Spring 2014 brings a whole new look on style. The best words I can use to describe it are neat, fresh and free. The hair should appear shapely and soft, beautiful but simple, loose but styled. This is what inspired the look I create for Antonella this season.
For her hair color I chose two shades to blend out her existing hi lights; a deep chocolate brown and caramel brown shade to match Antonella’s super sweet personality! I worked with one of my lead stylist Patty, who does Antonella’s hair when I’m not in town, or busy at the Q. She methodically alternated with each color section by section to create the beautiful hues of brown throughout her new style, it reminds me of torte shell.
As for her new haircut, I started by creating a perfect length that would still look very feminine for Antonella but have a little more of the diva drama she also loves by creating a very strong blunt bottom line 5 inches shorter. The perfect new length I chose was about an inch below the collar bone and I cut at a 30 degree angle so her new look would have a lot of movement and swing.
Once I began cutting sections from the part my angle was closer to 75 degrees and I was point cutting these sections because it creates a more lightness to the style that blunt cutting does not and I pulled the part line up to cut because both techniques create more lift on top, because my girl Antonella loves her lift!
Then I sprayed on Calista Tools Embellish Expand to give her extra fullness, shine and style before I blew dry it. I then repointed the slight graduation and re blunted the bottom line. I dry cut 100% of the time, even if I wet cut first, because that’s how it becomes perfect and extends how long the haircut lasts.
To finish Antonella’s new rocking look I used Calista Tools Embellish Volume for great volume, list, texture and hold. Taking a section 2 inches wide and 1 inch thick, spray from root to end, a little heavier in the root for my bling girl, hold 5 seconds and then worked my way through all the sections of her hair. Then I took my Perfecter and created a soft wave in the front and flipped the ends up and VIOLA! GORGOIS!!!!!
Reach out if you have any questions…hope you get a chance to get an inspiring new look for the Spring too!