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World of Curls: Christina Carsillo, Owner of Haarmony Salon & Studio

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World of Curls: Christina Carsillo, Owner of Haarmony Salon & Studio
By · Updated November 4, 2014

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My name is Christina Carsillo. I am Owner and Creative Director of Haarmony Salon & Studio in Roswell, GA.

Entering the curly hair salon industry

Once I opened my own hair salon in 2001, I researched hair products that I would consider selling in my salon. I loved the idea of having a curly hair line since my own hair was curly and I understood the challenges of dealing with my own hair.

I also had heard many many horror stories from my clients who also had curly hair. I researched the curly philosophies and products of a number of product lines and selected Deva Curl as my primary curly line. I understood from dealing with many color and product lines over the years that one product never works for every single hair type, but I found Deva addressed the majority of my needs and my clients needs. Once I understood the basics of the line I went to New York to get all the information I could from the source.

I went to New York City to meet Lorraine Massey and hear it from the woman who started to address all the problems associated with curly girls worldwide. Since this time I have been going back once or twice a year to keep up with any new discoveries, products, and inventions for curly hair. We recently purchased some of the first long hair curly diffusers for our salon that were recently produced in Brazil. After numerous years traveling the world to learn from the masters of the hair world I auditioned for Wella as a platform artist, which entailed creating 3 futuristic hair styles and creating and presenting a trend collection to a group judges and Wella professionals.

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Everyone else in the competition got their mannequin heads 2 weeks in advance, but mine were lost and not delivered until the night before.

Everyone else in the competition got their mannequin heads 2 weeks in advance, but mine were lost and not delivered until the night before. I stayed up all night to create the collection, caught a flight to New York the next day at 6am, and delivered my presentation at 10am. I beat out 5 other hand selected hairdresser professionals to secure the position for the next 5 years.

I attended advanced trainings for Wella twice a year to hone the art of platform work, to help develop collections for the company, and educate hairdressers from around the United States. In later years Wella was sold to Procter and Gamble and basically closed most of this particular division. Since this time I have used that training and experience with a number of companies which include: Jungle Fever, Tahe, Salerm, and Deva Curl.
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My life passions

Curly Hair of Course! because I have it… I also love being a mom, music, dancing, running and weight training. I am a gourmet healthy cook and I try and inspire my family, staff, clients to live a healthy clean full lifestyle.

I am fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese and can communicate in French and Italian as well. The ability to be comfortable in a number of languages enables me inspire and educate more hairdressers who are truly passionate about their craft.

Every person with curly hair should know about…

The importance of hydration, especially in curly hair, is crucial to allowing you to style your hair correctly. It’s imperative to understand this in order to achieve great frizz free curls. I will suggest to them, to get the right type of style first, followed by learning what products to use to maintain it. This will make the world of difference to help them embrace the natural curls they currently have. In curly hair right now, I see shorter and fuller being trendy. Shattered Bobs with Asymmetrical sides even to the extreme of shaving one side, also lots of bold contrast in color.

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The Boom of K-Beauty Blush And Why It’s Everywhere

From K-pop to Cottagecore, BeautyCon examines global blush trends and their connected popularity.
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By Cierra Black · Updated December 19, 2024

K-Beauty trends have dominated the feeds, cosmetic counters, and online moodboards for the past few years. At the same time, blush is having its moment, with looks such as sunset blush, blush contouring, and cottage-core makeup doing rounds across beauty circles worldwide.

Makeup artists in the global editorial sphere, such as Chinese MUA Valentina Li whose work can be seen on the cover of W Korea, have used blush and bright pigments to color outside the lines, so to speak. Meanwhile in the States, cottage-core and strawberry makeup blush trends were gaining traction in tandem, as well as sunset blush and bright under eyes through American creators such as Alissa Janay and Naezrah. The culmination of the two developments results in one of many techniques of interest for international beauty lovers: the undereye blush trend.

The particular way soft pink blush is placed under the eyes and across the apples of the cheeks is a growing technique born out of K-beauty circles, through the rise in influence of K-pop groups such as Aespa and NewJeans. A slight evolution from the Aegyo Sal K-Beauty technique that accentuates the under eye for a youthful look, this lifting blush trend shares more similarities with Western blush placements, and therefore may speak to its global traction.

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While the practice existed amongst many Korean MUAs (namely Jo Eun Bee, MUA to many K-pop stars and actresses), its large-scale popularity cemented by 2022, around the time global sensation NewJeans debuted and took off. Bee’s utilization of Clinique’s Cheek Pop blush sent the internet into a frenzy and prompted the trend that Sharon Lee, Korean American beauty and cultural creator, believes harnesses a key aspect to K-pop’s allure. 

As far as the late 2010s to 2020s are concerned, K-pop groups have commanded the global zeitgeist. Consider: Aespa’s Coachella 2022 performance, NewJeans’ historic performance at Lollapalooza 2023, BLACKPINK’s global sold out tour, highly visible collaborations with Western artists such as Selena Gomez and Megan Thee Stallion, and fashion and beauty ambassadorships with the likes of Chanel — the influence is undeniable. Everyone is talking about them, everyone loves them, and everyone wants their look. 

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Lee believes a large element of the K-pop beauty influence is its stars’ ability to balance both cute and sexy aesthetics, as executed through traditional and editorial influences. 

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“We’re definitely seeing the Hallyu in action,” she explains, across cultural elements including language, food, film, beauty, and music. Hallyu, or “Korean Wave,” which originated in the 1990s refers to the circulation and acceptance of Korean culture globally. 

“I feel like global audiences are hypnotized by Korean dramas, K-pop, K-food, K-beauty, and anything that’s a vessel for Korean culture because Koreans have a way of making people and things aesthetically pleasing. We deeply care about outward beauty as a society. In Korean culture, beauty means success.”

She speaks to Korean culture’s affinity for the cutesy, girl next door vibe, as exemplified by K-pop girl groups, in relation to the way these groups are adapting for global audiences. With global popularity increasing, many K-pop stars are opting for a more “editorial” look, which helps to balance the more innocent and conservative aesthetic with an edgier, yet elevated twist. The blend of Korean and global beauty standards results in the popularity of a fun and flushed approach to blush application. 

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Of note, is the influential “soft bunny aesthetic” which also adapts a high blush placement to emulate rounded bunny-like cheeks. While this cutesy aesthetic pulls from many influences including Japanese culture, its reach was expanded by NewJeans, whose utilization of bunny motifs is almost synonymous with their brand.

“I’ve been seeing bunnies EVERYWHERE—Sandy Liang, New Jeans, hip hop artists wearing bunny hats, etc. All this peaking in 2023, aka the year of the rabbit, is also funny and probably connected,” Lee contemplates. “I think the soft bunny fashion trend is a response to folks finding the softer life ideal, especially post-COVID with recent economic turmoil and political upheaval.” This plausible correlation sits in the same conversation of the cottagecore trend which rose in the U.S. for similar reasons.

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Today, the K-beauty blush trend has positioned many K-beauty makeup brands to take center stage alongside Western brands that historically have dominated global markets. Korean brands such as AOU Cosmetics (helmed by Jo Eun Bee), JSM Beauty, Hince, and Fwee to name a few, are excellent places to start if you’re interested in trying the rosy blush look for yourself.

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