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Ken and Jessica Simpson

He is widely regarded as the “hottest hairdresser in Hollywood” and tends to the locks off stars such as Jessica Simpson, Eva Longoria, Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, Celine Dion.

And of Ken Paves work, Victoria Beckham once said: “He has the most amazing gift to make women feel beautiful inside and out.”

But despite his hugely successful career, which has seen him become a regular guest on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” and contributor to Oprah.com, and has done makeovers for “The X Factor”, and “The Biggest Loser,” and the dizzying star-studded world in which he inhabits, Ken is refreshingly down to earth.

In fact, when we caught up with him at the book signing for his latest tome “You are Beautiful, A Beauty Guide for Real Women,” (Sterling Publishing Co., June 2013) on Sunday at Barnes & Noble in Santa Monica, we were decidedly struck by just how genuine he is.

Ken talking about his new tome this past Sunday

The first thing you notice about the über stylist is not his hair, but the fact that when he conducts any type of Q & A, he also communicates in ASL (American Sign Language).

He does this, he says, because he has friends who are deaf, and incidentally, he also went to school to teach the deaf before enrolling in beauty school.

“Sign language is a beautiful dance,” he explains.

It is easy to see why his A-list clientele consider him to be one of their closest confidants — he has the natural ability to put anyone at ease and the kind of personality that you could entrust with your secrets.

Ken pictured here with Eva Longoria

But his focus his shifting from just the glittering world of showbiz, to more specifically, trying to empower young women to embrace their own beauty and see their own talents.

“Everyone woman is beautiful in their own way and they should not think less of themselves or judge themselves solely based on their looks. Women need to love themselves first, look at what they have been given and embrace it,” he says.

And of what inspires him?

“Each time a woman sits down in a chair in front of me, I am inspired,” he reveals.

He is also frank about his own insecurities that previously plagued him and he says that he would collect every cover he did to try to validate his work and own self- worth.

Those days are becoming somewhat of a distant memory as he eyes a future towards influencing the younger generation and inspiring them to feel beautiful and appreciate their own uniqueness.

For more information on Ken Paves, visit his website at www.kenpaves.com and you can purchase a copy of the book here.