amanda's ombre

Amanda came in to see Mishi last week for an update to her ombre style. She's been a client for about a year, and is loving the progression of her beige/blonde tone ombre look! Mishi touched up Amanda's long layers, and did a full ombre style highlight. This look just keeps getting better and better! It's perfect for fall, (or SF summer if you will) and she's loving it already.

Isn't she gorgeous?!

bombshell bangs

If there is one gal with the sexiest bangs, it’s Brigitte Bardot. There is everything to love about her hair style: sultry golden locks, tousled waves and side swept bangs. Today Bardot’s style is iconic and has with it a timelessness that continues to be a part of the everyday modern women.

amalfi ombre

During my trip to the Amalfi Coast in Italy, I saw gorgeous ombre all over the place. This one gal in particular I kept running into over and over again, so I figured I would stop and take a pic!

tooth n nail | adrienne moore

Has your hair ever been in a state where you thought there was no hope? Well, I’d like to share the inspirational story of Adrienne Moore with you. Exactly one year ago, Adrienne came to me with a mohawk of blonde breakage about an inch short and standing straight up from her scalp on top of her long, one length hair.  This wreckage was created by attempting to do balayage on herself.

Over the year, I worked with Adrienne and did deep conditioning treatments each time we did color. We are ecstatic to share that today, we are finally “there”, and Adrienne is rocking the most fabulous hair that she’s ever had. I'm extremely proud of how far we have come on this hair journey!

Aside from having kick-ass hair, Adrienne Moore is a vivacious, saucy, and badass jewelry designer here in San Francisco.  She is a true superstar, and in fact here in Mishi Nation, we only wear her jewelry!  Adrienne’s Tooth N Nail designs can be found in over ten boutiques in the city, as well as online at her etsy site: www.etsy.com/shop/toothnnail.

ask the expert - Q&A with mishi:

Hello Mishi,

I currently have dry hair and peek-a-boo highlights. I really want ombré highlights but was told my hair is too dry. I love your work and want to know if it is possible for you to ombré hair like mine? (with peek-a-boo highlights and dry hair). Thanks for your time and hope you can help me.

-Melanie

Dear Melanie,

I have a couple clients who have inherently super dry hair. They condition and get regular trims, but it's still dry. Regardless, they still want to leave it long and do ombré color because it looks so great. The hair may not be silky smooth, but they are happy because it meets their aesthetic expectations. If you are expecting that it's going to be slightly damaging and accept responsibility to care for a new ombré style, then I recommend you come see me. I have some great products with fabulous natural moisturizers for dry, colored hair. Though it's important for everyone to use quality hair products, it's especially important if you have very dry hair. You should check out the product that I recommend, and plan to cut your hair just before the ombré color is applied. It's also a great idea to do a follow-up trim about a month after the color. This will keep any split ends at bay, and prevent your hair from becoming more damaged and needing more length cut off later.

As for the peek-a-boo highlights, I'm seeing a lot of people come in who have peek-a-boo highlights, and want me to blend them to make it more of an ombré. It's my opinion that stylists who don't know how to do ombré end up doing this a lot, but we all know the full story here. They don't know how to do balayage highlights (hand painted highlights), and are still reliant on the foil.  Balayage will help blend the peek-a-boo highlights, but it might not get as light with the first color process. The foil in traditional highlights acts as a heat conductor, and helps lighten the hair more significantly in one sitting. To achieve a light blonde highlight for darker hair, it will be necessary to do at least two balayage sessions.

Melanie, I hope this answers your questions! I'd love for you to come in to Morphic for an appointment to do an ombré look! Feel free to come in for a consultation, or just make a Skype appointment here on the website!

Thanks for the query!

- Mishi