At Cherry Hill’s Make-Up Bar (www.themake-upbar.com) they know a thing or two about beauty. On this election day, we’ve got the Bar’s votes for the hottest hair styles and colors this fall.

Tessa Heljenek, a Make-Up Bar Redken-certified hair colorist, says textured full curly hair is “in” – like Elisabeth Shue in The Karate Kid or MaryKate/Ashley tousled waves.

Funky bobs are popular too. Think angular – short in the back, longer in the front – like Kate Gosselin’s hair (ahh!) but not sooo severe. And, blunt “fringe” is all the rage. (Some people call them “bangs.”) Katie Holmes has the blunt fringe/bob mastered!

As far as color, try highlights. Tessa has done toffee-colored highlights in blonde hair as well as “mahogany violets” in brown and blonde hair. She’s even done dark purple chunks in jet black hair.

“Talk to your stylist. If you wash your hair every day – or often – and can’t come in every few weeks, a red is not the best choice. It fades fast,” says Tessa. She encourages clients to stick with a hair style and color that works for them and to add a small change that incorporates a new look or trend.

“It’s all about glam – not grunge – even if you’re going casual,” says Tessa. “Add volume to your ponytail by teasing at the roots – but make sure to smooth it out so you look finished and polished.”

Don’t forget – shiny, healthy hair is always ‘in’ – so use products for your hair type, like shampoo and conditioner for color-treated hair and choose lightweight spray, cream, wax or pomade for a shiny, glossy look. Get your hair cut every few weeks, and limit heat – like flat irons, curling irons and hair dryers – when possible.

This NJ My Way article was contributed by Gwen Recinto, a writer and fitness instructor. She can be reached at gwenrecinto@gmail.com. Follow her on Twitter – @AllThingsGwen.

We shampoo with botanicals, launder with organic detergent, and eat pesticide-free foods. But weekly, we subject our nails and toes to chemicals and acrylics, mostly because we believe there is no alternative and bare nails are banned.

Ladies, there is now a chemical-free manicure that holds up to the wear and tear. And the man behind it says your nails will be “good enough to eat.”

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Nausil Zaheer has the women of Ridgewood believing. At his new Karma Organic Spa (www.karmaorganicspa.com) they are pampered and painted by Zaheer and his assistants in this eco-friendly little shop, skin and feet soaked and stroked by fresh flowers, herbs and fruits.

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Zaheer – who also works as a manicurist for fashion shoots and celebrities– calls Karma a haven for pregnant women. He’s developed a natural nail polish line of fifty colors, packaged in re-usable containers. They include day glo colors for teens, tweens, and younger. In addition, all of the materials (bowls, manicure tools) are sanitized with natural cleansers.

A co-founder of the popular Priti Spa (www.pritiorganicspa.com) ) in Manhattan’s East Village, Zaheer believes this is the first and only place in the state for all natural nail and body care.

His manicures and pedicures start with a homemade brown sugar lotion to slough off dead skin, and whipped lavender massage creams. The polish is made from “natural glue and colors.” Fresh flowers perfume the water that soaks your hands and feet.

It’s not just the customers who benefit. Employees who have to work with the nail polishes and lotions are not spending their day inhaling chemical fumes.

Indulge in some good Karma at Ridgewood’s spa. You’ll leave feeling happy, healthy, and savoring that natural glow.

Need a new look? Want to indulge the inner you…and channel Hannah Montana, Madonna, or Rhianna? Stop by the Teaneck wig shop called Marlon by Mishoe.

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Here’s the place to let your hair imagination run wild. The storefront is wall-to-wall wigs, brunette, blonde, short, long, in between. There are hair extensions available, if you opt to add to your own hair.

The shop’s new owner, Juetta Wallace, is a full-time nurse. And she has more than just fashion in mind. Inspired by chemo patients, Wallace knows that the right wig can help these women regain their confidence and inspire their fight.

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“It’s changed their lives,” she says, recalling patients who came in the door “down in the dumps,” and found their own transformations “truly amazing.”

Wallace is also organizing a wig donation program, to help get new or gently used wigs to the American Cancer Society.

The store also caters to women with thinning hair, and the local population of Orthodox Jewish women who wear the wigs in keeping with the rules of modesty. We also met a transgender customer trying on a selection of Juetta’s long straight haired wigs.

Maybe it’s just time for a change. Something to crown that fall wardrobe.

Wallace hosts monthly wig parties, for women who want to try on a few different looks. Stop by and see if you can find a wig that is just right for you. You may go home looking. and feeling, like a new person.

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The girls of Clifton had a party on Friday.

The occasion was a celebration of being a girl; all shapes and sizes were welcome. The party at the Boys & Girls Club of Clifton (www.bgcclifton.org) was thrown by Unilever (www.unileverusa.com).

Unilever, with its U.S. headquarters in Englewood, is the maker of Dove soap. You’ve seen their commercials featuring large (and real) size women in their underwear. The ads splashed across television and women’s magazines are in sharp contrast to the stick thin models pushing products everywhere else.

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Dove calls this a Campaign For Real Beauty, www.campaignforrealbeauty.com, and it is making stops around the world at places where girls gather. Dozens of Unilever employees — women and men — were seated with more than a hundred girls from the Clifton club for the rousing presentation by Jessica Weiner (www.withjess.com), an author, columnist, and the self-proclaimed “Queen of Self Esteem.” Click here to watch the video on www.njmyway.com.

Jessica’s message is to make girls have fun and be comfortable in their own skin, and help battle the epidemic of eating disorders. Weiner speaks from the heart; she recovered from an eating disorder as a teen, and has written three books on the subject.

Some of the girls were too young to understand the issue. “I just want to win the prize,” whispered one.  They waved, and shouted out answers to Jessica’s questions. The corporate contingent coached them on.

It was, at the end of the day, a party with a theme.  Refreshingly, it was less about brand building, and more about mentoring. It might have been lost on some. But any effort to teach girls to accept themselves gets our vote for corporate good citizenship. Even if the girls themselves just wanted to have fun.

{mosimage}We know there’s no magic wand to erase the years.

But there is a wand—of the non-magic variety, that can make you look younger.

We thought you had to marry the doctor to get this kind of service.

But Dr. Joseph Cervone’s (www.conciergeskincare.com) high profile patients can reach him 24-7 on his cell. He even carries their prescriptions in his PDA, in case he has to perform a digital intervention. The patients also get to keep electronic copies of their medical files.

Dr. Cervone, who practices out of West Orange, is an internist with a blossoming beauty practice that tightens, lightens, lasers, lipos and de-veins 5,000 patients.

Beauty is skin deep. Your health may be too. “Patients who look good, feel good,” he says definitively.

The practice—there are three other doctors—also focuses on preventative medicine; from screening for heart disease to weight management.

But it was that “Concierge” medical service that caught our attention.

Dr. Cervone is frustrated with the limits of insurance reimbursements and its bureaucracy, and has a clientele willing to pay out of pocket for his services. He decided to make that personal service the hallmark of his practice.

It isn’t just about answering their calls when the laser mark lingers too long. The idea of being accessible all the time, he says, means he gets to patients quickly with important test results, and ultimately he says, that helps prevent more serious problems.

No more dealing with “the service” after hours, when you call this doctor. He may not be able to cure what ails you. But he’ll pick up his own phone.

{mosimage}Some of us get older and go see plastic surgeons. Others see Bobbi Brown.

The reigning mistress of makeup opened her first retail store and how-to makeup shop in Montclair last week, (www.bobbibrowncosmetics.com) and happily held court in the polished, airy brick and wood space called The Studio.

“The reason I chose Montclair is it’s where I live and it’s a four minute commute to my home,” she told us.

Plenty of women were glad she did. The joint was jammed—free food and makeup classes packed them in, from pre-teens to retirees.

There’s something about Bobbi; her glowy just-turned-fifty-and-don’t-look-it face that makes us think that aging isn’t so bad. Her new book, Living Beauty (www.amazon.com) celebrates her healthy approach to getting older.

The Bobbi Brown beauty routine takes some doing. You got the foundation ($40), the concealer ($22), some eye brightener ($32), blush ($20) and bronzer ($25), not to mention lip tint ($28), eye shadow ($20), gel eyeliner ($19) and mascara ($20). Plus all manner of cleansers, toners and hydrators.

Does anyone really know how to use all this makeup? Here’s nice a place to learn—and look and feel good about yourself. Somehow, the prospect of a knee or elbow replacement isn’t so bad, when your face still looks fabulous!

{mosimage}Cellulite. Most women have it. Sadly, generations of women before us were doomed to a lifetime of bumps and ripples in their thighs, arms, butts and bellies.

But now, our future is tight and bright thanks to contraptions with names like VelaSmooth (www.velasmooth.com) .

Vela looks like distant relative of R2-D2. Her long arm protrudes with a large mouth on the end. At Dr. Marion Shapiro’s West Orange office, (www.mesodoctor.com) Vela rolls and hums all day over bumpy body parts, heating, compressing and smoothing for $250 a ride. The fat melts faster than ice on the summer sidewalk.

Abby the technician deftly operates the large mouthed roller-vacuum… and uses a smaller arm to mow down the little bumps in hard-to-reach spots like underneath the bra strap. One at a time the hard bubbles of fat melt obligingly back into the body.

This is the new “it” machine of body re-contouring; that’s derma-speak for heating the fat beneath the skin with radio frequency waves while tightening the skin. Do this twice a week, for eight weeks and they say you’ll tighten up in all the right places.

Dr. Shapiro spends two days in her New Jersey digs, two days in New York City, and claims she does more VelaSmoothing then nearly anyone else on the East Coast. Some patients combine Vela with Mesotherapy, the fat-melting injections.

There are no side effects from VelaSmoothing, other than to your disposable income. This is not just for people who need to lose weight. Even thin people have cellulite, as part of the aging process. You are just asking your body to take back what it has deposited close to the surface. Kind of like shoveling sand against the tide.

{mosimage}It’s still hard in New Jersey to find a place to get your hair and nails done on Sunday. But not nearly as difficult as it used to be.

Sunday at the salon just makes sense. First, what better place to relax? Second, who has time to get their hair done on Saturday?

The Saturday hair-cut was replaced by soccer tournaments, Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, or frantic hours of drycleaninggroceryshoppingeveryerrandunderthesunrunning that keeps our engines running all week.

At the Livingston Mall, the Fazio family’s Professional Hair Salon & Spa (973-994-2361) is open every Sunday. One of the managers describes it as the busiest day.

The Fazios have been in business for 30 years– they know how to draw a crowd. The place is jammed –there’s a kids department as well—and blow dryers are blasting away.

Others have figured out what the Fazios knew all along; being loyal until you die to your hair gal or guy isn’t nearly as important as convenience for most people. Plus, you’ll go back to work on Monday with a new do, and great nails!

At the Cherry Hill Mall, you’ll be coiffed and straightened at the Beauty Bar Salon (856-488-0976 ) on Sundays. So too at Bernards Salon (www.bernardssalonandspa.com) in Cherry Hill and Marlton.

Salon Loyale (www.salonloyale.com) is loyal to its Sunday customers at its Wenonah and Vineland shops. The Gibbstown branch is not far behind, according to the owner.

The upscale Subway Salon (www.subwaysalon.com) in Millburn has thrown open its doors on Sunday. So has Bangz (www.bangz.net) in Montclair. And Les Image (www.lesimage.com) in Verona. UFO Salon (www.ufosalon.com) in Somerset realized “a while ago” being open on Sunday it was a good thing.

Next time you get your hair done, ask your place about those Sunday hours. They may just get to keep you as a customer!

Here's an interesting wrinkle fix that doesn't involve plastic surgery or lasers, or little needles under your skin. It's a zap of electricity that stimulates your skin like acupuncture.

Jonathan Holasek, Mountain Lakes acupuncturist and practitioner of holistic health (973-331-0200), aims his wattage at your face and in seven sessions you may see a new you. Fewer lines, and for those of us who are sleep deprived (who isn't?) less baggage and circles under the eyes.

First, you lie on a waterbed in a spa-like room, restful music in the background. Jonathan tests your muscle strength using a colored light. Which color do your muscles react favorably to, red or blue? He adjusts your electrical current accordingly. He calls it Holistic Facial Rejuvenation. You can read more at (www.vibrationalbeauty.com).

After a hot towel and some skin-enhancing nutriceuticals are applied, your face is ready to be zapped. Jonathan holds two pulsing wands and traces the outline of your eyes, mouth, the furrows on your forehead. You feel nothing except the tiniest tingle.

Circulation stimulated, muscles tightened. Blotches banished. The process has also been used to treat Bell's Palsy, a neurological disorder characterized by sharply sagging facial muscles.

It takes six or seven sessions at Jonathan's office to find the younger you. The cost is $225 a 90-minute session, or $175 for an hour.

You may want to try it before you go under the knife or the needle. It's also a nice place to take a nap, after a long day.