# Celebrity Hairstylist Dimitris Giannetos Breaks Down What's Actually in His Kit > The stylist behind some of the shiniest, most photographed hair on the red carpet shared the categories of products he reaches for before every call time, not just the hero buy. - Source: Life Channel - Canonical URL: https://lifechannel.one/article/celebrity-hairstylist-dimitris-giannetos-breaks-down-what-s-actually-in-his-kit - Author: Sienna Blackwood - Section: Relationships - Published: 2026-10-22T10:09:14.593Z - Updated: 2026-10-22T10:09:14.593Z - Tags: Dimitris Giannetos, Hair Care, Celebrity Hairstylist, Beauty --- Dimitris Giannetos has built his career on the kind of hair that photographs flawlessly under every kind of light a red carpet or film set can throw at it, the glossy, movement-heavy styles that look effortless on screen and take considerably more work than that off it. His client list reads like a highlight reel of some of the most photographed hair in Hollywood, and his approach to product, it turns out, is less about chasing a single miracle bottle than about layering the right category of product at the right step. That's the real takeaway from hearing him talk through his kit: the finished look depends less on any one hero product than on getting the sequence right, prep, protection, texture, and hold each doing a specific job rather than one product trying to do everything at once. ## Prep is where the work actually starts Before any heat tool comes near a client's hair, Giannetos treats the prep stage as non-negotiable, reaching for a protectant that can withstand repeated passes of a curling iron or blow dryer without leaving the hair brittle by the time the look is finished. Skipping that step, he's made clear, is the fastest way to a style that looks great walking out of the chair and falls apart within the hour. From there, texture becomes the real workhorse. A good texturizing spray or powder does more to make a style hold and move naturally than almost anything applied afterward, giving strands enough grip to build volume and separation without looking stiff. It's the product category he leans on most heavily for the kind of va-va-voom waves he's known for, the ones that look full and bouncy rather than flat against the scalp. ## Finishing touches that actually last The last step is where shine and hold get locked in, and Giannetos is particular about using a finishing spray light enough not to weigh the style down but strong enough to survive hours under event lighting and a full night of photos. That balance between flexible hold and real shine is, by his account, the difference between a style that looks good in the first photo and one that still looks good in the last one. None of it is complicated once it's broken down by step rather than by product name, and that's arguably the more useful takeaway than any single bottle: protect first, build texture second, lock it in last, and the kind of hair that reads effortless on a red carpet becomes a lot more repeatable at home. --- Originally published by Life Channel. Free to cite with attribution and a link to https://lifechannel.one/article/celebrity-hairstylist-dimitris-giannetos-breaks-down-what-s-actually-in-his-kit.