Haircuts

I often get asked “Can I get a trim? I don’t need a full haircut” Everyone has different texture and density. The process of a trim and haircut is the same since we are taking the same sections, but difference is that you are choosing to either try a totally new look or keep the same beautiful haircut, but take it up a bit to its original cut. For thick hair clients, it’s all about the weight and distribution of weight cutting. For fine hair, it’s all about the accuracy and form. Both are just as important and vital to a good haircut AKA trim.

Dry Or Wet? Whats the difference? Razor or shears or even clippers?!

Cutting on wet hair is very ideal for people that want a really strong shape. The strands are bonded with water so its easier to hold between our fingers and to manipulate them. Nevertheless, once dried, all the strands go to their natural bend or fall so finishing or even doing a whole haircut dry is vital to the end result in the way I cut. I love hair that can just keep growing out beautifully, that is why dry cutting or even finishing up a cut dry is very important. Razor (Straight razor, which I use instead of guarded) cuts each strand at a angle rather than a blunt cut which the shears do. This is amazing for people who have heavy straight strong hair that needs a bit of an airy touch. I love to use it to give a person texture or grit to their hair. If a person ALREADY has natural frizz, grit, or textured waves, I prefer using my shears to slide cut their hair. Clippers are used in mainly my short hair cut to get as much hair off. Then I detail and finish with scissor over comb for that softer grow out you notice rather.

Root touch up VS. Full Color

When you have artificial color on your hair that is ONE COLOR OR BLEACH OUT (give or take added on highlights), and if it has been about 5/6 weeks, its time for you to get a ROOT TOUCH UP. IF it has been PASSED the 5/6 WEEK mark, you are considered either an extended root touch up or a full color. The extended Root Touch up requires more color and time. Full Color requires A LOT more color and time to accurately apply. Remember, what goes on your roots in the first 1.5 inches is NOT the same formula that goes to the mid or ends of your hair. Dumping one solid color will dry out your ends or make them appear black or really dark.

Root Color Options

I provide several options for my clients :)

• Permanent FULL coverage color: It lifts your virgin hair and then deposits the desired color and covers all greys that grew out

• Demi Permanent color: Non Ammonia color that slightly lifts your virgin hair color about 1.5 levels from your virgin hair and deposits the desired pigment in your hair. Covers most greys, but gives it a more translucent appearance and also fades into what looks like highlights over time

• Gloss: Acidic PH does NOT lift any of your natural/virgin hair, just deposits tone. I specially create a toner pigment with all colors that grey doesn’t have so once it grabs, they will look like highlights in your hair, not messing with your actual hair that hasn’t turned grey.

• Base Break: lifts 1 level of your virgin hair. Great for clients who want to soften their root color, which blends their grey hair, but doesn’t cover them at all. Very ideal for lighter hair. Also great for really dark brown hair that doesn’t want to necessarily change their hair color but give it a little more brightness and warmth

• Partial Highlight is for people who already have highlights and this is to maintain it every 2/3 months to blend in with their roots. If the more hair grows out, I recommend getting a full.

• Full Highlight is ideal for people who: Love staying lighter over all and want to even go blonder than their last appointment what was no more than 3 months ago

• When you see someone with A LOT of blonde pieces at their ends, MOST likely they have been doing highlights for many years OR it was a 10 hour session or what I call a back to back FULL highlight. The more dimension you see in a person with a lot of blonde in their hair is either layers of highlighting or time combined with the amount of hair they have. FINER/THIN Hair clients will see less dimension over time of doing highlights than clients with DENSE/THICK hair.

• MODERN DAY HIGHLIGHTING VS. A DECADE AGO: When you look back in photos from the beginning of highlights up to maybe even 2010, MOST highlights are streaky/chunky and very noticeable in their grow out within 2 MONTHS. Very talented colorist in these modern times know how to highlight hair in a way that grows out effortlessly and go months or even a year till you chop it off because of the permanent and beautiful way it grows. To create that look, it takes more than 2 times the amount of color and time to achieve such an effortless look especially on someone with one solid color. When you see someone with multi dimensional highlights that are super saturated at the ends, MOST LIKELY its been processed multiple times to give that effect.

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