JEANNINE BROUSSEAU! THE HAIRCUT THAT CHANGED MY LIFE!
Meg hair! I'm am so flipping lucky. I am the luckiest women alive EVER! I have Lisa Oliver and Marco Pelusi color my hair. They have both been in the business forever and are known experts teaching and quoted everywhere.
Between the two of them they're ready for AFI's best list because the names that go to them are box office gold. More Academy Award winners go to them them Mr. Chow's. They know color. They have the clients that fly all over kingdom come (Saudi Arabia, Japan, Riverside)
You have the color-issue, I am here as holy as holy is, If Marco Pelusi or Lisa Oliver are in charge of your hair then you are VERY FAMOUS, Very Rich, very connected or, as I am, very lucky.
Here's the thing, just because you're a genius at color doesn't mean you're a genius at the cut.
All of the highest paid, most established,and most famous women know that their are amazing artists in color. They are also amazing in cuts but let's be honest, you can't be an absolute genius in everything. I've just delivered to you the two best colorists in Los Angeles, meet L.A.'S best cutter!
The word on the very high-end and exclusive street is the best hair-cut in L.A. is Jeannine Brousseau. I am blessed to know the inside because Jeannine is hidden away in West Hollywood guarded by Los Angeles's A-List.
Brousseau's highly evolved technique, focus and style sensibility to her Freshen Studio.
Never one to follow trends, she has developed her own inventive style of free-form cutting. She tailors her cuts to each person’s hair texture, coloring, and face shape, constantly seeking the perfect balance between structure and movement. Brousseau's calm and maternal demeanor instantly puts clients at ease. She collaborates with her clients; listening to their needs while providing her own insight to create beautiful, effortless hair that simply falls into shape.
I was never one for layers but as Jeannine cut away my hair actually effortlessly framed face.
She expertly pulled my ends to my nose and snipped like Edward Scissorhands giving me a cut that laid flat and perfect around my face. I was ready to throw my curlers out. It was that amazing. I needed no iron or curler-I just needed Jeaninne!
While I was being snipped I had KD Lang waiting behind me. Jeaninne will not let me disclose her stars but believe me -it's every A-Lister looking for an expert cut! All I can say is I got the BEST HAIRCUT OF MY LIFE FROM JEANINNE!!
Meg~What is the easiest cut?
Jeaninne: The easiest and most versatile cuts have just the right amount of movement within the structure, cut with just the right detail to personalize the look and compliment the texture so it be worn natural or style effortlessly.Go ahead and wear your hair long after 35 if it really works.Be sure the length is flattering on your body and that you have suitable layering to compliment the whole body silhouette.
Meg: How often do we really need to "come in for a cut"
Jeaninne: Cut your hair every 6-10 weeks.Come in for a"freshen" between services, it's complimentary, to dust off those ends, take a bit of weight off and trim this or that to keep your look going until your next cut.
The biggest mistake many women make is that they are not showing who they are, their special features and most commonly the proportions of the cut are not quite right which can make us appear older, tired or less sophisticated the goes on and on. Often I feel that most people look pretty good and are really in need of the details and refinements that create that special and unique YOU.
I absolutely love doing hair, for me it's like sculpting, it's always new, and a beautiful way to be with people.~Jeaninne
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We don't have a bunch of money but if you can get to LA we can offer a great dinner, a wondeful spa day and a haircut with celebrity A-list cutter Jeaninne.
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Damn - I wish I wasn't so far away - no hairdresser has EVER, ever, ever gotten my colour right. I'm mostly gray, (started graying at 18), but have about 4 patches of normal hair - no matter what they put on, the patches show up, and in a very ungainly pattern. I've taken to fritzing my hair with bleach. Any advice would be most welcome....I don't know anyone else with this problem.
Rie
Do you guys remember Susan Powter, the weight loss lady with the “Stop the Insanity” videos? Well years ago, I thought she was hot so I went to a stylist and had her chop off my hair and whiten it up to the shade of a nice white linen tablecloth! To top that off, every month I’d go back to her and ask her to make it even WHITER! It was never white enough for me! LOL! EWWWWW! At the time I was also sporting my usual skin-cancer-inducing mega tan! I thought I looked great! OMG!!!!!! When I came to work like that, mouths dropped, I’m sure they all thought “What the hell is she thinking?” I didn’t have the body Susan Powter had, just the wanna be head! I looked like a man. No amount of dresses made me look feminine. It took a long time to grow that shit out and…we all know how difficult it is to do anything with hair that is in the process of growing out! When I first met my now Harley man Husband, we shared photo albums and when we came to the photos of me with the ‘white crew cut equivalent’ he said “Please! Do NOT EVER cut your hair like that!” I easily agreed to his plea. I am in dire need of a new look! I usually bring a picture from a magazine to my stylist and say “This is what I’m going for.” I really haven’t had a stylist say “You know what would look refreshing and fabulous on you?” My girlfriends have had disaster experiences with stylists who they allowed to get ‘creative’ with their heads, so I think it’s a scary premise to just have a stylist look at you and do her own thing. Our hair is like the main point of what determines if we are going to have a good or bad day you know? You have to love your hair. If you look in the mirror and what you see makes you feel confident, dude, it affects the way you walk and everything! If my hair looks like shit, I avoid eye contact and look at the ground a lot hoping nobody will notice and that the day will be over SOON! But on good hair days…full on eye contact and even a lilt in my walk! I wish I could just send a recent head shot to Jeannine and have her say “If you were here with me today, I would….” etc.! Maybe I could get my ‘affordable’ stylist here in Minneapolis to do what she would recommend! Ironically I just made an appointment for next week to get my hair cut and foiled. I SO wish I could do like the Star Trek characters and transport my molecules to L.A. for a one day dinner, spa day and euphoric hair experience with Jeannine! Lastly I’d like to say, that finding a hairstyle that reflects my zest, craziness, fun side, sexy side and love of longer blonde/red hair that works for a woman who is 61 is a major challenge!!!!!!!!!!! Listen honey…there are salons out there just waiting to transform my hair into a blueish, mega-short, just-took-my-rollers-out of my head hairstyle so I am afraid…I’m VERY afraid of encountering one of them!!!!!!!!!
Jeanasina!
Ok, so I do have another comment, I know, rolling your eyes as you read this. What can I say, I have hair adventure stories! Meg, you are SO lucky to have expert, top of the line, in-demand, hair people! I usually can’t afford to go to salons OFTEN so I have a history of attempting self haircuts using a razor I got years ago (I need to have my husband bury that thing in my backyard). I also own a pair of hair cut scissors I purchased at Sally’s so they are classified as somewhat authorized professional scissors. I of course have no haircut training, so using these implements on my hair always proves disastrous. Not once, has it been a good idea! In the hair color department I have been doing 90% of my hair color modifications using either drugstore hair color purchases and for awhile I experimented with the Sally’s Beauty hair color products. In the past I have attempted to foil my own hair using variations of these products. I know myself and if I NEED a change in hair color etc. and I can’t afford to go for another month…well there just won’t be any waiting for that month away appointment to happen! It’s SELF-SERVE TODAY and hope for the best! Some of the time my coloring escapades have been pretty good. If I just stick to doing my roots, not too bad. I definitely can’t afford to go to get my roots done every 3-4 weeks! Never happen. I have to be able to have hair that I can continue to provide root color for and hopefully, in the best case scenario, go to a professional for foiling etc. So, last night, case in point, I realized I have been doing my roots with too light of a color and so I purchased a darker color and went last night to my basement covert salon a.k.a. laundry room and put in the root-darkening pigment and set my timer and waited. I rinsed it all out (no…it definitely doesn’t look even remotely professional) but it works for me…HOWEVER….sometimes, when I’m tired, or if my allergy infested eyes are not seeing as well as they should be, MAYBE some mistakes happen! Today, I sit here at work, with my light blond hair and darker roots looking not too bad, however…if one were to come to my receptionist desk to talk to me, they would undoubtedly notice that it appears that I have a dark LONG barrette on the side of my bangs and hair (about the size of the slash lines that football players make under their eyes to avoid glare). The things is… I’m not wearing a barrette. No…what can be seen there is a nice 2.5 inch long slash of dark hair color right in the middle of my blonde hair, where hair color SPILLAGE left its mark. I am officially branded today as the Dead of Night village idiot hair colorist for the criminally insane. Five words. I need Jeannine and Marco!
Jeanasina!
I tried a pixi, like a one inch long pixi. After having hair down to my waist. My hairdresser somehow managed to mess it up (even though I brought pictures!) and I ended up with bowl shaped hair. Not. Good. It's finally grown out and I'm ready to have it cut again!
It's exactly 10 DAYS BEFORE MY WEDDING and I decide that I absolutely have to cut all of my shoulder length hair completely off. We are talking, Peter Pan Pixie here. NO ONE would let me do it. It was basically "neighborhood watch" around the clock to keep me from the salon. Well, I showed them. Ten seconds after our Hawaiian honeymoon began, I was at the desk of the concierge asking her to schedule an appointment with her favorite local stylist. Lucky for me, she knew just the man to send me to. I showed up at his fantastic little salon with shoulder length hair and left with my beloved pixie. (Hair today, gone tomorrow. Ha-couldn't resist.) It took over 45 minutes to convince that lovely man that I REALLY did want to do this. He kept saying, "What about a nice bob? .... How about a new color?...... or (my favorite)...... If I do this and you hate it, it could seriously ruin your entire honeymoon!" He was the most amazing man, so patient and kind. Yet, deep down, I could tell he was excited at the prospect of giving me a drastic new look. To this day, no one has ever been able to cut my hair as well as that wonderful stylist in Maui. I will never forget that day. He and I took one look at each other and I KNEW he would take care of me. That man delivered. Not only did he give me the best haircut of my life but also a wonderful, sentimental experience. My (brand new) Stylepapa loved the new look! We had the most fabulous, most adventurous honeymoon. That was over eleven years ago. Shortly after that momentous haircut, he realized that he married a woman that changes and evolves as often as the seasons. Or, at the very least, as often as my ever-changing hair styles.PLEASE pick me. I am dying for a chance to be in Jeannine's very capable, beautifully artistic, miracle working hands!
Jeanasina, you are so FUNNY! I just adore you, and I LOVE hearing about your adventures as Edward Scissorhands!
OH man, I SOOOO need a great stylist like Jeannine! I have insanely curly hair, which I am learning to live with. Everytime I see a picture of a cute curly style, I save it. Unfortunately, I've not yet found a stylist who can interpret the look onto my head. Also, I don't have one who can look at me and recommend something original. (I DID have a fabulous stylist when I lived in Philly, so I know it is possible)My most dramatic hair style was given to me by the hairstylist mentioned above. I let her have free reign, and it was the best thing I could have done. It was a very cool asymetrical style - I'll try to post on my profile. I felt amazing! It was about 20 years ago, and I still long for that feeling. I have showed the photo to a couple of stylists here in Memphis and they weren't willing or able to try anything like it. If I won the chance to have Jeannine style my hair, I would definitely get my curly head out to LA. I've recently lost 32 lbs and I'm trying to up my style. This would be a major step in the right direction!!Carole
Carole
I have a stylist in Jackson TN that I have flown from Miami to get a cut from... So if you are willing to drive an hour:Felicia at Aura Salon(731) 660-1777Cheers:Lauren
Sweet Stylemama...you always make me smile! I was looking at your profile photos once again and there isn't a doubt in my mind that your short Hawiian Honeymoon Haircut looked absolutely fabulous on your stunningly beautiful face! Girl...You have an absolute radiance about you - whether your hair is short or long, up or down...honey...you are a head turner! Your smile just captivates in an instant - I am sure if I ever met you I would be smitten in the way your husband and children and close friends are! You just emit such a lovely aura inside and out! I totally get why your husband is so crazy about you and so good to you - he KNOWS how lucky he is to have you in his life! Thank you dear girl!
Jeanasina!
cac!!!! 32 pounds! That's absolutely fantastic! I am completely elated for you! Losing weight is hard work - really hard work. I joined weight watchers last year and lost 13 pounds and then I stopped before I reached my goal! I just couldn't adhere to monitoring my eating habits so completely any longer and I sort of lost my motivation. My weight is climbing again and I'm mad at myself for not having the will power to get to where I want to really be so I'd feel better and happier and healthier! I truly congratulate you! That's just such a wonderful accomplishment and it takes perserverence and dedication to make it happen! I totally salute you lady!
Jeanasina!
When it comes to hair, I have been from the lowest valley to the highest mountain top. I will begin my tale from the lowest point in order to leave on a high one. As a young female, I had that whole celebrity look-alike hangup. I had to look like someone, especially being from L.A. at the time. So when Halle Berry stepped out in her fab pixie cut in the early 90's, I just knew that having it would turn me into Halle's drop dead gorgeous twin. Of course no one tells us young girls that it will never do to have your mom, who has no previous experience cutting hair and who teaches snotty nosed 5th graders for a living, make an attempt to turn your frizzy, curly, mess of a mop, into the living end of a cute cut, especially in the dead of rain season. That first day at school was something out of a horror movie. First off, the cut was so short, it not only stood up straight on end as if had gone through an electric lightening storm, but then had the absolute nerve to frizz into a straight afro. Oh the horror! Not only did I never live it down, I was promptly crowned with so many descriptive monicers, that to this day, I still react in strange ways when Halle's face appears in retrospective on the tv.Oh, but that lowest day thankfully gave way to an unbelievable high point about two years ago. Unfortunately it took over two decades to finally receive the celeb worthy cut I had been searching the world over for, but alas it finally happened. It certainly wasn't a planned event, but on a trip to Boston with my so yummy hubby, I decided one day that I needed a change. And since "The Best of Boston" had just come out in Boston Magazine, I thought why not go to the best of the best and see what happens. So, knowing that this was going to be a pampering session for me and a shock party for my husband's wallet, I made the ever important call. After informing the receptionist that I was a visitor from the opposite coast that needed a change and describing my hair type and length, I was referred to what I was told was a young up and coming stylist who could give me a modern and sophisticated celebrity worthy doo. Upon arrival, I was so excited to finally become the woman I was always destined to be, and after beng plied with only the best coffee and hors d'oeuvres, I sat down in the chair. However, within a few minutes I was shockingly greeted by a young girl (and I do mean "girl") with shocking orange hair, tats up and down her arms and neck and the most street gang-like ensamble, that I immediately began looking for the closest exit signs. However, my deepest fear was that if I jumped up and ran, some of her buddies would be waiting at the door with whips and chains to let me know that I was going nowhere. So after taking a few large gulps and deep breaths and praying that somehow I would make it out of there without looking too much like I had been initiated into a Harley-riding street gang, I described the look I was hoping for and closed my eyes. Two hours later, I have to admit, I woke up to the most fabulous cut I had ever received. My hair had volume, looked like it could style itself and was definitely celeb worthy. Instead of Halle, I now looked like Vanessa Williams herself (well, not the Vanessa Oscar hair of a few years back, that was the look from my haircut described above). It was stunning.I still think lovingly of that young lady and only hope and pray that one day I will head into my local salon only to see that tatted, orange-haired girl waiting for me at the salon chair. Oh, maybe I am dreaming of what heaven will be like!
Back about 10 years ago when I was in college I thought it would be most cost effective to be a model in a hair show so that I could get my hair cut and colored for FREE...little did I realize the outcome of devastation I would endure. We started out with the color first which was a three part process. Why I that didn’t tip me off to get the hell out of there I don’t know. We’ll just chalk it up to being young and stupid. The stylist proceeded to highlight my hair in what she referred to as the tier method. She foiled the bottom layer of my hair, which was well past my shoulders, just about 2 inches from the ends. Then second layer was from about half the length down to the ends and finally the last layer was from the scalp down to the ends. I wasn’t too excited with it but thought maybe the cut will help it make sense instead of me looking like a home color project gone wrong. The stylist starts non-methodically shredding through my hair like Edward Scissorshands on Meth, cutting at random into my hair. I was afraid…why in all that is holy did I sign up for this!?!? When he finished massacring my hair I got to take a long hard look at it and lied through my teeth at how much I loved it when in reality I looked like Brett Michaels’ and Stevie Nicks’ love child. It was horrible yet fitting in a way considering I was going to WWE Smackdown later that evening so at least I fit in. I went from having nice long, lush, thick hair to resembling a Chinese Crested. I cried all the way home, which was a 45 minute commute. The next day I went to the nearest drug store, with my favorite ball cap on, and picked up a bottle of hair color and then had my mom’s hair stylist chop off the rest into a nice neat chin length bob. That was the worst hair experience of my life.
I'm always looking for someone who can do a good cut! Maybe we can all help each other out by sharing where we found good stylists in our own areas. So does anyone have a good recommendation for the Raleigh, NC area? I have gone to the Lux Salon and they do great color, but my stylist left and I haven't been overly wow-ed by a haircut yet.
Lauren - I appreciate the tip about your stylist in Jackson. I hope to give her a chance at my hair. Anyone else know of a great stylist (particularly one who understands curly hair) in the Memphis area? I'd love to find someone within an hour's drive if possible. I've tried several around here and just haven't hit the right one yet.
Carole
CURLY HAIR LADIES!!!! go to www.naturallycurly.com and you can look up stylists in your metro area that specialize in dealing with curly haired girls and they have reviews of the stylists too! Plus there are TONS of recommendations on product, styling tips, coupons and ROCKING your curls!
Love, hugs and shoes...Angie
I unfortunately don't have a worst hair story and I've always played it SUPER safe with my hair and my color. I do have to admit that for a long time my look was pretty dull. Mid back, one length, perfectly straight hair parted in the middle. I could work that look in my mid twenties...not so much now! I did though once spray paint my hair black with a white stripe down the middle for a skunk Halloween costume in Jr. High. Then it wouldn't wash out and I had to wear my hair like that for over a week! I guess I learned early not to mess with your crowning glory!
Love, hugs and shoes...Angie
oh can i just pay to go? I want a perfect style for my face AND body!!!
Thanks Sweetassgal - I'm going to naturallycurly.com right now. And to see my very best haircut ever, I've posted a photo on my profile. Of course, it doesn't hurt that I was about 20 years younger at the time!!
Carole
I am with Michelle . . . what about paying to go? If I talk about my layered short hair from middle school I could get post tramatic stress! SUPER thick PERMED hair that is cut into short layers hair is a BAD IDEA! I have no idea what I wanted or how I came to that hairdo. However, it scared me for life.
Wow, Jeanasina. You sure know how to string words together in the most fabulous and touching ways. How do you do it? Thank you (seriously) for such loving sentiments. I feel the exact same way about you. All I have to say is that the Meg'smakeup Family is the safest, most supportive, unconditionally loving and most-hilarious family I have ever seen. I am extremely honored to be a part of it. I am filled with gratitude for the relationships I have found in all of you. Jeanasina, much love and gigantic hugs are sent your way! Love Too,Dawn
My problem at the mo is trying to grow my hair,I now have an unfortunate la law style bob ,help !any thing that makes hair grow at lightning speed?,it hasnt been this short since I was 11,dont think ill be cutting it any time soon.Semccraven thats a bone chilling story,some hairdressers should be banned.I once had a colourist nip off to check on her baby and after a long time my head felt really hot and a faint smell of burning filled the air,I called her ,she rinsed my hair neglecting to mention that it was blonde,white, red and green,I had to go get another hairdresser put a brown rinse over it.ps style mama you totally rock the pixie cut.
PotionPrincess♥
I think cac really deserves this treat after all her hard work.Congratulations
PotionPrincess♥
I have so many bad hair stories beeing an ex-hairstylist I wouldn't know where to start. I could probably write a book about it "what not to do" or "be nice to your hair". You know how they say the dentist has the worst teeth and the mechanic drives the worst car. Well sometimes hairstlylist can be mean to their hair. Yep, I did lots to my hair, short, long and every color you can think of and not all by choice. And I've tried everything at home too, from streaking my hair with the cap on my own and had become pretty good at it with holding the mirror in one hand and the pick thing in the other. Foils and triming the back of my head I never succeded very well on my own but I sure did try. My latest horror was a couple years ago when I decided I wanted a new look and new color. Well I went to this very expensive spa type of place and got this young hairstylist that look very good and look like she knew what she was doing and would have all the new styles. Boy was I wrong. I left there with charcoal grey hair when it really was suppose to be brown hair with blond hightlights. So I went back to get it fix and it was even worst. I had to find another stylist and do a color correction. After all those process to my hair I lost alot of it. So one morning I got up and was so sick of looking at the long thin hair. So I made myself a ponytail and got my professional scissors and I cut it. My husband couldn't believe I did that. His first words were your letting it grow back right?! I did go to my hairstylist I have now and she fix it the bob I was trying to create on my own and it look pretty good. But now it's long again and the color is not charcoal. ;-) I could use a really good cut, I don't think I ever had that cut that your like, that was the best cut ever. But who knows I might be too picky. I will be stopping in the LA area this summer for vacation! So pick me, pick me ;-)
Darnit i wish we had styling place slike this around where i grew up. small town are infamous for having limited resourses...we didnt have a hair or nail place until i was 15
j.baby
i am sort of afraid of changing my hairstyle so i just tell hair stylists to make my hair shorter a bit and i go for a cut maybe 2-3 times a year :(
None of the hair-dressers have done my hair in the way i want it. Grr !
I haven't been to a hairdresser before, my mother was the one to do my hair, and might I add she did a wonderful job. Now, I do my hair at home using salon quality hair products. So, unfortunately (it's more like fortunately), I don't have any horror stories. And all I do is trim my hair.
i just like to trim my edges i want my hair to grow longer!
-Miss Yaya
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Wow. I have yet to find the perfect hair cut. Congrats!
Lucky you. You look amazing. Congrats.
wow, cut your hair every 6-10 weeks? honestly, i haven't cut my hair in one year. maybe that's why it's so out of shape... haha, time for a haircut then!thanks for the advice. and congrats on getting the perfect haircut! worth being envious of :)
xoxo
I have big problems with my hair. I've never found a hairdresser that I really liked and I've never had a cute that I absolutely loved. They were all ok but nothing special. I only go about once every 6 months though. Now that I'm out of school I'm planning on going more often. As long as I can find a salon that I love. I've been wanting to do a pixie cut since almost forever now it seems but I'm too nervous. Mostly because I haven't found the right person to cut it for me yet. Someday though I hope....
embarassingly, i've not had my hair cut for over 12 months now! mainly because i want to find a great salon and am not sure where to go. i had been going to a local salon but was getting fed up with them cutting my hair the same way no matter what style i wanted. not sure where to go now but gonna have to go soon!!! x
I've honestly never gotten a dramatic haircut. I've gotten it right above my shoulders. That's the shortest my hair's ever been. I'd love to meet both colorists and expert cutters. I'm in cosmetology so I think it would be very insightful and informative if I could talk to them one-on-one. I'd have so many questions I wouldn't know where to start!
Krysta<3
I think the easiest cut is a simple trim...I dont get a haircut till...6 months AT LEASTThen...I've never gotton a "crazy" haircut, I like to play it safe
Def want this! Nice article
really great hair! your sooooo lucky! :D
Holland RayeLee Davida McCafferty
I have not found any one to cut OR colour my hair perfect. I have spend so much money..So i decided to colour my own hair..saves me money and turns way better... its because of a hair dresser that my nice long hair is now super short and dead..never again..
I NEED i new haircut just wish I could pull this off