-I think what I'm most fearful about is just losing
my curl pattern or a shift in the texture of my hair
just because it has happened before.
Hi. I'm Carima, and today I'm getting a copper curly cut.
The look that I'm going for today
is just something a little sun-kissed
and completely opposite than what I've always had.
My hair is the first thing
that people typically notice about me.
I actually used to straighten my hair
a lot up until I was in high school,
but I played water polo and I swam.
So it damaged my hair.
My hair would just look really fried
from all the chemicals and heat and everything.
So I kind of just, like, stopped doing it.
And it turned out to just be something
that everyone really loves.
I've never had a color copper before.
There was one time where I did have red hair,
which was only because I was supposed to be blond
and there was, like, a little hiccup along the way.
My hair tends to be a little overwhelming for people
sometimes because it's so big.
So I'm excited to go see a curl specialist for the first time.
Hi. I'm Milena, and I do hair at Salon Kazumi in Beverly Hills.
I specialize in color corrections,
curly color, and blonding. I love curly hair.
I think it shows off everybody's uniqueness,
and I think everybody that has curly hair should embrace it.
Curly hair is everything.
I think we should take the length
off a little bit right here and just kind of round you out.
Give you some nice layers.
-I'm really excited about having some,
like, definition to my natural texture.
-Alright. We'll get started. -Yay.
-Today I'll give Carima a natural sun-kissed copper color
on her curly hair, and I will give her a curly cut and style.
First, I'm going to cut Carima's hair
to her desired length.
I will give her a dry cut
so I can see the shape as it is in the mirror
before we do any coloring and before we do any styling.
Then I'm going to cut her layers into a round shape.
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And I'm going to give her bangs just above her eyebrow.
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I'm going to walk through and make sure that
all of her ends are looking clean and fresh.
And now time for the color.
For Carima, I wanted to give her something really natural,
but still something that felt different.
So the copper tone that we chose
really complemented her skin tone
but also popped on her natural color.
The chemistry behind coloring hair is the same
whether it's curly or straight.
So if you know how to color straight hair,
you can apply those same rules to curly hair
and you will get the same results.
It's really nothing to be afraid of.
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I will section her hair into three sections.
Starting from the nape, working up the head,
I'm going to take straight sections,
doing maximum teasing,
and just painting the color on her ends.
I'm going to do the same technique
all the way through the head.
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Once I get towards the bang area and the front of her head,
I'm going to bring the color up a little bit higher
so that it creates a balayage blend.
Next, I'm going to place her back foils
in the dryer for about 10 minutes.
Once those are done, I'm going to put the dryer
right on top of her head for the front foils.
Once everything is done processing,
I'm going to rinse
and I'm going to start the detangling process.
I'm going to towel dry the hair slightly and coat the hair
with a deep conditioning treatment for hydration.
Starting from the nape of the head,
I'm going to take small sections
and I'm going to start detangling
all of the teasing that I did with the color.
For all curly clients,
I typically use a leave-in conditioner,
and then I base their styling products
off of the texture of the hair.
So whether they're fine and curly
or coarse and curly and the coil pattern of their curls.
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I'm going to use a denman brush
to make sure that the product is brushed through thoroughly
and that her curls are intact before drying.
Making sure that the head is saturated with water,
I'm going to take small sections and coat the hair with my
Ouidad primer, my Ouidad gel, and my Ouidad styling cream.
Next, I'm going to use the dryer and diffuse her hair
until completely dry.
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Carima's curls were really tight.
I wanted to loosen them up a little bit,
so I used a little bit of a hair oil
to kind of pull those curls out
and create more of a shaggy, textured look.
And now time for the big reveal.
Okay, are we ready for the big reveal?
-I'm ready. -Okay.
I'm gonna spin you.
-Oh, my gosh. It's so cute.
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I feel ecstatic about my hair.
My hair feels super healthy
and actually feels a little bit better
than it did before I had it colored.
So I'm pretty impressed with that.
-It was great seeing her reaction.
I could tell that she felt different, but in the best way.
She really felt like herself
and she was really excited to see her new hair.
The final result was amazing.
I think it totally complemented her personality
and her skin tone and it was super fun for her.
I know that it was very different for her,
but it still kept her feeling like herself.
-I love the overall color. It's kind of like a little bit
lighter of a sun -- like, copper version.
So I feel like it's something
that I haven't really seen too much of.
And unique to me.
-Carima was a really great client
because her natural base was a light natural level six.
So it was really easy to just use color.
So we didn't have to do any bleaching for her services,
which kept her hair intact
and kept her curls really healthy.
For the cut, we focused mostly on taking length off
and then giving her a round shape.
She really likes a lot of texture and a lot of movement,
so we kept short layers around the face
and around the top part of her hair
and took a little bit of length off to give her a round shape.
The whole transformation was three hours total.
-Before today, I didn't know that I really had
tight curls or ringlets,
so she really showed me how to, like, define my hair
and how to still have the same volume
but yet curl definition that I'm looking for.
So I'm excited to use that in my curl routine in the future.
-To maintain curls,
it's definitely important to use products like Olaplex
and professional products
that are going to maintain moisture and be safe for color.
She can technically go about a year or so
without touching her color at all,
or if she prefers, she can just let her hair grow out completely
before she retouches.
-I definitely feel better about, like, how my hair feels,
and I'm excited about my birthday coming up
and just being able to come into, like, a new chapter
and just enjoy the summer.
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