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"  Loyal doesn&amp;#039;t begin to describe the kind of allegiance Serge Normant wins from his celeb clientele. Ellen Barkin hosts his salon openings; Julia Roberts posed\u2014hair sexily aswirl\u2014for the cover of his 2004 book, Metamorphosis; and Sarah Jessica Parker rarely makes a public appearance without his ministrations (he even appeared in the movie of the summer as\u2014what else\u2014Miss Bradshaw&amp;#039;s mane man). Now celebrating his twentieth year as a New Yorker, the master of classic French hairdressing boasts two bustling salons (one uptown, one down) and a post as the global creative consultant for the John Frieda Collection.  Sarah Jessica Parker is the perfect poster girl for your signature big, bouncy, ultrafeminine waves. Sarah constantly inspires me. For the past few years, we&amp;#039;ve been working with her own natural, wavy, soft texture. It looks modern because it&amp;#039;s not curled from the root all the way down; her curls usually start below the crown.   So SJP is a wash-and-go kind of girl? Not exactly. For shine, I blow it smooth with a round boar-bristle brush, just enough to get rid of frizz\u2014it doesn&amp;#039;t need to be dead straight. When the hair is dry, I use a silicone-based smoother, like John Frieda Frizz-Ease; very little, and never near the root, since overdosing on this kind of product kills volume. Finally, I use a medium-barrel curling iron to make spirals halfway down.   Blow curls out and then put them back in?! There&amp;#039;s got to be an easier way.  If you&amp;#039;re not aiming for red- carpet perfection and you already have natural volume, you only need to fix the surface to get a finished look. Blow out the pieces over the crown and those that frame your face. Curl them, and then work them in with the rest of your hair. To make it look more random and natural, alternate directions with the iron: one to the right, the next to the left, and so on. That way, it&amp;#039;s not so Farrah Fawcett. Not that there&amp;#039;s anything wrong with that!  What makes a salon blow-out so much better? For one thing, the position of the dryer itself: The nozzle should be pointed straight down, about three inches away from the hair, which, admittedly, isn&amp;#039;t easy to do yourself. Most people come at their heads from the side, which makes hair frizzy and staticky by pushing it all over the place.   Any advice for DIY updos? Mixing a simple, graphic front with a not-so-perfect bun is always chic. Using a comb, carve out a really precise, clean part wherever you normally divide your hair\u2014if you&amp;#039;re aiming for a quick change, it&amp;#039;s not a great idea to try to reposition this at the last moment. To add a little height, tease the crown a tiny bit, and then just pull everything back into a smooth ponytail. When you wind the ponytail into a messy bun, use the kind of hairpins that have a little wave in the middle\u2014that helps really anchor them in there.   What&amp;#039;s this unusual suspect in your kit? The castor oil? Don&amp;#039;t ask how that started\u2014I&amp;#039;ve used it forever; I have no idea! When I first started doing hair, it was all about messy texture. With a tiny drop of castor oil plus dry shampoo, hair has a two-days-after-shampooing feel. It&amp;#039;s also a great, nourishing scalp conditioner, especially for African-American hair, which can be thin and brittle. I mostly use it on shoots, though, applying it very sparingly as an allover pomade to give extra shine under the lights.  NORMANT&amp;#039;S STAR-WORTHY PICKS   Kiehl&amp;#039;s Strong-Hold Styling Gel &amp;quot;I love the smell,&amp;quot; says Normant of his must-have gel. &amp;quot;[It&amp;#039;s] great at the root when I want to add major volume to really long, heavy hair.&amp;quot;  John Frieda Lavish Lift Root Booster Spray &amp;quot;For extra lift, I separate the hair into sections and spritz [this spray]\u2014it also works well as a finishing touch for the whole style,&amp;quot; Normant says.  SuperSolano Hair Dryer &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve tried all the fancy dryers and keep coming back to [this one],&amp;quot; Normant reveals. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s classic, superhot, with different speeds and temperatures.&amp;quot;  Hot Tools Curling Iron  This medium-size curling iron &amp;quot;is good for semiwavy hair, like Sarah&amp;#039;s,&amp;quot; says Normant. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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