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Monday, May 07, 2012

Frank Barbosa, GoLocal Style Expert

Speak the right language with your stylist to ensure they take you seriously... even if it's just for a trim.

He was the lead hair stylist on Sex and the City 2, he made Anne Hathaway fabulous on film, and he's GoLocalProv's weekly style expert. Frank Barbosa, the Newport-based celebrity stylist, brings red carpet perspective to hair, makeup, and overall style.

'Tis the season to cut your hair... and don't be afraid to make it count! Don't be afraid of the word; even if you trim your hair, your stylist is picking up his or her shears and you will be charged for a cut. It's so funny when someone comes into salon and says,"All I want is a trim, not a whole cut," and they ask how much. At that point, the stylist thinks "cheap... no tip here!" and she can be done in 15 minutes. So don't let this happen to you! Use this lingo when visiting a salon and thinking about cutting your hair--sound like that desireable client who will leave with a great do.

1. State that you want to keep your length, but change the shape. This is a great way to get your point across.

2. Ask the stylist what they recomend in a cut. Then reach a happy medium with him or her.

3. Say that your length represents you and who you are. This really puts the point across not to mess with the your length, but encourages the stylist to seek other techniques that will change up a look on long hair. If he or she proposes something you're not sure about say you will think about it and get a second opinion. No feelings should be hurt this way.

Happy cutting!

From Sex and the City 2 to Rachel Getting Married, from The Sorcerer's Apprentice to Bride Wars, Frank Barbosa has styled some of the biggest celebrities in film, TV, and theater. He's just finished styling on location alongside film stylist Alan D'Angerio on the film, The Odd Life of Timothy Green, starring Jennifer Garner. He's been in the industry for 17 years, moving from hip neighborhoods in Chicago, to Boston's Newbury St, to Bellevue Avenue in Newport. He maintains that his real passion, though, is being behind a salon chair at Frank Antonio Hair and Makeup in Newport.