THE NEW BOOMER - PART 2
Colour Therapy
March 6, 2009- Fifty-year-old Anne Marie Turnbull commands attention. At 5 feet 10 inches, this blue-eyed, silver-haired professional consultant exudes confidence and grace. And now, after her spring 2009 makeover inspired by L’Oréal Professionnel’s Precious Garden collection, Turnbull also radiates a hearty dose of the cool factor.
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“If she didn’t want to keep it, we couldn’t do it,”says Donna Dolphy, senior stylist at Salon Daniel and L’Oréal Professionnel platform artist, of the blush pink highlights she applied to Turnbull’s cropped and textured cut. “But it looks great on her. They won’t be able to take their eyes off her at her board meeting this afternoon.” Although Dolphy had to do a little convincing at first (the notion of “going pink” does seem a bit scary hours before a major board meeting), Turnbull quickly fell for the playful rosé pigment after receiving a steady stream of positive feedback from friends and colleagues. “Everyone loves it,”she comments a few days after the shoot. “People are coming up to me saying how fun and cool my hair looks.”

Valuing easy integration into her lifestyle and a simple sense of laid-back luxury, Turnbull wanted a hair care routine that’s quick and time-efficient. “I have to use a bluish shampoo on it periodically just to keep it white. Other than that, with Donna’s cuts I don’t really have any challenges. It’s easy to take care of—quick to blow dry,” says Turnbull, adding that she uses only two styling aids, one before blow-drying and one to texturize and separate when styling. Since Turnbull hadn’t received a colour service since she transitioned into her current 100 per cent silver and white tone, her makeover proves that with a little imagination a stylist can bring a no-foil client back to the colour bar. Suggesting pink was a clever and daring move on Dolphy’s part. However, it also took Turnbull’s confidence and sense of self to carry the statement.
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- By Morella Aguirre