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My father, bless him, used to tell me that I looked like Ingrid Bergman and Grace Kelly. I didn’t and I don’t. If he had been alive to watch the show, The Good Wife, he might have likened me to Christine Baranski…less a movie star and more a character actress with attractive flaws.

I was mesmerized by all things Hollywood, despite my mother’s disdain for “that hoofer, Fred Astaire”, or even my all time favorite, Marilyn Monroe. My mother’s opinion resembled Laurence Olivier’s, who before his overacting debut in The Prince and the Showgirl, mortified my idol by telling her, “All you have to do is be sexy, dear Marilyn.” The camera, forever loyal, loved her, and Marilyn stole the show.

But I digress. Ingrid Bergman, my father’s favorite and at the top of my list, was a star from another era. Luminous in Gaslight, exciting in Notorious, lovestruck in Casablanca, beautiful in Spellbound, she scandalized the world by an affair and then marriage with Roberto Rossellini. Forced to remain in Europe for several years, she was denounced on the floor of the US Senate. Ed Sullivan refused to have her on his show, despite polls indicating that the public was ready.

At last, America forgave her. In 1956, she returned to make the film, Anastasia in 1956, winning her second Academy Award.

Yesterday, at the post office, I purchased a book of Ingrid Bergman stamps with genuine pleasure. Bravo, Ingrid. I have always loved you.

Now that our gardens are blooming again, let me plant an idea in your head about fabulous hair color that will make your own unique beauty blossom.  What am I talking about? Take your hair color from ragweed to roses—and try our new Geo Palette Hair System for hues that surpass conventional techniques with their multi-dimensional color and shine.

We’re taking the Geo Palette Hair System to Los Angeles,  CA,  on June 8th and 9th! Colorists, visit us at the Energizing Summit (the Marriott LAX), the premier coloring convention, for Geo Palette info and kit-buying. Or look for us at Blush Salon and Spa in WoodlandHills, California on June 11th…contact [email protected] for a seat! You will love it, and so will your clients.

www.geopalette.com or call us at 516 374-1490 for an appointment with a garden of gorgeous hair color!

I was washing a handful of blueberries for breakfast (in an attempt to beat back memory loss), and I was struck by the beauty of it: the cool water, the deep blue of my hasty manicure blending with the hue of the blueberry. My morning thrill.

Let’s face it. Living in the moment is the best way to keep the vagaries of life at bay…and just for a few moments, I drank in the sight of my simple masterpiece.

The Geo Palette will paint your hair like art imitating nature. It can be as natural as the sunshine, or it can become a Fauvist painting, a Futuristic dabble, even an Impressionistic gem. Hair as art, imitating nature. Call us today at 516 374-1490 for your own personalized hair art at Bewitched Salon in Woodmere…you will love it.

Or check out our website at www.geopalette.com to view our gallery of “hair as living art”.  -JC

Nudity. Is it bad? Airbrushing. Is it fair? Back in 1814, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres painted La Grande Odalisque, a romanticized nude inspired by the Orient. He elongated the model’s back and torso to fit his image of the ideal female form. Critics said that she looked boneless. Ingres could have cared less, and his own vision of beauty reigned.

Does nakedness equal vulnerability? Maybe if someone surprises you in the buff. Naked hair, however, devoid of color and richness and shine, is not a pretty sight. We suggest you fix it fast!

Color your life with the Geo Palette Hair System…multi-dimensional hues that will enhance your life AND your hair. You won’t feel vulnerable. You will feel wonderful.

Be the next Grande Odalisque…your hair will reign supreme.

www.geopalette.com or call Bewitched Salon in Woodmere for an appointment to get the art of hair color.

516 374-1490 -JC

Back in the fifties, we guarded our virginity. It was our honor. Back in the sixties, we gave it away. It was a hindrance.

Then came Monica Lewinsky and President Bill Clinton, and we got all confused. What was virginity, after all?

Today, it’s tossed in the air like a tennis ball, back and forth, with sexting, cyberbullying, and posting pics without your knowledge. It’s still a shrine, for a small few, but has lost its luster in a world of sexual internet images.

Now a hair color virgin is something else.

Lose your virginity at Bewi’s in Woodmere! Go from mousy brown to lustrous mahogany, dull wheat to sweet honey, flat red to rich aubergine. Nothing could be easier, and your ethics won’t be compromised.

No regrets, virgins. Get revolutionary color with the Geo Palette System. www.geopalette.com or call 516 374-1490, at Bewi’s in Woodmere, NY, for the adventure of a lifetime. Your parents won’t mind, and if it’s posted online, your reputation won’t be ruined. -JC

I just watched Richard Gere in his new movie, Arbitrage, and despite his perfect family complete with mistress and mansion, mishandled money (read thievery) and moral ambiguity, yes, I rooted for him all the way.
He’s the best looking gray-haired hottie in the business.
But except for Richard and the gorgeous older model, Carmen, (duped out of her money by the morally bankrupt Bernie Madoff), gray hair is out, particularly for women.
Color is in, and lots of it…a pop of purple is big at Bewitched Salon in Woodmere, and the Geo Palette Color System is even bigger. Several shades in one sitting, so that blondes are richer, brunettes are more multi-dimensional, and redheads glow with gorgeousness!
Try the Geo Palette and get the best color on the planet. Call 516 374-1490 for an appointment to get color that surpasses the conventional highlight. Then go to the movies and root for Richard Gere! -JC

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

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.

A friend recently told me that she no longer goes on Facebook, because everyone’s having more fun in life than she is. As Ovid said, “Envy aims high.”
Attending the Emiliani show in Atlantic City, I watched thousands of hairdressers stagger in nine inch heels and matching nine inch dresses with great interest. Some of them had exquisite color. A nod to their colorist’s skills. But a host of them had stripey highlights, seventy-six trombones worth. (Read: extremely brassy.)
If only they would check out the Geo Palette Hair System! Yes, they will envy the color. But they can get their creative juices going, and learn to deliver rich, dimensional color, with no stripes or bands. (Then they can color each other, pronto.) Salons are becoming certified in this remarkable color system. Aim high, for the very best, and go to our website at www.geopalette.com for enviable color. -JC

Call 516 374-1490 for an appointment now. Ovid would approve.

Winner? The Geo Palette!

I know the foil highlight can have some great results. A foil, a root touchup, and back for another foil. Same old same old.
But every time a friend decides to take the plunge, and get Geo Palette color instead, the Palette wins, hands down. Hair color is richer, less delineated, and shinier. The aluminum foil diminishes shine, and the palettes allow the stylist to paint the color on geometric planes, so that he or she can see all the colors underneath. And color lasts far longer, sometimes as long as five months, with root touch-ups in between.
The great debate? No contest. Stars, many of them, versus stripes, what you don’t want. You decide.
Call 516 374-1490 for an appointment to get the Geo Palette. Far easier than choosing a president. No debates necessary.
Go to www.geopalette.com or visit a geo palette certified salon: Bewitched in Woodmere, NY, Beehive Islip, Karisma, Tampa, Fla and more to follow. No politics, coffee and bagels on Friday and Saturday, the best color ever.