This national contest is for Bumble Salons and the winner will be published the October issue of W Magazine!

 The Chameleon stylists created these editorial-inspired looks using the new Bumble Thickening Full Form Mousse and Creme Contour!

A panel of Bb.Stylists along with W Beauty Editor Jane Larkworthy will choose six semi-finalists to appear on the W and Bb. Facebook pages. W magazine’s Facebook fans will choose the grand prize winner by voting for their favorite. The stylist with the most votes will become The Artist.

Here are a few photos from the teams photo shoots.

I can’t believe that I’ve been around long enough to see hair come full circle. It’s amazing that we are now seeing hair styles that were popular in the sixties. There are of course those famous styles from the forties, fifties, seventies, and even styles from the twenties were also making appearances at the Grammy’s and the Oscars.

I started my career 40 years ago in 1971. Forty-one years ago and boy did hair go full circle. I remember in my high school days, a classmate came to school with a Sassoon haircut that she had gotten in New York City. It was so amazing and different; I loved it! It was not very popular in my small town because it was different; it was asymmetric. I didn’t get to cut a style like it until a few years later. Maybe that’s why I still like asymmetric hair to this day.

In my senior year of high school, we saw long bangs and teased tops. Oh my gosh, we’ve been seeing this hairstyle a lot in the past few years. There is always a difference when old styles come back though; they have a different flair to them. A more modern flair if you will. Like clothing today has a similar feel of yesteryear, but with new material and a more modern cut to it.

In hairdressing school, someone came from Westport to demonstrate a shag haircut to us. That was another amazing haircut, albeit, similar to the Sassoon it didn’t go very far because the original shag was so extreme. It was gorgeous and it was also called the question mark cut. What did happen with the shag were variations on the original cut: long, short, medium, teased, not teased, curled, not curled. It was adapted to all different faces, body shapes, and textures. These became accepted and sought after hairstyles. Read More »

Chameleon created a challenge between our New Haven and North Haven Salons.  The challenge was to recreate a  photo done by world famous stylist “Oribe”.   The teams had to find the models, clothing, photographers and locations. They then had to recreate the hair, makeup & styles to create a single photo.

These final photos are shown on our Face Book Page in a album as “New Haven Chameleon Team Oribe Cover Photo” and “North Haven Chameleon Team Oribe Cover Photo”

We ask that you go to our Face Book Page and cast your vote for your favorite of these two Chameleon photos by clicking on the “Like” button.  Click Here for our Face Book Page to Vote

Then please share these photos on your Face Book pages. Please have your friends and family cast their “Likes” also The voting will close at the end of the month and the Photo with the most “Likes” will be declared the winner!

Chameleon created a challenge between our New Haven and North Haven Salons.  The challenge was to recreate a  photo done by world famous stylist “Oribe”.   The teams had to find the models, clothing, photographers and locations. They then have to recreate the hair, makeup & styles to create a single photo.

These final photos will be then be voted on by our clients,  other salons  and be released for national voting by Oribe salons worldwide.

The New Haven Team was at our Crown Street salon for their shoot this week and we captured a few exclusive behind the scene photos… stay tuned as we await the release of the final photos and the voting begins

Chameleon created a challenge between our New Haven and North Haven Salon s.  The challenge was to recreate a  photo done by world famous stylist “Oribe”.   The teams had to find the models, clothing, photographers and locations. They then have to recreate the hair, makeup & styles to create a single photo.

These final photos will be then be voted on by our clients,  other salons  and be released for national voting by Oribe salons worldwide.

The North Haven Team was at the Old Dublin today for their shoot and we captured a few exclusive behind the scene photos… stay tuned as our New Haven Team is set to shoot in a week!

On Sunday October 21, 2012 Chameleon held a Cut-A-Thon that benefited the Connor Kusmit Memorial Scholarship.

We greatly appreciated all of the clients who came out to support the event.  The Chameleon team donated their time on Sunday and 100% of the money collected went to the Connor Kusmit Memorial Scholarship.

Chameleon was especially thankful to all the local businesses which made donations and the help of Judy Kusmit, Connor’s gradmother, who organized the donations!

The Cut-A-Thon raised over $1000 for the Connor Kusmit Memorial Scholarship.

You can also read about the event in Post~Chronicle  newspaper.

Contributions may be made to the Connor Kusmit Memorial Scholarship, c/o North Haven High School, 221 Elm St., North Haven, CT 06473

The Chameleon team Joy and Stephanie headed down to NYC  for a Oribe editorial styling class, at ION SALON in Greenwich Village. They trained with Florence born Stylist Marco Santini. This was a special class offered to select stylists in the Oribe Network. Read More »

Designer Jahi’ Fitzgerald of Evoli Fac’cion  was one of six designers selected to unveil his fall 2012 collection at the Emerge Fashion Runway Show, during the much anticipated Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, NYC. He is also a friend of Chameleon.

First inspired by watching his parents dress in their 1940’s tailored, refined, classic couture looks, later in his fashion career Jahi’, would become inspired by couture preeminent designers such as, Christian Dior, Valentino Garavani, Alexander McQueen, Hubert De Givenchy, Stephen Burrows, Willi Smith and Gian Franco Ferre, said Jahi’. Read More »

I’m Stephanie with Chameleon Haircolor Café and Spa. Throughout my career I’ve constantly been inspired by the work of molding and creating hair into a well balanced focal point.

 In other words: Up dos

 Inspiration for an updo can come from anywhere and everything we see. Architecture, nature, textiles and celebrities of course are among the few.

Woman love to feel beautiful and there is nothing more rewarding in this business than achieving that feeling.

 Inspiration for this updo came from a celebrity of course and the beauty found in Old Hollywood Glam. Read More »

Inspired by sisters, moms, grandmothers and great grandmothers… Chameleon celebrated these women. Their generations reflected a style and made a statement about them.

We re created the 1920′s, 1940′s, 1950′s, 1970′s and of course the 1980′s!

This photo shoot was truly inspiring for the Chameleon team.

Please enjoy these images and we hope they bring back some fond memories the special women in our lives.