A Quick Fix

Last week Ursula came to my upper east side Dramatics location looking for a quick cut. However, after talking for a while, she let me know that she was also in desperate need of someone to help her with her color.  A couple months ago she realized that her hi-lights were making her too blonde and decided to go back to natural so that she could start over. Unfortunately, Ursula's tinted ends had faded alot and had started to develop a slightly green tone to it (hey at least it wasn't brassy). She was under a slight time restraint, so I has to make the color a single process and fortunately for her I knew exactly what to do. 

I wove caramel hi-lights throughout her sides and 

crown and blended her ends with some low-lights. The process was simple and fast and I really just gave her a simple and flattering haircut but the reason I posted these pictures is because it just turned out so beautiful and it only took a little more time than the haircut alone showing that you should never settle for having unsatisfactory haircolor when you could easily have this:

Stylist: Rain

Client: Ursula

Short But Funky

Cleivy first came to Dramatics over the summer looking for a change. Her hair was about shoulder-length with a lot of layers in it, but an uneven curl pattern made it hard for her to wear natural. Desperate for a chic style that's easy to maintain, this Bronx girl ditched the shop in the hood and came to see me. 

Although Cleivy had a general idea of what she wanted, we

 talked for a long time to firm up the details. She wanted to utilize the strong curls on her crown and also to keep the fullness and height on top. We took the sides close where the curl pattern was

 less uniform, in order to create a sophisticated silhouette while maintaining a fresh and manageable style.

Cleivy and I have done a couple different mohawks over the past few months and these pictures are from the most recent variation. She came to me with a picture of Rhianna's most recent style and told me that she wanted to start flat ironing the front. We kept a strong perimeter line and graduated from the back to the front to achieve a versitile look that can be worn fun and natural or sleek and styled.   

Stylist: Rain

Client: Cleivy

Keepin It Natural

This is Elizabeth. While home for thanksgiving, Elizabeth decided to get her hair done by her old time regular. She was tinted a light coppery reddish-brown with a few scattered buttery highlights, and her ends were saturated with a mixture of the new highlights and  previous highlight and base combinations. Upon returning to The City, Elizabeth realized she desired a more natural look, and came to see me. 

I started out by toning down the copper and red tones and blending out the highlights while  maintaining natural color variegation in her base. Then I went through with a fine weave and placed sun-kissed highlights throughout resulting in a beautiful natural golden blonde.

Stylist: Rain

Client: Elizabeth