AlbertColor Editorial — Hair, Beauty, and the Long View
Observations on hair, beauty, and the people who live in both — gathered over thirty-five years. Some of it is technical. Most of it isn't.
It all begins with paying attention. The writing comes afterward.
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Inside the Journal
Original essays on hair color, gray transitions, beauty culture, seasonal change, fashion, and the quiet moments that shape how we see ourselves.
Temporary Hair Color for Halloween: When One Night Doesn’t Wash Out
Why a one-night spray can survive several shampoos on blonde, highlighted and bleached hair, how semi-permanent color differs, and how to wear Halloween color that still washes out.
The technique returns; the 2000s look does not.
Foils are back. The stripe is not. This season, placement is back—along with a warm palette to support it.
Why Your Hair Is Different in Other Places
The largest thing you put on your hair every day is the one thing you never chose. What the tap does to color, why New York water travels badly, and the one case where it announces itself.
Gray Hair: The Whole Conversation
Where gray hair actually comes from, what stress does and does not do, how early and how late it arrives, and the three honest routes people take once it does.
Eight O'Clock Light
A walk through New York at golden hour, reading hair the way you'd read canvases. Evening light is the most truthful light color is ever seen in.