Kevin Murphy does punk

PUNK IS THE NEW BLACK

Hi everyone,

Here is the latest shoot I did for Vogue in

which you can see that Punk is everywhere

this season. Now it’s a glamorous punk, or

you could say a punk on a trust fund.
When researching for the shoot I tried to

find images of girls from that period and I

was drawn to Debbie Harry from BLONDIE

and I had to ask myself “what would

Debbie Do???”



In the late seventies, there were not a lot of

products available and punk was about

rebellion. I had just made a new product called

BODY.BUILDER which is a mousse. Robert

Lobetta and I had talked and he stated what

was old is new again, so I decided to lay

mousse into the hair and blow it out with little

skill so I could achieve a fluffy texture to the ends.

I tried not to try too hard and focused on getting

volume at the roots only.



Using a ROLL.BRUSH I lifted up the roots at the

sides to create the flicked over look. The BODY.

BUILDER gave me lots of control over the hair

but kept the finish soft enough for me to mould

the shape. I then BACK COMBED the roots of

the hair (to achieve the shape) and then followed

through and BACK BRUSHED the ends and the

mid-lengths to achieve the texture.



Of course SESSION.SPRAY played a big part in

the style and I went mad with the spray. Why?

Because that is what Debbie would have done!
I kept on using my SMOOTHING.BRUSH during

the day to release texture on the ends so they

looked soft - this kept the fullness in the ends

of the hair. I had to hide some of the hair to give

it a layered look so a lot of the hair was hidden

from view with clips. This gave the front of the

head more volume.



Its was so good to be able to do something

strong and soft at the same time, and using

old methods to create something modern.

Who knew that my new best friends would be

a can of mousse, a ROLL.BRUSH and tons of

spray. Since discovering BODY.BUILDER, its

all I reach for. BODY.BUILDER’s weightless

qualities allow me to create so much more

than I had ever expected so I hope you like it.

Bye for now and regards,

Kevin xx