I'm a little bit nervous, but I'm excited.
I have not done anything to my hair for like
a long time.
And maybe I'm going to look younger?
I'm not sure.
I'm curious to see how it's going to be.
Hi, I'm Thais and today I'm going to get
a Dua Lipa inspired two-tone look.
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I want this look today because I've not done
anything to my hair for like a long time.
The celebrities inspiring me to do this look today
is Dua Lipa and Brittany Xavier.
I actually had this type of hair when I was like 17.
So now, twelve years later,
I wanna see how it is going to look on me.
If I'm going to look younger?
I don't know how it's gonna feel.
Hi, I'm Dell Miller, and I'm master colorist at
Spoke and Weal Los Angeles.
Working in the conditions that 2020 has brought
to us, it's been a challenge for sure, but
also it's really brought kind of this sense
of problem solving.
When we are working back in the salons,
it's 100% safe.
And this is making sure that we put those
practices into place.
My natural hair is like a mix of afro, curly and straight.
Maybe it's because my father's Black
and my mom is white.
I grew up in Brazil.
Back home, I used to change my hair a lot
because I had my mom, she used to help me
all the time.
And since I moved to America about four years ago,
I've not changed that much because it's
too complicated to keep up with.
But now I'm like ready for some change.
Hi, I'm Lindsay Victoria and I'm a cut specialist
here at Spoke and Weal L.A. and also a hair
cutting and styling educator.
Thais loves her length, so I wanted to respect that.
We wanted to give her really fresh, clean line
on her ends.
She's growing out some bangs so I just
did a little blending just to diffuse the bangs
into the side.
Keep it simple.
First, with Thais
I want to make sure that I isolate
where I want to have the block coloring.
So I'm going to press section those areas
before I apply the color.
Next, I want to take small slices just to get
even saturation through the hair with
the lightener.
This is to make sure that I get even blonding
and so that when I go to tone it later, it'll
have an even saturation then, too.
Once I have all the block area colored and isolated,
I'm going to begin in the back where
I'm going to add a glossing formula that is going
to richen and deepen her tones.
I start out by first applying the color to the root area.
This is to make sure that I get even saturation
and nice richness at the base color.
Next, I'm going to pull through each of the sections,
making sure that I saturate all
the way through the color.
Some variations that you can do with this,
is you can leave some areas out if you want
to add a little bit of dimension.
It's really up to you.
So have fun and make sure that you play around
with the color.
When we did this look for Britney Xavier,
it was one of those things.
It was like, great, this will be really fun,
I think people will see it and like it but
I didn't necessarily know that people would
want to come in and it would have so much buzz.
There have been a lot of people who've reached
out that have really, really liked it and
had been nervous about taking those steps
but then also a lot of people who'd been really
excited about coming in and seeing if this is a
color that will work for them.
Finally, I want to make sure that I tone
all of the block area.
We have a little bit of warmth in there that we
just want to neutralize.
We don't necessarily want to take it ashy,
but we want to make sure that it's a nice,
neutral vanilla color.
I'm going to take a small spoolie and add a
little bit of a roof dim, this is going
to make sure that the hair grows out nice and even.
Hair, to me, really means a new media of art.
It's an installation that's commissioned
that people get to walk around and show
kind of my passion.
It's such a fun and cool industry to be a part of.
And I love that it impacts people
every single day.
Ready to the big reveal?
Yes.
Okay, let's go.
Woah!
Wow, it's so cool.
When I saw myself in the mirror for the first time,
I was shocked.
I don't know.
I was like, whoa, that's good.
That looks me.
It's not exactly like Dua Lipa, it's like he
used that inspiration, but it's all me.
I was afraid to look too young.
You know, I already have a young face,
but actually I feel more mature, it has like a
little fun attitude.
I think if you are hoping to change just a little bit
of your hair, this is perfect.
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