-Today, I'm most fearful that my hair
is going to just react poorly to color.
Hi, I'm Danielle, and today I'm going blond.
Today, I'm going blond.
I was blond when I was a kid.
I've always wanted to do it as an adult.
I've been too chicken to do it.
Today, I'm most excited about sort of seeing it on me.
I've looked at so many photos for inspiration,
and I can't really visualize it on my own hair,
so I'm really excited to see the final product.
I'm so ready. [ Chuckles ]
-Hi, Danielle. -Hi.
-Hi, Danielle. Nice meeting you.
-Nice to meet you guys. -Beautiful hair.
-Oh, thanks. -So pretty.
-We're going to make it even better.
-[ Chuckles ] Very excited.
-Welcome to Salon A.K.S. We've been open for 23 years.
Our method is I build your house...
-And I paint it.
We've been working together for 26 years,
and Kao and I have been married for 23 of them.
-My hair is naturally sort of light mousy brown
and a little bit wavy,
so I'm excited to try something different.
-So with the haircut, I will bring Danielle's hair
a little bit shorter with a little layer in it
to give it a little bit of flow.
-So my hair journey has been pretty straightforward.
I'm sort of risk averse when it comes to changing my hair.
I colored my hair once, and I had really subtle highlights
to the point where no one noticed them.
And I've gotten some impulse things in the past,
which were not my look, but fun to try.
So I'm really excited to try something new.
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-As far as Danielle's color for today,
her hair is naturally beautiful.
I like to keep the integrity of the hair.
That's the most important thing for me.
I like to keep hair shiny, healthy.
It's most important whether you're going blond,
strawberry blond, brunette.
The most important thing
is to keep the hair healthy looking and shiny,
so that's what I'll do for Danielle today.
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I like that it's lighter framing your face
and then blending towards the back.
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As far as the maintenance, my motto is
the less maintenance, the better.
So if you need to come back in six months,
that's -- that's great for me.
And I'm going to have fun making Danielle blond.
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-When I was a little kid,
I was, like, sort of platinum blond.
My mom's blond, and she really is excited for me to do it.
I'm excited to try it,
and maybe this will be my look moving forward.
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-Are you ready? Here we go.
Ta-da! -Oh, my gosh!
-Yes! -Wait, that's crazy.
-[ Chuckles ] Beautiful. -I love it.
I really like it.
I'm freaking out a little bit just because
so much change at once, but I really like it.
It's exactly what I wanted, and I'm really excited about it.
Yeah, I'll probably add it to my Instagram story.
I have a lot of inquiring minds right now
who are asking me for pics, so.
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