| Nancy O'Dell - Access Hollywood Hair |
| Karen Marie Shelton |
| Date: 7/15/2003, Revised 6/29/2005 |
Introduction
 When Nancy O'Dell's brilliant blondness light up the
screen on tonight's Access Hollywood program I was primed to hit the
slow-mo button on my Tivo control. Never mind the fascinating
exclusive interview with Angelina Jolie about her ruptured
relationship with her movie star dad. And yeah, it was good to
hear that Toby McGuire would be able to fly "just fine" for
his next Spiderman saga.
But the really big story for me was
Nancy's hot new hairdo. "Come on Nance, turn more to the
left," I coached her from my sofa, yes, that's right, "swing
your head a little so I can see the movement and flow of the cut"
I begged. "Amazing layers", I shouted back at the
screen. It's absolutely stunning, pure wow, I gurgled to my puzzled
friend who was watching me scrutinize every single solitary hair on the lovely Ms.
O'Dell's beautiful blonde head. (Image above of Nancy O'Dell -
Courtesy of NBC - Access Hollywood - all rights reserved).
So what the heck was I doing you might ask? Good
question but really, I am not totally insane. Just totally
mesmerized by Nancy's hot new hairstyle. Why you might ask?
Well I was actually studying the latest styling masterpiece of Ken
Paves, celebrity hairstylist to some of the most beautiful and
talented stars in the world.
 Earlier in the day when I was chatting with
Ken on the phone, while
he was letting the blonde hair extensions for Christina Applegate's
upcoming Cosmo photo shoot "air dry" on a beach towel in his
backyard, he filled me in on Nancy's new cut.
I was beyond curious to see what hair magic Ken had
performed for the lovely Ms. O'Dell. Even though Ken was describing
Nancy's new style as "many many layers upon layers with sultry
side swept bangs" and "lots and lots of movement" I
wanted to see his magic. Yes, it's true that curiosity killed
the cat and I was one very curious cat.
Ken reminded me that I could see Nancy's new hairstyle
on her Access Hollywood broadcast, which lead me to a mad dash for my
home and the one way conversation with my TV.
Sure enough, Nancy looked
spectacular in her brand new edgy, choppy, layered do, which I studied in
slow-mo pause for an
extended period of time. (Image above of Pat O'Brien & Nancy
O'Dell - Courtesy of NBC - Access Hollywood - all rights
reserved). Her sultry new layered style flows beautifully from
her crown to her shoulders. It
opens up her entire face and eyes. Her cap of shiny blonde bangs
can be worn to the side in a flirty side sweep, or worn brushed down around her
eyes.
One question I always ask Ken is how he hooked up with
his various celebrity heads. I always want to know this
information because of what I have learned about how he works.
Ken prefers to work with a client that is open to forming a
professional relationship that allows him to dig down into their
soul.
You only have to look at the hair designs of Ken's
favorite "girls" like Lara Flynn Boyle, Jessica and Ashlee
Simpson and Carmen Electra to see what I mean. Ken captures
their true essence, heart and soul with his scissors and hands. He
gets inside their head and then designs a hair masterpiece that truly
reflects who they are, their dreams and realities and their desires.
So how did Ken come to working with Nancy O'Dell's
hair? Although Nancy and Ken have been acquainted for some time through
mutual Hollywood connections, this was the first time that Ken had the
opportunity to work on Nancy's hair. In a scene stranger than
fiction, Nancy, who is one of the most recognized and respected
journalistic faces in Hollywood,
saw the spectacular new hairstyle that Ken created for Dance Fever's
Carmen Electra on a recent Regis and Kelly show. In true
Hollywood fashion, Nancy's
people called Carmen's people who called Ken's people. All of
those Hollywood people pulled it together so that Ken Paves was
able to schedule a special haircut session at Nancy's home on Sunday
morning at the virtual crack of dawn.
So in true Ken Paves fashion, he met with Nancy and he
spent "a good portion of the haircut session chatting and getting
to know the real Nancy O'Dell a little better".
Just like with all his clients, when Ken starts
working with them at the beginning, they will go through a series of
haircut evolutions until they emerge, like a butterfly from their
cocoon, with a Paves style that reflects their beauty and soul.
This process usually takes 2-3 haircuts over a span of weeks or months
as Ken works with them and builds a foundation of trust and knowledge
that he translates to their style.
It is actually an amazing process that mere mortals
can only dream of. To find a hair muse that will help them be
who they really are.
But then everything about Ken Paves is truly amazing.
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