WELCOME BACK TO "LIVING
808."
TIME TOP DRY AND NO BETTER
PERSON TO GIVE US BLOW DRYING
TIPS THAN MASTER STYLIST MICHAEL
BASTA, JR., I SHOULD MAKE IT
SOUND NOOR ITALIAN.
NICE TO BE HERE.
I HAVE TO LIVE UP TO THE
INTRODUCTION.
I'M HERE TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME
OF THE TIPS AND TECHNIQUES WE
USE EVERY DAY IN THE SALON TO
GET A WELL-FINISHED BLOW DRY AND
A LITTLE THING I LIKE TO CALL
THE ZEN OF BLOW DRYING.
YOU'VE GOT ME WITH THAT.
THREE STEPS TO TAXI DIVIDE
AND CONCUR, GO WITH THE FLOW AND
CHILL OUT.
I LIKE THIS.
SOMETIMES A TASK SEEMS SO
LARGE THAT IT'S EASY TO GET
OVERWHELMING AND SOMETIMES I'LL
PUT IT OFF AND I DON'T TAKE IT
ON ALTOGETHER AND I REMIND
MYSELF THAT I DON'T HAVE TO PLAN
OUT THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, JUST
THE NEXT FIVE MINUTES, RIGHT.
SO WHEN YOU APPROACH THE BLOW
DRY, DIVIDE AND CONCUR.
WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IS TAKE A
SECTION.
YOU WANT TO DIVIDE IT AND CLIP
THE REST OF THE HAIR COMPLETELY
OUT OF YOUR WAY.
AND THIS IS HUGE.
YOU WANT TO TAKE A SECTION
THAT'S NO BIGGER THAN THE
DIAMETER OF OUR BRUSH AND I KNOW
WHAT YOU'RE THINKING BECAUSE
MOST PEOPLE SITTING HOME
THINKING AIN'T NO ONE GOT NO
TIME FOR THAT.
THIS IS THE THING THOUGH.
TIME AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
GOOD AIRFLOW GOING THROUGH THE
HAIR, IT WILL BE DONE.
THE JOURNEY OF 100 MILES BEGINS
WITH ONE STEP.
TIP NUMBER TWO, GO WITH THE
FLOW.
OKAY.
WHEN I WAS IN KAUA'I AFTER THE
HURRICANE INIKI HAD HIT THE
ISLAND.
NEXT TO THESE HOUSES I STARTED
NOTICING THESE P PALM TREES WERE
ENTIRELY IN TACT.
THE REASON WAS THEIR ABILITY TO
BEND.
SO I REMIND MYSELF TO GO WITH
THE FLOW A LITTLE BIT.
WHAT THIS HAS TO DO IS THE HAIR
HAS TO FLOW AS WOMAN.
THE CUTE L IS THE OUTER LAYER OF
THE HAIR AND IT'S STACKED LIKE A
SHINGLE FROM THE ROOF.
IF YOU BELLE INTO THE SCALP,
YOU'RE GOING TO GET A VERY ROUGH
FINISH AND IT'S ACTUALLY.
YOU WANT TO BLOW AWAY FROM THE
SCALP.
AWAY FROM THE SCALP.
YOU'RE DIRECTING THE AIRFLOW
AWAY.
I'M DOING IT WRONG.
IT'S A BIG THING BECAUSE NOT
CUTICLE, ALL THE BROKEN HAIR IS
JUST GOING TO BLAST OPEN.
IT'S A LITTLE THING BUT IT
REALLY MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE.
IT'S TOUGH TOO.
ON HIGH-DEFSPARKES IT PICKS UP
ALL OF THE ROGUE HAIRS.
CHILL OUT.
FAILURE TO CHILL CAN RUIN EVEN
YOUR BEST EFFORTS.
IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN -- I'M SURE
YOU HAVE BUT WHEN A STYLIST BLOW
DRIES OR CURLS HAIR, HE WILL
TAKE A SECTION AND ONES HE
COMPLETED IT, HE LEAVES IT
ALONE.
HE DOESN'T PLAY IT.
THE HEAT IS WHAT BREAKS DOWN THE
HYDROGEN BONDS OF THE HAIR.
IF YOU START PLAYING WITH IT
RIGHT AWAY WHILE IT'S WARM, WHAT
HAPPENS IS YOU BREAK IT RIGHT
NOW AND YOU DEFEAT YOUR PURPOSE.
THE WHOLE IDEA IS YOU PUT IT IN
AN THEN YOU RELAX.
WHILE YOU'RE CHILLING OUT, YOU
KNOW, IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO
HAVE A GLASS OF WINE.
I LIKE THIS PROGRAM.
MAKE SOME TEA OR IF IT'S LIKE
9:00 IN THE MORNING AND WE HAVE
TO GO TO WORK STILL.
THIS IS PART OF THE ZEN.
MY CLIENTS I WOULD NEVER DRINK.
WHAT STYLES ARE POPULAR RIGHT
NOW?
I THINK PEOPLE DEFINE
THEMSELVES MORE OF A COLOR NOW.
WHEN I FIRST GOT INTO HAIR,
REALLY DIFFERENT HAIR COLOR WAS
REALLY COOL.
JENNIFER ANISTON.
BUT NOW IT'S EVOLVED A BIT.
BACK THEN HAIR COLOR WAS STILL A
LITTLE TABOO.
I REMEMBER MY SISTER AND MOTHER
HAVING AN ARGUMENT BECAUSE SHE
WAS 12 AND SHE WANTED TO COLOR
HER HAIR AND MY MOTHER IS LIKE
GOOD GIRLS DON'T DO THAT.
BUT NOW PEOPLE DEFINE THEMSELVES
WITH COLOR.
YOU SEE ELDERLY WOMEN WITH PINK
AND PURPLE AND KIDS ARE COLORING
THEIR HAIR.
SO YOU SEE A LOT OF THAT.
KIND OF LIKE THE BIGGEST TREND
IS JUST HAVING FUN WITH COLOR.
YOU GOT THE GRAY HAIRS.
HOW CAN PEOPLE MAKE AN
APPOINTMENT AND TALK TO YOU
MORE?
CALL PAUL BROWN SALONS.
I'M AT THE WARD CENTER.
WE'LL BE CELEBRATING 50 YEARS IN
BUSINESS.
HE'S A LIDGED.
THE MAN'S INCREDIBLE.
I MET HIM BY ACCIDENT ALMOST TWO
DECADES AGO.
I WAS OUT VISITING MY FATHER WHO
WAS VISIT FEDERAL INVESTIGATION
ALZHEIMER'S.
I BUMPED INTO HIM AND WE STARTED
TALKING.
HE WAS LIKE WHY DON'T YOU COME
WORK HERE AND YOU CAN SPEND SOME
TIME WITH OUR FATHER.
I HAD A SALON IN PHILADELPHIA AT
THE TIME SO I COULDN'T DO IT.
BUT HIS COMPASSION KIND OF STUCK
WITH ME.
WHEN I CAME OUT HERE, I DIDN'T
WANT TO CHOOSE A SALON, I WANTED
TO CHOOSE AN OWNER BECAUSE I
KNOW THE CULTURE M SOMETHING IS
DEPENDENT UPON THE OWNER.
HE'S DEFINITELY THE RIGHT GUY.
I DEFINITELY MADE THE RIGHT
DECISION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING
IN.