303 Hair show

Last night I helped my friend Charlie Price with his finale segment for the 303 magazine hair show. Here are a couple of pictures.

Brazilian Blowout Scandal Update

Brazilian Blowout has come under fire since the Oregon OSHA tested their solution as said it contains formaldehyde. Brazilian Blowout came out this year with a new solution that they claimed does not contain formaldehyde or any "hyde" type ingredients.  I was shocked to hear anything different, but reserved judgment until I heard from Brazilian Blowout. Here is what they said today

Official Statement from Brazilian Blowout

04-Oct-2010

As the investigation of the OSHA claim continues, Brazilian Blowout is pleased to announce that the manufacturer of the Brazilian Blowout Professional Solution, Cadiveu, stands behind the integrity of its products citing that "recent independent lab tests, conducted by Cadiveu's US division, again confirm that this professional solution does not contain formaldehyde."

We will continue to release updates on the investigation as they become available.

What's in a Foil?

Over the summer I completed a 6 week color program called Red Chocolate. The color portion was taught by the color master David Adams. To say I learned a few things about being a better colorist would be an understatement-It pretty much rocked my world and then some.
We did a class on foiling and talked about what's in the foil. I though you all might find it interesting that you can have more than just traditional weaved highlights in there. So do you know what your colorist is putting in your foils?
Slices-similar to traditional highlights can be a little to much bolder effect depending on the thickness of slice
Color melting-where 2-3 colors "melt" into each other so you can see where they begin or end. This is one way of doing the gradient or ombré color that is super hot right now
Singles-good for curly hair a small section is placed into the foil in a more random pattern
Tips-also good for curly hair hair-the mid length is backcombed so that just the ends get the color
Diffused Highlights-similar to tips-hair at scalp is backcombed and mid length and ends are colored

Reader Question Answered

I received this picture from a reader asking how to recreate this look

First curl all the hair with a 1" curling iron

Then, separate the front from 1" below the crown

and down behind each ear and clip out of the way

take the back section and put into a ponytail mid way between

crown and neck. Back comb or back brush the ponytail at the base

loosely pin the curls over the pontytail.

Next, take the sides and loosely pin into the back section

Last backcomb the top at the roots and smooth back and pin

into the back section. Pinning small sections at a time will give you

that loose feel with it being secure.

Spin Pins

I heard about these new hair pins by Goody called spin pins. They claim to replace using 20 bobbypins in your hair for upstyles. I found them at my local Target and have tried them a couple of times. Overall they are pretty cool, but for someone who has medium to fine hair like me, although a ton of it I had to do a little back combing to thicken up my hair so the pins ends wouldn't show. I wish they made them in different lengths. They also claim you don't need a ponytail holder first, but I found you do otherwise some of those side hairs fall out when the style loosens a bit.

Hana Professional Flat Iron

I've been testing out this professional flat iron I was given from misikko.com for the last couple of months and I have to say I'm a fan. I've used it on several Brazilian Blowouts and it works great. I don't love the hot pink color so much, but I do love that it has a temp dial so you can set it to whatever temp you want. It goes up to 450 degrees! The plates are long so you don't have to take tiny sections which was my problem with my last flat iron.
They sell lots of other brands like Chi and another fave of mine FHI
Check out their great section of Best Flatirons

disclosure: I received the Hana flat iron free for my review

Janine Jarman's Feather Braid

After I saw my girl Janine do this on Shear Genius I just had to know how to do it. I searched the internet and couldn't find anything. So I took to twitter to ask the source. Here is her answer Janine Jarman's feather braid Much love girl you are super talented!