How Julius Michael Became the Go-to ‘Real Housewives’ Hairstylist
glamour.comagree on is, well, disagreement. That, and the talents of hairstylist .When Lisa Rinna changed her for the first time, she entrusted Michael to install long clip-in extensions.
When made her first post-, it was Michael who created her messy updo.The hair guru of choice for just about every Housewife (not to mention Vanderpump Rules star, Summer House tenant, and Southern Charm-er), Michael has been styling the most notable reality stars of our time for well over a decade.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.Born and raised in New York, Michael is a first-generation Italian American who has done hair since, he says, “the invention of the hair dryer.”“I would help [my mom] apply box dye to her roots, so it was from when I was a little boy that I had this passion for hair,” Michael recalls.
That passion turned into a profession, and he worked at a salon in the city before opening his in the Westchester, New York, village of Scarsdale. “I shot for the stars,” he jokes.
But really: “I fell in love with Westchester. I built up a huge clientele.”Then Real Housewives of Orange County star Tamra Judge’s publicist slid into his DMs with a hair emergency.
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