- It sounds like blow torches
are just surrounding me right now, oh my gosh.
(upbeat music)
We're on our way to Moehair Incorporated
to get some fire haircuts.
♪ Fire ♪
- I think my last haircut was about a year ago.
- Oh damn. - So I'm overdue.
- Definitely haven't had one in like five months?
And I've heard the fire. ♪ Fire ♪
- Takes away all your split ends.
- My boyfriend was very worried
that I would come back bald
because my hair would just be burnt off.
Worst case scenario, we don't have hair after this.
Best case scenario we have great hair after this.
- Yeah!
- So, I'm ready. - Yeah, let's do this.
- Hi, I'm Yana Tammah, artistic director for Moehair
and this is my partner, JayR.
- D'Angeles, one of the lead educators here at Moehair.
- We're here today to talk about fire haircut.
(pounding) (crackling fire)
- It is something that is old
but it is the best way to remove split ends.
How did they cut their hair?
Of course they use the fire.
There is a legend about Cleopatra.
She used the hot blades too.
- Ouch.
Anyway yeah, I first saw this technique done
on a preteen in a mountain province.
They were actually trying to remove lice.
- You know, actually it does make sense
because if you can imagine a 13 years old girl
you're not gonna shave her hair off.
Hi Chloe! - Hi.
- How are you? - Good.
- She has beautiful eyes.
- I have what?
- I thought you said a bit of lice!
- And she also has a few split ends.
No, more than a few I was being nice.
- [Crowd] Oh!
- Wow there's so many people on my hair.
- I would love to get all the split ends off
and like a blunt haircut with some layers
so it's not flat on my head.
- For length, maybe just like my shoulders.
- What I'm gonna do it we're gonna precut you dry.
- I am so excited but I'm also kinda nervous.
- Your safety is number one.
- Have you heard about hot scissors?
(creepy music)
- [Chloe] No, yeah tell me about them.
- Has electric cord and those blades get hot.
- It's a specific temperature just for your hair type.
- What do the hot scissors do
that the regular ones don't?
- Because the blades are so hot,
it's actually sealed the split end.
- Oh wow!
- See, they're thicker on the end.
- That looks so much better!
- We're not taking length off with fire, we're sealing ends.
It's not as short as I think she asked for
but I think the balance is good there.
We're gonna get ready to wash your hair
and leave in some of the nutrients and conditioners.
- Cool.
- You ready? - Yes, let's do it.
- [Yana] So step number one,
we're gonna just shampoo your hair.
After that we're gonna use bond builder.
This is for to seal your split ends.
It's kinda like a deep, deep conditioner treatment,
gives a lot of shine.
Next step, we're just gonna add
a deep conditioner treatment.
So we'll leave that in the hair
and when we're gonna do the fire haircut,
fire gonna kinda break all the ingredients down
to help to penetrate really deep inside of hair cuticle.
And that's it. (fire crackling)
- Before we do this, how do you make it safe?
- We have special capes, we have extra protectors,
we have wet towels, we have a fire extinguisher,
we have a bucket of water.
- I have to make sure that your hair is totally wet.
- We're gonna do the first technique using the Brjullers.
- Wow it sounds like blow torches
are just surrounding me right now, oh my gosh!
(laughing)
- We're going to twist the hair, the ends kinda pop out.
- Are you scared now?
- A little bit. - Damn, that's so cool.
I don't even really feel the heat or anything.
- It doesn't smell as bad as I thought it would smell.
- It kinda smells nice, like it just smells
like a mild burning which I can't say I hate that smell.
- Yeah I could see a lot of sparks right there.
- So when the sparks go away,
does that mean my hair's like, good to go?
- Pretty much yeah, yeah.
- So this is more spiritual.
- We're gonna fix your hair, we're gonna heal your hair.
- I need you to just relax and trust me
'cause I'm gonna work with your energy.
- I want you to know that I've got you
protected and guided through this whole procedure.
- Put your head in the front.
- Should I close my eyes? - Yes close your eyes.
- [JayR] What we have here is a medical forcep,
we wrap around a piece of cotton
that this is called the Pyrophhoresis.
(soft tribal music) (fire crackling)
- Rest. - I'm really nervous now.
- Shh.
(suspenseful music)
(record scratching)
- Come back and relax.
- That was ridiculously relaxing.
I mean, I feel like I do after I get a massage.
- We're going to end up now styling your hair
with regular blow dryers and brushes.
(laughing) - I'm excited.
(upbeat music)
- Ready to see what you look like?
- Yeah, I'm so ready.
- Okay, mirror mirror on the wall.
- Oh my god.
Whoa, it's so shiny!
- Whoa, oh my gosh I feel so soft.
- I can never run my fingers through my hair like ever
'cause it always gets knotty
and this is just like the smoothest thing in the world.
- I didn't know what to expect
so this is a great result.
- Yeah no, this is everything
that I want my hair to be like.
- [Stacey] Everybody should do this at least once.
- [Yana] Will you go back for that service?
- For sure.
- Yes I want to go back every day.
(laughing) (upbeat music)