I was the guest author and wrote this post for the Latest-Hairstyles. Enjoy! -Lisa

Whether you live in Brooklyn, New York or Boulder, Colorado, you see Mad Men-inspired fedora hats, pocket squares, Ray Ban sunglasses and skinny jeans everywhere. But what everyone is truly trying to recapture are the hairstyles. At any red carpet event you will see your favorite A-list celebrities sporting these clean sleek looks. We’ve created a series of Mad-Men inspired hair tutorials so all ladies and gents have the opportunity to re-create these chic styles at home.

The Don Draper ‘Do

Where do we start? At the top of course! For you Don Draper wannabes, here’s how to get your Sterling Cooper Advertising hair.

1. First make sure you have a GOOD haircut. Have the back and sides tapered and slightly longer on top.

2. To style, make sure your hair is still damp. Using a fine tooth comb and your product of choice, start by creating a side part with your natural part and sleek it back. You can also use your comb to create a wave in the front.

Done! Now you look like you work on Madison Avenue with the rest of the Sterling Cooper Crew. Now for the products to try in order to achieve Don’s look. Oribe Original Pomade is ideal for those with extreme control issues who need to shine the brightest while Murdock’s Matt Putty will give you that slicked back, vintage look without the oily texture.

The Megan Draper Pony

Now for you sexy kittens who want that vintage Grace Kelly look, check out Megan Draper’s sultry style. Whether you’re an aspiring actress or just want to hang in your local speakeasy, here’s a quick way to style your hair and look camera ready.

Megan Draper is no stranger to her classic bob. Fake hair was popular even in the 60’s. This would be one quick way of styling if your hair is too short to pull up. Get a “Fall”, a 3/4 hair piece or a clip-on pony that matches your own color, and in seconds you have the illusion of longer hair. Check out Vogue Wigs if that is the route you want to go.

For those with medium length or longer hair…

1. First, blow dry your hair with a volumizing hair product to give it some texture. You either a root lifter or volume spray.

2. Use a round brush to work some volume in your hair at the end of your blow dry.

3. At this point, you have a couple of different options for hot tools. Hot rollers in the hair work great or using a curling iron to make big barrel curls to set the hair is fine too.

4. Once curls are cooled off, brush the hair using a boar bristle brush.

5. Brush your hair up into a high ponytail and secure with an elastic.

6. To set the whole look, spray with hairspray and sleek the sides. A 60’s style wouldn’t be complete without HAIRSPRAY!

Try Kerastase Mousse Volumactive for flexible hold, insane volume and blow dry protection. Finish the style with Bumble and bumble’s Spray de Mode for hold, workability and exceptional memory. It also holds up to heat and repeated brushing.

Love vintage hairstyles? Learn how to create a romantic scarf rolled updo here.

Jack Howard trained me in my first Balayage class. I love what he says here! -Lisa

One of the most important parts of our business is I would say the consultation, it’s not that it has to be a thirty minute session but it has to be clear, concise and have a goal. Given the state of our economy it’s even more important to make clients comfortable informed, special and relaxed before we start a service with them.

1 – Personally I like to greet my clients with a smile and a welcome as I take them to their chair, and then instead of talking to them through the mirror, I like to talk to them face to face at their level, I believe this breaks down the first invisible barrier.

2 – The next thing I like to ask is how they feel about their hair (people have of lots of feeling about their hair), its a great question and quite often I can gleam tons of information from them about what they like and don’t like, and it shows me to be interested in them, I am able to join in this conversation adding my thoughts and insights.

3 – The critical question is then – what would you like your hair to look like? – now we can find out if the goals are realistic, taking in to account, lifestyle, commitment to upkeep affordability and whether or not I feel it will suit them and their skin tone, eye color, natural level etc. Clients come to you not just for your technical abilities but also for what I call my eye, my taste level.

4 – I believe it’s important to be honest about what is achievable and where we can go in a period of time, but I do want my client to be happy I would rather under sell the end result than oversell it.

Over the years from my own experiences and working with others I feel clients can be broken down into three groups and within those three groups clients can change groups for different people and different reasons

1 – The do anything you want client – I am not so keen on that response from a client and always feel i need to dig a little deeper, after all I’m sure she wouldn’t want jet black, so its back to the question of how she feels about her hair and start to figure out what are her likes and dislikes

2 – The slightly neurotic client – I love these ladies, they are usually only neurotic because they have had a bad experience with a colorist and are now very keen to manage the situation. So I like to get down to the bottom of whats gone on in the past and work with them to gain my trust. I know that we might not be able to do all I want the first time round, and am okay with that.

3 – The regular client – Often the client who has been loyal and with a colorist for sometime. These are the clients we should always be checking in with, always asking how they feel about their color, never having their formula mixed up before they arrive, always offering a tweak of their formula even if they don’t want it.These ladies make us successful and should not be forgotten.

Jack’s tip: Build time into your schedule to listen and talk with your client.