On the Southside! Check out these pics of the new store!!
Aaaand– Tina Hemmerle and the Happy Hooper! Contact her about lessons and workshops!
She sometimes answers the phone at UnderWired 
Wink Pinup!!!! This is Alison Leigh’s new photography haven for makin all you lovely ladies look like the cutest darned things there is—! Check us out on facebook!
Email us for an appointment winkpinup@gmail.com!
Visit http://www.underwiredvintage.com/
I’m sure you’ve all seen the commercials- a famous actress or singer with beautiful hair, holding up a box of hair color she bought at the drugstore, which she then went home and put on herself. She wholeheartedly convinces you this is the truth, and that she has been using this hair color her entire life.
Excerpt taken from Kim Kimble’s website, the celebrity hair stylist who does Beyonce’s hair-
“Kim travels constantly with Beyonce and is always at her side taking responsibility for the superstar’s ever evolving gorgeous array of hairstyles that Beyonce showcases on Red Carpets, for movie roles and commercials, video and photo shoots and on tour.”
http://www.hairboutique.com/tips/tip000269.htm
Doubtful she’s buying drugstore hair color…..
The other type of commercial we see is a vision of a woman with seemingly perfect, long, thick healthy hair. We are shown images of molecules and hair strands and told this shampoo, which costs $4, is going to leave your hair looking like this woman’s. Hallelujah- the most nutrient-rich shampoo only costs $4!
Here is a link to a story about a Tresemme mishap-
Their ad-
I worked as a hair stylist on sets of commercials, photoshoots and music videos for 5 years while living in Los Angeles. A hair commercial is high budget– VERY high budget. These companies pay BIG money for their advertising and only hire top of the line people to represent their products.
So let’s start with the “hair model”. A hair model was born with extraordinary hair- like any model, they have something special. They have built a career on the fact that their tresses are long and beautiful and healthy. The shine is just right, the hair is strong and vibrant, the color is perfect. These women get paid for their work and can probably feed a third world country for a few years with the money she makes on one commercial. This woman makes bank and relies on her hair to do so. Now ask yourself- would a woman in this situation go out and use Suave or Pantene on her hair? The answer is a resounding NO! Of course not! Tresemme? Uh-UH! That would be a career ruiner. She’s using stuff us normal folk have probably never even heard of.
Example of a hair model-
Moving on to celebrities hawking drug store hair color, we have to wonder- Beyonce, your hair is very long, and most likely (I do not have proof) NOT actually growing out of your head. What I’m saying here is that she invests thousands in her hair. Monthly. Do you really think she’s buying box dye at the grocery store and going home and coloring it in her bathroom? And washing it out with a bottle of $4 shampoo? Is this realistic? Famous people hire famous hairstylists to come to their hotel rooms, their dressing rooms, their homes, etc and pay them exorbitant amounts of money to maintain their multi-dimensional hair colors. They stop at nothing because they can afford it, their careers require it, and frankly, they deserve it. They are most certainly NOT using the products they so sincerely claim to be- they are sincerely making a TON of cash for making the commercial, so they better look believable or else!
Now we get to discuss the hairstylists doing the actual hair on these commercials. A stylist working on a set has a kit filled with their most useful tools and products. They are hand picked by the stylist based on the results they have achieved while using them. What that means is they have a hodge-podge of their favorite products they bring on every shoot because they need to make sure they can handle anything with what they’ve got. Some stylists get flown all over the world doing hair for such shoots and actually purchase products from other countries to use because they have found them to be so useful. What I’m trying to say is, they ain’t using no $4 Fructisse hair spray on anyone like Heather Locklear or Milla Jojovavich. Not happening.
Celebrity hairstylist, Orlando Pita. Last I checked he charges $800 for a haircut-
On the sets for these hair commercials, the spokesperson is not using the products, the hairstylist working on the commercial is not using the products. No one is using the products- just YOU. You’re going to Walmart and buying something based on absolutely nothing- an image, an idea, a cute catch phrase.
Professional hair products bought in the salon are the only way to ensure you are getting the best for your hair. Do not let these commercials fool you! Go to your salon and spend the extra couple of bucks and get a professional shampoo and conditioner to start. Ask your stylist to help you pick out the right one for your hair type. Get your hair professionally colored! Feel the difference in your hair and thank yourself for being smart enough not to fall for some high powered advertising firm’s wily ways of fooling you into believing their catch phrases- because that’s all they are- catch phrases thought up by a person who makes money thinking up catch phrases.
A product line you can trust-
-Alison Leigh
Eskandalo Hair
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Some new photos:
Check out our facebook pages!
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Bethlehem-PA/Eskandalo/37127464311?ref=ts
Come in and get your color done throughout the month of January, and get 20% off! That’s our way of saying thanks to all of you who come to us for your hair needs. We LOVE you! So get your butts in our chairs! ASAP!
See you soooon!
Hey all! Just to let you know in case you haven’t heard, Harley has joined us! He is a great new addition to our staff– 2 years in a salon as well as a new job as an educator at the Paul Mitchell Vision Academy! He’s great, has a lovely personality and an amazing attitude centered around education and being awesome!! Come in and check him out- evening appointments available Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, with Saturdays available upon request. Call in! 610 625 9100 Tell everyone!
Had an amazing time!! THANK YOU to everyone who came out, everyone who supports our shop and the southside and local businesses everywhere. Onto year THREE!! Stay tuned for the slew of candid pics taken throughout the night!
Come to ESKANDALO’s 2 YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY! To celebrate, we are throwing two
parties at the same time! Across the street from Eskandalo, and next door to
Eskandalo. These are those parties:
At Sotto Santi we have the first ever southside ZOMBIE PROM! It is at a BAR so there
will be booze there. You may be able to hang as an underager because it’s a
restaurant as well, but the rules are you have to be at a booth with one person who
is over 25. Can you dig that? Then come on down! And the earlier you get there the
better 
DJ Brown Nick will be spinning punk rock of all kinds for prom dancing, and
all will be fun and wonderful!! Get your face peeled off by TILE at around 10-ish!
Yes! Find out who will be crowned the KING and QUEEN of the PROM! Will it be you??
Winners get some major gift certificates to Eskandalo and perhaps some other local
businesses that are awesome. So get your date and some corsages together and show up!
This maybe the coolest thing you will ever do.
At The Secret Art Space will be a “Day of the Dead” or Dia De Los Muertos Art Show
featuring a photo interpretation of it by Alison Leigh. If you are familiar with the
ritual and want to be a part of it, bring a framed picture of a deceased loved one
and add it to our ‘altar’ made of food for the dead, candles, flowers, and art, as
well as music. It’s a celebration of the lives and after-lives of those who have
moved on. It’s a NON -Drinking environment so all ages are welcome! Will be super fun
I promise! There will be videos of GREAT bands playing some of my favorite songs on
the wall so even just seeing that is going to be awesome– for ME at least!!
The BEST PART~
At the S.A.S. there will be a photo booth. A cheesy-ass prom picture photo booth. It
is going to be epic OK? I am trying to also set up a Day of the Dead photo booth next
to it so you can get your pictures taken in both if you want! The pics will then be
posted to our facebook page so you can have them to do with as you please. Should be
totally amazing!!
Got it? Any questions? $5 at EACH venue. You get- an art show, a rad band, a great
fun DJ, cheap-ass drink and pizza specials, prizes, and an outdoor patio to smoke and
drink on. You get prom pictures taken and a chance to witness FAN-FREAKING-TASTIC
music vids hand picked by YOURS TRULY so you cannot go wrong! Get an outfit and get
yourself down to this event! Buy art! Have fun! GO BAT S*#T CRAZY!! WE LUV YOU!!
love, ESKANDALO!
It’s a zombie prom/ Dia de los Muertos party! 
We will have the band TILE playing at Sotto Santi, along with special surprise guests, as well as as costume prizes and the crowning of the King and Queen of the prom! Across the street at the Secret Art Space will be the art showing of the Day of the Dead photoshoots Alison Leigh has been doing. We will be setting up an altar to remember the dead and honor them- bring a framed picture of a deceased loved one or even a fallen celebrity! This is a very beautiful holiday filled which much meaning and love. Please be a part of it! There will also be a photo booth set up for prom pictures!! The entry fee is $5 and the pictures will be posted on our website for you to download! This will be the most epic party you’ve ever been toooo!!! Stay tuned for further details!
At the original Eskandalo, Weezer came in and did an impromptu photo shoot in the salon for Blender magazine. In the frame were 2 Brian Wilson posters, which my friend Mark London had designed and given to the salon as gifts. This website http://mattbrundage.com/music/weezer-beach-boys-similarities/ made a connection to Weezer and Brian Wilson, using the image from Eskandalo as the thumbnail for the article. Cool huh?? Note the Joe Rich poster in the background which now resides in our bathroom here in B-town
We are so famous
She’s the shop’s assistant manager. Come check her out!
