![]() Just look at how many women cut their hair when they’ve lost a bloke.” Also in the pipeline is a global hair show, “a kind of Whicker’s World of hair”.įirst, however, he has business to attend to at home in North London. Part makeover show, part soap opera, the programme was inspired by Douglas talking to his clients and realising that “a new look is often connected with a crisis. He is also working on two more shows, the first of which is called Hair Therapy. “I was in Toulouse last weekend and I was recognised four times.” With a new series of half-hour shows on Discovery Health called The Stylistic beginning this week, Douglas’s profile will rise further. In the North West, where he grew up and where men are men and not hairdressers, he is a phenomenon, but fame extends far beyond home. I was thinking this shouldn’t be happening to a boy from Leyland.” The first time they put Kate Moss in front of me I was shaking like a leaf. “I’ve worked at fashion shows with all the top supermodels. Not only is he head honcho of Wella International’s consumer advisory team, he is also responsible for the hairstyles of models who have appeared on the covers of Britain’s most glamorous magazines, Gareth Gates’s spikes and myriad avant garde catwalk creations. After all, the 30-year-old’s credentials are impressive. Everyone else I think has been pretty satisfied.” So they should be. As he was leaving he took out a beany hat from his pocket and pulled it over his head. ![]() “Last year we recorded 40 of these slots and I can only remember one guy who wasn’t happy with the result. For the past year Britain’s grooviest hairdresser (check out the Vespa, the guitar, the 1960s style and the client list that includes Davina McCall and Amanda Holden) has been taking his art out of the salon and on to the streets, where he allots himself eight minutes to transform the hairstyles of members of the public from haystack to Hollywood. “As a culture we’re totally obsessed with our hair.”ĭouglas should know. “Just go into any Boots and look at the range of hair care products on sale,” he advises. So says Michael Douglas - no, not that one, but the enfant terrible of the British hairdressing industry and a man who is to highlights, gel and straighteners what Jamie Oliver is to arugula, pasta and extra virgin olive oil. If cooking is the new rock’n’roll then hairdressing is, perhaps, the new sex and drugs. Michael Douglas is a cut above the rest, says Daphne Lockyer ![]() In 2003 he had an article about him in the Times newspaper. With over 17 years experience in creating beautiful hair styles and translating trends, it’s no wonder Shockwaves have brought him on board as Style Director. ![]() And we chose him to help answer some of your pressing hair questions and here’s what he had to say… His professional, likeable nature and ability to create beautiful styles quickly and under pressure means that he’s the fashion editor’s stylist of choice. He’s produced gorgeous stylised hair for fashion shoots for high profile publications including Harpers Bazaar, Marie Claire, Glamour, GQ, and FHM to name but a few. His talents include working backstage as a session stylist at the runways of London, New York, Paris and Milan creating gorgeous styles for some of the biggest names in the industry, namely Yasmin Le Bon, Jodi Kidd and Kate Moss. He is now a top celebrity hairdresser – he is the current resident hairdresser on the ONE SHOW. Michael Douglas (Mikey Douglas) left Balshaw's Church of England High School in 1988/89
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