Have untidy hair! It's in fashion now

JAKARTA (JP): If you meet a group of young girls whose hair looks as if it has never been touched by a comb, be aware it's trendy.

Kelly, a leading lady in the television series Beverly Hills 90210, has contributed heaps to the hairstyle. Her disheveled, shaggy hair and carefree attitude inspires girls around the globe.

"In Norway, this hair style is very fashionable," said Norwegian hairdresser Lina Fjeld after cutting her model's hair into a Kelly-look at a one-day seminar called Year 2000 Hair Technology.

Lina, who also wears her hair like Kelly, demonstrated new cutting techniques with her hairdressing husband Alf Johan Fjeld. He owns seven hair salons in Norway. They showed their stuff at the seminar organized by the Indonesian Hair Dressers' Association Tiara Kusuma. The seminar was co-sponsored by Nature and Research Cosmetics, and Radio Sonora.

The secret to being messy is a sharp razor. The Fjeld's aim to make soft, natural, feminine but untidy hair.

"Razors make soft cutting. It is very apt for cutting technique which will allow hair to be put in many different ways easily and quickly," said Alf, who has won several hair styling and cutting competitions in Europe.

For certain long hair styles, razor is again useful, said Fjeld couples.

Using a razor also makes cutting the tips of hair easier. Consequently, the ends become finer and more easily styled. To get the best result, hair should be wet before cutting.

Indonesian hairstylist Rudy Hadisuwarno said in another seminar on 1996 trends, that the razor, which was popular in the 1950s and the 1960s, can also be used on older women's hair.

"However, the finishing touch must be different, the hair should be made to look tidier. Don't let it be as messy as the styling for young girls," he said.

A razor is also useful for certain long hairstyles. A 1960s inspired cut, for instance, gives the impression of thin hair.

A razor is used to thin and cut short hair on the back of the head. The remaining hair is kept long, giving a hippie impression of long but thin hair.

Asymmetric cutting is also in, said Alf.

The asymmetric style allows hair to stay in form without combing or blow-drying, "so, you can just leave home although you have just woke from sleep and don't have enough time to make up."

A natural, simple and practical style is also fashionable for hair buns. No more teasing into bouffants, just an ordinary comb is used to put the hair into several ponytails and arrange them into buns by using a hair net on top of the head.

To keep the arrangement, use plenty of hair spray, hints Alf.

Let some hair stray to keep the hairdo looking natural.

"We can make hair buns in about 20 to 25 minutes. It is good because it means there are more customers can be served in a day," Alf explained.

Meanwhile, Rudy insists wet-look chignons will be the trend next year. The wet look is produced by using spray styling-gel. The more gel sprayed on as a finishing touch after the hair bun is finished the wetter the hair will be. To get a shiny wet look, hair shine is applied.

Like Alf, who prefers simple and practical hair buns, Rudy said that bouffants will be out of date. The big head look, produced by teasing, will be replaced by the "small head" look. Tightly combed hair keeps the hair bun from protruding.

As bun accessories, artificial hair pieces colored lighter than the natural hair will also be in fashion. The artificial hair pieces can be put on the top of the buns or included in the buns.

Rudy suggests using colors two grades lighter than the natural color and as highlights only.

"Coloring all the hair is no longer fashionable. Hair coloring is used only as a highlight, but this year the color used is lighter than last year," said Rudy in a press conference held prior to his Trend '96 seminar.

Natural, non-glossy makeup will still be the trend, said Rudy.

"Only the color of lipstick will be deeper," he added. (als)