highlighted look. The technique is more freehand and specialized and requires practice. Luckily for all you #HairJunkies out there, I use the balayage technique all the time, which is unusual considering the trend has only recently come over from the UK this season. But I will say all the A-Listers are coming in just for this treatment.

Balayage means ‘to sweep’ or ‘paint’ in french, which is exactly what I did with Blanda. You can see in the video we worked on numerous sections of the hair, weaving in highlights that are less noticeable than what we’re used to seeing. As your grows out with balayage color, the roots are less noticeable, leaving more of a sun kissed, natural look.

Screen Shot 2015-05-27 at 8.58.15 AMPersonally, my favorite aspect of balayage is that it truly looks effortless. Instead of looking like someone who spends hours in the salon, you look like you just finished spending hours of time on the beach. #HairTip: Ask your hairdresser to match the best color to work into your hair based on your skin tone. So not only will you have the hottest trend of the summer, but it will enhance your skin too.

The look of balayage is timeless, low-maintenance, and will cost you less money in terms how often you’ll need to go in for a color touchup.

Whether you’re blonde, brunette, redhead, or have some crazy purple dye job, you can balayage any color to change things up.

Ombre Isn’t Just for Your Hair, You Can Do Eyebrows, Too!

On May 26, 2015 by Corey Powell

Some say you can ombre your hair, I say you might as well do your eyebrows, too!

Say it with me, “ombrow.”michelle-m-ombre-brows-w540

Check out this story in Glamour Magazine about how I turned Michelle Monaghan’s eyebrows into “ombrow’s” and all about the technique.

But please, don’t try this at home. It’s strictly for the professionals!

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