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Nippon's Mane Mania

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Autumn/Winter's Gonna Be Sizzling Hot in Japan With Stylish Hair Trends That Are The Brainchild Of MASA Artists Hirofumi Kera & Tadashi Hadara. You can't help but love Japan for its vibrant hair culture-from shocking pink highlights on a Mohawk do elegent loose curs tossed with luscious golden brown shades, the people of fashion forward natin has made creating the perfect hairstyle an everyday task to be achieved before stepping out the house. Even an international singing sensation Gwen Stefani has taken an interest in Japan styles with album depicting the hair and fashion scene of Tokyo street girls which was released a cople years ago. However, the Japanese weren't always bent on flaunting hairdos that would make heads turn. Before the 1970s, hairstyles seen around Japan were considered highly conservative, where waxed tresses pulled back neatly into different varieties of buns that are often decorated with combs and hair sticks, as well as lossely tied long hair us

Masa A/W 2008-2009 hair show

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Masa A/W 2008-2009 Hair Show @ Shiseido Professional Trends Academy Tokyo. Having heard all about the splendour of Tokyo from awe-stricken friends around me, the city famous for the world's tallest self-supporting steel tower and lively shopping districts with throngs of fashionable individuals to match has always been one of my must-visit travel destinations since time immemorial. So u can imagine my excitement when i heard the news of Masa A/w 2008-2009 hair show. To be held where else but the Shiseido Professional Trends Academy situated within viva la Tokyo of course! Though the extravaganza took place in the ritzy compound of Shiseido Professional Trends Academy, the necessary research and experiment prior to the event were actually carried out in the Shiseido Beauty Creation Center, where topnotch hair and make up artists from the team, Masa, work together to produce sensational hair trneds twice a year. These designs are then introduced to hairstylists and member of the pres