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In the pressure-cooker, trend-a-minute world that is New York, Angela Cosmai stands out as a
singular figure. A hair colorist-contrarian, she is an outspoken pragmatist who avoids this
season's or any season's trends. Her signature is subtly nuanced, natural-looking color that
never strays far from her clients' original tones. Those who come to her for dramatic change
simply won't get it. "There are too many chemicals and too much maintenance involved," says
Cosmai, whose continual concern is the health of the hair. |
Practicing a less is more philosophy, Cosmai often custom-mixes her own long-lasting, no-peroxide
formulas, whips up lustrous, non-drying color glosses unlike anyone else's, and
applies highlights practically to the roots. (That takes a magic touch). Her forte is finding the
believable, perfect tint. The beauty industry cites Cosmai as a color corrector. But those who
know her work beyond its reputation regard her as something more--an artist with tints.
Operating out of her quietly elegant brownstone salon off Fifth Avenue (and now in Stamford, CT),
with private clients in London, Paris, Los Angeles, and Dallas, and a satellite salon in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida,
Cosmai has an international cadre of clients--celebrities as well as ordinary mortals,
men as well as women. Some have read about her in Vogue, Glamour, and Mirabella. Others
come by way of recommendation from fellow colorists, often to mend a too-platinum tint that's
turned to straw.
All her life, Angela Cosmai has been tangled up in hair. Her mother ran "Funny Girl" in
Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, and from the day she was old enough to reach the sink, Cosmai has
been tending to hair. In her early twenties, she got a job as right hand to Robert Renn, then one
of New York's superstar colorists, and worked with him for seven years. When Renn died in 1985,
he left his salon to Cosmai. On her own, she started with one assistant. Today, she has ten.
Over the years, Cosmai's clients repeatedly asked her to recommend home products to help
maintain their color. But nothing out there met her specifications. So, with considerable "clinical"
experience already behind her, she created the Angela Cosmai Color Protective Hair Care System--
seven unique, wonderfully mild, cruelty-free products, rich in natural botanicals. Not only do
Cosmai's color clients swear by the shampoos, conditioner, sprays, styling gel, and amazing
masque, but so do women who have never tinted their hair but still seek to give it every benefit
possible.
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