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Four hours on line at the Metropolitan Museum to see the genius designer, Alexander McQueen, gave us time to people watch. A posse of zahftig wanna-be models made us think they were hookers, in their tight dresses and sky-scraper high heels. They ate ice cream, hot dogs, and frosted cupcakes. Models, not.

The couple in front of us looked Scandinavian, and were from Barcelona, Spain.

The family behind us waited four hours, with two young children, (they went home the day before), taking turns to sit with them on the steps to the museum.

Vendors became millionaires, it was a terrible hair day, and bad color abounded. I felt like passing out cards for the Geo Palette, revolutionary color that can only be gotten at certified salons. The flagship salon, Bewitched Salon, at 956 Broadway, Woodmere, NY is only a ride away on the F train!

But it was hot and airless, and we were herded like cattle to a waiting arena inside, where we shuffled along for another two hours.

The exhibit was wonderful… gorgeous, dramatic, with a mysterious soundtrack accompanying sado-masochistic images that were pure beauty. The little boy watched videos in his father’s arms, and ignored the collection.

The little girl asked her mother, “Was all of this done by a dead man?”

“Yes,” said the mother simply, and hand in hand, they wandered through the exhibit, drinking in the glory that was Alexander McQueen.

My feet still hurt. -JC

www.geopalette.com  516 374-1490 Bewitched Salon

The Geo Palettte is also available at Bewitched Salon, in Woodmere, NY, C3 in Port Washington, Beehive, Islip, and Karisma in Tampa.

I’m sure the Toronto policeman whose remark about women who dress like sluts inviting unwanted advances (read sexual abuse) is astounded by the movement he inadvertently caused: the slut walk.

A series of protests in which scantily dresses women take to the city streets makes the statement that women should be able to wear whatever they choose without being fearful. Our bodies, our choice, and no one has the right to make a move or a touch without our consent.

So if your daughter leaves the house with the word “slut” written across her cheek, don’t despair. We march for the cause that stirs our passion, don’t we?

On a lighter note, if you will allow me, I march for fabulous color. The Geo Palette. I’m on my umpteenth Palette, and when I hit the streets, I’m bombarded by compliments. Call me at 516 374-1490 for an appointment. Color better than the traditional foil. Nothing written on my cheek….yet.

The message? Looking fabulous.

Visit our flagship salon, Bewitched Salon at 956 Broadway, Woodmere, NY for color by our certified Geo Palette artists! Also available at Bewitched in Woodmere, Beehive in Islip, and C3 in Port Washington.

www.geopalette.com

I was standing on line in the supermarket holding my favorite sweet fix…dark chocolate pomegranates. They cost a fortune, but a friend introduced me to them, and I’ve been addicted ever since. Hey, it beats heroin, gambling, and alcohol, doesn’t it?

The very thin lady in front of me smiled (maliciously), and said, “That’s for chocolate addicts that think they’re eating something healthy. They’re lying to themselves.”

Reading the label,  I answered her weakly, “They’re a natural source of flavanol antioxidants.”

She snorted, and walked off.

So today, I bought a new bathing suit. “It looks beautiful on you,” the saleslady told me.

It does, if I don’t move a muscle, I answered.

So she lies, and I lie, and we all lie, don’t we?

Now ask yourself if your hair looks the best it can possibly look.  Look really hard, past the highlights and the lowlights and the over-processing and the roots. Does it, really?

Then come and get a Geo Palette, the most exciting, fabulous hair color ever, a system that surpasses foils: the results are brighter, subtler, with more shine and movement and more variation.

If you get the Geo Palette, you don’t have to lie to yourself about the results. You will leave our salon a more gorgeous blond with as many as four or five shades that look sun enhanced, a richer brunette with gleaming low lights, or a more radiant redhead with vibrant tonalities. Just look in the mirror.

Call us for an appointment. 516 374-1490, or stop in for a consultation at 956 Broadway
Woodmere, NY 11598.

Other palette certified salons include C3 in Port Washington, Beehive Islip, and Karisma in Tampa.

After your Geo Palette, don’t ask me how you look in your bathing suit. But ask me how I like your hair. No lies, I promise. Because I won’t have to. -JC

When I get mad, a colleague of mine says I remind her of the Countess. “Go back to your cabinet, witch,” comes to mind, a remark the Countess recently sent straight to Alex McCord’s heart on their Moroccan trip.  Okay, I admit that I’m prone to giving a quick jab myself, and sailing out the door.

Ramona recently became a basket case, unable to spar with the loud and louder Jill, and reduced to sobs while moaning, “She’s not listening to me,” over and over. Not my kind of sparring.

Sonya gets nuttier and nuttier, and tends to follow in the Countess’s footsteps, waving a hand dismissively, and fluttering off.

Kelly hates any confrontation at all, calling Alex’s anger “inauthentic” several times in a row, interspersed with “STOP! STOP!” Alex is reduced to looked bug-eyed, reminding us of Ramona’s famous runway walk.

If Jill rants, Cindy sulks. “These women are nuts!” she exclaimed the other day. You joined them, baby.

Come to Bewitched Salon for anger management by coloring your hair with the Geo Palette, our fabulous new system for coloring hair! We have vibrant reds that surpass Jill’s color, soft diffused blonds that would benefit Alex’s new modeling career, a range of color that would enhance Kelly’s image, rich classy browns that the Countess would adore. And you’ll leave ecstatic.

516 374-1490 for an appointment at Bewitched, 956 Broadway, Fresh Meadows, NY, or call our Geo Palette certified salons, Bewitched in Woodmere, C3 in Port Washington, Karisma in Tampa, or Beehive Islip. www.geopalette.com or watch our videos on Youtube at geopalette.

-JC

I turned on a movie the other day that I had seen when I was a teenager: Splendor in the Grass.  About broken hearts and madness, bad girls and good girls…but back in the day, it had left me cold. Life lessons made me absolutely love it when I watched it again, more than forty years later! Because I’ve lived since then: I’ve been the bad girl and the good girl, made poor choices and good choices, had my heart broken. I haven’t gone mad, like Natalie Wood, unless anxiety attacks count!

My son, a film major, watches a film classic a day. We’re on an Alfred Hitchcock kick now, and Rear Window resonates but Vertigo does not. North by Northwest is fun and thrilling, and confirms for my son that Hitchcock loves blondes. Tippi Hedron, Kim Novak, Eva Marie Saint, Doris Day, Janet Leigh, and my favorite ice goddess, Grace Kelly. From what I hear, Alfred claimed that blonds photographed better, and made better heroines. It doesn’t matter. Hitchcock offered us pure entertainment.

Here at Bewitched, we invite you to “go Hollywood” with the Geo Palette. Become a beautiful blond, a stunning redhead or a luscious brunette with our revolutionary new color system, written up in Newsday and L.I. Pulse.

Make an appointment at Bewitched by calling 516 374-1490 or visit our Geo Palette certified salons: Bewitched in Woodmere, Beehive in Islip, C3 in Port Washington or Karisma in Tampa, Florida.

Hooray for Hollywood and the Geo Palette! -JC

www.geopalette.com, see our videos on Youtube at geopalette, or friend us on Facebook.

A good friend of mine was watching a neighbor’s dog for a week, and lost him. He ran out the door and was gone. Hundreds of fliers later, along with days of worrying, and my harried friend lost eight pounds!

After several phone calls about dogs that were too big or too small, a good Samaritan found him. Pale and svelte with her new figure, my friend could finally sleep again.

Here at Bewitched Salon, at 956 Broadway, in Woodmere, NY, we suggest an easier way to drop some weight…

Lose pounds of hair misery and look ten years younger by transforming your hair with the Geo Palette Hair System. Glorious color, for a walk in the park, no dogs involved. Give us a call at 516 374-1490, and check out our website at www.geopalette.com. Youtube hosts our videos under Geo Palette as well.  -JC

I hope being broke doesn’t shorten my life. And I hope it’s only temporary. I turn down dinner with friends for the same reason…who wants to hear about my money gripes? I can only talk about reality televison or the burglaries in my area or relationships for so long. A glass of wine is good…but that eight dollars might better be saved for gas…guzzle the liquor or have my car guzzle the gas?

Or, would I rather get a shirt, or go out  to eat?

Which brings us to my favorite E.M. Forster line from Howard’s End…”Only connect.”

Should I connect with a person or an article of clothing?

Life is about making choices.

So save your pennies and get the Geo Palette at Bewitched Salon for gorgeous color. It lasts for months, you’ll get tons of compliments, bagels and coffee on Fridays and Saturdays, and “thank you” discounts for our valued clients…buy a card for $400 and get $550, $600 and you’ll get $900 of services.

Do the math, and come on in for a fresh spring look. Shopping therapy that resonates for months.  -JC

516 374-1490 for an appointment.

Here at Bewitched, some of us love Charlie Sheen and some of us think a date with Dr. Drew is in order. I myself would love to watch him fight his demons on Celebrity Rehab…and survive.

A recovering addict predicted that Charlie’s spiraling lunacy  is cocaine withdrawal…fighting everyone, despising most, grandiose gestures and spitfire dialogue, tweeting out of control.

Public fascination with Charlie Sheen is at a high. We can’t seem to get enough of him.

For a SHEEN of another kind (okay, forgive me), or a HAIR INTERVENTION, get the Geo Palette…revolutionary hair color, brilliant OR subtle, for every client’s color needs. Addiction of another kind…to beauty.

Call us for an appointment at 516 374-1490.

Check out our Geo Palette Facebook page, or go to www.geopalette.com to see Palette Artists in action.

Get the Geo Palette: a color high without drugs. Compliments to follow.

Bewitched Salon 956 Broadway Fresh Meadows NY 11366

Let’s talk about American Idol…hmmmm. I used to watch it half-heartedly. But I’d start out with a bang and end with a whimper.

Until Steven Tyler became a judge.

I’d watched Simon Cowell, and laughed at his smartness and his ribaldry. I liked him.

I’d watched Paula Abdul, and appreciated her zaniness and her kindness. I liked her, too.

I’d watched Randy  Jackson gently “dogg” each new contestant with his own cool persona. I liked him as a buffer between mean and sweet.

But I watched half-heartedly, while I was on my exercise machine.

That is, until Steven Tyler became my new American Idol. Steven Tyler, I love.  Fresh, funny, ugly/handsome, direct. An icon in his own right, a dandy with tenderness, and his own brand of succinct smartness as he sings along with his favorites and eases their way into success or failure.

He will forever reign supreme, sitting next to Jennifer Lopez with her well-groomed beauty, flashing his wide-mouthed grin and his gleaming teeth. Watch for him.

Come to Bewitched Salon and watch for the Geo Palette Hair System, which reigns supreme as the most revolutionary new color system in the hair industry.

Check out our website, www.geopalette.com, or call us for an appointment at 516 374-1490. Also available at Bewitched in Woodmere, Karisma in Tampa and Beehive Islip Salon.

Steven, we’ll give you a Geo Palette as well. You’ll love it as much as we love you.

A friend of mine was told by her daughter that she gave off negative energy, and was hard to be around. Just in time for the birth of her first grandchild. My friend was bereft, rejected by her own child.

Hmmm. I told her that when I was thirty years old and divorced from the man that my mother encouraged me to marry, I didn’t talk to her for over a year. My mother’s power made me furious. When she called me crying, I spoke briefly and hung up quickly. I dismissed her ruthlessly.

Fast forward four years. I’m in the hospital giving birth to my first baby. I stand up and faint, and the nurse tells me that when I gained consciousness, I was calling for my mother.

She was the best grandmother in the world.

So mothers and daughters that love and reject each other, your blood line is strong, irrevocable, and as red as a valentine heart.

And for Valentine’s Day pampering, get some gorgeous color with the Geo Palette Hair System at our flagship salon, Bewitched Salon, here in Woodmere, NY, also available at certified salons in Woodmere, Islip, and Tampa, Florida. Hearts will turn. Flowers will arrive. Chocolate will be given. You will never look better. Call 516 374-1490 for an appointment. Stop by and inquire, or watch the Geo Palette in action. Or check out our website, www.geopalette.com for a look. – JC