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Which of your recent looks are you most proud of doing?

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The first recent look that I am proud of doing was a color correction on a friend of mine. She had been coloring her hair electric blue herself for YEARS! When she decided that she wanted to be either a platinum blonde or pastel color, she had some difficulties getting there. Before she came to me, her hair had been processed with lightener several times to try and get the blue out, but with the years of applying blue direct dye to her hair, the color kept being pushed further into the cuticle causing it to become lighter, but more fluorescent.When she decided to come to me, her hair was very fragile, but platinum with a green hue. At this point, she just wanted anything that was not what she had, even if it meant she had to go darker. With all the effort she put into getting lighter, I didn’t want to make her go dark, especially with a blown out cuticle that probably couldn’t hold the pigment anyways. We decided to shoot for a pastel rosy look with a shadow root to match her new growth.Prior to coloring her hair, I made she we did several Olaplex number 1 and 2 treatments on her and Aveda’s Damage Remedy Botanical Hair Treatments for more protein. We did this across 3 weeks before I tried a test strand. Her hair handled the test strand so we proceeded to do the correction. First I applied the shadow root, a very ashy violet level 4. I let the shadow root process on its own, to then emulsify it at the bowl, bringing the ashy tones through the mid-lengths and ends. After that, I chose to use Aveda’s DEEP line, which has an extra lift and extra deposit. I chose this over lightener because while the cuticle was open to lifting out the green, I needed to put some red in there to not only counter the green but to also get our rosy goal.The color turned out a bit more violet than we anticipated BUT as most of you know, color corrections aren’t always predictable. Luckily we both loved the end color even more than the original goal.For all my Aveda stylists out there here are my formulas for this look: Shadow root (in permanent line) 20g5N + 20g6N + 3.5g Dark Gray/Blue (deep tone) + 5g Violet Pure PigmentMid-lengths and Ends (in deep line) 20g10N + 20g12N + 4.5g Light Red/Violet + 1.5g Light Yellow/OrangeThe second look is a lot simpler, but that’s the beauty I see in it. Balayage techniques have gotten so popular in the last few years, I think it's made us and our clients sometimes forget about the elegance of highlighting foil work without balayage. This process, in particular, was a partial highlight. She was very clear about not wanting stripy highlights, which I am also not a fan of. I absolutely LOVE creating dimensional highlights. To achieve this, no matter the sectioning I take, I do everything on a diagonal, not one section will have vertical or horizontal subsections.A lot of people disagree with me on this, but everyone has their own way of doing things so I just agree to disagree. I always slice; I never weave my highlights, not even the hairline. If the guest wants to see more definitive, weaved highlights, I still choose to slice, I just change the direction of my subsections (this would be the time that I choose horizontal or vertical subsection partings)To achieve this look, in particular, I chose to do a medium to a heavy density of very fine slices. Her natural color was neutral to ashy in tone, so we chose to enhance that, rather than fight it. I can not take credit for this look entirely, because I did have a wonderful canvas to work on. The tone was a very simple, Aveda formula using the new Demi + line. 40g10N + 4g Light Ash (V/Gr)

What’s your absolute favorite hair trend right now?

Why do you love this trend so much?

My favorite hair trend currently, is vibrant fashion colored hair. I have always been attracted to bold things, especially bold fashion statements, whether that be some funky boots or bright yellow hair. I like things that stand out and grab your attention. With that being said, I was never huge on pastel colors. I think they are very pretty, but to me, the bright bold colors have always taken the cake! I am so glad that they are coming back as the pastel trend is fading.I also love that the current popular colors are colors that we used to steer away from like vibrant yellow, orange, and green. Most anyone can pull off some variation of violet, blue, or even red… but not yellow, orange, or green which is why I absolutely LOVE seeing people with those colors. I feel like pulling these colors off only partially requires the right undertones in the skin…. It's more about attitude! You definitely need some edge to you to pull off an orange pixie!