| Short Hair: Halle Berry's Classic Cut |
| Karen Marie Shelton |
| Date: 05/16/06 |
Introduction
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Halle Berry
March 9, 2002
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Halle Berry was born August 14, 1966 in Cleveland, Ohio.
Her stunning beauty is what first captured media
attention when she won the Miss Teen All-American
Pageant in 1985 at the age of 17. From there she
wowed the judges in the Miss USA Pageant coming in as
the first runner-up.
Halle was inspired from her beauty
pageant experiences to become a model and then an
actress. In 1989 she appeared on the TV series,
Living Dolls. From there she had a big break in
Spike Lee's Jungle Fever film in 1991.
Her career
continued to soar with well-received roles in Bulworht,
Losing Isaiah, Dorothy Dandridge and the very popular
X-men where she played ice princess Storm.
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Halle Berry
14th Annual Kid's Choice Awards
2001 |
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In 2001 she netted two major roles in
Swordfish and Monster's Ball for which she won an
Academy Award. Her award was for the first African
American actress in the Best Actress category.
Halle was catapulted to major media
darling status for her spectacular red carpet gowns and
short sassy pixie haircut. Woman around the world
started to copy Halle's super short style which fit her
perfectly proportioned face like a glove. Halle's
series of short and super short crops, chops and pixies
become iconic and are still admired, even though the
star has worn her hair in longer lengths over the past
few years.
The gorgeous star kept her hair in the super
short pixie style until 2003 when she started letting it grow.
During the time period when it was super short she
experimented with different styling techniques ranging
from wearing her hair very finished to very messy.
She wore it straight, finger curled and ruffled
with equal success.
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Halle Berry
Screen Actors Guild Awards
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Most hairdressers agreed that Halle's
classic short pixie was created with skillful razoring
to create the wispy style. Her ends (shown
above in the 2001 Kid's Choice Awards) were often
slightly flipped up in a sassy style which razoring
would make possible.
Celebrity hairdresser Robert Hallowell
recently explained that "not everyone has hair that is
suitable for razoring". When the wrong type of
hair is "razored it causes the ends to be too wispy and
to split easily".
When I asked him for the perfect type of
hair for a razored cut, he mentioned that some African
American hair textures ares ideal for creating the
perfect wispy quality without the hair being too
fractured so that it curls up".
Of course this may not be true for all African American
hair textures, which tends to be fragile and thus not a
good candidate for razoring, but in the case of Halle,
it appeared to work perfectly.
Summary
Halle is not only admired for her
incredible fashion savvy, fabulous icon status short hairstyles and great
beauty, she is respected for her acting chops.
She
has also suffered for her craft, enduring two painful
divorces and a rumored abusive relationship. Halle
is so committed to her acting craft that she insists on
living in character as much as possible.
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