Hair is really important.
I think hair is a lot of security, a lot of how we present ourselves.
A lot of how people perceive us.
And it can definitely change how you feel, in good and bad ways.
My name is Natalie Austin.
I’m from Palm Springs.
I’m a hairdresser and I’m getting a violet hair transformation.
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I’ve never had purple hair before that’s true purple.
I’ve had pink, I’ve had turquoise.
Some weird little white strip on the side of my head during the early 2000’s.
I really like the idea of having violet hair on myself because it really compliments a
lot of the existing tattoos I have on my body and it won’t necessarily clash so much with
what I already have going on.
I’m ready for it to be fun again.
My name is Del Miller and I’m a master colorist at Spoke & Weal, Los Angeles.
Hi, how are you?
Good, how are you?
I’m Natalie.
I’m Del, nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you.
So you mentioned purples, lavenders.
I kind of like that.
I like something along those tones.
What I would love to do that would be a little bit different, a little bit interesting, is,
I think, put a little bit of a shadow color in there.
Like a nice jewel-y, kind of purple tone like you mentioned.
And then we can start to pull through different layers of lavenders, kind of a softer,
kind of lilac pink color.
Something that still looks really fun, cool and kind of current.
I’m excited.
Let’s do it.
Alright, let’s do it.
So to begin this process we want to lighten up the hair.
Typically I do this in the mids and the ends first.
Alright, step one complete.
Once we get lighter, we’ll go onto step two.
I’m nervous because it has taken a long time to get my hair back to this healthy
condition.
Once I get the mids and the ends pretty light, I like to take all of the new growth and lighten that up.
Alright, now we wait.
Yay!
Alright, so now it’s time to blow dry.
So we’re going to get it all nice and dry
and then we’ll apply that fun color.
Alright?
Yes!
Alright.
It’s time to put a little purple on.
Yes, let’s do it!
So we’re going to go ahead and put on that darkest, richest color first.
Apply that to all of the new growth.
It’s happening!
Then I’m gonna
layer on different colors of lavender, lilacs and a little bit of pinks.
It’s definitely a change!
Definitely a change!
Alright!
It’s perfect.
I love it so much.
Thank you!
My pleasure.
Yeah, it looks so good on you!
You look awesome.
Thank you.
It’s just what I wanted.
It has the jewel tones, it has the violet.
I love it.
Thank you so much.
I love the color.
I love the color, how there’s so many different tones involved with the dimensions and the
waves.
I love every time I shift it I can get a new feel for it.
I like how there’s light and dark tones as well.
I feel like I really covered the whole violet spectrum.
It was amazing working with Del today.
I love his creativity.
I can’t wait to go home and show my daughter exactly what I’m coming home
with because she didn’t really know what to expect.
Working with Natalie today was amazing.
She's like an ideal client.
She’s up for anything, she knows what she wants.
And at the same time she allows us to kind of play around and have a good time.
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