Lots of Blondes

Okay so I haven't updated in way too long. I've been super busy, I've been working in a new salon & of course with the holidays and all that fun stuff. I've barely even had time for myself, I was sick over the holidays and then I was sick again. Now that I've been better I've been meaning to update so here it is!!!


Today we have Candice. She is a young professional and is bored with her current hairstyle. She is considering going blonde, however as you can see she has virgin hair (for those of you who don't know what that means, it's not coloured or chemically treated in any way... perverts) and hasn't really coloured it in the past so she wanted to know if there was a way to gradually go blonde, she's not quite sure how blonde she wants to be. So why not experience lots of blondes?

 I decided to just bring her 1 full shade lighter & do a full head of hilights. As she shampoos her hair the coloured ends are going to fade slightly and by the next time she is ready for her retouch it will be light enough that I can use a  bit of a lighter colour, as well as doing another full head of hilights.

  As you can see we took off a lot of length. She wasn't doing much with her hair and the excess length was being weighed down and falling flat. The shorter hair gives her more natural volume and is also easier for her to work with. The lighter colour also brings out the warmth in her skin tone more






Check back soon, I am going to be doing product reviews and I will be starting with some curly hair products as well as some curly hair care & tips.

Photo Shoot!

I did a photo shoot recently, and here are some of the pictures from it. Makeup was done by Lydia Parris and Christine Spence, photography was done by Stacy Hylton.

This model has naturally curly hair that is slightly texturized, which in chemical terms is a very mild relaxer that is not left on for very long. Just enough to break down the curl just slightly so you can still wear it curly, but it makes it much easier to blowdry & style on your own.

For this look, I blowdried her hair straight with a paddle brush. The best way to blowdry afro-textures is to start at the ends and then work your way to the root. The paddle brush also enables you to efficiently get to the root, so you can get it straight. After blowdrying, I went through with the flat iron to smooth it out & add some loose curls to her ends.

I did this model's colour as well as style. She has naturally straight fine hair, so I used lots of mousse and blowdried her hair wavy with a roundbrush, leaving them in to cool down. After it was dry I went through the ends of her hair with the flat iron to add a bit more definition.