So, you’ve seen Katie’s bob, and of course you’ve seen the now famous POB, and now you’re thinking - hey wait I want a bob! Here are nine bobs created by our team all on local Washington area women. Ready for yours? Here’s some things to know about bobs.
If you don’t want to spend a lot of time styling your bob, let your stylist know, so he/she can create a lower maintenance shape that works with waves or the natural volume of your hair. Bobs come in many lengths, if you’re nervous to go short, opt for a longer length. Stylists can always take length off but they have yet to figure out how to add length. The bob you want may not be the best shape to suit your face shape, so even if you have a picture in hand the finished product may vary to flatter you. Lastly, don’t let your new bob start without a picture, the best way to get a bob you love is for you and your stylist to review pictures to ensure it’s the exact shape you expect.

Love one of the these nine bobs let us know! Leave us a comment, judging for our photographic competition wont be complete until April 30th, 2008 and we’d love to know what you think.

Are you ready for a makeover? Need some ideas? Check out our latest gallery of Makeovers HERE All the featured makeovers are part of our annual photographic competition. Do you think there’s a special makeover that should win? Let us know leave us a comment. Need to find a special stylist to create your makeover send me an e-mail I’ll work with you to find a stylist that you love.

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Weren’t able to make it to the opening of DC Fashion Week at the IFC/World Bank Fair Trade Fashion Show? Here’s what you missed… a Beautiful photo documentary of a recent trip to Kenya, bright, bold and beautiful clothing by Asian, Latin American and African designers. There were over 500 guests all their to support this cause. All of the designers work with microfinance initiatives and fair trade in their developing countries. The models were gorgeous. And the crowd had lots of fun…(especially when the guys came down the runway-but you didn’t hear that from me!) Our K Street team (Jacqui, Mac and Monica) were proud to provide Hair Styling for the show and can’t wait for another opportunity like this to support such a great cause! Thanks to Photographer An Van de Wal of Lumiere Photography for the great pics.

Do the words “Bryant Park”, “Mercedes-Benz”, “7th on Sixth” mean anything to you? If so, you may be one of thousands who dream of attending one (or any, for that matter) of these fabulous shows. As most all ready know, these shows are not easily open to the public. If you are not a member of the press, a celebrity, socialite or buyer – good luck on trying to get tickets. Well, good news for the fashion-hungry…DC Fashion Week, in its fourth year, is a Fashion Week Exhibit held twice a year (February/September). . It is planned by a non-profit organization whose goals are to “increase economic development” in fashion design, clothing merchandising and modeling and to “enhance the visibility of the nation’s capital as a cultural center of international fashion.” In other words, to create an opportunity for DC to be respected as, at the least, a fashionable city. New York, Paris, London, Milan, Tokyo…DC? Maybe not yet, but we’re sure headed in the right direction. Here’s a list of the main events for DC Fashion Week:
February 28: Fair Trade Collections Intl. Finance Corporation @ The World Bank Group
March 1: The Betsey Johnson Collection @ Club Avenue
March 3: The Washingtonian Menswear Collections @ Holiday Inn Capitol at the Smithsonian
March 4: International Couture Collections @ The Embassy of France
For more info visit www.DCFashionWeek.org

We would like to congratulate James Cornwell (Pretty by PR Educator and Stylist at our Mclean location) for a fabulous job on hair and makeup for the cover of GO Mag’s Winter Issue. Of course he used all Pretty by PR Makeup! Photography taken by one of our faves Tim Coburn. They were asked to do the Kimberly Kouture shoot for the mag. Special shotout to Alexia the hot newcomer to the modeling scene pictured here.

Before	After

In Columbia beauty pageants are a big thing, so we were totally thrilled to meet Talia, a true Columbian beauty queen. Talia had super long hair, you know the kind we all dream of, yet only seems to happen in Shampoo commercials. Not only long but thick, glossy, wavy and healthy. Still even beauty queens can use a FRESH LOOK. Tammey, from Old Town, enriched Talia’s color with a velvety warm brown, covering over old highlights and adding warmth to Talia’s complexion. Next sexy short bangs and face framing layers, to sculpt Talia’s face. Talia’s hair is still long and lush but now it has a shape and lots of sex kitten style.

A big THANK YOU to Kory, from our Tenleytown location, for the naturally lush makeup (all PRetty by PR) and to Sean for the great pictures.

DC designers, photographers, models, makeup/hair artist, what do they all have in common? They are all part of the DC Fashionistas Meetup Group. This is a very eclectic group of individuals in the Fashion industry or who just plain love Fashion. Their goal is to make DC the next Fashion Capital! They will be hosting a “Behind the Scenes” event at Panache, located at 1725 Desales Street, NW DC on December 9th from 2-6pm. Come to see live and behind the scenes action of how different forms of fashion are created. There will be a live photo shoot, live hair and makeup, designers creating their actual designs from sketch pad to sewing machine, complimentary makeup refreshers and mini facials along with great music, food and drinks! For more information contact Abigail de Casanova at (703)447-9205. fashionista.meetup.com/95

Late August a stellar team of stylists’ are dispatched to New York City (on somewhat short notice… last minute flights, hotel bookings and a small amount of chaos). Armed with a brief for sexy moody hair featuring: loose waves, a hot short bang, and sexy texture. The final selection will be featured in Australian Magazine Culture, I’ll post the final spread when we get it!

Need a stellar team of stylists? Here’s a hot team!

Hair: Linh and Mary from Tysons, Leah from Tenleytown, Eleanor from Mclean.

Photographer: Jill Wacheter

Who would say no to hanging out in Annapolis on a Sunny day??? Not me! Throw in the opportunity to style some fabby hair and the stellar crew of Washington Life Magazine… bang it’s a day to remember. Here are some of the final shots and a link to the wickedly wonderful article. Society on the High Seas…

As always keeping the 4 F’s: Fun.Flirtatious.Flattering.Fashionable -

Missed HSA’s premiere event featuring Sean Stredwick from PR at Partners

Here’s the buzz.

HSA (Hair Stylist Association) combined the environment of a swanky party with a classroom for the ultimate learning and networking environment. From swishing up the red carpet to sipping on lush drinks, the room was buzzing with DC’s stylists networking and catching up. Sean’s live presentation was sizzling, not only demoing his latest fashion editorial techniques but also creating a live photo shoot. Photos were thrown up on projectors screens and met with excitement from the audience for an electrifying look at editorial work.

Learn more about HSA - www.Hairsa.com