Hair was edgy, smooth and cool for the Public School Autumn/Winter 2016 women’s collection, seen at the Hauser & Wirth Art Gallery in Chelsea for New York Fashion Week. The Wild West of the 1800’s met the streets of the Bronx, New York City of the 1970’s when it came to the clothes and the…

Inspired by Japanese street style, Zen gardens and strong female role models, the Charles Youssef Autumn/Winter 2016 collection presented at Milk Studios infeatured prominent silhouettes with delicate detailing such as hand painted textiles and modernized sashes. A perfect match to the serene, yet striking feel of the collection, Antoinette Beenders, Aveda Global Creative Director, created…

Reflecting a Parisian elegance, the Autumn/Winter 2016 Leanne Marshall collection, seen at New York Fashion Week, honed in on the strength and beauty of a worldly woman on a continuous quest for more knowledge. To complement the clothes, Aveda Guest Artist Jon Reyman created an intricately knotted braid based on the macramé cobra knot. “By…

Get the look of mystery with the ‘ombre eye’ as created by Janell Geason, Aveda Global Artistic Director for Makeup. This look, created for the Autumn/Winter 2016 Leanne Marshall collection, uses a variety of warm hues for a deep intensity of color that flourishes from lash line to brow.   “The woman that wears this…

Switching from a natural lip color to a dazzling fuchsia or juicing up our hair color to a more vivid shade, can be amazingly uplifting. And while our Aveda Artists are committed to energizing our outlooks through creating gorgeous hair hues and stunning makeup looks, they also believe that leading a more colorful life is…

Whether it is yoga, beauty, food, or fashion, these lifestyle aficionados leave us jaw-dropped in how they live their lives colorfully every day — keeping in tune with mind, body and spirit. This is why we partnered with them —to celebrate living a colorful life and to inspire you. As partners, we treated each #AvedaAmbassador…

Backstage at New York Fashion Week (NYFW) hair and makeup artists rush to get models runway ready; designers and stylists master last-minute changes to the clothes; and beauty editors and photographers excitedly capture the season’s newest looks—all in just less than two hours. Thankfully, a few dedicated Aveda wellness experts are backstage easing nerves with…

Aveda Artists created chic and ultra-cool men’s hair styles backstage at the recent New York Fashion Week, Men’s. Here we share those looks with you and the steps to creating these styles. TURN UP THE VOLUME Allen Ruiz, Aveda Global Artistic Director, Hair Styling, created a full, sleek hair style for the Public School Autumn/Winter…

Welcome to February, the month of love and New York Fashion Week! This month we are excited to be backstage for both men’s and women’s fashion weeks. As always, Aveda Artist Frank Rizzieri will join us as the lead artist to create some of the runway ready looks. Along with working fashion week, Frank is…

It’s been four months since our Aveda Ambassador Monica Stevens —beauty blogger for her popular blog Mo Knows Hair— enrolled as a student at the Aveda Institute New York (AINY). Today we’re checking in with Monica to hear about her experience so far. Living Aveda: You’ve been attending the Aveda Institute in New York City…