| Buried Treasures - Hair Styles In Cosmopolitan Magazine |
| Karen Marie Shelton |
| Revised - 9/3/2006 - Original Publication
Date: 10/05/07 |
Introduction
I used to be wild about Cosmopolitan Magazine during the reign of the
amazing Helen Gurley Brown. As I got older and wiser and Helen retired, I left my Cosmo
reading days behind.
One of my jobs as Tips & Articles writer for Hair Boutique is to look at all
the Hair and Beauty magazines that are loaded onto the Dallas newsstands every month.
Normally I don't buy Cosmo, but for some reason the June 98 issue had a gorgeous cover
shot of my favorite long hair blonde model, Claudia Schiffer.
I could not resist and
decided I would buy the magazine for her photo alone (are you reading this Cosmo
editors?).
Once I got home I decided to just quickly thumb through the magazine. I was
amazed, shocked and pleased by the large number of buried hair styling treasures I found
in this amazing magazine.
Normally Cosmo features a good monthly column called Cosmo Hair that has great
hair care tips. In the June 98 Cosmo, this column almost pales (well not really) by
comparison with all the wonderful hair styling tips and features and photos crammed
throughout the rest of the magazine.
I had a strong feeling in my bones that this June issue was going to be very
special when I found a full page Aveda ad on Page 8. I was thrilled. I felt very proud. My
favorite hair care product was in the front of such a big name publication. WOW. I studied
the Aveda product photos and worried that I must be a little nuts to be so excited by my
hair product making it into Cosmo.
As I continued to thumb along I stumbled onto Page 13. There I found a great
photo of Gabby Reece with her sun streaked shoulder length hair. Nice healthy hair for a
woman out in the sun so much.
Page 14 had the beautiful Claudia in all her straight blonde glory talking about
her beauty secrets. Her cover hair style is described in detail using L'Oreal products
which Claudia is a current spokesmodel for. Peter Savic of NYC hair is credited with
creating Claudia's stunning blonde look.
Page 28 has a really good head shot of Madonna in her Pre-Raphaelite curls. I
have always like Madonna because her hair is always changing. I don't always agree with
her hair styles, but I think she looks great in her long curls.
Page 29 has a long haired brunette model although you can't see the back of her
hair. Oh well. It is nice to see longer haired models.
As I continued to thumb through this gold mine Cosmo issue I was amazed at the
great hair everywhere. The bottom part of Page 68 has 7 models wearing the latest day glo
fashions. I was pleased and amazed to see at least shoulder length hair on several of the
models. Two of the models display slicked back buns which Hair Boutique has been talking
about a lot lately.
By now I was really getting jazzed about the whole Cosmo issue. I was thinking
that I had found a real gold mine in all the great hair stuff. Could it get any better I
wondered? Nope. As I continued to thumb onward, more and more hair stuff kept popping out
at me.
Page 72 had a darkly tanned Guess model with thick curly shoulder length hair.
Page 73 had a tastefully nude women modeling Elizabeth Arden Salon creme. The cool thing
about the model is that she is flashing a wonderful example of a French twist bun to the
camera. I studied that bun for at least 10 minutes. I didn't even notice that she was
tastefully nude. All I cared about was whether I could see her hair pins in her twist.
I turned the Page to 74 and there were all the celebrity Tinseltown toes with
the latest summer polish shades on the celebrities including Minnie Driver with her
gorgeous curls and Heather Graham with her bra length soft brunette locks. Rebecca Romijn
was in the same lineup with her shoulder length flip. Great hair and great toenail polish.
All on one page.
Page 76 had the first of two Cosmo Hair columns and it was so full of hair
information I had to stop and read the page a couple of times. Not only were there
pictures of all the great hair styles from the recent Oscar night, but there was a whole
list of Dos and Don'ts for visiting your favorite hair salon.
The Oscar hair included Halle Berry's sexup updo, Madonna's sexy long curls,
Cameron Diaz's glamorous hair barrette, Drew Barrymore's famous daisies, Jennifer Lopez's
highlighted locks, Celine Dion's big bouffant, Winona Ryder's super short do and Neve
Cambell's curls.
Cosmo Hair interviewed famous hair stylists Robert Gooding, Joseph Kenall, Allen
Edwards, Daniel Galvin and Frederic Fekkai for quotes on how to be a good hair salon
customer. You may be surprised by their comments. Some of the comments were quite
entertaining and a lot of them were just about having good manners.
By the time I hit the Cosmo Hair column I was still wondering if the hair could
get any better in this magazine. The answer was a big yes. In fact, on the very next page
was a gorgeous redhead with a very healthy head of shiny red straight hair. I studied her
photos to look at the uneven messy part and noticed her healthy ends and the subtle
highlights. Great hair.
Page 78 is the second Cosmo Hair column. WOW. Two great hair columns in just one
magazine. The second Cosmo Hair column was just as chock full of great hair stuff as the
first. The top of the page unveiled summer's sexy new auburn hair color trend with great
photos of Helene Christensen, Uma Thurman, Trish Goff, Laetitia Casta and Linda
Evangelista. The surprising thing was that all of the models had longer hair lengths.
Linda Evangelista had the shortest hair with a bob to the bottom of her neck. The new
auburn shades are stunning.
Never fear, Cosmo Hair graciously gives you detailed information for finding a
colorist to visit for the latest auburn colors (Sharon Dorram of NYC's Joh Frieda) or what
products to use at home (L'Oreal Casting Tone-on-Tone Gentle Coloran in Redwood). Another
option is Clairol's Natural Instinct's in Nutmeg.
If you are not blown away by the auburn haired beauties, you may be interested
in the hair accessories reviewed at the bottom of the page. Colette Malouf's beautiful
enameled flower hairpins are displayed along with Kerri Linden's beautiful pastel
barrettes and sticks. I really loved the hairpins. Very classy.
Page 89 is the Cosmo monthly Beauty Q&A column with a question on Hot
Highlighting. This column covered how to have your boyfriend highlight your hair at home.
Really. Check it out. Of course I personally would never consider letting my boyfriend, my
best friend or my dog highlight my hair at home, but the tips are actually quite
interesting.
Page 112 contains a great photo of Mariah Carey with her naturally curly hair
hanging down to her chest. The model on page 121 for Zero Frizz demonstrates a sweep of
very thick gorgeous auburn locks. The before and after hair photos are amazing.
Page 137 has a model with a gorgeous summer braid. Page 152 has a photo of
Katherine Ross and Dustin Hoffman from the Graduate. The 1998 Katherine sports a very
short hair style, but her long brunette locks looked great in her Graduate wedding dress.
Page 199 is the Cosmo June Calendar. I learned that short haired beauty
Courteney Cox is a June 15th Gemini, that Origins is releasing a new bad hair day
treatment and Johnny Depp turns 35. The only thing the Cosmo calendar forgot was my
birthday on the 23rd. But hey, they can't remember everything.
Page 214 starts a 4 page spectacular spread of yet more celebrity hair from the
98 Oscars. Kate Winslet's ringlet curls are featured along with Ashley Judd's short
flowered decorated do. Sharon Stone's hair is shockingly short while Madonna's is
amazingly long. Claudia's long blonde hair shimmers while Jennifer Lopez displays a long
sweep of hair to her waist.
Page 230 through 243 has yet more great hair shots. The Ray of White article
features several pages of a blonde with very unusual and interesting bangs, highlights and
styles. Page 238 is the starting page for the Love Locks Not Curly, Not Straight feature
article about having long, tousled, windblown, romantic hair. The first page of the
article has a blond with very long, thick and tousled hair. Beautiful.
Page 240 displays 7 female celebrities with longer, romantic, very wavy hair.
The top of the page has detailed instructions on how to care for Wavy, Straight or Curly
hair. Some of my favorite products are recommended. Aveda PureFume Brilliant Retexturing
Gel is recommended for wavy hair while Redken Undo Weightless Finishing Creme is
recommended for Straight hair. Sebastian's Xtah Twisted Taffy is recommended for Curly
hair. I was only slightly disappointed that they did not mention my favorite curly hair
goddess, Ouidad, or her products.
Page 243 has an unusual model with what looks like two tone, two part hair. The
top part of the hair is short and blunt with the longer part a darker brown handing to her
waist. Check it out. Is she wearing a wig, extensions or neither? You tell me.
Believe it or not, I was starting to believe I had hit the last of the hair hot
spots when I found a wonderful messy bun on page 255. Cosmo graciously provided photos of
Melrose Place star Brooke Langton demonstrating different stretches. The photos show off
her messy bun from several great angles.
As I cruised towards the end of the magazine I found yet another messy bun on
page 275 in a Virginia Slims ad.
Finally my fingers rested on the last page of the magazine where I found the
Cosmo Last Gasp column and more noteworthy celebrity hair. This unusual and entertaining
column displayed carbon copy celebrities down to their carbon copy hair styles. Neve
Campbell and Demi More were both photographed wearing the same short hair flip while Fran
Drescher and Laura Harring showed off identical updos. Check out the last page for more
details.
I finally managed to close the back cover and pry the Cosmo out of my weary
hands. Sitting before me on the desk was the Cosmo magazine with gobs of little yellow
stickies hanging out of the edges so I could find my way back and report all this great
hair stuff to the Hair Boutique visitors.
Now my major concern is for all the past Cosmos that I have missed while I was
focusing on the mainstream beauty magazines. You can bet that I will be standing in a
checkout lane next month with my $3.00 clasped in my hot little hands while I buy the July
Cosmo issue. Stay tuned for more great hair sightings. |