Here is my demonstration of a mermaid braid! I mostly just demonstrate it, because it’s hard to explain. It really is just a french braid with only the front section of your hair! I often do this two or three times before I’m satisfied to walk out the door, so don’t feel frustrated if you aren’t getting it right away! Before long, you’ll be doing it with no mirror!
Here is the long awaited halo braid tutorial. It is the easiest thing ever, just not on yourself! I feel like I’m upside down with tangled arms and confused fingers when I do it on myself. But with two mirrors and tired arms I can get it done pretty nicely! Maybe practice on your roommates, friends, wives and children before you start on yourself! Have fun and as always, send me pictures!
Today is day one of our Hairdresser On Fire one year anniversary party! To celebrate we have a lovely tutorial today. This tutorial is for that girl who loves her beach vacations for the awesome hair it gives her. There are many variations of this blow-dry, depending on how big of sections you use. I did pretty small ones on Erin, but you can play around with it and decide what you like best for yourself!
Try it out and send over some photos!
We’re taking a break from the volume series for a pretty little tutorial.
Thanks so much to my friend and model Jen for coming over and doing this fun little video with us! I hope to use her more, because she has perfect hair! Thanks for all of your tutorial suggestions, and please keep them coming!
as always, email me your tutorial suggestions to hello@hdofblog.com!
Have a great weekend, my little hairies!
It’s been a while since we’ve posted a tutorial on here! This is one we shot a few weeks ago with my friends Abbie (model) and Samuel (producer). Thanks for all your help, you two!
As I said in the video, this video isn’t so you’ll do your own color, PLEASE do not do your own color…this video is to help you know how to explain to your colorist what you want! I’m sure many of them already know how to do it, but if they don’t, here it is! (it’s also for some of you colorists who asked me how it’s done).
There are a few different ways to get this look, but this is the way I do it. I know other colorists who free hand the bleach onto wet ends. The water sends the bleach up the hair shaft. That’s a really nice effect too.
And now it’s time for an Ombre Cheer:
Let’s Go Ombre! Ombre Let’s Go!
Photography: Jake
I’m so excited about this tutorial. The video is a little long, but with it being a more complicated (but totally do-able) style, I felt like I needed to do more visual. If you have time, pinning all of the curls to set will really give it a lot of extra hold. Also, spraying a light hold hairspray (and letting it dry) before you comb it out will also help this style hold longer. Use Vinyl glam on your ends to make it all nice and shiny-beautiful. I meant to demonstrate pin curls during the video, but I forgot! I’ll do those soon, because those are a great finishing touch to your retro styles. Please put any questions in the comment box.
That concludes the list of things I forgot to say/do in the video! And PS, don’t laugh at the headless hairstylist! haha, fine you can..
Thanks to Jake for making the video, and Kat for modeling for me! Also, anyone notice my mention of the Mason Pearson brush? This video was done a whole month ago! Great timing on the question, Amanda!
I hope you enjoy our first tutorial and the little photo shoot we did in beautiful Charleston right after. Please, could Kat be any more beautiful?
Thanks to Jake for filming and editing, and for shooting the stills. Thanks to Kat for being the most perfectly gorgeous model ever and THANK YOU, HDOF readers for being patient! We have a few more in the works, I’m really looking forward to getting better at these, Haha! Meaning, please excuse my awkwardness during the intro, I somehow managed to make it look like I’m reading cue cards. I’m not. And I swear my voice sounds different in my head than it does on video, does anyone else feel like that? Next time I’ll practice saying “Unique New York” 100 times before hand.
**note**if you run the flat iron down more quickly, you’ll get less curl and more of a bend effect. Same goes for not turning the flat iron and just cocking your wrist all the way down, you’ll get a slight wave if you prefer that to what we do in the video. Keep in mind that the flat iron waves are meant to be shaken out and played with!
Guys, I’m not lying.
I plan on doing some tutorials.
I’m hoping to do them soon. I have like 20 I want to do.
I am having issues with one or more of the following things:
~time
~models
~video editing
I mostly feel bad because I told you all to buy marcel irons and then I got tons of emails that were like “hey, we don’t know how to use these!”
Probably next week I’ll start on some. I think about it every day when I’m supposed to be listening to Jake talk about bills or life.
Love,
Reagan
Seeing as how I claim to be a hair-stylist, I thought I’d show some of my work!
I often do shoots for the AOL:Holidash crew. I style Kendra’s hair and any other models they have on site. It’s a lot of fun, and a great little group. Here are a few of my favorite videos!
Notice the model in the last video on the bike. I say model very loosely. They let anyone model these days, eh?
I miss my hair. I mean I really, really miss my hair. I’m sticking with my decision to go short though. I needed that change.
