Sophisticated Black Hair - Salli Richardson-Whitfield

IMS. RICHARDSON'S BEAUSalli Ri~hardson's middle nome should be multitasker.This gorgeous star con do it all-from aleading role in the Sci Fi Channel show Eureka to apart in the blockbuster IAm Legend, starring WillSmith, to her most important starring role-motherto her 2-1/2 year old daughter Porker. But the busyamess corved out some time to chat withSophisticate '5 Black Hair to talk about everythingfrom her evolving style to favorite hairstyles to howshe finds time to unwind. Read on ...1>-l--~::--""--'__-"'''''''''''''''~-----MOVESBetween your role on Eureka and the movie I AmLegend, you're making a splash in the sciongenre_ Were you a Ian before this?I don't know if I was necessarily 8 sci·f! fan,but I've always been one of those people thaIliked scary movies. I'm always searching fOfthe best scary movie I could findYou play Will Smilh's wile In Ihe movie I AmLegend, Whal was it like working with him?Will was like every actor should be on a sel­Just such a nice man You can tell when youcome on the show if the lead actor is a niceg y because there is an ease and friendlinessto the set. He doesn't allow people to berude or nasty because he~ not like lhat so Itjust sels a whole tone for the selWllal were me Gnallellges In yuur nll~ ~Just the situation ...you see theworld ending before you. Being amaUler, it's easy to draw in thosekinds of emotiolls. You could be inmortal danger, and it's not jL1Stabout you anymore. It's aboUI pro­I cting your child and lhat alwaysintensifies everyliling.Tell us aboullhe new hairstyle you'vebeen wearing .••I Iw ys wore II one lenglh, andthis i lhe first time, actually, thalI've h d all of these layers cut In itnd it sort of flips up at the bottom.It's to my shoulders, but withlayers that come up to my nose.It's the mos body I've ever hadand I love it!Whal types of styles have your wornin the past?always thought there wasn'l alot I could do with my hairexceptwhen I cut it short [Shorthair] seems easy, bUill's IS evenmore high maintenancebecause you have to get il cutso often to keep il looking goodand se loiS of product to makeIt look funky. [I wore cornrows]lor a role, but I did slart enJoy-Ing them for the summer. It wasjust sa easy, and sometimes awhole new look IS lust funSomellmes you lust do things ...to your half you don't really ~think you could carry it off and ~then it works. Now [my hair] IS Li:the best with all of lhese lay- ~ers. I Wish I would've knownmthi years ago. :)Whal are your 110-10 products for 8your hair? :l1I use 1 erastase, rt iusI really ~keeps my color togelher with- iiiout fading I wash my hair §every day and blow·dry It so fimuch when I'm shooting that 5my color just starts to fade ~How would you wear 1I11 you 15were going to an evenl? 3I'll do hair extensions when I l¥cia photo shoots and ir I go to an event, II just ­adds volume. I always seem to want II curly,100. That's when hairpieces help a lot, lheyadd that fullness and the pieces seem to curlbetter. I love when I can have little ringletcurls everywhere,How are you taring for your daughter Parker'shair?I use a lot of leave-In condi~oner with her Idon'l have to Wash her hair as much IIseems to get dry because she's out playing alot In the sun. The conditioner seems to saveIt, or she's JUs a fnzzy mess!Whal beauty products must you always havewith you?With eyebrow penCil, mascara and Iipgloss Ican make it anywhere. If your yebro s aredone, you're okay. Eyebrows frame yourwhole face, I notice eyebrows a lot There'S abrown encil from Anastasia that I use I likeSOPHISTICATE'S BLACK HAIR~__~~.:zIIIII'''''~