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Brunettes Have More Fun

Las Vegas may not have leaves changing colors in the fall, but we have plenty of transforming manes to make up for it. As the days become darker, so do the locks. According to celebrity hair colorist Michael Boychuck, fall always means an increase in low lights and brunette hues. This year, however, the power of the celebrity has spurred more requests than normal. Jessica Biel, Hilary Duff, Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez and a slew of others took their light locks into deeper, darker territory and simultaneously influenced the masses.

At The Venus Salon at Caesars Palace, Kimmy Blaz has decided to join the brunette brood. What inspired her to finally take the bleach out of her naturally black hair? Eva Longoria, Kim Kardashian and fried, damaged ends. “It used to be long, thick and full,” Blaz said of her hair’s condition six years ago. Blaz’s head resembled a withering sunflower when she removed an elastic from her hair since she maintained a color for a half dozen years that Mother Nature would highly disapprove of. Frail, yellow tips accented black roots.

The challenge didn’t phase Boychuck, who looked at his client in the mirror and said, “You’re gonna walk outta here a new woman.”

Cloaked in a salon smock and anxiety, Blaz took a deep breath and replied, “I trust you.”

Of course she trusts him. He is, after all, the same guy responsible for giving Nicky Hilton a distinct identity from her big sister. Boychuck created the spotlight-stealing, chocolate brown ‘do that Hilton debuted last October.

But that didn’t stop Blaz from gazing at pictures of her blond self on her camera phone and nervously tapping her patent leather sandals while she waited for the results. Two hours and three shampoos later, the 22-year-old decided she “really, really” liked her new, deep brown hue. The feel of her shiny, soft hair, however, had her enamored. “I can’t believe this,” she said, repeatedly petting her own head as if it were a mink coat. “My hair hasn’t felt like this in soooo long.”

In between her Pantene commercial hair tossing, Blaz hugged Boychuck and thanked him for her new look, which runs around $140 at the salon. The colorist to the stars saw her off and then turned his attention to his next client and asked, “So what are we doing today?”

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