American Idol is down to the top 13 after last Thursday’s elimination.  One of the AI contestants, Casey Abrams, 20, has gotten a reputation for having a lot of sex appeal.  Labeled by the judges as one of the most talented musicians ever to compete in the history of AI, Abrams wow the judges and the audiences with his bass and melodica playing.  His singing was icing on the musical cake.

When Abrams performed for the first time for the live audience he had the women in the audience whipped into a frenzy.    His steamy rendition of “I Put a Spell on You” which closed the show, had the audience in the palms of his hands.  Jennifer Lopez was feeling the heat and told the contestant from California “You’re sexy, Casey. You know that?”

While Casey definitely has that sexy disheveled look, helped by his cascading natural curls but his screaming, growling rendition of “I Put a Spell on You” captured a Michael Bublé essence.  He has heat.  Lots of it.

Abrams also attributes his growing status as an AI sex symbol to his curls.  Indeed, Abrams has the most hair of any of the male contestants.  Rocking a full head of bouncy shiny natural curls, Abrams likens his image to that of a lumber jack.

As far as any plans to tame his natural curls or his beard he says “I want to set a new mold.”  He noted “Maybe I’ll trim the beard every once in a while.”

Never mind, this contestant is bound to win tons of new groupees and be known as one of the most talented and sexiest performers ever.  Inject catcalls here.

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Justin Bieber, or his press machine, has figured out that hair is a big media hook.  Anytime a celeb wants to grab some attention they do something to their hair.  Britney shaved hers and Ashlee Simpson tried on a rainbow of hues.  Kelly Osbourne went pink.  Now the Biebster is following suit.

Recently he got a famous haircut and donated his hair to Ellen.  He popped onto Ellen’s talk show and handed her the newly shorn tresses which she then put into a special sealed glass container and put it up for auction on EBay for charity.

Justin’s tresses fetched $40,668 US for charity.  Ellen announced the amount the hair had sold for on her show.  Then she signed the seal on the glass cube holding his hair.  The cube is signed by The Biebs and Ellen.  No one would argue that it was a rousing success.

Now that the excitement of his hair auction has died down, Justin is taking on a new hair frontier.

He is going to grow his mustache.  He tweeted on Twitter “im not shaving for a month so you all can see my mustache.. im pumped” (more…)

As reported by The Huffington Post, several Rastafarians and other prison inmates have been moved to a high-security prison as official push the prisoners to cut their hair.  The standoff between the prisoners and prison officials boils down to issues of religious belief versus state’s grooming policies for prisoners.

This is not a new issue.  In fact, many inmates have reportedly spent more than a decade in isolation for refusing to cut their hair.  The prison puts those refusing haircuts into a program to persuade them to cut their hair.  Virginia corrections department spokesman Larry Traylor told the media that nine of the prisoners chose to go back to segregation rather than cut their hair.

(Image of Rastafarian with dreaded hair – Wikipedia – Photo by Jonathan Stephens – Found on – All Rights Reserved)

While corrections officials said the the program to encourage compliance with prison haircut rules offers inmates more privileges and a change to socialize, the prisoners not wanting to cut their hair aren’t buying it.  In letters to the AP, the inmates criticized the program and said it was just segregation by another name.

The prison program encouraging compliance with prison haircut requirements gives graduated privileges to inmates such as time outside cells, money to spend in the commissary and freedom during recreation time if the inmates take classes on anger management and behavioral modification.    Inmates who finish the program “graduate” to the general population, where there are even more privileges. (more…)

British Soccer Star David Beckham is a hair, grooming and fashion god.    He is constantly changing his hairstyles ranging from tight buzz cuts to long hair.  Becks, as he is fondly called, has even changed his hair color and how much facial hair he wears.

Fans have overwhelmingly voted his faux hawk hairstyle as his best hair look in the history of his various hairstyles.   The famous athlete and sometimes model for a wide range of male fashion and grooming lines.

Becks is often in the news, but  is currently causing a media storm because of the current news that the husband of Posh is keen to leave the Los Angeles Galaxy temporarily for a new club. 

The word is that if the Los Angeles Galaxy is willing to release Beckham on a loan deal he is keen to join the Spurs.  But why would a wealthy and famous celebrity like Beckham who lives in warm LA and who can get any hair, fashion or grooming promo deal with the snap of his fingers want to go back and play in the freezing cold in Europe?

Beckham’s manager, Harry Redknapp has told the media the 35-year-old perfectly coiffed sports star also has the interest of Premier Leaque clubs Tottenham, Newcastle and Blackburn.

Beckham wants to go plan soccer in Europe because quite simply he loves the sport and wants to prove that he is not an overrated player that turns every appearance into a media circus. (more…)

Nicotine from cigarettes may leave behind an oily residue which may become hard to remove with just simple soap and water.

Smoke sticks to hair discoloring mustaches, beards and hair adjacent to the nose or mouth when exposed to ongoing cigarette smoke.  The stains are usually yellow or brown and are caused by the tar in the cigarettes.

(Image courtesy of Haap Media, Inc., – All Rights Reserved)

Nicotine Stain in Mustaches & Beards – How To Remove

Nicotine stains are often a more common problem with men who smoke and have facial hair.  Women usually don’t encounter this problem since they don’t usually have facial hair. If they do, it’s usually either removed or kept very short and unnoticeable.

However, sometimes women may get nicotine stains on hair directly adjacent to the nose and mouth areas.

What Are Nicotine Stains?

Nicotine, in its natural form, is an oily liquid which can be absorbed into the hair cuticle.  As the smoke from the cigarettes pass over the mustache, beard and adjacent hair a residue of nicotine will settle down into the strands.

(Image of unlit cigarettes – Wikipedia – All Rights Reserved)

Methods Of Nicotine Removal

There are several methods for removing nicotine stains from beards, mustaches and hair which is adjacent to the nose, mouth or chin areas of the face.  Of course the easiest way to handle the stains is to be religious about daily maintenance and prevention.

If the stains have been allowed to build up over a period of time you may wish to either trim off the most stained edges or even shave the facial hair and start over with a planned method of elimination and prevention. (more…)

OPI Announces Beauty Bus Foundation 2010 Beauty Drive Sponsorship

OPI joins The Beauty Bus Foundation as Presenting Sponsor for the first annual Beauty Drive fundraising event on April 25, 2010, at The Mark for Events in Los Angeles.

Beauty Bus Foundation is a non-profit organization that provides free in-home beauty and grooming treatments to empower homebound, terminally and chronically ill people and their primary caregivers. The Beauty Drive will highlight beauty treatments from professional makeup artists, as well as manicurists from ROB|B – the nation’s first OPI Concept Salon.

“OPI is delighted to sponsor The Beauty Bus Foundation’s first Beauty Drive fundraiser,” remarks Suzi Weiss-Fischmann, OPI Executive VP & Artistic Director. “I am a strong believer that nail lacquer color can change not only your look, but your outlook. Beauty Bus Foundation takes that concept to the next level and shows how a little bit of beauty can go a long way in brightening someone’s day.”

All proceeds raised by the event will go directly to support Beauty Bus Foundation. In addition to beauty treatments, the event will feature celebrity guest host Lisa Sigell (reporter, KCBS/KCAL), a silent auction, a hair show by Janine Jarman of BRAVO’s Shear Genius and an interactive gourmet brunch. (more…)

As reported by US Magazine, Brad Pitt had a little help cleaning up his scraggly beard.  Brad’s beard has been looking pretty bad over the past few months and it’s no surprise David Babaii was asked to clean it up.

David has been working with Angelina as her celebrity hairdresser for quite some time and has created some amazing styles for her hair over the years.

(Image of Brad Pitt – 62nd Annual DGA Awards – Press Room – 1-30-2010 – DailyCeleb.com – All Rights Reserved)

In fact, in an interview I had with David at one point, he told me he loved working with Angelina because she inspired him to be a better person and encouraged him to develop his own line which is designed to give back to the preservation of wild animals. (more…)

As reported today – Sunday, June 14, 2009 – by Twitter of The Dallas Morning News, male teachers in the Mesquite, Texas school district will be allowed to have facial hair for the next school year.

Why do I care?  Mesquite is a suburb of Dallas and I have known about the no facial hair ban for awhile.  Actually, as Karel points out, “after years of discussion and many committee meetings, the school board finally approved the change at a meeting last week”.

(A contemporary beard style trimmed short, portrayed by Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales.  From Wikipedia Commons – All Rights Reserved).

Why has the facial hair tide turned in the Mesquite school district? As reported by Karel, “It just seemed like the time,” said Lanny Frasier, assistant superintendent for personnel. He said the decision could help recruit and keep teachers.” (more…)

British born Scott Speedman is best known for his role in TV’s Felicity (1998 to 2002) as Ben Covington and as the off-screen love interest of curly haired co-star actress Keri Russell.  Although Scott and Keri broke up in 2001 and Keri married Shane Deary in 2007 and gave birth to a child, fans still remember the Scott/Keri connection.

(Image of Scott Speedman as Tom in Atom’s Egoyan’s Adoration, All Rights Reserved).

The May 18, 2009 issue of People Magazine did an interview with Scott who has moved on into other acting roles.

In 2008 he played the part of Tom in the Sony film, Adoration.  His role did not come easily.  As he told Seth Abramovitch in an April 28, 2009 interview with Atom’s Egoyan’s Adoration, he doesn’t plan to show up on TV again anytime soon.

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My favorite talk show hostess, Ellen, recently had Howie Mandel on her fabulous show (Friday, April 3, 2009) to discuss his latest show, “How We Do It” as well as general Howie Mandel life stories.  This was not the first time Howie was on the show, he and Ellen have a great chemistry and chat about all sorts of things.

Howie always talks about very bizarre topics and his latest visit was no exception.  He talked about a very bizarre moustache he had as well as lots of other juicy tidbits.

(Image of Howie Mandel – Host of NBC’s Deal Or No Deal – NBC Photo:  Trae Patton – Friday, November 21, 2008 on NBC (8-9 ET).  All Rights Reserved).

In fact, Howie chats very fast.  Trying to keep up with him can be difficult because he talks what feels like a mile a minute.  I like Howie.  He’s funny, hard working, successful and a Mysophobe which is a form of fear of germs.

The very last time Howie was on Ellen’s show the funnylady gave him a gigantic plastic bubble that he could wear and still be able to shake hands with people, since he has a huge fear of germs and touching people.  Howie modeled the bubble and it was a huge hit. (more…)