48 The Colorist
| NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2014 |
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W hen it comes to redheads, celebrity colorist Brad Johns, of Brad Johns Color
Studio, "lives for Ann-Margret." Incidentally, Ann-Margret was born in Sweden
and as blonde as they come. As a colorist, Johns is fascinated by the actress'
decision to become a strawberry blonde. "She used the idea of a fi ery strawberry- or
copper-blonde to emblazon the screen and set it on fi re as she twisted her hips and
threw her hair around like a sex torch." He may be onto something. In fact, in her
autobiography the actress admitted to being shy and retiring off stage but being able
to easily transform herself from "Little Miss Lollipop to Sexpot-Banshee" once she
was onstage. An accomplished singer with a sultry voice, she is best known for her
role in the musical, Bye Bye Birdie (1963), but her career has spanned fi ve decades.
Oh, and she's still a redhead.
seei g red
Ann-Margret was a natural blonde, but she made
a name for herself by becoming a redhead.
SALES OF RED
HAIR COLOR
have grown
thanks to popular
redheaded
celebrities like
Debra Messing,
Alyson Hannigan
and Christina
Hendricks.
NATURAL
REDHEADS
are more likely to
be left-handed.
NPR
COMMENTATOR
and natural
redhead Marion
Roach took a
fascinating look
at the science
behind hair color
in
The Roots of
Desire: The Myth,
Meaning and
Sexual Power
of Red Hair
(Bloomsbury
Publishing, 2005).
NATURAL
REDHEADS
don't gray.
Instead, their
pigment fades
to blonde, then
white.
RED HAIR
is the result of
a recessive gene
known a MC1R.
In the salon,
it's most likely
the result of
the formula you
whipped up in
the dispensary.
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