DO YA THINK I’M BLONDER?
Rod spends nearly three hours in hair salon ... only to emerge looking virtually the same
HE is almost as renowned for his mop of spiky blond hair as he is for his raspy singing voice.
And Sir Rod Stewart certainly makes an effort to maintain his locks, spending up to £6,000 a year on his famous mane.
The Da Ya Think I’m Sexy singer, 75, spent three hours having his hair done – only to emerge looking virtually the same. He arrived in a chauffeur-driven car at the Steven Carey salon in Mayfair, central London, with his wife Penny Lancaster in the early afternoon.
Sir Rod, who is a regular at the high-end salon, was ushered into a private room. Fast-forward three hours, and the star stepped out sporting the same style – only slightly blonder. Miss Lancaster appeared to give up on his lengthy pampering session, and decided to go shopping, spending nearly an hour inside an Apple store.
Prices for men at the salon start at £45, with a whole head of highlights setting customers back at least £185. It was previously reported that Sir Rod pays £ 40 a time to get a trim and a re-bleach every few weeks. The music icon is said to receive the A-List treatment when he attends the salon and is served sandwiches on a silver platter.
A source previously said: ‘Rod is quite pedantic about his locks. He gets high and lowlights put in every three weeks, and even if his hair doesn’t really need doing he’ll still come in to get it tweaked, either with a few strokes of colour or a tiny trim.’ Sir Rod’s visit to the salon came ahead of his appearance at Tuesday night’s Brit Awards.
He closed the ceremony at London’s O2 arena to mark the event’s 40th anniversary alongside his former Faces bandmate Ronnie Wood. The singer has been married to third wife Miss Lancaster since 2007. The couple have two sons, Alastair, 14, and Aiden, eight.