From the category archives:

Ombre

Get Creative with Ombre

May 4, 2013

  This is sweet little Mel, a friend and co-worker. Yesterday she let me take over her hair and we did this awesome Ombre. Here are the before and after photos and I’m so super pleased at how it came out.

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Balayage and Ombre

July 24, 2012

Have you noticed this new tend walking the streets? Dark roots and lightened ends? It’s called a balayage or an ombre. Sarah is sporting a bayalage above. Every person’s bayalage is going to look different, since it’s a type of painting on the hair that your stylist creates. Balayage is a French word meaning scanning [...]

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BANGS! Just Like That

December 30, 2011

Are you so sick of your hair and in need of a change but not willing to loose your length. BANGS are the littlest big change you can make. Here is my dear client and friend, Sarah who was really scared to make the change but had the ovaries to give it a try. “They’ll [...]

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Take on the Ombre Trend, Tacoma

June 13, 2011

All the French-speaking inhabitants of Tacoma know that “ombre” as applied to hairstyles is a total ripoff of the French words “ombrage” meaning “shaded” and “ombres” meaning “shading.” Ombre hair color is generally darker at the roots through the mid-shaft and then gradually gets lighter from the mid-shaft to the ends. This new trend seems [...]

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Summer Hair

May 28, 2011

This Memorial Day Weekend post is for all who color their hair dark and want it lighter for summer.  Not for those of the all natural virgin hair. Summer is coming and for some reason ’tis the season people like to lighten their hair. The sun naturally does this a bit for us.  Even my [...]

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