HAIR MOVIE NIGHT: Barbarella!

ARE YOU READY FOR BARBARELLA?

The 60's were a very special time for hair.  We keep returning to it in our Hair Movie Night series because there is an infinite supply of inspiration to draw from. And what hairdresser can deny their love for the big, glamorous, foxy hair in Barbarella? 

I love this film because it's so outrageous and provocative, without being overly sexual. Barbarella might be a temptress, but she also maintains her doe-eyed innocence!

For this shoot, we used our brand new Halo Couture pieces to give our model's hair that Victoria Secret effect.  I originally set her hair in hot rollers, but went back over it with a curling iron to spruce up the waves a bit more. 

A while back, my wig friend Roselie showed me how to backcomb a curl in the crown, then roll, and bobby pin it to the scalp.  This technique is what helps keep that bouffant voluminous! (Though the San Francisco wind immediately started to deconstruct my teasing effort!)

For color, I applied a gold and chestnut balayage highlight six weeks before the shoot. The day of the photo shoot, we gave her a fresh trim and did a L’Oreal Dia Light 9.03 toner to revive the shine and sparkle.  

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MORPHIC Mugshot: J's Foxy Locks

Long, straight locks get new highlights! 

I often get clients who said they found me specifically looking for a stylist who knows how to work with Asian hair. At this point, I’m so used to doing it, I don’t even hesitate! 

I know that Asian hair is going to pull red when the color is lifted out. It also takes a while to lift that super dark hair! If you have Asian hair and want a dramatic ombre, it's probably going to take two services to achieve the look you want.

This Morphic beauty (we'll call her J) was ready to change it up and go a little blonder!  It's the second round of balayage highlights I've done for her, and this time we added layers to the all-one-length hair J has had for a couple of years. 

I love J's glamrock foxy locks! The blonder balayage highlights turned out so well.

Are you ready to lighten your super-dark hair yet?

MORPHIC Mugshot: M's Glossy Mane

When my new client M sat in my chair, she was immediately open to doing whatever I thought best. Love that open mind! 

When I looked at her hair, I noticed she could use some color correction. The bottom back section of her hair was a dark reddish brown, with highlights on top that were too light, creating a dramatic two-toned effect. There were also som faded, ashy blond tones that had turned a bit greenish. My taste is more bended and transitional, less disconnected. I do like contrast, but M’s hair just felt a little dated. That needed to get addressed!

I started with an-old school bleach bath. This is a quick process at the shampoo bowl to snap the faded, drab blond back to bright and pretty in seconds. This technique alone was a big improvement! We started in on a full highlight, using two different bleach mixtures to get the right levels of lift, while inflicting as little damage as possible. The next day, we followed up with  a clear gloss and a deep conditioning power dose to seal the deal!

M is obviously gorgeous and her attitude is so cool, she needed her hair to match! I am loving the results of her glossy, glamorous mane.

MORPHIC Mugshot: S is for Short & Sassy

S and I go way back.

She was my first client in San Francisco!  She was actually my hair model for the interview into a former salon I worked with. She is a very special person at Morphic that I will gladly bend over backwards for! 

In the 8 years I've seen her, we've never done the same thing twice. She’s so pretty that I can’t possibility make her look bad!  However, we often reminisced over the short styles we had done in the early days.

Recently, we took her super straight hair back to short and sassy, and it looks great! Such amazing texture!