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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

Focus on hair color (and ignore neck and chin)

On a day of errands and boring chores, I got a compliment from my dental hygienist on my hair color, and I said thank you.
But I thought she was crazy. I hadn’t washed it in six days, (okay, I bathe daily, so don’t be judging me.)
Then a jaunt to Bloomingdale’s, and I’m stopped in the aisle. My first thought was, this undercover Bloomie’s woman thinks I’ve stolen something.
No, where did you get your color done?
Then, in the dressing room where I’m lamenting my tummy, the Bloomie’s assistant hands me a bigger size and says, “I love your hair color!”
Out at the supermarket, and it’s the check-out girl who gives me an ode to my beautiful hair.
This oily mess?
Which goes to show that Geo Palette color shines through, time after time.
But I’m washing it today.
Give the Geo Palette Color System a whirl today…compliments will follow. Go to www.geopalette.com for info. Or call Bewitched in Woodmere, NY for an appointment with praise from strangers in the street. -JC  516 374-1490 or find a certified Geo Palette salon near you.

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’m a trinket collector, and I’m having a tag sale so that my terrible shopping habits will be seen by all. My own Home Goods in the living room.
When I put my home up for sale, all of the decorators that staged their houses said: limit your trinkets to three to a table top. De-clutter. Clean.
I staged my house so beautifully with the help of a friend, that it sold in three days…which brings us to the life lesson learned: less is more. Spend the money on a quality piece, a skirt, a raincoat, a jacket, a haircut. One good piece is worth twenty trinkets.
Invest in your hair color with the best of the best: the Geo Palette. Gorgeous color that is not a highlight, so that blonds might have shades of wheat, gold, and platinum, as radiant as a sunny day. Brunettes exalt in burgundies, mahoganies, and rich chocolate laced with caramel.
Classic and revolutionary. Get the Geo Palette.
Now what the hell do I do with my teapots?

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

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.

I got a call from a tanning salon, inquiring about her blond clients. It seems that their hair color, ranging in tonality from wheat to honey to white-yellow, is superb. Where did they get their color done, and why did it look so different?
I explained that the difference was the Geo Palette…multi-dimensional color in several tonalities using the Geo Palette color system applied by Geo Palette artists. Maria Lisa at Bewitched Salon gave her blondes that certain something…resulting in superb color. The inventor, George Mennella, continued to perfect the art of the Geo Palette. Exquisite color that your local tanning salon will notice, tan or no tan. -JC
PS Call 516 374-1490 for an appointment with the best color on the planet!