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ALL ABOUT JANE
Meet Jane
Jane's Filmography
Vital Statistics
Secrets to Staying Fit
Charities
Alternative Medicine
St. Catherine's Court
Meet James Keach
James' Filmography

ARTISTIC VENUES
Jane as Artist
Jane Seymour Handbags
Signature Collection
Household Collection
Children's Clothing

BOOKS
Making Yourself at Home
Remarkable Changes
Romantic Living
This One & That One
Two at a Time

MISCELLANEOUS
Voting Polls
Trivia
Tic Tac Toe
Rosie's Mom Squad

PHOTO ALBUM
Just Jane

Jane Seymour's Long Hair Care Secrets
Written By: Jennifer Bahney

Actress Jane Seymour is world-famous for her gorgeous long hair as well as for her amazing career that has spanned more than three decades. She was kind enough to put us in touch with her hairstylist in Malibu, California, who exclusively shared Jane's long hair care secrets with Longhairlovers. Marie Fero of The Colony Salon has worked with Jane Seymour for the past three years. During that time, Marie says Jane's hair has become dramatically thicker and healthier, thanks to the right tools and products.

Jane's Hair Type
According to Marie, Jane's mid-back length hair is very fine, but abundant. Although mostly straight, Jane's hair has a slight wave that gives it lots of body and bounce.

Hair Color
When Jane's hair has to be perfect for an acting project or one of her many charity functions, she has her color touched up as often as every three weeks, which is why Marie says gentle coloring products are so important. Before beginning the coloring process, Marie applies a professional EC Mode product called Ultra Crystal Gel to Jane's hair with a heat cap for 20 minutes. The special gel removes minerals and other build-up. This allows the hair to receive more color molecules in a shorter amount of time, so less damage is done to hair.

Marie uses Goldwell hair color on Jane because of its low ammonia content. Marie weaves in three different shades to create depth: red, blonde, and Jane's natural medium golden brown. She's careful to touch up Jane's regrowth - never the ends - because, she says, overlapping color on long hair weakens the hair shaft and leads to breakage. On Jane's fragile ends, Marie uses a protein-enriched color depositing conditioner by Goldwell called Colorance. This product contains no ammonia and only a small amount of peroxide to freshen color without excessive damage.

After coloring Jane's hair, Marie uses EC Mode's Emergent-C Ultra ReVitalizer, which stops the oxidation process that can continue for up to 24 hours after coloring. Stopping the process immediately leaves hair stronger and healthier.

Trimming
Marie says that Jane's hair grows fast: about 3/4 to 1-inch per month, so she has her ends trimmed every few weeks to keep them in good condition. Jane prefers slight layering around the ends for movement, plus a soft fringe around her face for styling versatility.

Styling
When styling Jane's hair for a big event, Marie likes Phytologie products. She uses the Phytodefrisant Baume when Jane wants a smooth straight look and Phytolaque Soie finishing spray with silk fibers to smooth and fortify hair.

At-Home Products
To maintain her healthy long hair, Marie says Jane loves EC Mode products. EC Mode takes a 'wellness approach to beauty,' which appeals to Jane. Her favorite products include the Hair Thickening Shampoo for volume and the Brilliant Detangling Conditioner for shine and manageability.

Thickening Shampoo Ingredients:
Chamomile, Rosemary, Hops, Golden Seal, Nettle, Comfrey, Calendula, Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate, Sodium Lauryl Sulfoacetate, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, PEG-120 Methyl Glucose Dioeate, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), Polyquaternium-10, Panthenol, Disodium EDTA, Quaternium-79 Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, Propylparaben.
Brilliant Detangling Conditioner Ingredients:
Chamomile, Rosemary, Hops, Golden Seal, Nettle, Comfrey, Calendula, Cetyl Alcohol, Stearyl Alcohol, Stearalkonium Chloride, Isostearamidopropyl Morpholine Lactate, Aloe Vera Gel.

Tools
Marie says that Jane loves her Mason Pearson hair brush because it stimulates her scalp while detangling. She also uses a negative ion hair dryer that leaves hair shiny, smooth and in great condition.

Special thanks to Jane and Marie for sharing this fantastic information!

Marie Fero can be reached at The Colony Salon, 23710 Malibu Rd., Malibu, CA 90265. Call 310-456-3112 for an appointment. To purchase EC Mode products, visit the Colony Salon.

Copyright Long Hair Lovers

Karen Shelton, of the Hair Boutique, bumped into Jane Seymour at a booksigning. Read what she had to say:

Saturday October 17, 1998, 12:20 pm
Border's Books on Preston Road at Royal Lane in North Dallas is one of my favorite Saturday "after lunch" stopping off points. They have a pretty good hair and beauty magazine section, a good hair and beauty book section and lots of great computer books. This is my personal idea of heaven in a bookstore. I don't make it to Border's every Saturday, but I am there at least twice a month wandering the aisles, my arms loaded down with books and magazines.

Last Saturday (10/17/98) I arrived, after lunch, to find the parking lot more crammed with cars than ususal. I walked through the double glass entrance doors and sitting at a small table right in front of me, was Jane Seymour.

At first I blinked because it was such a shock to see her sitting there. I stood and just stared at her for about 2 minutes. Then I got my composure and wandered by her table. I could have touched her hand, I was so close. She looked up briefly as I passed and gave me a beautiful smile. All of a sudden I felt like a small child meeting a big movie star.

After I recovered from my shock at literally bumping into this goddess of hair, I looked around to see what she was doing. She was signing a huge mountain of her newly released children's books, Spat and This One & That One. While I like Jane Seymour and watched Dr. Quinn from time to time, I have always been mostly a fan of her long hair. So I must confess that I was not aware of her new career as a children's book writer. I made a beeline for the stack of unsold books and snagged one of each. Unsigned of course.

Flanking Jane on either side were two Dallas police officers. I didn't want to look suspicious like a stalker or any other odd character, so I made my way to the right of her table and hung back behind where she was sitting so I could get a full view of her and her famous long hair.

Obviously a long hair fan like myself would be very interested in Jane's hair. Jane was wearing her hair straight down and it touched about the middle of her back. I looked a few times because I thought her hair would be much longer. I could have sworn that I had seen her hair to at least her waist. At Borders it defintely did not go to her waist. I was surprised.

There were people waiting in a huge line to get her signature on her new children's books "This One and That One" and "Yum" (see the book reviews that follow).

I sauntered over to one of the policemen who was standing to the side and made conversation with him. He was standing just behind Ms. Seymour and was happy to chat. I told him that running into Jane was a surprise because I had not read about her visit to Borders. He said that Jane arrived promptly at 10 am in her limo to find a line of people that snaked completely around the Borders store and out the door.

The policeman told me that many people waited very patiently for a very long time to have Jane sign her books. He said that he had chatted with her briefly and she was very sweet and had such a charming manner. I told him I was going to write a review about Jane's for the Hair Boutique and he agreed that I could sort of mill around, if I did not get in the way. I took him up on his offer and milled around like crazy.

I asked where Jane's husband and co-author, James Keach was. The police officer told me that supposedly he had other business and could not make the signing.

Jane looked very beautiful. I was surprised at how light her hair looked. On Dr. Quinn her hair seemed to be a darker reddish brunette color. At the Borders her hair seemed to have a lot of blonde highlights which gave her overall hair more of a light caramel color. Her hair looked healthy and shiny but definitely a lot shorter than I had imagined. For some reason I also expected it to be a lot thicker and fuller. I figured that maybe when she was sitting down her hair would look shorter. So I hung around until she stood up to leave and her hair still only made it to the middle of her back.

I mentioned, to a woman standing near me, how much shorter Jane's hair was than I had imagined. The woman told me that after Dr. Quinn it was rumoured that Jane had cut about 6 inches off the length for some hair color commericals. The same woman told me that she heard that Jane had her hair lightened as a result of the same commericals. The woman mentioned to me that Jane is very pretty in person, but still looks different than she does on Television. I agreed.

I was also surprised how tiny Jane looked in person. She is a lot shorter and thinner in person than she appears on television. She had on a beautiful two piece caramel colored suit with a jacket and skirt and matching shoes. She had on makeup that highlighted her big eyes and tasteful jewelry, but was looked very stylish and elegant. She made pleasant chit chat with all the people that snaked up to her table clutching her two new books.

Jane seemed very relaxed and friendly. There was a big sign posted near her table that stated that "Ms. Seymour could not sign any memorabilia, only her two books". There was a big stack of the two books on the table and Jane was busy signing away. She smiled and laughed a lot and had a wonderful laugh. She also had a beautiful smile that seemed very sincere. I watched the people as they filed past her table and Jane made a lot of them smile.

I contemplated getting in the line to have her sign my books but the line was very long and she was getting ready to leave shortly after 12:30pm. In fact, the line was closed before I could have gotten there. So I continued to hang around near the autograph table and watched her thank everyone, get up and gracefully leave the store for her limo. She was gone in a flash.

All that was left was her table and a stack of her new books.

While I was at the checkout counter buying all my monthly hair and beauty magazines, the Border's clerk was talking to me about Jane. He mentioned that he was very surprised at how tiny she was in person. He said she looked so much taller and heavier on TV. He also mentioned that her hair seemed so much shorter in person and that he thought it would have been below her waist and much thicker. I told him that when they do TV shows the celebrities have hair stylists that do their hair all the time. He agreed that maybe that was the difference.

He said that in the first 30 minutes that she was signing her books, the store was totally packed with people buying her books and getting her autograph. he said it was a little scary how many people packed in to see her in person.

I saw one lone bright yellow poster taped to the wall announcing Jane's appearance. I asked the clerk if I could have a copy of the poster to scan for the Hair Boutique. He told me that I would have to take the poster off the wall because it was the last one left. He mentioned that several other fliers and posters had totally vanished. So I carefully untaped the poster from the Border's wall and carried it carefully out to my car.

Usually I tend to find myself in the wrong place at the wrong time. You know, speeding through radar traps or turning down a road as a train approaches. For some reason I was at the right place at the right time to see a hair idol real and in person. It was a great treat and wonderful surprise. Luck was on my side. Now if I could just win the lottery.