Featured Stylist - Robyn
Annnd we’re back! After a break in September, the Monthly Stylist Feature has returned, and October is the perfect month to interview Robyn Lindsay. A humble rocker chick with a sarcastic streak, this quick-witted lady is never short on love for her clients - or for her favorite band. Here’s what we learned.
C: Hi, Robyn! Introduce yourself, for the folks who don’t know you.
R: What should I say? (she laughs) Hi. I’m Robyn Lindsay. I’m the coolest person who works at Citrine.
C: How long have you been a stylist?
R: Fourteen years.
C: And what inspired you to become a stylist?
R: It’s not a good answer…but a friend of mine went to hair school, and she said she thought I should try it out. She suggested it to me, and so I decided to give it a shot. And it stuck. Basically.
C: I think that’s a good answer.
R: Okay, cool.
C: Robyn - what’s up with the Foo Fighters?
R: Dude, they’re on tour. They’re my favorite band. The Foo Fighters can do no wrong. Dave Grohl can’t make a song that I won’t like. And he talked to me for twenty minutes, which says something about the man.
C: It seems like music is a big part of your life!
R: Well, I always wanted to be a rock star. After I started doing hair, and worked for a year in Raleigh, I realized that I needed music to be a part of my life in some capacity - so I got a job at Cat’s Cradle, the best rock club on the planet, and becoming invested in the Carrboro music scene really grounded me here. It’s what eventually led me to Citrine. Rock and fashion go together. It’s all part of being an artist.
C: If you got to choose between cutting Courtney Love’s hair or braiding Wednesday Adams’, who would you choose?
R: Cutting Courtney Love’s hair. It would put my skills to the test, because I don’t imagine she sits still very well. Plus all the yelling…
C: Who does your hair?
R: Heather does my cut and Chanell does my color.
C: What styles to you think are “in” and “out”?
R: The side bangs are holdin’ on strong. Volume and curls are coming back - something textured. And everyone wants bangs. But what hair styles are out? You know, nothing is particularly in or out. It really depends on if it works for you. If you can rock a mullet, rock it. Just because it’s in doesn’t mean it looks good on you, and just because it’s out doesn’t mean it won’t work for you. Trends come and go, in all honesty. Every look has a place - it just not might be on your head.
C: Where would you be if you weren’t in Chapel Hill?
R: San Francisco. Cuttin’ hair, killin’ it every day. Livin’ like a rock star.
C: What are the three most important things you do every day?
R: Take care of my clients. Take care of my dogs. Take care of business.
C: I guess, really, the most important question in this interview is: how could you be any cooler?
R: It’s not possible.
C: Well said. And three words we can remember you by?
R: Short. Witty. Strikinglyattractive. That counts as one word.
Thanks, Robyn! And next time you see her, ask her to tell you the joke she shared with Dave Grohl when they hung out - it’s a good one!
Citrine’s Mixtape for Fall
Ah, Fall. We’ve waited all summer for you. And now you’re here! This playlist is for you (and for our lovely friends, too, of course). Something old, something new, tunes that are upbeat and tunes that are groovy and mellow. It’s the perfect “I Love You” mixtape - from Citrine, to Fall. Have a listen! We know you’ll enjoy it.
Pumped Up Kicks - Foster the People
Lebanese Blonde - Thievery Corporation
Love Is the Drug - Roxy Music
Help I’m Alive - Metric
Love Is a Battlefield - Pat Benetar
Night Moves - Bob Seger
Vogue - Madonna
Pet Semetery - The Ramones
Trouble - Cat Stevens
Helplessly Hoping - Crosby Stills & Nash
Nothing Left to Lose - Matt Kearney
Hometown Glory - Adele
Something Good Can Work (the Twelves Remix) - Two Door Cinema Club
Caring Is Creepy - The Shins
Hearbeats - Jose Gonzalez
Dreams - Fleetwood Mac
California - Joni Mitchell
Uptown Girl - Billy Joel
Straight Up - Paula Abdul
Pink Moon - Nick Drake
Ready to listen now? Click the link to hear our playlist! http://pl.st/p/22592653579
Citrine Salon is a totally hip salon that serves Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Raleigh, and Durham, NC. Come check us out!
Fall Colors at Citrine
It is autumn, finally! The cool wind, pumpkin flavored goodies, sweaters and scarves, and the beautiful, rich colors that are iconic for fall. The reds, yellows and oranges… speaking of the color orange, Davines has a new volumizing shampoo and conditioner, Volu, that is a lovely shade of orange and pink. The volumizing shampoo and conditioner are amazing. They add just the right amount of oomph to your hair and to complete the look there is also a volumizing mist to put on your hair as an after shower product. 
And if you like to add a little shine to your hair Davines has a new beautifying oil called Oi, which helps give you hair a finished, sleek, and polished look without making your hair greasy. So come and get your fall on at Citrine!
Citrine Salon in Chapel Hill, NC serves the Triangle area including Raleigh and Durham North Carolina.
“Real” Beauty
Do you ever find yourself flipping through a magazine and thinking, “I would love to have hair like that”. Sadly, the ads in the magazines are more likely to deceive the idle reader than present an accurate picture of reality. Almost every ad and photo shoot in a magazine has been tampered with by photo-shopping. In this video by Dove they show how a model is transformed from herself to a model that never existed. Notice how make-up and hair styling only go so far and how the photo-shop techniques are used to make her eyes larger, lips fuller, neck thinner, and hair thicker. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYhCn0jf46U
This is not meant to be discouraging, however - sitting at the front desk of Citrine Salon, I see our clients leave the salon after their appointments with gorgeous hair and beautiful faces every day. They may not look like the girl in the magazine, but then again, I know it is them and I think that, in the end, real beauty is being your self.
Citrine Salon in Chapel Hill, N.C. serves the Triangle area, including Raleigh and Durham, North Carolina.
Fashionable History
It is often said that it is good to learn history so we do not repeat our mistakes. And while we often look back at ourselves and say, “Why did I think that was okay in high school?” I think in a broader sense, however, looking back at fashion in history is good because we take the best from it. Therefore, I thought it would be interesting to look back at a few iconic hairstyles that have re-emerged throughout the 20th and 21st Century that continue to crop up because of their popularity and versitility.
1920s Bob
The Bob hairstyle became popular in the 1920s because women had emerged in the workforce during the First World War and long hair became cumbersome. Before the 1920s long hair had been traditional for women and was seen as the crowning glory of a woman’s beauty. Fashion trendsetters like, Irene Castle, popularized the Bob along with movie stars. The Bob fell out of popularity in the 1930s but re-emerged in the 1960s. Vidal Sassoon brought the Bob back but made the Bob more simple and sleek. Since the 1960s the Bob and forms of the Bob, like the fob and pixie have been popular women’s haircuts.
Another style that has repeated itself is the pompadour. The pompadour hairstyle first emerged in the 18th century and was named for Madame de Pompadour, the mistress of King Louis XV of France and 
a fashion trendsetter for the French court. The pompadour was a popular style with royal courts until the end of the 18th century and then it pretty much disappeared for the next century. It was not destined to be stuck in the 18th century forever and re-emerged in the 1950s but this time as a men’s hairstyle. It was a fashion trend that was associated with the Rockabilly actors and artists, such as Elvis. The pompadour hairstyle also became popular among 
Italian-American’s subculture and was called the Guido. The pompadour style has made a comeback in women’s fashion as well and resurfaced a few years ago as a an up-do, where the sides are pulled back tighter and the hair on top is curled up and then pulled back.
The last style I feel has made quite a comeback, especially on the red carpet these days are the waves and glamour of the 1930s and 1950s. 
The finger wave hairstyle became popular in the 1930s, especially with Hollywood movie stars. The waves and glamour of the 1930s hairstyles re-emerged during the 1950s and brings to mind starlets like Elizabeth Taylor and Grace Kelly. These glamorous and classic styles have been repeated over and over ever since.
These are only a few hairstyles that have re-emerged and been reused to create new and fresh, modern styles in todays world. We do learn from history to recycle those styles that can be used to create a modern sense of style
Citrine Salon in Chapel Hill, NC serves the Triangle area including Raleigh and Durham
