Advertisement - Continue Reading Below Bloomingdale's 59th Street flagship store in NYC has redesigned their cosmetics department—and one of the most bedazzling features of the new beauty floor is the Bb.StylingBar and Shop! Perfect for fashionistas on the go, the hair destination offers no-wash-no-appointment styling services and one-on-one consultations with Bumble and bumble pros. The interactive station also has touchscreen styling and product menus, and video tutorials.
More From ELLE To celebrate the partnership with Bloomie's, Bb. extraordinaire Rolando Beauchamp (clients include Mary-Kate Olsen and Kim Kardashian) will be creating runway-ready hairstyles on models in a live window display today at the corner of Lexington Avenue and 60th Street. Swing by on your lunch break or afternoon coffee run to catch the action!
—Emily Hebert



Photo: Courtesy of Bumble and bumble

Want to Recreate Your Stylist s Handiwork at Home? There s a Hair Line (and an App) For That

We know the struggle all too well you leave the salon with an updated do and a bag of products, only to find you can t recreate your stylist s handiwork on your own. Luckily, pro hairstylists Garren, Thom Priano, and Howard McLaren have joined forces to bridge that gap with R+ Co, their line of salon-quality products that make getting that red carpet effect much easier through proper education. We start with the hairdresser so they ll be able to give better consultations and master product control, McLaren tells InStyle.com exclusively. Imagine getting a prescription from your doctor, and when you go to fill it, it s blank. Just like you need that information, you need information on how to use your products from the salon so you can replicate the look, or play with different ones.The right products can take your style to another level you just have to know how to use them.
The R+ Co team will educate salon stylists on how to use the products and consult their clients, and in addition to the impressive 21-piece catalog, the range also boasts an innovative app to make the process even easier. During the appointment, your hairdresser will enter all of your information into the app, will help you select a cut, and can show you different examples of how to style it. Each product used will be entered into your profile, and once finished, your stylist will email over a step-by-step breakdown so you can recreate your final look, as well as images of additional options. Your profile will also be saved for a future visits, and you ll have access to styling tutorials via the brand s website for when you feel like changing things up. If we can show you what to use, and exactly how to do the same thing yourself, then we ve done our job, adds Garren. If I use a product on your hair, you should be able to do the same thing, but you need to know how much to apply, and how to apply it.
With decades of experience working with celebrities, backstage at fashion shows, and at editorial shoots between the three pros, the collaboration was a perfect fit.  None of this could have happened with just one of us, says Priano. Whether it was designing the bottles, or picking out pumps, not one of us said that there was a certain way things had to be, and it was a collective effort. The gorgeous packaging is the perfect complement to the beautiful styles each paraben and sulfate-free product is capable of, but men shouldn t be put off by the pretty labels. Priano, who has worked with Zac Efron and Channing Tatum, brings his knowledge of men s grooming to the table, and frequently works with the Conformist Hair Paste and Continental Glossing Wax to create sleek and roughed-up guys styles alike. I work on a lot of sets that don t have easy access to electricity, so products are key in creating a lot of looks where you d typically need a blow-dryer, he says. I ve even used the Death Valley Dry Shampoo on men, because we ve been stuck in an environment of really glossy products, and a lot of guys prefer a more matte finish.
And on the longer end of the men s hair spectrum, the Mannequin Styling Paste is perfect for imparting a tousled texture, or forming the perfect man bun (Jared Leto, take note!). I actually wore a man bun last week! adds, McLaren. With my beard, I looked pretty cool. And as a guy, why are guys limited to not styling their hair? I don t know if I d do a roller set, but I d definitely have a go at the man bun.  Find a participating salon near you, and shop the products, priced from $20 to $29, at randco.com now!

Jessica Alba Is Now Solid Blonde!

Jessica Alba has gone blonde again! The star revealed her new look over the weekend via Instagram, which is for her role in the upcoming movie Barely Lethal. While Alba s former ombre highlights would be considered a baby step into blonder ambitions for some, this isn t her first time on the lighter end of the hair spectrum. She first went blonde back in 2005 to play Nancy Callahan in Sin City as well as Sue Storm in Fantastic Four, then dabbled in the look last year to reprise her role in Sin City 2: A Dame to Kill For. Do you like her new do? Tell us!

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Lauren Conrad Cuts Her Hair into a Lob (as We Collectively Swoon)!

While we admittedly think Lauren Conrad can do no wrong (see her super chic apartment and dreamy wedding ceremony) she still manages to surprise us with her great style on a regular basis. Just last night, on Instagram, Conrad debuted a new crop—a fresh, layered lob—which she described as her  first haircut in years. Kristin Ess, L.C. s longtime hairstylist and co-founder of The Beauty Department, provided the newlywed with the new look.
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Last year, Conrad told InStyle, I like the lob a lot, but my hair grows so slowly so I’m reluctant to cut it any shorter. I do think it’s a really cool look, I’ve been toying around with the idea. It’s hair, and it does always grow back, so I think it’s fun to experiment with new looks. Her hair color is still the warm, buttery blonde she s had recently, but we re betting she ll change it up soon enough—after all, Conrad was one of the first in the now long list of celebrities to go lavender, have hot pink tips, and even try rainbow highlights.
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Emeli Sandé on Her Too-Cool-for-School Pompadour and Social Media Songwriting Project

Don’t get us wrong: We appreciate a good pop song just as much as the next person, but before we even heard Emeli Sandé’s soulful ballads—infused with the perfect tinge of folk rock and ‘90s R&B—we were completely enthralled by her hair. To be more specific, her epic Pompadour ‘do.
Perched atop the Scottish singer-songwriter’s head like a mountaintop, Sandé’s expertly coiffed Pompadour is the perfect blend of past and present: A mound of hair swept upward from the face, styled sometimes in curls, sometimes like an 80s punk rocker s Mohawk, with the sides of the head trimmed close to the surface à la Ellie Goulding in 2011. “Every now and then it needs a touch-up,” she told InStyle. “I like making sure everything’s neat and shaved right.” A bit modest, sure, but Sandé insists that her seemingly complex hairstyle requires little more than a 20-minute-long blowdry. “I use a little bit of oil to keep it in place too,” she added.
When Sandé’s not busy tending to her tresses, she’s of course penning award-winning tracks, like the infectious, piano-pulsating “Next to Me” off her 2013 debut album Our Version of Events. For her next sure to be chart-topping single, the artist is taking a novelty approach: She’s teaming up with Jaguar—and thousands of Twitter users—to write what’s arguably the first-ever song to be generated from a hashtag.
With Jaguar’s new online platform FEEL XE, Sandé will write a song about “the feeling of exhilaration” to support the reveal of Jaguar’s new XE sports sedan (pictured above). How? By asking the public, quite simply, “What makes you feel exhilarated?” Using #FEELXE, users can then try their hand at songwriting via social media by tweeting, Instagramming, or Facebooking what makes them feel just so. “I just want to capture feelings of excitement and things I haven’t thought of or experienced before, Sandé said. A song always comes from a conversation—I look at this as one massive one.”
So what makes Sandé feel exhilarated? (Besides her hair, of course.) “The moment when a song is conceived—it’s such a high that I’ve gotten addicted to, and it’s magical.”
To help Sandé create her new song, share what makes you feel exhilarated on any social channel using the hashtag #FEELXE.