| Carmen Electra's Hot New Layered Style |
| Karen Marie Shelton |
| Date: 7/12/2003, Revised 6/29/2005 |
Introduction
 After days of playing insane phone tag with celebrity
hairstylist Ken Paves, I finally tracked him to his home in LA where
he had just completed a whirlwind week flying cross country to create
his signature hair masterpieces for songbird Celine Dion and actresses
Carmen Electra and Jessica Simpson. (Image of Carmen
Electra in March of 2003 on Last Call With Carson Daily --
NBC Late Night -- Photo: Michael Simon / Startraks - All rights
reserved).
Nursing a persistent raspy cough related to his
ongoing insane schedule and lack of sleep Ken excitedly shared the
details of his very recent trip to New York with Celine Dion. He
also excitedly spilled the beans on his creation of a very hot new
style for long time client Carmen Electra that morphed her coif from
"sex kitten to sensuous bad girl with attitude."
Ironically Celine and Carmen were both in New York to
appear at different times on Live With Regis and Kelly. Ken
reported that Carmen, who is a long time cherished friend, as well as
a favorite celebrity client, had been recently ribbing him that he was
"just too busy" to get together with her to "give her a
new look". Ken laughed and told me that Carmen teased him
by saying "enough is enough, it is time for you to come see me
and give me a hot new style."
Midnight Hair Madness
 Once Ken arrived in New York and juggled his schedule
he was able to honor Carmen's request by heading over to the "really
amazing" Trump Towers, where Carmen was staying, arriving at
midnight to give her a spectacular new cut and style. Did I say
midnight? Yes, that is precisely what I said. I can almost picture Ken sprinting through
the lobby with his bag of trusted hair tools. (Image of Carmen
Electra in March of 2003 on Last Call With Carson Daily --
NBC Late Night -- Photo: Michael Simon / Startraks - All rights
reserved).
Although celebrity hairstylists have the fantastic
opportunity to work with some incredible celeb personalities, what
most people don't know is that their a celebrity hairstylist's day
never ends. A successful celeb hair wizard like Ken Paves is
basically on call 24 hours a day.
Does Ken ever complain or even mumble a single
negative comment about his schedule or life? Never! In the year
that I have gotten to know this wildly talented, fun loving, brilliant
hairdresser so well, I have never heard anything but gratitude for the
many opportunities that his clients offer him to do hair, which is his
life's true love and passion.
Once Ken managed to get together with Carmen in the
wee hours of the morning he set to work with his magical scissors and
lovingly transformed her "below the middle of the back" long
strands into a sensual masterpiece of graduated chunky layers
strategically arranged to draw attention to her gorgeous eyes
and beautiful face.
He reported that he "created a soft face framing
layered fringe that can be worn softly swept to one side of her
face".
Flexibility Is Ken's
Motto
 The new style allows Carmen to have lots of
flexibility with how she wears her hair for a variety of different
appearances and events. She can wear it with or without the
bangs. Flexibility is a major requirement for Ken's styles since
he wants his clients to enjoy their styles and feel comfortable
playing with their own hair, if they desire. Since Carmen Electra
is considered by many to be one of Hollywood's most versatile stars,
it seems only fitting that she have a look that can work with her many
different roles.
In Ken's book, self
confidence equals true beauty. Therefore, if a celebrity wants
to wear their hair a certain way that makes them feel great, so be it.
(Image of Carmen Electra from Baywatch Hawaiian Wedding: a
world premiere movie event, 2003 FOX - all rights reserved).
So is Carmen going to continue to wear her hair
longer? Yes, according to Ken, "she will keep most of the
length". She wanted to "change her current look" around
to get a new dimension and feel.
Longer Locks W/ Caramel Hues
 Ken pointed out that since "long hair is back
with a vengeance" and many women want their long locks back"
he only trimmed about 4 inches off the bottom of Carmen's medium to
fine strands, which are now completely extension free. Ken said that
Carmen has a lot of hair but that it is basically straight. Like
most of his celebrity clients, Carmen uses a combination of Kerastase
and Phyto hair care products to keep her gorgeous hair in great
condition. (Image of Carmen Electra from Baywatch Hawaiian
Wedding: a world premiere movie event, 2003 FOX
- all rights reserved).
Carmen's dark chocolate brown hair color recently
captured by Wire Image at the premiere of Charlie's Angels 2, was
specifically created for her role as Owen Wilson's girlfriend in the
big-screen adaptation of the classic 1970s Starsky (Wilson) and Hutch
police action film. While visiting New York Carmen also stopped by to
see her celebrity colorist, Rita Hazan at the Adir salon, and was
lightened back to a softer and much lighter caramel hue.
Unveiling The New
Style
Carmen unveiled her spectacular new hairstyle later
that morning (Thursday, July 10th) on the Regis and Kelly Live
show. Everyone absolutely loved her new style, including
Nancy O'Dell who was watching the show back in LA. Determined to get
a similar style for her own blonde locks, Nancy's people searched for
the name of the stylist that created Carmen's new look. They
finally located Ken's people and a deal was struck. It was
agreed that Ken would do Nancy's hair at 9:30 on Sunday morning.
Nancy will unveil her new Ken Paves look for several scheduled
appearances during the week of July 14th.
If you missed the gorgeous Carmen on Regis and Kelly,
you can see her hot new style on ABC Family's Dance Fever show
which premieres Sunday, July 13th from 7-9 pm. Carmen will be
one
of the judges on the revamped reality dance show.
Besides Dance Fever and Starsky and Hutch, Carmen will be seen in
Miramax's comedy "My Boss' Daughter" with Tara Reid, Ashton
Kutcher and Molly Shannon on August 22nd. Carmen will also be the host
with Kadeem Hardison for "Livin Large" on The Heritage
Networks.
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