February 08, 2019
today we will be discussing how to FOIL and style FINE HAIR.
dealing with FINE hair can be challenging. when the highlights aren’t spaced out properly, a common result is that the color will look CHUNKIER at the top of the hair strand than nearly DISAPPEAR towards the bottom. there are some tips and tricks that i will be sharing that’ll make sure your highlights look FLUID from root to end. i will also go over ways to STYLE FINER hair so it doesn’t look LIMP and/ or WEIGHED DOWN by product.
first, you’ll want to analyze the hair to examine the DENSITY or THICKNESS. ressa has FINE HAIR (so the actual STRAND of hair is thin) and has a MEDIUM DENSITY (aka she has a medium size army of skinny girls:D )
PRO TIP: there is no cookie cutter way of explaining how thick your ‘slice of hair’ needs to be. you will need to VISUALIZE what your end result will look like with the ‘THICKNESS OF SLICE’ that you chose. YOU WILL NEED TO CHOOSE A THICKNESS THAT LOOKS EVEN FROM ROOT TO END. if the section is too thin, the roots will look chunky and the color will disappear closer to the ends.
PRO TIP: another common problem to be aware of is putting your foils too close together. if the foils are too close, it’ll APPEAR as a SOLID COLOR, NOT as HIGHLIGHTS.
if you would like to see a live demo of this, you can watch the live demo we recorded.
i am using SLICES for my highlights. SLICES will give a result of beautiful PANELS of color coming through.
ressa typically wears her part on her FAR LEFT.
PRO TIP: when working with ‘THE PART’, a good rule of thumb is to foil the PERPENDICULAR to the part. for example, if the hair is parted on the left, i would foil the hair ANGLED towards the right (aka perpendicular). this will prevent giving the client a “STRIPY” look. if my foils were parallel to the part, it would fall from the part like “racing stripes”.
i am also going to use WEAVES for the top section instead of slices. slices would work too, you just need to be really careful that there’s enough hair left out to prevent the hair from looking over highlighted.
PRO TIP: you till need to RE-EXAMINE the hair density to determine the type of WEAVE that you will be doing. today we will be doing a MEDIUM WEAVE on ressa.
once the top section is done, i will finish off the back 2 sections of her head using slices.
this is actually my favorite FOILING PATTERN! it always gives the most diffused result.
PRO TIP: section the side sections just behind the ears. if the sides are any smaller than this, the back sections would be too big, making them very difficult to work with.
after the color PROCESSED, i RINSE and WASH the hair and start the style.
the key to the perfect style is to start with a quick, POWER DRY. when hair is fully saturated with water, it can’t soak up much else. today, i am misting in nvenn’s ‘fix’ spray. this is going to add a bit of GRITTINESS, adding a bit of TEXTURE similar ‘DAY OLD HAIR’.
next and most importantly add nvenn’s ‘protect’, HEAT PROTECTANT SPRAY.
afterward, it’s a matter of BLOW DRYING. first, start power drying their hair with your FINGERS. using just my HANDS you can see how FULL the hair looks. now that it is ALMOST FULLY DRY we are able to get a brush into the hair.
you can finally see that the color BLENDS EVENLY throughout the hair. ressa can definitely feel the INCREASE in VOLUME that her hair has.
make sure to leave any questions below and always follow @nvennhairbeauty. thanks for giving us your time and stay tuned for another blog next week. xoxoxo
February 01, 2019
hello everyone! today we are here with lauren. she is going to help us demonstrate the importance of doing a thorough hair CONSULTATION. i personally recommend doing a consult at the start of every appointment, even if they have been seeing you for a year! obviously, as you get to know your client better, the consult won’t need to be as thorough but it’s still important to check in with your client every time they are in so that you don’t get stuck in a rut.
as you get to know your client you can skip some of these questions because you will know what they love about their hair and challenges they have. a GREAT way for you to start the consult asking “are you looking for a CHANGE today?”
you’d be surprised how impactful this ONE question can be. more often than not, a new client will tell me that they left their last stylist because they are SIMPLY LOOKING FOR CHANGE! and not a change in stylist, just a change in their style. just by asking this SIMPLE question you can keep a customer in your chair for YEARS to come because you will know exactly how to give them what they want.
the majority of clients seek me out because they know i LOVE to do TRANSFORMATIONS! before i begin any service, i chat with them for at least 20 minutes before i SUGGEST a style. i don’t want them to just look good whenever they LEAVE my salon, i want them to be able to upkeep the hairstyle until they come back.
lauren (our model today) is going to simulate a HAIR CONSULTATION that i would do for a new client.
lauren expresses that even though she loves how QUICK her hair takes to dry she still feels like she lost some of the VOLUME her hair used to have in the past. that being said, she loves how QUICKLY she can do her hair in the morning.
--→just that one question gave me a lot of insight. now, i already know that she does not take a lot of time on her hair. but that doesn’t necessarily mean that she wouldn’t if given the option. also, i’m not going to suggest a style that would compromise her losing the things that she loves about her hair.
lauren informs me that she would not want to spend more than 20 minutes a day (or on the days she needs to do her hair).
--→ obviously, i will need to suggest a style that works with any growth patterns that she has, such as cowlicks. i would also need to consider her natural texture etc.
lauren attempts to wash your hair TWICE A WEEK and would put 20 minutes into styling her hair those days.
--→ again, i would need to consider this in my style suggestion. if a client had crazy curly hair, i wouldn’t suggest a style that would require her to straighten her hair every time that she wet it.
lauren tries to avoid HEAT on her hair, so most days she lets the hair AIR DRY. that being said whenever lauren had LONGER hair she did end up blow drying her hair.
--→ this is important to know because it addresses the first problem that she had at the beginning about her hair being limp. people don’t just wake up with volume in their hair, it needs to be styled into the hair. NO flat iron, or curling iron will give lift at the roots the way a dryer can.
lauren said she would definitely be able to do that as long as she was able to be TAUGHT how to do it.
----> 99% of people will say yes. i’m more so asking her this to get a verbal commitment from her up front. we want our clients to understand that we aren’t magicians! there is no ariana grande, or kim k’s in the world that wake up looking like that, even with the right haircut!
lauren finds her hair to be THINNER and gets GREASY easily. she has to CHANGE up her products from season to season. she wishes she had more BODY in her hair.
----> this is an EXTREMELY important question because it tells me EXACTLY what NOT to do. it also tells me the things i need to fix for her to have her as a lifetime client.
lauren would love it if her hair would have more of a NATURAL WAVE or BODY to it.
“i do have a NATURAL WAVE to my hair,” says lauren. “but the NATURAL WAVE only starts HALFWAY DOWN my hair length. i’m sure if i use more product in my hair it may get to a point where i actually like the natural waves in my hair.”
----> i asked her this because she came in with her hair straight. now that i know she likes her natural texture, i can possible suggest a perm depending on what else i find out through the rest of the consult. here is our most recent blog on NATURAL BEACH WAVE PERMS.
“once i like the wave of my hair yes i would definitely love to wear it WAVY.” says lauren
asking all of those questions got me to a great place to suggest a style for her. that being said, i have a few more questions before i’m ready to make a style SUGGESTION.
so far i possibly suggest a PERM. we recently did a video about a NATURAL PERM with only using EIGHT RODS that we will definitely link below. this would give her this beautiful NATURAL WAVY TEXTURE from route to edge.
lauren finds that she does touch her hair rather OFTEN and that might contribute to some of the GREASINESS in her hair.
----> i need to know this because it addresses her problem of how flat her hair is. someone can do an OUTSTANDING job styling volume into their hair and it can disappear within the first hour if they are playing with it. YOUR JOB AS A STYLIST IS TO GET INTO THEIR HEAD SPACE AND FIGURE OUT WHERE THEIR “HAIR PROBLEMS” ARE STEMMING FROM.
lauren currently switches between three product lines, one being nvenn. she switches up her products every season. she states that the products lose EFFECTIVENESS over time.
the products that lauren uses are WASH , POLISH, and SMOOTH . she also uses CLEAN from time to time.
--→ she voiced that she wants more volume in her hair but doesn’t use a volumizer!! something i will explain to her when i teach her how she will need to style her hair
lauren says that sometimes her hair won’t feel as CLEAN or the conditioners may make her hair a bit more GREASY than when she started using them.
----> this doesn’t actually happen. what this tells me is that i need to teach her how to properly wash her hair. washing her hair properly will help to avoid any build up that will develop. that being said, we do live in a climate that changes drastically from season to season so likely she will need to switch up her products to accommodate for that. for example, our winters are long and harsh and people usually find their scalp and hair to be DRYER so they will need to switch to something more MOISTURIZING.
lauren does a lot of high-intensity workouts and she also does yoga. most of the time lauren just wears her hair up in a ponytail when she works out.
----> this decides the length of the style that i can suggest. if i think of a style that would be shorter than “ponytail” length, i would want to make sure i check with her first to make sure she approves. yes its something that a client should be aware of on their own but it’s not something that they think of. AGAIN, IT’S YOUR JOB AS THEIR STYLIST TO HOLD THEIR HAND THROUGH THE PROCESS. YOU ARE THE ONE THAT HAS THE TRAINING AND THE FORESIGHT TO KNOW THESE THINGS.
lauren has had BANGS in the past and she feels INDIFFERENT about them bangs. overall, she just really wants a LOW MAINTENANCE style. because she has had bangs before, she is aware that they GROW IN rather quickly and there is maintenance required with them. she has had shorter LAYERING around her face and doesn’t really mind that.
---->being that lauren already knows a good bit about BANGS she already understands what type of maintenance comes with them. for someone who is new to bangs, they may not understand that it requires DAILY styling. it will only take a couple of minutes but nonetheless, it can’t be avoided really. if someone does not want to put in those few minutes every day then DO NOT SUGGEST BANGS.
a couple years ago lauren CHOPPED off a bunch of length. she has not experienced with COLOR yet because she does understand that all colors require maintenance.
----> this tells me that whatever style i choose for her should be something that she likes long term. she is someone where a SMALL CHANGE IS PROBABLY A BIG ONE.
lauren used to come into the salon once every season but now, that she is in a different climate, she likes to come in every 6 TO 8 WEEKS.
--→ if a client said to me that they only get their haircut twice and year and don’t understand why their styles don’t last (or whatever the problem may be), i would know one of the issues to address.
lauren said that she would be open to getting her color EVERY OTHER visit.
---->after hearing that, i immediately know that a SOLID COLOR will not be a great suggestion for lauren. if i was going to suggest color, i would lean towards more of a shadowed root. i also would leave her roots her NATURAL COLOR so that she can just let it GROW IN and not have to worry about ROOTS or HARSH LINES.
lauren doesn’t go on VACATION very often, if she does it’s usually visiting places with COLDER CLIMATES.
---->i want to know this for a couple of reasons. one, all styles will change with the climate. for example, don’t give a client BANGS if they’re going to be somewhere that is extremely hot! the sweat from the heat destroys how cute bangs can look. if they are in the sun OFTEN, they need to know that their colors will fade faster. they can protect their colors from fading by wearing a HAT. funky fashion colors such as RED and PASTELS are probably not a good fit for someone who loves to sit in the sun. maybe they are traveling somewhere more humid, it’s important to note that if they have any natural texture in their hair, it will be harder for them to wear their hair straight.
lauren would love for her hair to be a bit longer. she would like it to be LONGER in the FRONT and possibly SHORTER in the BACK. she would also enjoy if it was FULLER and had a nice NATURAL LOOKING WAVE.
---->by lauren telling me what she wanted in the FUTURE, we now have a GOAL to work towards. clients are funny. sometimes they come in with a RANDOM idea and think it would be nice to cut all their hair off. then they say their dream hair is for it to be a little bit longer! they don’t put 2 and 2 together and realize that cutting all their hair off only makes their dream hair more difficult to achieve. also, now that you know where they want to be in 6 months to a year, you can lay out a game plan for them and now in their mind, they have committed to coming back to see you for at least that long!
i can outline different suggestions on how you can maintain that depending on your lifestyle. for example, i have some clients that want the full meal deal every time they come in and they get their balayage touched up every appointment (that will take “x” number of hours each appointment and will cost “x”). i have other clients that just get a toner each time to freshen up their color and they only get the full meal deal once every 6-8 months (that will take “x” number of hours each appointment and will cost “x”). which client are you most like?
--→it is very important to DISCUSS BUDGET during the consultation. that being said, money can be a sensitive topic. i like to leave this question for the end and disguise it with the length of appointment. i also give them 2 options that everyone fits under so they don’t feel embarrassed choosing between 2 categories that EVERYONE falls into. IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT IT IS AN HONOR THAT THEY ARE CHOOSING TO SPEND THEIR TIME AND MONEY WITH YOU! WORK WITH YOUR CLIENTS TO FIND SOMETHING THAT WILL MATCH THEIR LIFESTYLE AND THEIR POCKET BOOKS. people don’t mind spending the money, they just don’t want any surprises.
what we learned for our consult is that: lauren wants MORE BODY in her hair. she wants something that’s going to be EASY to maintain and that she’s willing to get her hair TRIMMED every 6 TO 8 WEEKS.
i also know that a small change for her is a big change for her and that she loves her natural texture.
HERE ARE SOME SUGGESTIONS I WOULD RUN BY HER:
PRO TIP: let’s say that your client is someone that LOVES change! i would take the “goal color” and break it up into different visits. for example, let's say the goal color is for her highlights to be super blonde. maybe for the first visit, i would take her to a caramel shade, then to a dark blonde the following visit, and then to blonde for the final visit. spreading out the process of getting to the “goal color” over 2 to 4 appointments will get them to where they want to be and fulfill their desire to consistently have a new style without damaging their hair.
the key to KEEPING clients long term is to create a long term PLAN for them. when you do that, it lets the client know that you have their best interests at heart. it builds their TRUST in you. it’s way easier to keep a client than it is to get a new one. giving a client a 1-year plan ensures that they will be seeing you for that year (as long as you deliver of course).
CONSULTATIONS ARE KEY to having a successful visit with your client. not only do i have a game plan for the style to suggest, i also know what products i will need to retail to her so that she can maintain her style, and also what i need to teach her about styling her hair.
educating your clients on “proper hair care” begins at the sink. this is where i will teach her how she needs to wash her hair and how to choose the right shampoo and conditioner.
i have trained any stylists that have an issue with retailing products to their clients. one thing that i always explain to them is that USING THE RIGHT PRODUCTS are KEY to achieving their desired result! we all use products to style our client’s hair. if we need them in the salon, then they obviously need them at home! AGAIN, YOUR JOB AS A STYLIST IS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CLIENT IS EQUIPT WITH EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO MAINTAIN THEIR STYLE UNTIL THE NEXT TIME THEY ARE BACK IN YOUR CHAIR.
another issue that stylists run into is letting their customer leave without really knowing HOW TO style their own hair. this is a HUGE MISTAKE. your clients are the BILLBOARDS for your business. teach them how to do what you are doing!
there may be other questions that come to mind during your consultation so if they do, don’t be afraid to ask! the more information you have, the better equipped you are to make a good suggestion.
some other good questions to ask are:
those should be the GENERAL questions that you want to ask a client in a consultation.you can ADAPT them to the client to get the best result.
if you have any questions be sure to leave a comment and follow us @nvennhairbeauty for more hair tips! see you next friday! XOXO
January 25, 2019
hello everyone and welcome to today’s video. today we are going to be PERMING our model’s hair. as you can see her hair is beautiful, it's NICE and THICK.
while I ask our model about her NATURAL WAVE, she informs me that it naturally waves in SOME sections but not all. around the CROWN area, she notices some LOSS OF WAVE as she ages, leaving her to miss her “WAKE UP AND GO HAIR”.
that being said, there is an easy and quick to bring back the natural wave without being over complicated.
i have an example sectioned out of this mannequin. being that our model’s hair is nice and THICK, there will be a little bit more detail on her head. only 8 FLEXIBLE PERM RODS are going to be used. i am also going to add in a haircut to accentuate some TEXTURE.
i will have to cut off a little bit of length on the model’s hair because there is some SPLITTING
PROTIP: to check split ends, once the hair is SEE THROUGH that now qualifies as “SPLIT.”
starting out, we will begin with the haircut. our model loves her THICKNESS to her hair but is upset that due to her climate she is suffering from a dry scalp.
i am going to start by WETTING DOWN her hair and then following with the cut. after that, you will be able to see our model’s NATURAL TEXTURE before we start the PERM.
now that our model’s hair is all blow out you can see the NATURAL WAVE in her hair. moving towards the bottom, you can see that i will have to take off some length from her split ends. as i listed before, everything that is see-through, the interior structure that’s now compromised is no longer holding any pigment.. split ends travel so a good bit of length will need to be cut.
now for the cut, already her hair has a V SHAPE, so that is the structure that we are going to keep.
if the model wanted to square out her structure, the length would have to be cut to here.
here is the haircut.
this is what her TEXTURE looks like after we washed her hair. her hair is NATURALLY STRAIGHT with a little bit of a KINK.
the hair is now sectioned out, in total there are going to be 8 SECTIONS. It’s crucial to use DIAGONAL PARTING, so when the hair is let down, it’s going to give a very DIFFUSE FINISH. the partings DO NOT have to be sectioned perfectly or have a really clean line. with curls, everything will fall together naturally, so it’s not something to stress about.
something important to understand is that the rollers are quite larger. this means you want the sections around the SAME SIZE so that the rollers sit right on the BASE. this will make sure that the rollers are NOT INTERFERING with the others.
as i have some of her rollers in, i will demonstrate how to roll the hair properly. you’ll want to keep in mind how you want the hair to CURL while rolling. looking at the roll on her crown, it is rolled back so the hair will have a LIFT at the crown. the same technique will be used for the front section.
the hair should be VERY WET so the ends will stay in the roller. these rollers are not the TRADITIONAL ROLLERS, and we are not using any perm paper. i make sure the ends are TUCKED IN, so there are no “FISH HOOKS” on the end. we are not trying to end up with a kinky perm. once the section is rolled, you’ll want to BEND the ends LIGHTLY to hold the section in place.
for the side section, I want to direct the sides UPWARD and go DOWN DIAGONALLY like an ANGLE. combing everything from the top to bottom and making sure everything is STRAIGHT. and then ROLL IT DOWN towards the SCALP. following this, continue to roll the rest of the head.
here is the head completely WRAPPED and the ROLLS are all sitting nicely. there is no specific trick to wrapping and rolling; you just have to organize them on the head, so they are all BALANCED and stay NICE AND TIGHT.
now we are letting the perm PROCESS with the cap.
here is the hair freshly out of the rollers, you can see the DIFFERENT TEXTURE and how much more the hair has. this will be a BEAUTIFUL LIGHT BEACHY WAVE.
after POWER DRYING a little I will add our NVENN CURL AMPLIFIER. hair is like a SPONGE so if it ’s soaked it will not soak up the product. this product is excellent because it has EMOLLIENT, which CURLY HAIR needs that extra bit of EMOLLIENT to really FORM.
i have our model’s head tilted back, and i am going to SCRUNCH the hair with the nvenn ‘curl’ amplifier. the best way to apply any product to put in the product in how you are going to wear it. so being that her hair will be CURLED i am going to SCRUNCH it.
if her hair were straight, we would be SMOOTHING the product into the hair. make sure to apply a HEALTHY AMOUNT. our model prefers LESS PRODUCT in her hair. the MORE PRODUCT you apply with curly hair, the MORE FIRM it drys. make sure the hair is EVENLY COATED.
if our model ever wants the MORE AMPLIFIED hair the only things she would need to do is apply MORE PRODUCT. the following day, all that our model will need to do is add a SMALL AMOUNT OF WATER to REWORK the style.
so gravity doesn't pull the hair DOWN, i am going to BUNCH the hair and CLIP the section in place, so it stays when the model is under the dryer. this will be done on the entire head
after BUNCHING up the hair this is going to dry beautifully. again, there is NO SPECIFIC STRUCTURE to how you’ll section or bunch the hair because curly hair has no rhyme or reason.
now that the drying is FINISHED you can see all of the TEXTURE and BODY we have added to it. the client loves how LIGHT and BIG her hair is after the perm. now she says she is able to WAKE UP AND GO like she usually did with her hair. while also adoring how NATURAL the application looks.
there you have it, a PERFECT NATURAL BEACHY PERM. make sure to leave a comment and subscribe to @nvennhairbeauty. See you next week for more hair filled fun.
xoxo
January 18, 2019
hello guys, so today veronica is here with meli. her goal is to LIFT some of the BLACK out of meli’s hair. she is going to perform a BALAYAGE to LIGHTEN out the black. she is going to get mali’s hair to the lightest shade of BROWN that she can WITHOUT DAMAGING the hair.
the good thing about this change of color is that we are not switching to a blonde, so veronica will not need to lift the color too much. the key is to keep meli’s hair very HEALTHY. in a month or two she might add a couple of lighter extension pieces so she doesn't have to do too much processing.
veronica is going to keep the BLACK at the ROOT. the hair is sectioned off at FOUR QUADRANTS.
taking sections this wide, veronica will split those in HALF.
leave out the bottom half of the section. this will maintain so black color in here ends so that her BALAYAGE is a mix of lighter and darker pieces.
the sections should be a fine WEAVE throughout the hair.
now SATURATING the hair with the lightener, make sure to FEATHER the color into the dark root so it creates a very DIFFUSED line. a good technique is turning the brush to the side to help feather the lightener.
following the same technique through the head of hair, make sure to STAGGER those sections with the BLACK you leave in each section. this ensures that there is a very DIFFUSED blend line from dark to light.
as veronica reaches the third foil, this section has the most amount of dark where she focuses the lightener on the very ends. she is going to be rotating and alternating between these three STAGGERED amounts as we work through the head
you can see how the foils are sitting by how far they are STAGGERED from the ROOT of the hair.
now veronica is working on the front of the head, specifically around the face. this is a very visual process, we can see exactly where we want the color to sit. visualize how you want to see the color in the hair and color it accordingly.
veronica wants to add a little bit more LIGHTNESS to the face. she wants more LIGHTNESS around the front. continue to stagger how much dark we leave in each section, rotating between the three staggered amounts of dark in each foil.
with the foils all applied, it is really easy to notice the STAGGERING pattern of the foils once they are all in.
when opening up the foils you can see that the BLACK color is being lifted out and the remaining pigment is exactly where it needs to be. veronica wants a RICH BROWN color so having a red-orange under pigment will add a great foundation that will hold the color well. it's going to be perfect for veronica to then apply the color next.
now that we have applied the color and SATURATED the bottom on the hair. let the color sit and then rinse.
the final product looks flawless and mali has a beautiful color coming through. it’s a nice CARAMEL, HONEY like tone.
the next step would be working out the color with some extensions to add some lightness in it. the great thing is after the end result the hair remains HEALTHY.
Thank you for watching, make sure to leave a comment and subscribe @nvennhairbeauty, we are going to be doing a product give away. and of course every Friday we release new videos
see you lovelies next time XOXOXO
January 11, 2019 1 Comment
hello everyone, today jessica is going to show us how to BLEND and SOFTEN GRAY HAIR using our model, jason.
if you look at jason’s hair, it is pretty GRAY underneath. the BIGGEST challenge with men’s hair is that they don't want others to know their hair is colored. COLOR CHOICE and PRODUCT PLACEMENT are key to having the end result look natural.
color choice is EVERYTHING! when formulating for men’s hair, keep in mind that the shade needs to be ASHY. we are blending the grey, not completely covering it! choosing an ashy tone will keep your end result in the same family of colors as the grey.
the best way to apply the color is to use a WIDE TOOTH comb and COMB the color in where it’s needed. AVOID doing a SOLID color. the last thing they want is for their hair to look like a mop.
PRO TIP: a finer toothed comb can be used with men that have less density of hair.
jessica is going to be using this comb. you can discover what type of comb to use by RUNNING it through the hair and observing where it will leave TRACES of color. because jason’s hair is nice and thick, jessica will stick with a wider toothed comb.
the color that jessica mixed was a 4.1 (ASHY level 4) because his NATURAL color is a 4.0.
PRO TIP: if a client is FULLY GREY and EVENTUALLY have darker hair, jessica suggests to do it gradually. start by using a HALF OF A LEVEL DARKER each time, so it’s not a shock to them or their friends and family. SUBTLE is key.
jessica is PAINTING the color on the comb, making sure that the product is evenly distributed (NO CLUMPS of color anywhere on the comb) and then combing it through the hair. with each section, she will RE-APPLY color to the comb . follow this method until you're happy with the amount of grey is covered and let the color PROCESS.
the color is mixed with a 1 TO 1 RATIO and jessica only used a 10 vol. it’s important to not have too much LIFTING POWER. the goal is to blend the grey, not to fully cover it. a SMALL amount of residual grey color is wanted to achieve the SALT AND PEPPER look.
PRO TIP: when you have a section where the hair is predominately WHITE, make sure to comb the hair in DIFFERENT directions. doing this will ensure the color is DIFFUSED THROUGHOUT the by covering enough grey in that section.
jessica uses the same technique all around jason's head.
as you can see, the head has color STREAKED through it. REMEMBER to avoid doing a solid color. these subtle HINTS of GRAY is what keeps the look NATURAL.
let the color PROCESS and then rinse and wash the hair.
as jessica runs her fingers through the hair you can see a seamless transition of color with a subtle accents of salt and pepper.
to finish off his hair, jessica added a bit of 'texture'. this hair shaping paste creates exceptional hold for all day wear that is weightless and DOES NOT greasy throughout the day. enriched with organic sea kelp extract and pure essential oils to nourish and condition your hair with every use.
make sure to leave any thoughts and questions below, and keep a lookout for new videos every friday. finally make sure to subscribe to our channel @nvennhairbeauty
XOXOXO see you lovelies next week
January 04, 2019
hello everyone! today jessica is here with amanda and her beautiful canvas of hair.
today we are going to be taking her back to her NATURAL color. she is done with the blonde she currently has and wants to grow it out.
amanda has a soft pink hue to her hair which will actually be helpful to jessica throughout the process. jessica needs to RESTORE all of the pigment to bring amanda back to her natural color.
in our law of color video you can see how we break down the changes you must go through to restore colors.
here is amanda's hair up close- you can see the hue of pink. this pink is going to be a great help with filling her hair because it is going to restore a little bit of the red pigment. again refer to our law of color video for a more detailed explanation of the pigments needed here.
jessica has chosen 8.33 8GG and 8.34 8GC. this is a mix of a ‘double gold’ and a ‘gold copper’. this will bring amanda's hair back down to a level 6 which is a red/orange. amanda’s hair is very POROUS currently and needs all the EXTRA PIGMENT.
instead, she is going to be using a COPPER and a number 8. this will give her the ability to color it in a lower level easily with the hair being filled enough.
jessica has chosen not go with a plain red, when coming from this light of a blonde, the red would be too overpowering. this would result in a very warm brown.
here is amanda's hair after the FILL color applied and washed out. the formula worked perfectly!
you can see the hues of copper and gold underneath creating the perfect palette for what we need to do next.
her color is going to be HALF 6 and HALF 7. jessica doesn’t want to go too light. the color needs to match as close to amanda's natural color as possible. this will allow amanda to let her hair grow out without having to color it consistently.
jessica uses a FEATHERING technique with the brush turned perpendicular to the shafts of hair. this will prevent a harsh line and create diffusion so that her hair still looks natural after growing out. This eliminates the the need to go to a stylist for constant root touch ups.
here is amanda's hair with the color processed, rinsed and dried.
jessica will need to still apply color a THIRD time. unfortunately, amanda's hair is not holding the pigment because of how POROUS it is.
this time, jessica will take it to a STRAIGHT 6. because the color will also fade. jessica will using the same formulas and the same feathering technique as before.
here is amanda's hair all finished. with the use of the nvenn ‘911 hair rescue kit’ amanda's hair is looking SHINY and HEALTHY.
even those with the least amount of damage can benefit from this kit! it is truly amazing at repair the hair and making it silky and shiny.
after a few tries to get amanda's hair to the correct color. but finally jessica was able to bring amanda’s hair up to a rich natural brown.
if you have any thoughts or questions, share a comment in the section below! be sure to subscribe to our channel @nvennhairbeauty and stay tuned for new videos every friday!
see you beauties next week! xo
December 28, 2018
even with the major holidays behind us, chances are your schedule hasn’t slowed down one bit. neither has ours. it is not uncommon for us to be running from the salon to a party of charity event. which is why we’re going to show you how to transform your hair from DAY STYLE to NIGHT STYLE.
during the day, you’re far more likely to sport loose curls. for formal events, updo’s are the go to. here’s the easiest way to create a 5 MINUTE HAIRSTYLE that will turn heads.
first things first, we’re going to SECTION the hair. start by separating the hair you want to leave out of the updo. this will be a matter of preference. you could pull the tendrils out after you’ve styled, but the challenge with that is that it may offset your style or create a need to repin.
with your tendrils sectioned, it’s time to CREATE the updo. grab a side and TWIST like so:
make sure you’re pulling the hair from the NAPE of the neck as well. this initial motion will be building the FOUNDATION for the style. the first couple of bobby pins you place on your head are the most important. securely insert the FIRST bobby pin across the twist.
with a SECOND bobby pin, create a CRISS-CROSS pattern over the first pin. this will create a sturdy foundation for you to pin the rest of your hair to.
now it’s time to TWIST the other side of the head. we’re going to use the same CRISS-CROSS technique, but we want to create this pattern on top of the first two bobby pins.
PHASE 1 is complete! if you want to leave it as it is- it makes a great style! but if you’re looking for the CLASSIC UPDO, continue on.
with the rest of the bobby pins, it’s time to PIN your ends in.
this will take a bit of TRIAL and ERROR. feel around for a lack of volume and use a mirror to check for a symmetrical style.
if you want to ELEVATE the updo, you can add feathers or other hair pieces to the look. in jessica’s case, she selected a feather hair piece.
the STYLE is COMPLETE! and with a few practice runs, it can take you less than 5 minutes to perfect. use this #hairhack anytime you need to turn your day style into a night style. 😘
THANK YOU so much for being with us through this last year. as always, if you have any questions feel free to ask us @nvennhairbeauty.
December 21, 2018
hey guys! we are back with montana. you may remember her from her TEAL HAIR video. with the teal fading, she’s ready to switch it up to a new color.
montana has a cool seafoam green color currently. we will be taking this teal out and taking her to a SILVER and gray.
veronica will do this by using the joico eraser to REMOVE the teal out before dying montana’s hair. she hasn’t used this before, so we’ll give you a short review of the product at the end.
here is the joico eraser in our bowl and OXIDIZED
veronica then begins APPLYING the formula to montana’s previously teal portions of hair.
she is sure to cover every strand by using a brush VERTICALLY and stroking down the hair.
after she coats each strand veronica runs a comb through the hair to ensure it is SATURATED throughout. veronica continues to work through large CHUNKY SECTIONS until she covers all of the teal hair in the joico eraser.
here you can take a look at how nicely the color is coming out now. on the left half of her hair, where the eraser was applied first the color has LIFTED out as opposed to the right where the product is still working to remove the color.
looking underneath on montana’s hair we can see that some of the strands are already a really nice light BLONDE.
so while this section is lightning very well, we still have some green at the top near the black.
veronica does not want to paint this in the joico formula and risk pulling it onto the black. unfortunately, this product is known to lift out natural color as well as dyes.
this as much of the teal we were able to lift out of montana's hair. since there is still some color here we are going to have to COVER that up. veronica will be using a darker black, pearl color with a little bit of black to do this and will then apply the gray to the ends.
here veronica has applied the stale gray color to the MIDDLE TRANSITION SECTION of montana's hair to cover up the teal/green.
she then applies the gray to the ends. as its PROCESSING you can already see how great the gray is coming through.
here is montana’s hair WASHED dried and straight
we have completed montana’s hair with no more green. it was work to get the green out properly, however, it was totally worth it.
now there is no green showing through. instead, we can see the middle shade we added into her color fade. it really helped the colors BLEND together.
though the joico color eraser did remove a lot of the dye, it still left a little green coloring in montana’s hair. veronica will be continuing her search for the best COLOR REMOVER.
if you guys have any questions leave a comment below. don't forget to subscribe to @nvennhairbeauty for more videos. see you next time! bye!
December 14, 2018
we want to thank everyone who contributed to our CHRISTMAS IN NOVEMBER winter clothing drive. in edmonton alone, it’s estimated that 4,000 people are homeless. for those of you familiar with our climate, homelessness in alberta’s cold winters are cruel. in fact, we’ve been listed twice, in the last handful of years, as the SECOND COLDEST place on earth.
which is why this holiday season, it was important for the nvenn styling team to find a way to contribute to the community and keep people WARM. we ran a CLOTHING DRIVE throughout the month of october and november and were able to amass 2 SUVS FULL of jackets, mitts, scarves and more to donate to the boyle street community center. in a year’s time, the boyle street community center has about 12,000 people walking through their doors. on a day to day basis, they're feeding an average of 300-400 people.
at the end of november we thanked our community by celebrating their generosity with a HOLIDAY PARTY.
to kick off DECEMBER, the nvenn styling team packed up the donations and headed to the boyle street community center to host a CUT-A-THON and suit everyone up for the holidays. we gave 40 haircuts in under 2 hours!
it’s easy to underestimate the impact of a haircut, but it's actually very impactful to someone's well being. when you're worried about where you're going to sleep or get your next meal, the last thing you're thinking about is finding places to commit to personal hygiene. having the chance to have a haircut and to feel like yourself again is necessary for anyone’s PERSONAL WELL BEING.
remember: there is no shortage of people that NEED HELP and there is no shortage of people willing to GIVE help. anyone can make an impact in their community. we encourage each and every one of you to find a way to GIVE BACK to your community this holiday season 💘 if you need help in your world, DM us at @nvennhairbeauty or use the hashtag #carebeyondhair.
THANK YOU for all of your comments, youtube views, and questions. we’re grateful that you’ve helped us grow. our impact wouldn't be great without you.
December 07, 2018
hello lovelies! we're here today with karen and as you can see she has a TON of long, beautiful hair. she's been letting her hair grow out for about a year since her last color appointment and she has a lot of new growth
today jessica is going to bring karen’s SHADOWED ROOT up. you can see our shadowed root tutorial here.
for this video, jessica is going to show you how to lift DARK ETHNIC HAIR. this is extra tricky to blend when you are dealing with as much regrowth as our friend karen here. we want to make sure we lift enough so that there is a seamless transition with no bands of color.
we’re also going to lighten her ends just a bit to get rid of any brassy tones and make the hair just a little lighter. after that, we'll show you how to formulate different toners to get a seamless result.
here you can get a better view of just how much new growth karen has after just a year! her hair grows really fast.
she seriously has a ton of hair! look at the beautiful length!
ethnic hair is very coarse and usually requires a bit more time to process. coarser hair can usually withstand lightener being left on a little bit longer. for most ethnic hair, jessica usually starts with one of the back quadrants and bumps up her developer as she works her way to the front. bumping up the developer ensures that all of the sections process evenly.
jessica is using a BLONDME 20 VOL. with continuum and blue additive. starting with the back left quadrant and working around the back to the front of the head, jessica will begin to slowly work a little bit of 30 VOL. into each new section.
PROTIP: when mixing lighteners, remember less is more. you want to be re-mixing smaller batches, more frequently to keep the lightener strong and fresh. FULL LIFTING power is important, ESPECIALLY for ethnic hair.
here you can see karen’s hair with all the foils in place and lightener applied to her regrowth.
next, jessica will apply a lightener to the ends of karen’s hair to remove any brassy tones and give the ends a bit of a boost.
here you can see karen’s hair is processing very evenly. the cool additive can make things tricky. make sure to rub away the blue when you're checking to see if it's lifted enough. the blue additive can make the hair look lighter than it actually is.
with the lightener washed out, you can see that there is some banding. there are places where karen’s hair is a bit more gold, and some places where the hair is more orange, etc. jessica is going to mix a few different toners to neutralize the unwanted tones and eliminate the unwanted bands of color.
to neutralize gold, she will need a toner formula with violet and to neutralize orange, she'll need a toner formula with blue. THERE ARE NO SHORTCUTS TO GREAT HAIR! each different band of color will require a different toner formula. to learn more about the law of color click here.
after that jessica will style the hair with nvenn products to nourish and re-hydrate the hair.
jessica is styling karen’s hair using the nvenn ‘blowout kit’, which consists of 5 fabulous natural products from the nvenn line.
jessica will first apply nvenn ‘replenish’ to karen’s hair. this product contains a blend of oils, botanical extracts, and vitamins that help TAME FLYAWAYS, and add SHINE to the hair, leaving you with hair that is healthy, shiny, smooth, silky, and conditioned. it REDUCES FRIZZ and is great for any hair in need of moisture.
next up is a bit of nvenn ‘volume ’ heat activated WEIGHTLESS MOISTURIZER. this product has a bit of tackiness for holding power to help amplify body and give the hair fullness.
next up, jessica applies nvenn ‘protect’ heat shield to form a thermal barrier against the damaging effects of heat tools. ‘protect’ creates a thin protective layer on the hair so that heat tools burn that rather than burning your hair. hot tools such as straighteners and curling irons are hot enough to cook an egg and they can definitely cook your hair! it's imperative that you use a heat protectant such as nvenn ‘protect’ when you heat style to prevent cooking your hair.
after a power dry, and a blowout with a flat brush, finish the look with nvenn ‘smooth’.
nvenn ‘smooth’ is infused with silk proteins and wild cherry bark extract and is great for SEALING split ends and TAMING flyaways.
you can see the final result of karen’s transformation. it’s a lovely diffused transition with subtle ashy undertones from roots to ends.
we love karen’s new hair, and she is overjoyed with it.
if you have any questions or comments, leave them in the section below and we will get back to you as soon as possible. let us know what you think of this look, and if there are any looks you would like to see in the future!
be sure to like and subscribe @nvennhairbeauty and stay tuned for weekly videos every friday! xoxo
November 30, 2018
jessica is here today to turn erin's ombre into something a little softer. we’re going to use midtones to turn erin's grown out #ombre into a beautiful COLOR MELT
the BEST part? this is going to be really quick and easy. jessica is going to take an ASH BLONDE number 7 and strategically place it throughout the client's hair to break up the harsh color change.
jessica is very excited to be using this new color line. it's one she has been waiting to try. she is using the j. beverly hills liquid color that just came out this year.
the color that jessica chose is a 7V called LAVENDER HONEY.
jessica has the hair sectioned into 4 QUADRANTS, and she is starting with the bottom.
erin wants all of her ends to be blonde. you need to be sure to STAGGER the amount of midtone you put in to give a diffused finish. for this technique, it is ok to take THICKER sections.
jessica applies the color DIRECTLY onto the hair. make sure to color right up to her natural hair to prevent any gaps in the color.
jessica moves through each section thoughtfully choosing where to place the color; HOW MUCH color to use and HOW FAR to pull the color down. she is careful not to brush the color through the ends, as our model wants them to remain blonde.
on one section she pulls the dark down closer to the ends and then on the next section she pulls the color down only ONE THIRD of the way down. jessica will continue to vary the darkness of each section all the way around erin's head.
erin is now all WASHED and POWER DRIED. jessica is going to set her with the nvenn ‘blowout kit’.
first, jessica applies the nvenn ‘volume’ working it in through the CROWN of the head and then down through the nape and the side of the head.
our volume product has a lot of tact as it is designed to give A LOT of body. because of this, jessica suggests to apply it to hair that is MORE on the DRIER SIDE. power drying the hair a bit more after you put volume in and BEFORE you start using a brush.
next jessica sprays on nvenn’s ‘protect’, being sure to get it ALL OVER the hair. protect puts a thin barrier over the hair so that your styling tool will burn that instead of the outer layer of your hair.
finally, jessica APPLIES nvenn ‘replenish‘ to the ends of erin's hair. replenish fills in any cracks and crevices in the hair to give it a nice, smooth, shiny finish.
here is erin's hair DRIED and STYLED with some loose curls.
the color turned out wonderful and jessica did a great job SOFTENING the harsh fade she had.
leave a comment below if you have any questions on this style and coloring processes. any video suggestions are also welcome!
don't forget to subscribe to see more. see you next week! xoxo
November 23, 2018
hello everyone! we are here today with jessica and our lovely client christi. her hair has grown out quite nicely since the last time she visited us.
it’s been a while since her last visit. about 8 months to be exact, but her hair still very well diffused from the last time we did it. unfortunately, the roots and the back of her hair has almost fully grown out.
today we will be doing a SHADOWED ROOT with a subtle pastel pink tint. the shadowed root will help her hair maintain its look longer between salon visits. we will use the same 4 quadrants method used in our video on how to do shadowed roots.
then we will be doing a PASTEL PINK on the rest! this will be done in a very different way.
jessica creates the shadowed root by placing the foils so that there is about an inch of DARK ROOTS.
PROTIP: turn the brush VERTICALLY and feather the color into the shafts of hair to create a diffused look.
to create the SHADOWED ROOT, jessica makes fairly THIN SECTIONS to completely blend out the large section of new growth. by making thin sections, jessica can create a more natural looking and diffused color transition.
jessica is incorporating alternating sections of FINE WEAVE every couple of sections to break up the color.
between every 3rd section on the sides, jessica is going to leave the hair NATURAL to further diffuse the transition.
PROTIP: by BACKCOMBING the hair before applying color you can diffuse your line of color even more. once you brush out the backcombing you can see just how well this works.
jessica then continues the pattern with the fine weave sections all the way up to the top.
once jessica gets to the TOP SECTION, she wants to be sure there is even less dark up here. jessica will do BACK-TO-BACK SECTIONS on the top parts of each section. instead of letting half of the weave stay dark- she will be coloring in both sections..
be sure to get in as much of the baby hairs in the foils. those need to be lightened as well in order to avoid too much darkness around the face.
to complete the foiling sections, she will use back-to-back sectioning that alternates between regular weave sections
PRO TIP: when creating this look, be sure to visually assess each client and each section of the head differently. based on the amount of darkness they prefer you may need to adjust the thickness of the section and the foiling pattern.
here you can see the the foils are all applied. we are going to let this process and we will be back with the final steps.
the COLOR CHOICE
here is kristy’s hair WASHED and POWER DRIED.
you can see at the roots, it is a little YELLOW. normally we would pre-tone. however, this is the color formula we have decided to use.
here on our foil we SWATCH TESTED three different colors. we’ve chosen to use an igora royal pearlescense mixed with a color from the igora royal line.
in our bowl, we have mixed our colors and will leave it SIT for 20 minutes. this will let the ammonia in the color fully evaporate. igora royal is a permanent color line and has quite a bit of ammonia and the pearlescence line is a high lift, which means it has even more ammonia. allowing the color to oxidize in the bowl will help us to avoid bumping her base.
for this style we want about 2 INCHES of a darker pink shadowed root.
seeing where the yellow is will dictate a bit where jessica applies the color. the formula that jessica chose was 9.5-22 which will NEUTRALIZE all of this yellow.
jessica staggers the sections to create a staggered color transition.
jessica takes care to feather each section in so there are no HARSH LINES. she is also COMBING through the sections to ensure the hair strands are fully saturated with color.
jessica will continue this pattern around the whole head. because kristy’s hair is short, jessica will need to take into consideration how much of a dark shadowed root she wants to show through. we do not want the whole strand of the hair in the back to be one uniform color so the amount of dark pink might need to be adjusted to leave enough hair for the pastel pink ends.
here the color is ALL DONE. we will let this process for a bit for 20 mins and then do a FLASH TONE on her ends with the same formula.
PRO TIP : the processing time for the flash toner is determined visually. jessica will just watch how the hair processes and rinse it when it gets to its desired tone. usually she will leave the color on for 5-10 mins.
here is the hair with the is the TONER applied.
to style the hair jessica is going to apply the nvenn ‘blowout kit’. first, she applies a bit of ‘volume’ to give the roots a boost.
PRO TIP: to apply volume, start by power drying the hair. volume is designed to give a maximum amount of volume so it’s easier to work with when the hair is slightly damp. start applying the product at the crown of the head where the hair is most DENSE, working it in on both sides and then down through the nape and sides. POWER DRY it a bit more before you start working with a brush.
volume is designed to boost body. it's a little tacky in texture, but dries weightless and is great for adding texture.
to prevent against the damaging effects of heat styling tools, jessica will now mist the hair with nvenn ‘protect’. this coats the hair with a THERMAL BARRIER between the hair and the heat. this way the product will burn away and not her hair.
finally, jessica applies ‘replenish’ to the midstrands and ends of her hair. replenish is infused with argan oil, vitamin e, and avocado oil. it FILLS in all the cracks and crevices in the hair, giving it a SMOOTH and SHINY finish.
we are all done with the color process, and as you can see, the result is a beautiful FADED look with darkness at the root, and a PEARLY pink shine on the ends.
next, jessica is going to add some curls to give some lovely bounce and texture to the hair.
finally, jessica applies a bit of nvenn ‘smooth’. it is infused with silk proteins and wild cherry bark to SEAL split ends, define the curls, and tame FLYAWAYS.
here is the color and style ALL DONE
for a CHEAT SHEET of the formulas or a more in-depth explanation on how to use a high lift color as toner you can find it here.
if you have any questions or comments you can leave a comment in the section below. be sure to like and subscribe @nvennhairbeauty and stay tuned for new updates.
that's it for this week, see you next friday! <3 xoxo