Looking for a unique hair product to add extra sizzle to your summer tresses? Oribe (pronounced Or-bay), one of the world’s most renowned top editorial and celebrity hair stylists, has in his namesake line of luxury hair care just the thing you’re looking for: 24K Gold Pomade. Cuban-American born Oribe, who’s been styling supermodels and celebs long before “celebrity hair stylist” was a bona fide career choice, has certainly blurred the lines between hair dresser and alchemist with the introduction of this product. It’s the ultimate in coiffure chic for intensifying the sparkle of those expensive highlights, a perfect pomade for piecing gloriously gilded strands between your fingertips. You can trick out the tips of your edgy short cut or camouflage the brassiness of a busted bleach job with a come-hither golden glimmer. You could even get creative with it and run some lightly over your collarbone or along the valley of your cleavage, or mix a little between your palms with some body oil and smooth over legs for Goldfinger-worthy gams.
There’s no doubt Oribe knows a thing or two about sex appeal: he rose to stardom alongside the original supermodels Linda, Christy, Cindy and Naomi in the late 1980s, he styled for the powerfully erotic Versace ad campaigns of the 1990s, not to mention Jennifer Lopez has had him on speed dial since 1997. In 2005 Oribe opened a million-dollar salon in Miami’s seductive South Beach to cater to the city’s jet-set and glittering beach beauties. It’s plain to see the influence of the city’s unabashed sex appeal even on his product packaging; a description of the Gold Pomade on the Oribe website alone is enough to make one blush. It reads:
“Excellent for use on pleasure craft, in convertibles or anywhere a little seduction is needed. Smooth onto wet or dry hair and style sexily. Add string bikini and dark glasses.
Warning: Might shine your clothes, too. Undress with care.”
Oribe 24K Gold Pomade is available locally at Brett James Salon, 945 Liberty Avenue Suite 2A, online at www.bergdorfgoodman.com or www.neimanmarcus.com and retails at $49.
~ Makeup Arist Katherine Reel
