Ramallah – the world of the homeland
Mahmoud Raafat, known as “Celebrity Hairdresser” in the seventies and eighties of the last century, has revealed the secret of the beauty of the hair of the stars.
According to the magazine (Laha), Raafat said, “The first movie star to keep her hair was in 1971, and it’s the two artists, Samira Ahmed and Safaa Abu Al-Saud. I was a theater for Egypt’s stars , and I was shaking, so the first time I held the hair with stage light hexagons.
She added, “Back then, each one had her own personality, and changing the look wasn’t easy, and each artist had her own character that would last for very long periods of time.”
On the details of his relationship with the late artist Shadia, he said: ‘Shadia had a broad forehead and everything had a defo. The good hairdresser must know how to handle this defo. Shadia would come to me at four o’clock, get the job done and then go to Ismailia, God have mercy on her. I had beautiful situations with her. She would call me in Arabic if we came back late from work and she loved going to Shubra.
And on the secret of the blend that hairdresser Mahmoud Raafat used with artists: “I carried a group of oils that consisted of olive oil, almond oil, paraffin oil, all kinds of oils you can imagine, and some some jazz.”
She continued, ‘She was one of the boldest artists to change the look. God have mercy on her artist Nadia Lutfi. Her hair was very light. I wore a wig on her and we never thought it was a wig. He has also worked with artist Safia Al-Omari at the Madbouly Theatre.
Regarding the most important advice Raafat gave to hair, she said: “It is very important to stay away from the defective hair straightener, which is a piece of aluminum and not the original ceramic.”
