| Celebrity Hairdresser: Nelson Chan |
| Karen Marie Shelton |
| Revised 7/27/07 - Original Publication Date:
4/17/06 |
Introduction
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Voted the best hair colorist by InStyle and Allure Magazines, Master
Colorist Nelson Chan is a highly sought-after hair color pro by those who work in front of
the camera as well as behind the scenes in film and television.
The brilliant Nelson is a rising star in the salon industry.
For a young colorist still in his 20s, he has already artfully
“painted” the tresses of many Hollywood producers, actresses,
newscasters, makeup artists, hairdressers and stylists.
Nelson
was born and raised in Hong Kong, and immigrated to the United
States as a teenager in the early 90s. He chose to study
cosmetology, graduating from Citrus College in Los Angeles.
Shortly afterwards, he made hair coloring his specialty, and in 1995
began a rewarding two-year apprenticeship with renowned colorist
Stuart Gavert. Chan subsequently became a colorist at Gavert
Atelier salon until moving to Estetica salon in Beverly Hills in
early 2003.
Nelson currently has his own
salon called Nelson J in Beverly Hills (1-310-274-1553).
As a young apprentice working with the top names in Beverly Hills,
Chan mastered coloring by intertwining the client's personality with
hues that complemented their mood, lifestyle, or movie role.
Nelson believes "a woman should be true to herself but her hair
color can be an expression of what's going on in her life."
Since coming into his own as a professional colorist and building up
a solid clientele, Chan has pursued innovative techniques in his
field, including the new “dimensional hair coloring,” which involves
layering multiple sections of colors to create greater depth in
hair, sometimes placing darker colors on top of lighter ones.
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He also employs the newest glosses, ionic conditioners and hair
retexturizers from Asia to make hair silky soft, straight and
manageable. In terms of palette, he creates unusual, cutting-edge
hues for blondes and brunettes, such as vanilla blonde and ruby
brown.
Chan employs these innovative and unusual techniques on his edgy
clientele, and even takes his work out of the salon straight to the
sets of young Hollywood’s hottest TV shows, including “Buffy the
Vampire Slayer,” “American Dreams,” “That 70’s show” and “The King
of Queens.”
Chan attributes much of his success to his knowledge of photography,
which helps him guide his clients’ hair color choices when they show
him pictures of how they desire to appear.
Having photographed extensively, he is able to formulate colors so
that they can appear to be the same as the color in print, or else
he helps the client understand how both the camera and the process
of reproduction may dramatically alter hair color, and thus present
a color that may look totally different from how it appears when
reproduced.
Being a master at mixing palettes, Chan also manipulates colors so
that hair appears stronger and bolder when clients appear on camera.
Celebrity Clients
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Nelson's celebrity clients
include Maggie Q, Devon Aoki, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Heather Graham
and Alicia Silverstone.
Nelson started working with
actress Maggie Q when she got the part in Mission Impossible III.
Nelson colored Maggie Q's hair for the movie as well as for the MI
III premiere. He also created fabulous color for her role in
the movie Balls of Fury.
To suit her character in the
movie Nelson reported that he put both rich chocolate brown
highlights intermixed with a layer of light sandy brown on her
natural dark hair. The result was spectacular dimension and
shine which brought out her skin tone on camera.
Long time client Devon Aoki (2
Fast 2 Furious) had the talented hair artist color her hair dark for
"Rogue". After the movie wrapped, he colored the lovely
actress back to blonde for the Japanese Levi's commercial and for
Sin City 2.
When Sarah Michelle Gellar
filmed "The Grudge 2" he colored her hair lighter. He also
colored the former Buffy star's hair for Southland Tales.
His other celebrity clients
have included:
Farah Fath, Kirsten Storms, Leah Remini, Lauren Koslow (Days Of
Our Lives), Rick Hearst, Bonnie Summerville, Jacquline Obradors,
Leslie Mann (Knocked Up), Andy Dick, Christina Applegate, Paula
Abdul (American Idol), Michelle Trachtenberg, Emile Hirsch, Victor
Rasuk, John Robinson.
Summary
Despite having already accomplished so much in the salon and
enjoying every minute of his craft, Chan hopes his future may
eventually let him divide his time between the salon and outside,
where he can spend more time on the set and pursue more session
work.
To make an appointment with this
great hair master check out the contact information below:
NELSON J SALON AND SPA
350 N. Bedford Dr.
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Phone: 1-310-274-1553
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