Hair is so powerful.
It really means that you have a sense of self.
Hi, I'm Amanda.
And today I'm getting honey blonde hair.
But before you see my transformation, subscribe below.
I've always had long, darker hair.
My mom was always telling me,
why don't you lighten it up?
And I was always so stubborn.
But a few years ago, I decided to go blonde
and I've never looked back.
And I can confirm, blondes do have more fun.
The celebrity that inspired this look for today
was Emma Roberts.
Her long, gorgeous honey blonde hair really inspired me.
I usually am doing a little bit icier,
so honey blonde, I think, is gonna be perfect for me.
It'll bring out the warmer tones in my skin.
Being stuck in quarantine has messed up my hair routine.
It's time to fix this baby up.
Hi, my name's Kazumi.
I own the hair salon called Salon Kazumi in Beverly Hills, California.
When they shut us down again, my immediate reaction was
I cannot not work.
So I just created my backyard salon.
Hi, I'm Daniel and I am a cut specialist.
Hi, I'm Daniel.
Hi, I'm Amanda.
Nice to meet you.
So nice to meet you.
Yeah.
Want to give you a little bit more movement,
a little bit more sassiness.
Oo!
First, I took up the length.
I used inversion layers,
which kind of gives more volume
because the layers are quite shorter
than the rest of the hair.
But I point cut it, so they're blended into the length.
Oh my gosh.
Look at that.
I love it.
Hi, good morning.
How are you?
I'm good, how are you?
Good. I'm Kazumi.
Amanda.
Nice to meet you.
So nice to meet you.
Okay, so how was the haircut with Daniel?
It was so good.
It looks so much healthier.
I'm obsessed.
And I love the layers that he did to frame my face.
Yeah.
I think it's already made such a difference.
Yeah.
So you definitely have lots of regrowth.
Yes.
So we'll brighten this up.
And you don't really have much in the back.
The back is like all dark.
So we will brighten this up, too.
First, I gave Amanda highlights.
She had a lot of regrowth,
so I lifted those regrowth parts to brighten up.
And also her ends were feeling a little drab.
So I tipped her out to make the ends lighter.
Then I shampooed her hair.
And her hair was a little compromised,
so I gave her a conditioning treatment.
And then I did a toner.
Hair can absorb differently.
So, Amanda's hair is very porous.
So I ended up doing toner twice
to get that beautiful honey warm tone look.
So I'm just going to add just a few clip in extensions
to add a little more thickness and also brightness.
Okay Amanda, ready to see your final reveal?
Yes! I'm so excited.
Okay, let's see!
There you are.
Oh my god!
I look so good.
I could cry.
I feel like a celebrity.
This is insane.
I don't even know how to explain it.
I feel so good.
I feel light.
I feel airy.
I genuinely just feel like myself again.
My experience with Kazumi was amazing.
She's such a sweet person
and she's so knowledgeable in what she does.
I trusted her with every step that she was taking,
and I felt so comforted knowing
that she really wanted to get it right and get
exactly what I wanted.
Amanda was awesome.
She had a really positive attitude the whole time,
and she was so excited for me to do her hair.
And her reaction was so amazing.
She had tears in her eyes, almost made me cry.
The first person that I'm going to show my new hair to is my mom.
I'm so excited.
I can't wait to FaceTime her and reveal it to her.
Hi!
Oh my god. It's stunning!
Don't I look amazing?
I love it.
It's gorgeous.
From the beginning until what I look like now,
it really improved the way I felt about myself.
And now I'm gonna go out into the world
feeling like a better me.
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