Today, I'm most nervous about the color.
I have really brittle hair,
despite the fact that I never applied heat to it, I just
feel like it's really sensitive.
I'm afraid to have it burned or, you know, permanently
damaged in any way.
Hi, I'm Liza. Today I'm at Heroine Salon, getting a
sun-kissed balayage and a shaggy fringe.
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Growing up, my parents had no idea what to do with my curly hair.
They themselves do not have curly hair, so they used
to try to brush it and blowdry it every morning and I was
just completely unaware of what
to do with my natural hair texture.
In college, I used to do a lot of different colors and straighten it.
And then I decided as soon as I graduated
that I really wanted to see what my natural hair looks like.
So I shaved everything off, I had the tiniest little
pixie cut and I just sort of growing it from scratch.
And this is four and a half years of progress since then.
I'm going for that sun-kissed look to kind of give the
appearance that I left my apartment this summer when we've
all been sitting inside.
I'm also getting some layers and a light fringe.
Right now I'm at a really triangular shape with my curly
hair, and I'd really wanted to have a little bit
of lift and bring out my curly texture.
I'm Sarah Louise and I'm a stylist at Heroine's Salon in
New York City.
It's just a little heavy.
I feel like it's like bringing you down.
I definitely think you need some layers up in here.
So it gives it more of a defined shape.
And then after your color is all finished, I'll go back in
on wet hair and kind of texturize it and then we'll kind of
pick out those shorter pieces around your face.
Perfect.
Sound good?
Yeah.
Awesome, let's get started.
Let's do it.
First, I'm going to go in with shears and put a general
foundation in her hair just so that Michelle can see
what the cut consists of when she goes in with the color.
And then I'm going to keep the length by just trimming up
the ends a little bit.
And we're going to be doing this cut mostly dry.
I wear my hair back every single day because it's such a
triangular odd shape that I've run out of ideas of what to do with it.
I get my hair cut once a year out
of necessity, just to get rid of the dead ends but I've
never actually had like a good shape or
layering that I've liked.
Everything has just been like a maintenance.
So this will be like my first like big girl cut.
Hi, my name is Michelle, and I'm a master stylist here at
Herione Salon in New York City.
So today I will be foiling her and hair painting.
The first thing we're going to do is mix our lightener.
We're using Schwarzkopf's Lawn Me with six volume developer.
We're going to do a full foil on her,
starting at the back.
We're going to do some fine sections.
Once the foils are in her hair, we're going to go back in
and balayage the ends.
I'm excited to feel like I have some control over the shape
and color of my hair when right now everything feels like
a waiting game.
Normally the summer is a time when we all
pop off and do all the outdoor activities and kind of get them all in.
Obviously, the summer was different.
I've been inside for most of it.
So, I really want to give the illusion that I was in the
sun on a boat, living my best life, surrounded by people
and friends, just like soaking up all of that vitamin D.
When she has processed, we are going to remove all the
foils, rinse out to the balayage that we have hair painted
on to her and we're going to tone her hair.
We're also going to do a root shadow on it today just so it
has a really nice blend and softness throughout it.
It's going to look amazing on her, she's got beautiful curls.
It's just going to accentuate her curls a little bit more.
Give her some dimension and brighten her up.
Right after the colorists finished,
I'm going to go in with a razor and kind of break off that
cut, make it not so structured.
And then after it's all dried, I'm going to take my shears
and cut a few fringe, face-framing pieces to
really bring out her eyes.
I think it's going to give her all the volume around her
face and around her head that she needs.
Right now, it's just really long and it's weighing her down.
So I just wanted to brighten her up.
Alright, are you ready to see it?
Let's do it.
Oh my god, it looks so great.
I love it, it's exactly what I wanted.
My hair does look very healthy.
It feels healthy.
I love it so much.
It really looks like I was in the sun
all summer, not hiding in my apartment.
Thank you so much.
Oh my god, of course.
You're very welcome.
I love it so much.
It's basically exactly what I wanted.
It looks super natural and I love all these short pieces in the front.
I feel like they're really fun.
They're gonna give my face a little bit of dimension and
I guess it's one step closer to a full fringe.
Now that I actually have layers and my hair looks really
healthy and styled in the back, I might actually start
wearing it down instead of just pinning it back every day.
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