Wednesday, December 1, 2010

WINTER HAIR COLOR TRENDS 2010


WINTER 2010 LATEST AND GREATEST!!!!!!!!!!


  OK ..You asked ....so here we have it...Winter's 2010 Latest Color Trends!!!!!...With the holidays approaching and gas prices rising more and more women are finding themselves aimlessly scanning the isles of Wallmart and Target for the cheapest box color they can find..( Don't DO It )..!!! haha...seriouslllyy people....
This Fall the largest majority of client request have been color corrections which in the long run end up costing 50 times what you actually paid for that store bought color.....
Believe me...I definately feel u...haha...In a down economy a $10 dollar color sounds alot better than $100 and up....
And what self respecting woman want's to walk around looking like salt and peppa Sasquech...nooo...haha we all want to sport those Sexy Victoria Secret Carmel Locks ....but believe me ladies  it won't happen with that 3 dolla box of Color Silk..just sayin..

Instead what Celebrity Stylist are now suggesting is choosing a Darker Base Color...one that matches your natural with a few here and their warm high/ lowlights....choosing a darker base will delete the problem of 
( demarkation lines )  in the root area......so what to do what to do.???....

                          
                                 BLONDIES


For all you Blondes....Blown out Platinums are out...While Deep Honeys...Toffee's and Apricots are the new FlavA FLaveee.....
Instead of " Full Weaves "....ask your stylist for randomly
placed lowlights to match your root base...It's both Cost effective and saves time in between salon visits...







                          

                                   BROWNIES
       

 For all you Brunettes....!!! ...Both Warm and Cool tones
are great for the Holiday Season......Spice up your locks with randomly placed Warm flecs of Caramel, Cinnamon...Toffee...browns while keeping the root base your natural color....If your looking for cooler tones...try adding a splash of  deep reds...burgendy or cool Mahogany to any dark or natural base....Highlights beginning at the crown are now being traded in for dark roots and individually placed Peek A
Boo strands beginning under neath the first top layer of hair......




















RAVISHING RED'S
                                            
For you spicy red's...try deepening your palate with randomly placed Rich Mahoganys, Deep Cinnamons, or lightly placed Warm Coppers....the same rule applies for each shade this Winter......Dark roots..are the...SHiZZaaaY...!!






Saturday, October 9, 2010

NICOYA BLEND



JASON: PHOTOSHOOT
Hair/ Photo's: Tami Gardner




Okkkk so it's about time I start throwing some man
styles in with my blogs...;0)

For all you guy's whov'e asked for some suggestions on current styles here's a few that may be helpful....

The look for 2010 in my opinion is actually very boring & uninteresting...to be honest I havent been impressed with most of the cut's theyv'e had out for men recently....I mean you guys want to be eye catching...attractive....and up to date...but the haircuts Iv'e seen out for 2010 goes a little something like this....above the ears, side part, blocked in the back....ready...repeat...above the ears, side part, blocked in the back....Iv'e had a few guys come in over the last few months asking for this cut but I have to be honest....( ahhhhh ...) does it look attractive? sure...does it look modern ?? not so much....

In an attempt to break the boredum Iv'e created a few styles for men that originate from the fawx hawk / clipper over comb fade and tried to make it as versitile as possible for everyday wear.... With Jason we created a clipper over comb fade
then blended from short to long with a razor...This cut is a little on the edgy side..but gives a clean almost military look that can also be worn in or out of the office...

Friday, October 8, 2010

SHAGGY BETTY: Shaggy huh??



ALi : PARK AVENUE SALON PHOTOSHOOT
Makeup/ Hair: Tami Gardner
Photos: Glen Walton



SHAGGY BETTY: So whatsssss a SHaggy Bettyyy???

SHAGGY BETTYssss... the Emo girls default....
EMO: ( Emotional ) finds it's roots in Indie Punk...
It's a Trend that defines itself "Outside the Box".
Because of it's Unique and Versitile Layers this cut can be modified specifically to meet your flavaaa..fancy..
Short, long, choppy, shaggy....it's a gender friendly
cut that can be designed to suit any face shape.


Note: Howeverrrrr....in order to get that ( EMO ) look...you musttt get it right the first time...or else the kiddo with the 90's Mullet will be getting trashed canned and it won't be for his/her lunch money...;o)....Emo Styles are personalized so it's definately a client / stylist friendly cut...Jump right in ....tell your stylist what you want.....how you want it and be creative...


With ALi I designed a cut that gave the appearance of a
EMO Shagg framing her face but was designed to give the look of a shattered A-BoB from the occipital to the collar....This cut is also extremely versitile...
For all you youngins...it can be worn in little piggy tails in the back while maintaining a piecy fringe around the face.....flipped out...under....pieced with exstensions...paired with crazzy black liner, summer, winter, black, blonde...u name it gurrrrll just have funn....

SheRawK FawX HawK: South American Inspired


ANIKA: PARK AVENUE SALON PHOTOSHOOT
Makeup / Hair / Photo's: Tami Gardner
South American Inspired

While traveling through South America in the winter of 2004 I couldn't help but notice a reoccuring theme amongst the youth...from the top of Beunos Aries to the Cape Horn kids throughout the region were sporting what I could only describe at the time as" Butterknife Bangs " meets
" Steak Knife Surprise "...it literally looked like someone took a butterknife and attempted to chopp, chisel, carve a 1980's punk rock mullet into the head of every young person between the age of 15 to 25......I'll add in blindfolded just to paint a better picture...;)


As Crazzzy as it sounds....the results were actually beautiful...the cut had no rhym or reason like many of the popular cut's we see today, nor was it confined to a certain race, gender or celebrity icon ...it just was.... Returning home I decided to experiment with this cut while marrying it with some of the poplular 80's inspired punk styles we see in todays youth....What I ended up with was a blend of organized chaos throw in a braid or two and
it flavors the look with a Pinch of BoHemiaN..........


This cut is extremly versitile, takes little to no time to style
and oddly enough isn't confined to one single trend....
It can be worn longer or shorter, flipped out, flipped under,
braided, curled, tossled and you still get that little slice of edgy.














Friday, June 4, 2010

2010..SUMMER HAIRCOLOR TIPS & TRENDS !!!!!!





ok my peeps...soooo Im getting all kinds of questions on ( WHATS HOT !!! WHATS NOT ) FOR SUMMER 2010!!!!....



THIS SUMMER STYLIST ARE FOCUSED ON CREATING A MORE NATURAL SUN KISSED LOOKED WHILE RETAINING HAIRS NATURAL PIGMENT..IN OTHER WORDS....DARK ROOTS WITH SUNKISSED HIGHLIGHTS AROUND THE FACE...

- A SURFER LOOK THAT IS TRENDY FOR SUMMER....
ACCORDING TO CELEBRITY STYLIST.. GAVERT ATLIER " SURFERS HAVE THE BEST NATURAL HIGHLIGHTS - THEIRS NO START OR STOP TO THEM..THE SUN LIGHTENS THEIR HAIR IN SUCH A WAY THAT GIVES THE PERFECT GRADUATION FROM DARK TO LIGHT.."

SOO WHERE DO U GO FROM HERE?? START WITH THE BASE COLOR YOU ALREADY HAVE BY GIVING THAT OVERPROCESSED OR LEMON BLOND HIGHLIGHTED LOOK A WARM BOOST. IF YOUR BLONDE..TRY GOING ONE TO TWO SHADES DARKER THAN YOUR NATURAL COLOR WHILE STAYING AWAY FROM ANYTHING WITH A YELLOW OR ASH BASE. BRUNETTES & RED HEADS MAY WANT TO LIGHTEN THEIR BASE COLOR A SHADE.
SURFER GIRL HAIR HAS DIMENSIONAL COLOR..VARIATIONS OF LIGHTS AND DARKS AND SHOULD BE ONE TO TWO SHADES LIGHTER THAN YOUR BASE COLOR. THE RICHER THE BASE COLOR , THE MORE VARIATIONS OF COLOR YOU CAN HAVE. THE IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER IS TO KEEP THE VARIATIONS OF COLOR IN THE SAME COLOR FAMILY. WARMS WITH WARMS...COOLS WITH COOLS...

FOR LIGHT HAIR: WHEAT & BABY BLONDE ARE IDEAL
FOR DARK TO MEDIUM HAIR: TOFFEE AND CARAMEL & FOR THOSE OF YOU WITH
RED: LIGHT COPPERS AND STRAWBERRY BLONDES......