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I’ve witnessed it more than once…a distraught woman running into the salon with the words, “I need someone to fix my hair!” One desperate lady banged on the locked doors, pointing to her bright orange hair with tears in her eyes. We let her in and stayed until midnight, turning the alarmingly orange tresses to hues of gorgeous blond, and finishing her damaged ends with a fabulous cut. She thanked George Mennella at least a hundred times.

It happened again yesterday, a disaster in hair color and a desperate young lady who didn’t want to go out in public. George examined the damage like a doctor evaluating a difficult case. Then the words, “I can make you beautiful again,” and the look of hope in the client’s eyes.
George started the process, dry cutting it so that it had shape and form…combing and painting, decolorizing the hair strand by strand, until the roots were no longer orange, and the client relaxed in the chair, knowing she could go out in public again. A gorgeous cut and finish was the icing on the cake. It took painstaking hours, but his patience was endless and the client’s gratitude?…Well, let’s say it was boundless.

Everyone loves a happy ending. Come to Bewitched Salon in Woodmere, NY, for a color fix, a color change, or our revolutionary new color system, the Geo Palette,  a color process created by George Mennella that surpasses the traditional highlight with its’ dimension and shine, only at Geo Palette certified salons.
Call 516 374-1490 for an appointment. You’ll love the before and after! -JC

Moon River lives on in our memories, long ago innocence calling out to us on a transistor radio…something kids today have never heard of.
Andy William’s smooth singing voice, with his “Can’t Get Used to Losing You” back in the sixties, was part of the oldster’s memories, but not as much a part of the present musical scene as legendary Tony Bennett. Different beloved singers with different approaches.
For a fabulous approach to hair color, for all ages, get the Geo Palette…beautiful hair color that surpasses the traditional highlight. Once our clients at Bewitched Salon get the Geo Palette Color System, they never go back!
In the words of Andy Williams, “It the most wonderful time of the year” to get the Geo Palette…autumn color that will welcome winter with brilliance and shine in an array of shades, from aubergine to wheat, pumpkin to golden harvest.
Celebrate Andy’s life with us! He will be missed. -JC
www.geopalette.com
or call us at Bewitched: 516 374-1490 for an appointment today!

An article in the NY Times talked about women of a certain age getting bolder hair color…no boring Upper East Side hair for them. One stylist dubbed the trend an “I’m having fun” kind of energy, with clients dipping pieces of hair in parrot-like colors. Hurrah for them!
And hurrah for us! MariaLisa Mennella at Bewitched Salon in Woodmere, NY  has been painting pieces of color on some of her sixty, seventy, and eighty year old clients, not to mention younger ones, for several years. It’s young, fun, and liberating. 

Her uncle, George Mennella, has invented a new color system, the Geo Palette, that colors hair in not one or two colors, but three, four or five. With its’ beautiful dimensionality and tonality, more and more older women are seeking out a system for coloring hair that elicits compliments with exclamation points!

Try it by calling 516 374-1490. Ask for the Geo Palette or a few pieces of heavenly color…George and MariaLisa Mennella will give you that bold, edgy style to make you feel and look years younger. -JC

I don’t know about you, but I’m thankful for the J-Lo’s and Kim K’s of the world, with their world famous derrieres that are “larger than life”.  Hurrah for the big booty that’s “booty-ful!”

But photoshopping out problem areas has become the norm, where lines, dips and hollows are miraculously erased, and fifty year old stars look like twenty year old ingenues. Human beings, (read “real women”), cannot compete.

Except for the hair. With the Geo Palette Color System, your hair will become younger, more vital, more dimensional, more fabulous than ever before. Sample the range of colors we offer…gorgeous blonds in several shades from honey to platinum, rich brunettes ranging from plum to chocolate, redheads that dazzle with luxurious copper iced with deep burgundy. Endure the compliments, with no photoshopping necessary, ever ever ever.

Visit Bewitched Salon in Woodmere, NY or call 516 374-1490 for an appointment to get the most beautiful color on the planet. www.geopalette.com, Geo Palette kits available for salon colorists everywhere by December.

Helen Gurley Brown spurred the sexual revolution by declaring that women could have it all…children, a career, and great sex. Whenever I heard her speak, I liked her flirty manner, her playfulness, and her quick wit. She was…well, girly, such an apt term for a woman with Gurley as a middle name.
She believed in men and women being nice to each other.
She believed in hard work, and playing hard as well.
She believed in love, and passion, and women wanting to have sex.
She would have loved the Geo Palette Color System…hair color that takes you everywhere, color that invites every woman to live life well.
Get the Geo Palette. Rest in peace, Helen Gurley Brown, and thank you for your iconic spirit. It lives on.
Call 516 374-1490 for an appointment with beauty at Bewitched Salon in Woodmere, NY, or at a certified Geo Palette salon. -JC
www.geopalette.com

Katie Holmes needs a change. Sure, most of the gossip columns report that she is tired of living under husband Tom’s shadow. That poor (okay, rich) Tommy was blindsided. That he told reporters just three weeks ago, “My family and marriage are most important to me.”
And then, Katie implodes and wrecks his life plans.
If only Katie had gotten Geo Palette color for her drab brown hair. Shades of eggplant, mahagony, burgundy would brighten up those dull locks, and revive all to satisfy that need for change.
Visit www.geopalette.com to see the Geo Palette in action.
Call 516 374-1490 for an appointment with beautiful hair changing results.
Or visit a Geo Palette certified salon in your area.
Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis…try the Palette, too. Change is good. Beauty is timeless. It may not be too late. -JC

My playwright sister, Bara Swain, and I had the pleasure of being served very stiff vodka tonics by Burt Reynolds following her plays’ debut in Jupiter over the weekend. I was charmed and entranced by this self-effacing delight of a man, who acted less the icon, and more a gracious hunk of a man. Warmth and humor emanated, and he himself was entranced and amused by my sister and her work.
But sitting across the table from us was an actress who asked me, point-blank, “Where did you get your color done?” As delighted as I was by Mr. Reynold’s proximity, she was entranced by my….hair. Apparently you can’t get hair color like that in the wilds of Florida.
So check out the Geo Palette, for the best color on the planet.
View our website at www.geopalette.com. Call 516 374-1490 and make an appointment at Bewitched Salon, in Woodmere, NY so that you can flaunt your hair color wherever you go.
As for me, it’s the fortieth anniversary of Deliverance. Bara and I watched it for the second time in our lives. I have to say, everyone in it still shines. And so does Burt Reynolds. -JC

What keeps us up all night long, into the wee hours? Creativity. Whether it’s painting, writing, blogging, or great sex…creativity stokes our energy. It’s what makes work feel like play.
The Geo Palette, a new art form that’s taking the world of hair color by storm, is keeping us up. George and Fernando worked well into the night, creating new variations of color using the Geo Palette Hair System.
And they don’t even look tired.
Creativity…the secret to living life well.
The Geo Palette…the secret to living life with the best color on the planet.
Call 516 374-1490 for an appointment with creativity. No calories. Lots of passion.
At Bewitched in Woodmere, and at certified salons.

I recently had a tag sale at my house. It was an out-of-body experience, with people roaming through my home of fifteen years, idly picking up and discarding treasures of ours. One man held up an original painting and said, “I’ll give you a couple of bucks for it. I like the frame.”
We were nickel and dimed to death, until I said yes to every offer. One sweet old lady stole six gold teaspoons that belonged to my daughter’s American Doll teaset. I saw them in her hand. They disappeared forever. And who stuffed my favorite pleather pants down her shirt?

The funny thing is, not a single frame sold. I painstakingly removed and saved over one hundred photos, and set the frames in my grandmother’s china closet. Nada. Zilch. Zero sold. It seems that people simply use their phones to show pictures. Frames? Obsolete. And because Jeff Lewis the Decorator says that three items on a surface is chic, and the rest is clutter, they’re all in a box.

Get the right kind of framing: the Geo Palette Hair System. Supreme color that frames your face, superior to highlights in subtley and brilliances, several shades of gorgeous!

No tag sales involved. And your hair will never look better.
www.geopalette.com or call 516 374-1490 for an appointment. -JC

I recently sampled a glass of Cristal champagne, often dubbed the best champagne in the world. It was delicious. But in a blind test, would I have the palate, or aesthetic taste and mental appreciation, to taste the difference between Cristal and supermarket champagne? Possibly not.

I recently took a drive in a Mazerati, often dubbed the most exclusive luxury sports car in the world. It was wonderful. In a blind test, would I know the difference between the Mazerati and my Toyota? Maybe.

I recently had Geo Palette color, the most revolutionary hair color in the world, multi-dimensional, with rich tonalities. Looking in the mirror, would I be able to see the difference between the Geo Palette and the highlight? Without a doubt.

Stunning color, longer laster, kind to the environment and absolutely gorgeous…do I have the palate to appreciate the Geo Palette? Absolutely.

Test your aesthetic palate, and call 516 374-1490 for an appointment with luxury…the Mazerati of hair and the Cristal of color…The Geo Palette Color System. Go to www.geopalette.com for results. -JC