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No other celebrity carries off the hairstyle variety that Lady Gaga does in such spectacular fashion, she truly is a hair chameleon with extravagant hair extensions, hair colour’s and hair-theatrics. The international music icon and superstar performer has released a track called ‘Hair’ from her new highly acclaimed album ‘Born this Way” and McIntyres thought we’d rank her top 10 hairstyles for you chosen by the salons founder Kay McIntyre and current ‘Scottish Hairdresser of the Year’ Kay is a long time admirer of Lady Gaga and includes a few of her famous hair faux pas too.

Sammantha Galloway, McIntyres Salons, Dundee wins another Scottish final at the Wella Trend Vision Awards last night at the Crown Plaza Hotel,Glasgow .Sammy has a tremendous record in this competition having won through to the London UK finals several times in various categories with different trends before and she brought the champagne back again to Dundee again with another stunning look .

Mr Kengo Kuma the architect and designer of the new V&A Museum scheduled for 2015 claims in his visit to Dundee University that the building can change the image of the City of Dundee and claims it can be delivered on time and on budget. Mr Kuma is a Professor from Japan’s Graduate School of Architecture at the University of Tokyo.

Sarah Jessica Parker goes big hair crazy with huge hair and trumps the new bouffant barnet hairstyle of Cheryl Cole. The Sex and the City star was on the red carpet for the Robin Hood foundation annual benefit in New York last night. With extreme volume the current hair trend Parker is hot on the heels of the Girls Aloud star and British X Factor judge Cheryl Cole who championed the big hairdo earlier this week with an all american mega do…but will it last? …is it cool?

Cheryl Cole’s goes for big hair american style ahead of this years US X Factor. The Girls’s Aloud and X factor judge wore a colourful outfit to showcase the new bouffant look and was looking very much the part to be judge on the sensational US TV hit show. Simon Cowell already a huge fan of Cheryl and fellow judge has long since been an admirer.

Vidal Sassoon the Movie finally hits screens at cinemas around the UK from 16th May and its a film hairdressers and salon owners alike have been waiting to see.Kay McIntyre owner and founder of McIntyres salons,Dundee and current Scottish Hairdresser of the Year says, “I met Vidal Sassoon and his girlfriend with my husband John in the Cafe Paris after a hairdressing event in Berlin some years ago, it was quite bizarre’ Vidal Sassoon is a household name in hairdressing and this film tells his story or as New York Times puts it “Vidal Sassoon The Movie isn’t just the story of a brilliant fashio

McIntyres hair salons are hair colour specialists and have created ‘The Colour Lounge’ at its award winning hair salon in Union Street,Dundee. Hair colouring is an art form and with so many hair products to choose from,information and technical innovation to keep up with in order to get the maximum potential its vital you have your hair coloured by a hairdressing professional in a salon environment.

Princess Kate Windsor Middleton’s hair was classic for a Royal Wedding and looked regal wearing a tiara and veil combination with natural looking dressed hair it looked comfortable long and loose and suited such an occasion . London Hairdresser Richard Ward criticised by Great British Hairdresser James Brown should be commended for the Princess’s look and hair-styling, wearing it down was braver when it would have been so easy to just go with convention to dress the hair up.

Dundee College students showcased their talents creating Dundee College’s ‘Vogue’ Fashion Show 2011 at Fat Sam’s Live in aid of Maggies Cancer caring centre with McIntyres hair salons drafted in to assist with hair styling. The models were a mix from Dundee College students and football apprentices from both Dundee and Dundee United football clubs. The models entertained with new season collections from local fashion retailers L:a Senza,Oasis,New Look,Barratts,Arkive,Ozzy’s,Dorothy Perkins,Burtons,Internationale,Missy La La’s,The Dressing Up Box and A1 Kilts.