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plan it out

there is a very obvious line of demarcation where kelly’s roots have grown in. she wants to stay blonde but she wants the regrowth to be more camouflage as it grows in in the future - to PREVENT frequent trips to the salon.

veronica has a couple of different options with how she can reach this goal.

one option would be to add a little bit of kelly’s NATURAL COLOUR back into her ends so that she looks like she has low lights. this would help to soften out the harsh growth line as her hair grows in.

the other option is to do a SHADOWED ROOT. in a shadowed root is a dark root fading into blonde. the best way to achieve a shadowed root is by staggering the amount of dark left our of the foil. this creates a soft blend of the dark to light so will prevent any harsh lines as the hair grows back in.

with shadowed roots, the roots are still visible - which some people may not like. however, if the person wants low maintenance color, it's really the best solution.

it breaks up the line of demarcation so that your roots blend into the ends as it grows out.

ultimately, kelly chooses to do the shadow root. this way, veronica can keep kelly’s hair super blonde (as kelly wants).

and then for the cut, kelly wants to keep her hair long, but not as long as it is now. she wants off all of the “quarantine length” that grew in over the last few months of isolation.

let’s get started

veronica is going to do a simple FOUR QUADRANT sectioning pattern.

making sure to use kellys NATURAL PART to separate the front two sections. 

then, veronica is going to start FOILING the hair in the front sections.

PRO TIP: always start on the side with MORE hair. it's going to take much longer to foil the larger section, than the smaller section that has less hair. this will ensure that the PROCESSING TIME is fairly even. if you were to foil the smaller section first, it would be completed much quicker and would have a lot more processing time. uneven processing time leads to uneven colours!

she will start on the bottom of the section and work her way up. veronica is going to be using a combination of BABY LIGHTS and FINE WEAVES.

the reason why veronica is using this foil placement is because kelly's hair is VERY FINE. if veronica chose too heavy of an effect - the blonde would look too chunky in her hair.

kelly has a lot of baby hairs in the front of her face. these hairs tend to be more fragile than the rest. it also LIFTS much quicker than the rest of the hair.

to avoid damaging these baby hairs, veronica is going to foil the whole head first and foil the baby hairs at the very end. this way she doesnt have lightener on it for very long.

here are all of kelly’s FOILS APPLIED.

veronica will now go back to the baby hairs in the front. they will take very little time to lighten.

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bringing lightness around the face
make sure to foil all of the baby hairs with BABY FINE WEAVES to prevent it from looking solid blonde.

this way, there are also no dark patches of hair around her face.

veronica is going to foil her baby hairs on her other side now.

tone and wash

then, let the foils PROCESS properly.

veronica has taken out all the foils and is ready to WASH the hair out.

she is going to tone with a 10P in the matrix color sync.

after toning the hair, she will cut her hair!

all complete

kelly's hair ALL DONE!

that's how veronica took kelly from grown out highlights to a shadowed root.


if your clients are looking for something to be a little LOWER MAINTENANCE, this may be perfect for them!


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this is davis and he's ready for a change in his look! 

we have met his sister, montana, in our previous videos. she loves to try our cool and unique styles. you can check those out here -

how to do TEAL hair with a color melt

how to do DUSTY VIOLET hair

veronica is going to be giving davis a FRESH CUT and doing some COLOUR.

currently, he has this cool, disconnected “mushroom cut”. davis wants to mimic a tiktok celebrity’s hair cut.

you can see in this inspiration photo that he has some light in there, so veronica is going to add highlights. 

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this new cut is still going to be long on top we well but we’re going to BLEND out all of the disconnection that davis currently has. this style is going to be a lot easier for him to style. 

davis needs a haircut that can work around his life. he intends to put time into styling it, but there are occasions where he may just want to WASH and GO. veronica is going to make sure the cut is still something that he could wear messier, pushed to the side, or pulled back. 

when he does have the time to style, he will have to put the front swoop into his hair with either a round brush or flat iron. 

veronica will demonstrate a 5-minute BLOW DRY to get that bold swoop at the front, fast and easily.

there is a bit of a challenge here, as davis has been wearing his part down the middle for a long time. if he is not dedicated to styling it and blow drying it out, his hair is going to part in the center by default. we will cover how to prevent that at the end as well!

cutting off the excess

veronica is going to start with the cut first to get off the stuff that she doesn’t need to colour.

she is going to cut the back and sides short and leave the length on top, for now. leaving the top longer will make it easier to put foils in.

the ENTIRE TOP of his head is going to be highlighted.

in the crown, veronica is going to be using a SCISSOR OVER COMB technique to cut his hair. 

PRO TIP: when cutting the crown of the head, make sure to comb all the hair into it’s natural growth pattern before you start to cut. this is a VISUAL PROCESS that will be different from person to person.

davis has some STRONG GROWTH PATTERNS and cowlicks in his hair. we need to take that into account so that his hair sits properly when he styles it. 

the first step is to comb the hair into the direction that it grows BEFORE YOU CUT IT. this will make his hair easy to WASH and STYLE. 

if we don’t comb his hair into his natural growth pattern before cutting it that way, davis is going to be fighting with his hair all the time. 

moving on to the top of the haircut

veronica is going to be pulling the hair straight up from his head and working her way towards the front hairline. 

she is going to use her first section as the GUIDE for the entire top of his head. she will overdirect each new section into the previous section. this will give a slight increase in length as you move towards the face. 

adding in the COLOUR

veronica is going to foil the top section of his head.

because the finished color will be blended highlights, davis will see his black roots come in, but it won't be harsh.

depending on how he styles it, he won't really see a LINE of DEMARCATION as it grows out. 

veronica is going to just do two sections to keep it organized. 

she is going to alternate between a WEAVE and SLICE pattern. she will start placing foils in at the front of his hairline.

veronica is going to put in a FOIL right along his hairline so that davis will see blonde if he pulls his hair back.

the first foil is going to be a medium weave.

after leaving about ¼ inch of space, the next foil is going to be a slice. 

veronica is going to work her way through the section, alternating between weaves and slices. 

she is going to be putting in the foils with a HEAVY DENSITY. that means that there's not going to be much spacing in between each foil. for this look, she wants about 50% black and 50% blonde hair.

make sure to foil the crown so that you don't have any dark patches of dark back there.

moving on to the other side, we are going to be MIRRORING what we did on this side. 

because his hair is all going to be worn forward,veronica will put his foils in HORIZONTALLY.

PRO TIP: be sure to take into consideration how the hair is going to be worn so that you can put your foils in accordingly based on the type of highlights you want to see.

here are davis's foils all applied.

we can see the colour PROCESSING and is looking awesome.

veronica is now going to mix the toner.

at the sink, davis is ready to RINSE OUT. you can see how nice the blonde is. this is the perfect palette for us to put the toner on. 

this is what the colour looks like PRE TONER with all the lightner washed out. 

toning to perfection

veronica is toning with half 8a and a half 10p from matrix. this is going to tone out all of the yellow and the WARMTH so that he will end with a really nice beige blonde. 

here's the toner all applied. you can see it's already starting to NEUTRALIZE out the yellow in there. 

we can see the toner IN ACTION. it's ready to rinse out. the yellow is NEUTRALIZED.

here's the toner washed out. we can definitely see pieces that are blonde and black but once this is blow dried, it's all going to blend together.

finishing the haircut

veronica is going to blend out his sides and make sure the LENGTH is exactly where davis wants it. 

if you see a corner like this, that means there’s a DISCONNECTION. to blend it out, just cut out the corner.

PRO TIP: you want to make sure that the hair is sitting naturally how it would fall before you cut it. if you don't cut with the GROWTH PATTERN in mind, the person wearing it is going to have to fight with it all the time.

to check if there are any corners, veronica is going to take pie shaped sections from the crown and pull them straight out from the head. cut out any corners that you find. 

growth patterns can be challenging to deal with in coarse hair textures.

oftentimes, there could be hair that wants to STICK OUT like this. to fix this, veronica will texturize into that piece to soften it. 

at this point, veronica will go in visually and clean up the corners using a scissor over comb technique.

davis wants a little bit of disconnection in the front, so vernonia will make sure to leave out the hair at the front.

now to clean it up and do some FINE TUNING on the length.

veronica is starting from the back of his head to choose her length. she is going to OVER DIRECT the hairs back to this guide length to preserve length in the front.

then, another pass over the CORNERS to ensure his cut is blended properly.

davis has another cowlick on his front right that veronica will have to work around. 

PRO TIP: when a client comes in with an inspiration photo, you’ll likely need to CUSTOMIZE it a bit to account for their natural growth patterns. 

here you can easily see his cowlick (on the left) because it sticks straight out. veronica is going to cut into that a little bit so that it LIES FLAT for him. 

veronica is going to do the same on the other side now.

every look should be customized to your client’s head of hair. 

veronica is going to TEXTURIZE his whirl to break up the blonde and to soften his “ whirl growth pattern”.

veronica continues to customize the cut to be perfect for davis’ head and hair growth patterns.

this length is perfect for davis. he can wear it down like so, or he can even part it like he had before.

now veronica will show davis how to get that bold front swoop in just a few minutes.

locking in the style

the three things you need to ensure you have the style you want are

• the right HAIRCUT
• proper TOOLS and PRODUCTS
• the KNOWLEDGE to execute the style

since his cut is done, let's get into the products and the tools. 

we're going to be putting in our nvenn ‘texture’ paste.

it's a whipped paste and very PLIABLE, so it's really great for blow dry styling. the nice part about this paste is that it is LIGHT and FLUFFY, so it's not going to feel gunky in the hair at all and it's actually really nice for holding weight. 

veronica is going to be putting the paste in ROOTS to ENDS and adding a small amount to his sides to ensure they lay flat.

veronica is instructing davis to use a DENMAN BRUSH. it is a very good stylist brush and it is actually going to be easier for him to use than a round brush. 

veronica is going to give his hair a quick, POWDER DRY with the product in. once she’s removed the excessive moisture, she’ll use a brush to finish the style.

she starts by just using her hands to MOLD his HAIR up.

finally, veronica will incorporate the brush to finish off the style like Chase Ko (tik tok star). 

picking up the hair with the brush, you're going to be pulling it up and out. your goal is to ROUND it up (bevel the ends up).

Veronica wants to give davis’s hair some BODY and LIFT.

and just like that - the style is done!

last thing veronica is going to do is clean up his neck line. 

veronica is going to fade in the perimeter so that davis has a natural hairline rather than it looking blocked off. 

the last thing you want to do for all short haircuts is to clean up the neck and get rid of any short hairs that might still be there. a STRAIGHT RAZOR is perfect for this. 

finishing the look off with some of nvenn’s ‘fix’ hairspray to hold it in.

it is the BEST for finishing the hair with WEIGHTLESS BODY. this will give you the same body that you would normally get on “DAY 2” of your style. it is scented with SWEET ORANGE to give your hair a citrusy clean finish!

and here you have it! 

if you guys have any questions about it, leave a comment below. i'll make sure to get them all answered for you. 

be sure to subscribe to our youtube channel. we put out new videos every week. 

our goal is ALWAYS to teach you something; how to MASTER your craft, how to MASTER your business, or how to MASTER your life in general. we really want to be here to SUPPORT you guys! here at nvenn hair and beauty, we believe that you can go out and CHANGE THE WORLD THROUGH HAIR AND BEAUTY. 

hey beauty activists!

today veronica is doing a colour change for our model ximena. ximena is staying in the same colour family, keeping her natural colour on top with some of the blonde at the bottom. however, veronica is going to be changing up the color placement a bit.

the target is a colour that ximena had a while ago that she ABSOLUTELY LOVED. unfortunately, she hasn't been able to recreate it. 

in this photo, you can see the colour pattern is quite different from what ximena has now. 

in ximena’s hair now, the bottom half of her hair is super blonde, so we're not seeing those DEFINED PIECES of blonde in there. 

to give her that definition that she is looking for, we’re going to add in some lowlights through her ends to break up the blonde, and some blonde through her regrowth to break up the dark.

there's actually going to be less blonde, but the blonde will be more EYE CATCHING due to the contrast. 

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upon examining a couple other of ximena's photos, we can see that she does have a lot of blonde on her ends. veronica wants to keep some of the blonde so rather than putting on a solid color over it, she will just lowlight it to break it up.

she is going to do a LOW-DENSITY FOIL PATTERN since the client wants to see that ‘pieciness’.

PRO TIP: it's a really good idea to evaluate and look at MULTIPLE PHOTOS. you don't want to go off one image where the hair is parted in a certain way. check out multiple photos to see what their hair looks like from all angles so that you get the foil pattern correct!

getting started

veronica has already cut ximena’s hair and is ready to get started with the foils.

here's her hair SECTIONED OUT. veronica has used ximena’s natural part to separate it down the center.

then each side is split in half right above the ears to create FOUR QUADRANTS. 

veronica is now colour matching ximena’s natural hair.

in the first photo, veronica tries a level six. 6N is a little bit lighter than what we need. 

she then checks level 5, which didn’t quite blend in.

finally, a level 4 matches perfectly! 

the goal is to match her natural colour as closely as possible to MIMIC the COLOUR that grows out of her head. this way, as her hair grows out, she doesn't have to continuously redo the brown - just touch up the blonde.

applying the FOILS

starting at the bottom of the section and working our way up, veronica starts to apply color to the front right quadrant. 

the pattern that she is using is two blonde slices to one low light slice of 4n (which is ximena’s NATURAL COLOUR). veronica will make sure that the blonde slices are spaced out enough so that the highlights are distinct (rather than having a blended color at the end). she will leave about ¾” between each blonde slice.

after the second blonde foil, veronica will be putting in a back to back lowlight with NO SPACES IN BETWEEN! the lowlight will fill in the natural color that is missing through her ends. 

ximena’s pattern will be : “blonde - ¾” space - blonde - 2 lowlights - repeat”

veronica continues up the section, following the same foiling pattern.

under the temples and on the sides, veronica is going to be using a HORIZONTAL SLICING pattern. this is going to create a blended effect with the blonde and the dark. 

once veronica gets to the top of the section, she switches the direction of her foils to VERTICAL.

ximena wants the highlights around her face to look ‘piecey’. she wants CHUNKY BLONDE SECTIONS, rather than a diffused color. 

horizontal foils are great for blending the colours together. however, today veronica is going to use VERTICAL FOILS to get a final look with very defined pieces of blonde against very defined pieces of dark.

make sure to MIRROR the exact same thing you did on the first side on the second other so that you have symmetry.

that being said, we don’t want a symmetrical look on the top of the head. because her highlights are “chunkier”, a symmetrical look WILL look stripey. 

to avoid this, you want to pay attention to how you foil the top on the first side and STAGGER the BLONDE a bit on the other side so that you don't have them lined up exactly.

here is a closeup of the thickness of the lowlight. you can see the section of spacing that veronica is holding is about THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH.

moving onto the back

veronica is going to use the SAME FOILING PATTERN and start at the bottom and work her way up. since she started on the right in the front, she will start in the back on the left. 

PRO TIP: you don't want one side of the head to be processed a lot longer than the other side. by continuing to go counterclockwise, you avoid having the entire left side process for longer than the right side. you can also choose to go clockwise as well, just make sure to follow the same direction.

the next foil in our pattern is supposed to be the lowlight slice. however, veronica can see on the strand here that there is no blonde on the ends here so she will not colour it since it's already dark. 

instead, she is going to SKIP the SPACING that she normally would have in between the blonde and just move onto the next blonde slice.

make sure when you get to theTOP of EACH SECTION that you're being very conscious of how your top foils are placed. you do want the pattern to be mirrored on both sides and as well from back to front. 

for example, if you've ended the top of each section with a blonde slice, you'd want to do that with every section. 

now every section has a piece of blonde at the top. 

veronica kept a little diamond shaped section at the very top that she is going to color dark. this will fall evenly over all of the sections creating a small veil of dark over top of the highlights. 

processing and TONING

all of ximenas foils are now in!

veronica is going to check on the processing and - it's the perfect lightness for us to wash out and tone!

this is the toner all applied. veronica chose a 9n to tone the blonde with. she doesn’t want to NEUTRALIZE all of the warmth out of there. a 9n will look like a champagney, creamy blonde at the end. 

adding in the SECRET INGREDIENTS

ximena is now out of the sink now and we're ready to style. veronica is going to be prepping the hair with the nvenn products. 

first she is putting in our nvenn replenish restoration oil. this oil is amazing to use after any colour service. nvenn’s ‘replenish’ is an AMAZING OIL that FILLS in the cracks and crevices of the hair. it SMOOTHS OUT the hair and FINISHES your hair with LUSTER AND SHINE. perfect for any hair style and it is very easy to use!

you're just going to put ‘replenish’  in from the mid shaft to the ends. it's a super LIGHT WEIGHT oil, so it's great for all textures of hair! you're not going to have to worry about it feeling too greasy or weighing the hair down.

next, veronica is going to be spritzing in ‘protect’ heat protector. this is an amazing heat protectant! it puts a layer on the hair to create a BARRIER on your hair to PROTECT it from the heat. it's also an ANTI-STATIC product that will cut down your blow dry time.

the last prep product veronica is going to use is the heat-activated weightless volumizer. it is great for giving your hair tons of BODY and VOLUME that lasts ALL DAY LONG. like all of our products, it is weightless. you can put it in your hair and not worry about feeling gunky, heavy, and weighed down.

just apply it to damp hair and finish your blow dry as you normally would.

a perfect colour

and finally after the blow dry, the look is COMPLETE! 

ximena will see a different density of blonde depending on how she parts her hair. this will give her look some nice VARIETY when she's styling it. 

you can see how the colour is falling to frame her face. it looks awesome! 

if you guys have any questions about it, leave a comment below. i'll make sure to get them all answered for you. 

be sure to subscribe to our youtube channel. we put out new videos every week. 

our goal is ALWAYS to teach you something; how to MASTER your craft, how to MASTER your business, or how to MASTER your life in general. we really want to be here to SUPPORT you guys! here at nvenn hair and beauty, we believe that you can go out and CHANGE THE WORLD THROUGH HAIR AND BEAUTY. 

hey guys, veronica is in the studio with angie. angie has a fun and complex colour that she is wanting REMOVED today.

the last time we did angie’s hair was eons ago! you can see the remnants of when this colour was done. however, it has been at least a year since she has been in the studio.

ALOT can happen in a year

we have a lot going on here. when the colour was applied A YEAR AGO, it was a reddish tone that melted into balayage of a bright copper colour. everyone knows that copper tones do not last in hair as long as we all would like.

since that colour, angie has decided to experiment with her hair outside of the salon.

she had a slumber party and tried to put a little bit more red in her hair but that washed out and her blonde peaked back through. 

cue ANOTHER SLUMBER PARTY where the bottom section was dyed and it turned a really faded pink. she then re-dyed her hair into - what was supposed to be - a blue, but it just turned out black. now that the blue colour washed out, it’s now showing up green.

angie does like the dark roots fading into the reddish colour and then into the blonde on the ends. there is also this darker tone underneath that ended up looking black for a while, but now it's faded out too. her color now needs to be CLEANED UP.

angie wants this new colour to be LOW MAINTENANCE and to work with the colours in her hair already. 

the best way to blend out the faded black/blue bottom is for veronica to do a full head of HIGHLIGHTS. veronica will keep the red colour in between, but will focus on moving the blonde up.  

if angie really wanted to fully get rid of this faded colour, veronica would also have to strip the hair and do a colour in between.

but again, angie is not looking for a big job. again, she wants the colour to be very LOW MAINTENANCE. 

the other option that veronica could do is a PARTIAL HIGHLIGHT. if she did a partial, she would only blend out the discoloration on top.

what is the difference between a PARTIAL and a FULL HEAD of highlights?

when doing a partial, the client is going to have some pieces on the side that get done but none underneath; the highlights would be mostly on the TOP LAYER of the hair. 

if angie just did a partial, looking at the hair straight-on would look fine but if she were to tie up her hair, it would expose that unwanted pigment underneath. 

a partial also wouldn’t BLEND OUT the dark underneath.

angie's decision

if you are going to do something - DO IT RIGHT! angie and veronica decided that a full head of highlights is going to be the best plan.

angie is experimenting with growing out her hair, so veronica is going to keep as much length as possible and layer everything else. she is also going to add in some face-framing layers to soften the look around her face. 

this way, angie will have a nice WASH and WEAR style that she can just dry and go!

taking a look at the state of angie's ends, you can see and feel some damage in them. 

in order to get all of those dead ends off, veronica is going to take off about AN INCH. 

a decent amount of the faded colour in the back will also be taken off with this trim.

let's get started!

veronica has her hair SECTIONED OUT into four quadrants.

angie’s part line at the top was used as the section pattern. this is how angie parts her hair daily, so we will use this as our GUIDE for colour placement

veronica is going to get started on the front sections. this is to allow those first foils to process longer and provide more LIGHT around her face. 

veronica is also going to choose the thicker section on angie's left to begin with. if veronica started with the right hand side, those hairs would PROCESS much lighter than the other side of her head (because it’s a smaller section).

veronica is going to be using a SHADOWED ROOT highlighting technique starting at the bottom of the section and she’ll work her way up.

nvenn has done several shadow root videos in the past that dive deeper into the process of the TECHNIQUE. check out our shadow root playlist on our youtube channel to learn the process step-by-step!

veronica has chosen to alternate the WEAVE PATTERN. in some of the foils, she is going to be using a fine weave, others a medium weave, and some of them she will be using a thicker weave. 

this process is also combined with staggering the amount of regrowth left at the ROOT.

using a variety of effects and staggering, the root color remaining is going to give a very DIFFUSED LINE from dark to light. it is also going to create variety with some blended fine weave highlights along with some larger colour chunks.

PRO TIP: when getting to the top of the section around the face, you want to really visualize how you want the end colour to look, and foil the hair accordingly. envision the final look and be sure to apply the correct amount of highlight to reach your goal.

here’s a foil with a thicker weave. 

veronica then follows that with a babylight fine weave. 

this is going to create a diffused highlight that will work to break up the chunkier highlight underneath. again, this helps to create a DIFFUSED line from her root to the blonde.

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we do a monthly product giveaway, so if you want to enter, make sure to head on over to www.nvenn.com/giveaway and we pick a new winner every month (no purchase necessary)!

nvenn also offers “professional hairstylist accounts” for those who would like to retail our products. nvenn hair care is EASY TO STOCK AND EASY TO SELL! these products are great for finishing your clients, as well as helping you to grow an extra revenue stream in your business!

reach out to us by sending us an email at info@nvenn.com and we can get you set up with your PRO ACCOUNT! we are all about helping you to grow your salon chair business and make more money!

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onto the SECOND SIDE

veronica is going to mirror what she did on the first side with the second side of angie’s head.

angie has very little blonde left on her ends, so veronica is going to paint the LIGHTENER on the majority of the strand.

PRO TIP: you want to make sure to pull out any blonde that may be there and ensure you are not painting lightener onto it. you do not want to overprocess OR over-lighten the pieces that are already blonde.

when doing a shadow root, using BABYLIGHTS in your foiling pattern is an effective way to help you diffuse the colour from dark to light. a babylight is essentially a very fine weave.

the THICKNESS of each client's hair will affect how dense of a weave you're going to be using for your babylight. if their hair is very thick, like angie's, it's going to be a little bit thicker of a weave, so that you can see it in the hair. if you have a client with very fine hair, you want a very fine weave.

on the top of each section, make sure you are using the same foiling effect. you want to mirror how the hair looks on each side, as well as the back.

CLEANING up the back 

veronica is going to continue with the same foiling technique on the back of angie’s head.

in the nape section, veronica leaves a little bit MORE DARK in the root than she would around the front. this is because naturally, most individuals have a bit more dark tones in the back of the head, so it’ll give it a NATURAL effect. 

do not worry about putting babylights under the nape as much, as they won’t be as visible. instead, you really want to make sure that you're incorporating the babylights on top of the OCCIPITAL BONE.

on the other side of the head, make sure again that you're going to be mirroring what you did on the left side as you did on the right side. you want to create a SYMMETRICAL LOOK.

PRO TIP: if you run out of long foils, you can stack short foils. you can still have the effect of using a long foil by having the hair laid out completely on the foil, so that it can process very evenly.

processing and FINALIZING the look

here are angie’s foils all completed.

let's take a peek at how angie’s hair is looking in the foils. oh, it looks very good. now veronica is ready to WASH.

here we are. veronica is all done. check out how beautiful this looks. it's been four hours and 45 minutes! that's what happens when people have a ton of hair! but it was with it and look how good angie’s hair looks. 

veronica achieved a nice SEAMLESS BLEND. there is also a nice dark root, so angie won’t have to worry about coming in too soon for a touch up. 

you can see the little bit of remnants of the previous colour here, just slightly, if we look really close. otherwise to the naked eye, it will not be visible.

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hey guys, veronica is here with our beautiful model, kat. 

kat's is in the process GROWING OUT HER GRAY and wants something that will camouflage her regrowth. we have talked about her current blonde and how kat doesn’t like the warmth in it. her goal is to be able to allow her grays to grow out and BLEND into the bottom through that process.

to do this, we are going to stick with more an ASHY GRAY COLOR. this way, the blonde that is currently in her hair, is going to look like a gray color coming through.

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veronica has all of this blonde to work with, which is going to be very helpful. she is going to have to go through and LIGHTEN her blonde a bit more. this is because currently, we can see a lot of the warm pigment throughout. 

it is going to work in our favour that kat is ok with having some warmth left in her hair. if kat chose to get rid of all the gold and warmth, veronica would have to do back to back foils to make sure all the warmth is lifted out.. 

instead, we'll bring her current color up, and do a SHADOW ROOT to blend out all these greys that we see on the sides. 

this shadow root is also going to SOFTEN the LINE of DEMARCATION from the roots to the color at the bottom. 

once i lighten out her blonde more, i’ll tone it so that we have an ashy finish so that it matches her greys that are peaking through. 

she also needs a CUT. she last got a trim in november! it is now july, so we need to trim these ends and clean her hair up. 

why use a shadow root?

with kat's hair, her greys are CONCENTRATED right around the front and on the sides.

if veronica were to take kat’s whole head and color it to blend into the grey, it would make it look like her entire head is gray rather than just in front. to avoid this, veronica will take the back sections to a lighter blonde, but still have it a lovely natural shade. 

the goal is to mimic the grey pattern and tone as much as possible. when her color is finished, it's going to look like she has a really nice full head of blonde with a SHADOW ROOT. 

she'll have grey patches coming through on the sides, which will look really cool. 

this way, she won't have to worry about her roots growing in, and causing a line from her grays to her new color. This technique is really going to BLEND THAT OUT.

prepping the hair

the first step is to do a ROUGH CUT on kat's hair to get off her dead ends and the extra length. there's no need for us to do more color work and waste product when we don't need to. 

here is kat's hair, SECTIONED OUT. it is separated into four quadrants; splitting right down the center, creating two sections on the front and two sections on the back.

BLENDING in the greys

veronica will get started in the FRONT QUADRANTS first because that is where the concentration of grey is. the blonde in the front will need to be lighter than the blonde in the back. we're going to work within the patches of grey first and separate those to foil separately than the rest of the section.

when you're trying to MIMIC A GREY PATTERN in somebody's hair, this is a visual process and the placement will vary person to person. it's also going to vary on different areas of the head. 

the goal is to mimic exactly how kat's hair grows out from her head. we're going to PICK OUT kat's greys and foil accordingly

we can see that kat already has some lighter ends, but what we want to do is lift it out to take out all the remaining pigments so that these pieces can match her grey exactly.

veronica will heavily FOIL the areas that has more dark hair than light. this will blend her grey out into the rest of her style.

veronica is going to use a FINE WEAVE. the fine weave allows her to give a nice transition for the shadow root to the lighter pieces. its also going to blend out the grey patches and look light around her face.

we are going to lighten out her ends to lift our a majority of the warmth in her hair.

PRO TIP: make sure that you're adjusting this process accordingly to your client because you may want to leave the ends out altogether. if their hair is already light enough, switch to a lower developer lightener so that you're not over-processing the ends. 

we are going to continue to work up this section.

veronica is STAGGARING the amount of dark left in the hair this will allow you to have a very diffused color from dark to light, where you don't have a harsh line anywhere where the dark meets the blonde. 

PRO TIP: be careful with how you fold the foil. make sure that you fold your foil in a way that prevents the color from bleeding. So we like to fold our foil into THREE SECTIONS. 

first, fold the bottom third of the foil over top onto the middle. that's going to keep the lightener inside. 

then, fold that section over the top third of the foil.

here's a closeup of what this WEAVE is going to look like. 

you can see where the blonde starts, we have the lightener FEATHERED ON softly. this is going to give a diffused line from dark to light.

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the BACK of her hair

we're going to work our way through the BACK SECTIONS now. kat doesn't have any large concentrations of gray back there. 

veronica is just going to be doing the regular FINE WEAVE foiling technique. 

she is going to be doing a fine weave and STAGGERING the amount of dark that we have in the hair. again, create a very seamless transition from dark to light.

getting the WARMTH out

now that we have her foils all put in. 

the brassiness in kat's hair isn't just from her blonde, its also from her FADED BROWN.

when veronica pulls her hair into the light the brown in her hair an orangy coppery tinge. so the blonde itself isn’t the only issue. 

veronica is going to LIFT OUT some of the brassy brown color to cut some of the unwanted warmth.

veronica wants to lift out enough of the unwanted warmth so that it'll compliment her new ashy highlights around the front of her face.

here is the first portion with the lightener on it. it is FOILED and FOLDED to keep it out of the way.. 

now veronica has all the LIGHTENER APPLIED and this is what the foils look like.

on this first test foil, you can see where it had that brassy orange color that has LIFTED OUT quite nicely. 

here is another foil that has lifted out really nicely as well. 

we're ready to RINSE. 

here's what it looks like before we WASH OUT all the lightener. 

here the TONER is applied to her hair. she isolated the two areas in the front and added a purple shampoo to it. 

PRO TIP: purple shampoo will help to PRE-neutralize any unwanted yellow color in the hair before your tone.

veronica wants to tone her hair to be as ASHY as possible so that we can get it as close as possible to her gray / silver-tone. 

here you can see that the blonde back here is looking really lovely. it's going to tone out to a nice platinum blonde. 

you can see how silvery it looks here at the front. it's going to match really well. 

for the grey side pieces, veronica toned it with a half 10 violet and half 9 ash. then here on the ends, she used a 9 p, which is a pearl.

a SEAMLESS BLEND

we haven't styled her hair yet but here is kat's hair while it's straight and down. you can see how nice and blended it is from dark to light. you can see that her greys are blended in at the front and that her shadowed root will really camouflage her regrowth

and finally, here is kat's hair all done! she “LOVES it!”

you can see how well her grey blends into the rest of her hair.

her regrowth here is her natural grey. you can see how well it blends into her ends.

and you can see on the left side as well.

till next time! 

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hello, everyone! welcome to another hair tutorial. today, and we'll be showing you how to GENTLY lighten BLACK VIOLET hair! mani (my client/ model) only wants to go a few shades lighter but it's more complicated than it looks.

LET’S GET STARTED! because of quarantine, mani’s hair has grown out quite a bit. since, there is so much regrowth, there is a GENTLER way that we will be taking her lighter. 

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here is how her hair looks before. you can see there's a little bit of gray here, not much. 

i am going to use this gray as a GUIDE to show us where her REGROWTH has grown out to. 

we put violet on her ends months ago, and that's gonna need to be LIFTED OUT.

here i have her root color applied and now i have her sectioned into a PIE-SHAPED sectioning pattern. 

it is composed of 5 equal sections around the head. when you look at it from above - you should see that PERFECT PIE SHAPE. 

i have the front half of her hair divided into three sections; two down the sides and one in the center. the back of the hair was split into two EVEN SECTIONS.

i'm going to put in a full head of FOILS to lift out the dark. 

i do want some of her “original color” to come through because it's going to ANCHOR it from the color fading and being really brassy. 

PRO TIP: the UNDERLYING PIGMENT of “brown hair” is some form of red/ orange/ combination of red orange. because her DESIRED final color is still in the dark family of colors, a heavy set of foils would lift out enough of the black violet to give her the color that she wants. Another upside, as her hair fades, the black violet will remain the same. it’ll help to SOFTEN ANY BRASSINESS that may come through as it is fading

i'm going to start in the quadrant on the back left side. i started at the bottom of this section and used DIAGONAL BACK SLICES all the way up to the top.

i kept a THIN section in between each SLICE of lightener to ensure the new color was diffused.

FEATHER the lightener on to MELT the lightener into the root color

PRO TIP: be sure to SATURATE each section fully with the lightener. you want all of the hair to life to the same level.

you can see how her hair is LIFTED. this is perfect! 

i wanted to lift it a little bit past LEVEL 6 to remove any of the really strong red-orange pigment that was there. that being said, you want to make sure that there is enough PIGMENT left to really ANCHOR in her final color. over lightened hair will look translucent, opaque or muddy.

to learn more about colors and why your colors might look unsaturated or muddy. check out our law of color video. in that video, you'll learn everything you need to know about colors and how to PROPERLY FORMULATE them. 

applying the color

here is her hair with the lightener rinsed out and a light POWER DRY. as horrendous as this color looks right now, it's actually perfect! 

again, the goal was to lift it JUST passed a level 6 to remove any of the really strong red pigments that would remain.

i am going to drop a little bit of ash in her toner to NEUTRALIZE any excessive warmth, but we do want a warmer result in the end. 

in my bowl, i have 6.8 from j beverly hills with 5g’s of blue pigment.

that little bit of blue is going to help to NEUTRALIZE any of the overwhelming, BRASSY ORANGE that's in her hair here.

i mixed about 40 grams of color with 5 grams of blue additive. i'm mixing it ONE to ONE so that we the final color it nice and “OPAQUE”.

i then applied that color to her whole head.

after it finished processing, we washed out the remaining color and were left with this GORGEOUS color!

i hope you enjoyed this blog. if you aren’t already, be sure to subscribe to our youtube channel. we are putting out new videos every week. 

our goal is to ALWAYS teach you something; how to MASTER your craft, how to MASTER your business or how to MASTER your life in general. we really want to be here to SUPPORT you guys! here at nvenn hair and beauty, we believe that you can go out and CHANGE THE WORLD THROUGH BEAUTY AND HAIR. 

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hey, beauty activists. welcome to this week's blog.

today i'm going to show you guys how you can pull off a CURLY PIXIE CUT!

i'll show you STEP BY STEP, how we take her long curly hair into this short, beautiful, tapered haircut; a pixie style with a longer fringe. 

i've used natasha as a model before. i've done a  curly haircut with layers and i've shown you a haircut that someone could wear curly and straight. you should definitely give those videos a watch if you have clients with thick, curly hair - like natasha.

natasha is getting tired of having the long hair, and so she wants to go short again. we've done it before and she looks fantastic in it. i think she looks like halle berry!

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saying goodbye to the length

we have natasha's hair all SECTIONED out. as you can see, we have the back split into 3 sections; half down the middle and a section at the bottom (the nape). 

then on the very top, we have it sectioned out into a HORSESHOE; everything above the PARIETAL RIDGE.

now to cut, we're going to start in the center back (in the NAPE SECTION). we are going to be taking a section right down the CENTER. 

we'll be pulling the hair STRAIGHT OUT from the head and holding our hands PERPENDICULAR to the scalp. 

PRO TIP: choose your finger angle according to the angle of graduation that you want to be left with.

we're going to be point cutting into the hair to create a SOFTER EDGE. 

this is just going to remove a majority of the bulk.t later we can come back in and perfect it.

we are going to work from the CENTER TO THE OUTSIDE on one side of the head, and then come back to the center and work towards the other side of the head. 

we are using our previously cut section (the first section down the center back), as the GUIDE so that we can create a UNIFORM LENGTH across the nape.

PRO TIP: be sure to continuously WET DOWN the hair to make sure that the hair is EVENLY SATURATED all the way across the strand. this is going to ensure that you can have even TENSION in the hair while you are cutting.

moving onto the sides 

we're going to start with the LEFT SECTION. 

we will be starting at the center back of the head and work our way forward. 

we're going to pull the hair STRAIGHT OUT from the head and continue to graduate the haircut. 

you’re going to continue the graduation up into these 2 side sections. you will use the length from the nape section as your guide, 

follow this entire section up to the face using this graduating technique.

once you finish one section, do the same thing on the other side.

customizing the curls

now i'm able to go in and REFINE the haircut. 

i'm going to use a SCISSOR OVER COMB technique to tighten up the nape. 

the reason why i'm going to choose a scissor over comb technique is because i'm really able to VISUALLY see how the curls are sitting. i can CUSTOMIZE THE HAIRCUT according to the length that i want to have and how i want to see the curls sit.

as i'm doing this scissor over comb technique, i am also periodically combing the curls INTO PLACE, to see how the curls will sit when they are styled.

i'm TAPERING around the edges of the haircut. this will make the hair tighter around the bottom of the haircut and it’ll eventually BLEND into the longer lengths that we plan to have up top. 

once you’re done that, you can CLEAN UP THE PERIMETER (around the neck, ears and front hairline).

onto the top

now, we're going to be working through the TOP HORSE SHOE SECTION of the head.

we're going to start at the back of the section and work our way forward. 

taking our first section and pulling it STRAIGHT UP from the head. 

we're going to be using our previously cut section from the section below as a GUIDE. so we know how long to cut the hair. 

i'm going to be POINT CUTTING again into the hair (to add more TEXTURE into the haircut).

as we work towards the front hairline, we're going to OVER DIRECT our new section into the previously cut section. over directing it back like this is going to give us a GRADUAL INCREASE in length from the back to the front. 

PRO TIP: make sure to cross check the haircut periodically throughout the haircut. this will ensure that your haircut is EVEN. if you have something that needs to be fixed, you can just fix it right away rather than having to go back and recut the entire hair cut again after.

over direct each section in the top section all the way to the crown from the front hairline.

PRO TIP: the more you over direct the hair, the more length that you’ll preserve. 

i want to keep as much length around natasha’s face as possible so i will over direct each section ALL THE WAY to my first section at the crown

i just want to preserve the length around the front until the end of the haircut. i want to CUSTOMIZE the length of the curls around her face so i can see exactly how each of the curls will be sitting.

BLENDING IN the top to the sides and back

we now have the top length all cut. next, we need to BLEND the top of the haircut into the sides and the bottom. 

we're going to cut out any “corners” around the PARIETAL RIDGE of the head. this is the widest part of the head.

along the parietal range, comb the hair and pull it STRAIGHT OUT from the head. you want to cut out any “extra length” that’s preventing the top section from connecting to the bottom one. 

this will BLEND the top of the hair cut into the sides and the back. 

any corners that are in the haircut will create weight and disconnection. cutting out the corners will give you a SEAMLESS BLEND.

again, make sure that you're keeping the hair wet with EVEN SATURATION. this is the only way you will have even tension when you are cutting.

do this all around the head along the parietal ridge. 

PRO TIP: when you get to the back of the head, you will start taking PIE SHAPED SECTIONS.

now that that’s done, we want to FINALIZE how the front of the haircut will look. 

before we do that, let’s cross check the haircut on top. we're going to be taking VERTICAL SECTIONS from the back of the head to the front of the head. you are looking to see that you have a uniform increase in length from the crown to the front hairline. 

now for the front of the face! the FRINGE!

cut the curls around the face to the length that you want.

PRO TIP: air on the side of caution. curly hair can SHRINK up to 2 inches when it’s dry. cut a little and play with it until it springs up into it’s natural shape to check the length. keep doing this until you get the curls to the length that you want!

once that is done, check that there are no corners between your fringe and the rest of the haircut. we want to see a seamless transition from back to front.

adding the finishing touches 

now that the haircut is all done, i'm going to do a little bit more FINE TUNING to complete the haircut. 

i'm going to do SCISSOR OVER COMB along the sides and the back one more time (in any of the spots that I want a little tighter). i just want to ensure that the hair is the length that i want it to be, and that everything is sitting nicely. 

i'm now going to go through the haircut and take out more WEIGHT. natasha has a lot of hair and she does like a lot of the bulk removed. 

i'm going to be using a technique called ROOT THINNING. 

this is where we take our TEXTURE SHEARS and take out hair right from the base!

using these texture shears will EVENLY REMOVE BULK from her base!

i’m going to use these TEXTURE SHEARS all throughout the base. be VERY, VERY CAREFUL doing this because you are TAKING SHEARS to the ROOT OF HER HAIR. 

PRO TIP: if you’re doing this for the first time, try out a really small section to start to understand the result of what you are doing! this WILL PREVENT you from ACCIDENTALLY cutting out too much.

you want to make sure that you're not over texturizing and taking out TOO MUCH HAIR. make sure that you have the PROPER TEXTURE SHEARS that won’t take out chunks of hair.

i like clean and TIDY sections. i’m going to start at the crown again and work my way to the front hairline. 

make sure to PAY ATTENTION! make sure to feel the hair as you are working to ensure that the density of remaining hair is even.

setting the curls with NATURAL INGREDIENTS 

i'm going to be putting ‘replenish’ oil into her curly hair. curly hair needs to have A LOT OF MOISTURE for the curl to fully form. 

nvenn’s ‘replenish’ is an AMAZING OIL that FILLS in the cracks and crevices of the hair. it SMOOTHS OUT the hair and FINISHES your hair with LUSTER AND SHINE. perfect for any curly hair style!

i'm now going to apply our ‘curl’ cream. ‘nvenn’s curl’ is a CURL ACTIVATOR. it’ll HELP your curls to fully form and SEAL it with MOISTURE so that it LASTS ALL DAY LONG. 

‘nvenn curl’s’ formula is INFUSED with MANGO SEED BUTTER that enriches your hair with the emolliency that it needs to be bouncy and beautiful! what’s awesome about ‘nvenn’s curl’ is that it’s buildable! the more you layer in, the firmer and more AMPLIFIED your curls will dry!

lastly, i’m going to use some of ‘nvenn’s texture’. what’s great about this product, is alike ‘nvenn’s curl', it’s also BUILDABLE; the more you layer in, the firmer your hair will dry. if you want a softer finish to your curls, just use less!

‘nvenn’s texture will bring the CURL OUT all day LONG! 

i’ll finish by TWISTING the curls so that they dry with a nice, strong shape. once it's dried, we can SHAKE THEM OUT. 

i'm going to put her under the DRYER for a short time just to remove some moisture.

i only like to remove about 50% of the moisture with a dryer, and i let the rest air dry. over drying curly hair will make it look frizzy.

i’ll finish by placing the curls exactly where i want to see them.

from here, it's just going let the hair air dry.

PRO TIP: allowing the hair to DRY NATURALLY is going to prevent the hair cuticle from SWELLING and looking frizzy. 

all finished! 

there you guys have it. that is how to do the SHORT CURLY HAIRCUT. 

here is a photo of how natasha's hair actually fully dried. 

PRODUCTS ARE KEY when styling curly hair. the RIGHT PRODUCTS are the KEY to FIGHTING FRIZZ.

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hello, everyone! i want to talk to you about your hair and how you can have nice hair and how the EASIEST way to have nice hair is to use the right shampoo and conditioner!

i'm going to break down what you're looking for when you're choosing a shampoo and conditioner and why you're looking for those things. 

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hair is only beautiful if it's HEALTHY. if you have long hair and it's all split and damage OR if you have a color and it's super dull and lifeless, you’re not going to have the look you want.

when you LOVE your hair, and you LOVE the way that it looks in the mirror, and you LOVE the way that YOU LOOK in the mirror, you’ll also LOVE the SELF ESTEEM and CONFIDENCE boost that you get. 

the STRUCTURE of hair

let's talk about the structure of hair first so you understand what you're looking for. think of your strand of hair, like this STRAW.

first let’s address how hair gets damaged in the first place. hair can get damaged when you color it, apply heat, chemical damage, or even mechanical damage from you brushing it too hard. 

veronica did a great series on our youtube for SPLIT ENDS - how to prevent them and how to mend them. you can check it out here. make sure to give that playlist a watch through to learn all the ins and outs of why hair gets damaged in the first place and how you can fix it yourself from home. 

let’s get back to the straw analogy! imagine your hair to look like this straw when it's HEALTHY, it's WHOLE! there are no holes in it so no fluids would leak out. as your hair starts to get damaged by color jobs, heat, too much tension, etc. - the structure of the hair then becomes compromised. i’ll demonstrate what i mean below.

i'm going to demonstrate this with a hole punch. punching holes into the straw would be similar to what happens to your hair when it gets damaged. the CUTICLE of the hair, which is the outside protective outer layer gets compromised as it becomes damaged.

the more damaged your hair is, the more holes that it'll have. 

to fix this straw, you would need 2 things; something to fill in the holes, and something to seal the filler in. your hair will need those SAME 2 things. PROTEIN is going to be what FILLS the holes and the MOISTURIZER is like the glue that will seal it in there. one without the other won't work! choosing the RIGHT shampoo and conditioner IS KEY!

PRO TIP: if i just use a moisturizing shampoo on someone and they need protein, the hair will still be really weak. if i used a shampoo that just had protein without moisture, the “holes” would be filled in, however, without moisture, it wouldn't seal it in there. 

when you're choosing the right shampoo and conditioner for you, these are things that you need to consider. for the most part, everybody has a little bit of damage or dehydration in their hair. 99% of people could benefit from using a MOISTURIZING shampoo and conditioner. if you're someone that has that damaged hair, you want to make sure you're finding shampoo and conditioner that has both. 

now that you know what your hair needs to stay strong, let's talk about the things that you're looking for when you're shopping for the right shampoo and conditioner for your hair.

shopping for your hair care

there are four essential things that you want to consider when you're shopping for the right shampoo and conditioner.

read the INGREDIENTS!

the first thing you want to do is read the ingredients on the back of the bottle. just remember, YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR. there is no way that there could be the same quality of ingredients in a $3 bottle of shampoo as a $30 bottle of shampoo. INGREDIENTS DO MATTER!

when you COMPARE a bottle of shampoo from your local drug store to a household floor cleaner like mr. clean, you're going to find a lot of similar or same ingredients. now just think about it.., would you pour mr. clean on yourself to clean your hair or your skin? probably not! So DON’T choose products that have those same ingredients!

the issue with drugs store conditioners are that they are filled with WAXES. 

check out this photo here. you will see me scraping this girl's hair strand. she is someone that's been using pantene pro v for a little while. 

you can see all this waxy buildup that she has here. when you feel all this wax, you're tricked into thinking that your hair is soft, but it actually isn't. also, if there was any QUALITY ingredients in this conditioner, it wouldn't be able to PENETRATE through the waxy barrier. so checking ingredients is super important. 

professional doesn't mean it's quality

there are some brands there that have mastered marketing making you think that it is amazing shampoo and conditioner, but really it's just a high price drug conditioner.

is water the first ingredient? 

oftentimes there are a lot of lines out there that will put a bunch of water in there to fill in the bottle. the problem with that though is that you're going to need way more product to get it to leather. 

in nvenn’s line, we keep our products very CONCENTRATED. actually, if you look at our ingredient list, our first ingredient is sea kelp extract. you use a lot less product, add water from your own shower and it'll really start to suds - without the chemicals. 

check out this video that we've shot about the proper way to wash and condition your hair. make sure to watch that because washing your hair PROPERLY will also prevent it from getting damaged and save you money from wasting additional product.

i love our 'wash' shampoo. it’s one of our BEST SELLING products! it uses a COCONUT BASED CLEANSER for a nice and GENTLE clean. 

everytime i wash my clients hair, i ask them to touch their hair after i use rinse out our nvenn’s 'wash’  (BEFORE i apply their conditioner). they can see for themselves that just after ONE shampoo, their hair is EXTREMELY SOFT

‘wash’ is very gentle because it uses a blend of oils as it’s cleansers. as we all remember form science class - oils lift oils. we use a blend of coconut oil, soy bean oil and other oils to gentle cleanse the hair. 

some of the other key ingredients in this product are vitamin B5 - which is a great HUMECTANT for your hair. this helps your hair bind moisture to itself. there is also a hydrolyzed silk protein (see photo below) and a PHYTO KERATIN protein blend. this shampoo is perfect for anyone with dry or damaged hair.

nvenn's 'polish' is also amazing. it's going to work on your hair like a DAILY MINI MASK. it's infused with so much GOODNESS that's going to help to repair your dry and damaged hair to give you that BEAUTIFUL, HEALTHY HAIR that you've always wanted. 

it's base is made from ORGANIC SEA KELP EXTRACT and it’s packed with nutritious ingredients like aloe vera juice, coconut oil, hydrolyzed oats, yucca extract, honey quat, vitamin b5, silk proteins, and more. all of these ingredients are designed to FIX YOUR HAIR from the inside out.

your shampoo and conditioner should be used as a pair

the second thing you want to consider when you're shopping for the right shampoo and conditioner is: you want to use the shampoo and conditioner together as a pair.

manufacturers create their shampoos and conditioners to WORK TOGETHER. it's not uncommon for people to think, “it's just shampoo - what's the difference?” but there's definitely a difference.

let's use clarifying shampoo as the example. our hair, skin, and nails have an ACIDIC PH of 4.5 to 5.5. a clarifying shampoo has a really high ph (it’s more ALKALINE). the high ph will strip off anything that is built up onto your hair. now, the reason why you want to use that with its paired conditioner is that the paired conditioner is more acidic than normal which will help to restore the ph balance that you just stripped away. if you don’t use appropriate conditioner, your hair may not get restored in the same way.

choose something that works for you

the third thing to analyze when you're deciding what is the right shampoo and conditioner for you is, does it actually work for you? and you will be the only one that can tell that, or your hairstylist might be able to show you. 

i've seen a hairline out there that the brand slogan says you will notice results in as little as three months. when i hear something like that, my b***s*** sirens go off.

our bodies are really responsive to whatever it is that we're doing. you should be able to notice a difference from them VERY FIRST TIME that you shampoo or conditioner your hair! 

i get ALL of my clients to touch their hair BEFORE and AFTER i shampoo it (without it being conditioned). they notice an INSTANT RESULT. same thing with the conditioner, they can feel how much softer their hair feels and see how much quicker their hair dries just after one use! 

as soon as you try your shampoo and conditioner, whatever that may be, you need to do your own SELF ANALYSIS and decide whether or not it works. you should be able to notice an improvement (AT LEAST a little one).  

know the condition of the current health of your hair

know the state of HEALTH your hair is in before you pick your shampoo and conditioner! if you have damaged hair, you want to use something like nvenn’s ‘polish’ because it has PROTEIN and MOISTURE. it’s INFUSED WITH micro keratin that will penetrate into the deepest layers of your hair to repair it and rebuild it from the inside out. it's gentle enough that you can use every single day.

PRO TIP: using PROTEIN based treatments, isn’t something that you want to do everyday. the reason being is that it’ll too heavy for your hair (referred to as OVER keratinizing). people often wonder if they can use these protein mask every day, or if they can sleep in them, and the answer is, NO! 

you got to remember that your hair looks like this straw! here’s an analogy for you. let’s just pretend that this straw is your arm and you want to build your muscle strength. 

when i first start going to the gym, do i start with 60 pounds bicep curls or something crazy like that? NO, i’d probably break my arm! this same concept applies to using protein masks on damaged hair; you only want to use the mask once a week. if your hair is extremely damaged, i would actually suggest only putting it on for five minutes to start. and then working your way up to 10, maybe 20, depending on how it goes. never sleep with it overnight. 

a product that is GENTLE ENOUGH for you to use as DAILY HAIR CARE REPAIR is nvenn’s ‘polish’ ! its formulated with MICRO KERATIN that is gentle enough that you could use it everyday. 

EVERYONE can benefit from having a GENTLE CLEANSING SHAMPOO, try out nvenn’s 'wash'. that's formulated with a coconut based cleanser and SEE FOR YOURSELF. 

it’s actually so gentle that i use it to wash my dog, i use it to clean my shoes, wash off my eye makeup. it actually saves me money because i can just have this one bottle and use it for EVERYTHING! 

if you want to try new nvenn ‘wash’ and ‘polish’ for yourself, you can click on those links and head on over to our website to grab a set for yourself. 

have you tried out the other products in our PREMIUM, HIGH PERFORMANCE hair line yet? they are made from HIGH QUALITY NATURAL INGREDIENTS that DRY WEIGHTLESS in your hair. 

nvenn offers “professional hairstylist accounts” for those of you that would like to retail them for yourself. nvenn hair care is EASY TO STOCK, and EASY TO SELL! these products are great for finishing your clients, and is an EASY way to GROW an EXTRA REVENUE STREAM in your business!

reach out to us by sending us an email at info@nvenn.com and we can get you set up with your own PRO ACCOUNT! we are ALL ABOUT HELPING YOU to GROW your salon chair business.

leave us a comment. let us know if you have any questions! go out there and change the world through hair and beauty. xoxo

we are here today with our model, basia! she has come in with an inspiration photo of her DREAM HAIR and we are going to help her get “this look”! we are going to customize it a bit though to help her mask her grey hair as it grows in.

when attempting to recreate this color with a NATURAL LOOKING FINISH, you will want to choose a “finished color/ tone” within the realms of hair colors that people are naturally born with. 

for example, there is a clear difference between a natural looking red head and a fashion toned red head. the same is true for blondes.

its common for people to FEEL YOUNGER after they color their hair but they don’t always know why. obviously part of that reason is because their greys are covered, BUT there’s more to it!

HERE’S WHY -> when you're born, you're born with all three primary pigments in your hair (blue, red and yellow). as we age, we start to lose some of that PIGMENT (until it eventually turns grey). for most people, this is a slow process that happens naturally over years.

for basia’s hair, i’ve decided that i want to break up all of the dark in her hair by using a lightener. for the final tone, i’m going to go with a golden blonde. 

WARMTH is always brassy (as most people may think). ARTIFICIAL GOLDS are actually BEAUTIFUL! it’s the warm tones that remain after a lightning service that we find brassy!

before i show you the process of coloring basia’s hair - have you tried out our PREMIUM, HIGH PERFORMANCE hair products yet? they are made from HIGH QUALITY NATURAL INGREDIENTS that work amazing in your hair. nvenn offers “professional hairstylist accounts” for those of you that would like to retail our products. nvenn hair care is EASY TO STOCK, and EASY TO SELL! these products are great for finishing your clients, as well as help you to GROW an EXTRA REVENUE STREAM in your business!

reach out to us by sending us an email at info@nvenn.com and we can get you set up with your own PRO ACCOUNT! we are ALL ABOUT HELPING YOU to GROW your salon chair business.

choosing the COLOR PALETTE

many clients like the idea of not being exactly the same color all the way through. you can have multiple tones on one head of hair but i would suggest you have no more than 3 different colors in their hair. 

PRO TIP: there are clearly exceptions to every rule but for the most part, 3 different colors or tones in someone’s hair is plenty. using 4 or more colors usually only looks good on people that have either super long hair or a crazy amount of hair. too many colors could run you the risk of it looking like it might need a color correction afterwards → it might look TOO BUSY.

three colors gives you the ability to create a SOFT MELT.

basia’s THREE DIFFERENT COLORS = the current color of the lower section of her hair, her root shade and thena lighter golden blonde.

handling the split ends

the first thing to do is the split end test to see how far has the splits traveled.

if you hold your hair up into the light, and the bottoms are see-through - that's all split ends. it's dead hair.

hair has three layers: 

1. cuticle: the outside layer
2. cortex - the middle
3. medulla - the inside layer. 

once the CUTICLE starts to split, it peels away and there's no protection to the inner layers. 

split ends will continue to travel all the way up the shaft until you CUT THEM OFF. 

for our client today - she has naturally textured hair, and the last haircut that she got, they used a razor.

personally, i would never use a razor on curly hair because razors slightly fray your ends. our curly haired clients are already fighting frizz, we don’t need to add to that by using a razor to cut their hair.  

PRO TIP: if you're going to use razors for cutting hair, the hair has to be SOPPING WET so that the razor can easily glide down the hair. 

i can tell that basia’s hair was on the drier side when they razored it. 

cutting her hair dry really AMPLIFIED how compromised her hair actually was.

PRO TIP: it’s always nice to open up your clients faces! i find that often, stylists leave the hair around people’s faces WAY TO LONG! our eyes will follow the lines that we see. the GOAL is to drawn other’s attention UP TO THEIR EYES! you can do this by opening up the face with some layers.

PROTIP: you always want to cut down the middle if they like to switch up their part.

ALWAYS have your clients uncross their legs to ensure they are sitting straight. this will ensure an even haircut.

the last person that cut her hair, cut it quite short on the left side, you can see how much shorter it is on the left than on the right.

the left side is going to dictate the final length that she will have.

i’m going to color her hair first but before i start, i’m going to cut off all the extra length that we won’t need. i'm going to use the shortest piece as my guide. i will finish the haircut after the color is complete!

color the ROOTS

i’m going to start by putting 6.3 on the roots. 

PRO TIP: make sure to pull their root color down far enough to cover all their greys!

PROTIP: using a higher DEVELOPER will help with RESISTANT greys!

i’m using 6.3 with 20 vol for her root color. 

you can see, i've gone ahead and put her root color everywhere and then sectioned her hair off into four quadrants.

MELTING in the blonde

i've already got the first quadrant completed. let's take a look at the process on this second quadrant.

along the bottom, i'm going to do a fine weave. i want her hairline to be very SOFT and BLENDED.

i will transition to slices as i move up the section. i'm going to STAGGER the amount of blonde that i slice in there.

i'm going to take HORIZONTAL SECTIONS and back comb the root a little bit. that's going to help to diffuse the melt from dark to light.

i'm going to VARY the amount of BLONDE from slice to slice. you can watch the video for a demonstration.

BRIGHTENING the face

now that i'm done the back, i'm going to move onto the sides. i'm going to do a similar foil pattern, except i'll add in some WEAVES throughout.

i will begin to follow a new pattern of three slices to one weave. 

i'm going to feather on the LIGHTENER in the same way; by staggering the amount of blonde on each strand.

after 3 slices, i'm going to put in a FINE WEAVE.

i'm going to continue this pattern all the way up the section 

for the foils above her pridal ridge, i'm going to throw in a back to back foil; that's a foil on top of a foil with no space in between.

the top foil of the 2 will be a fine weave. this will break up any harsh lines and give it a DIFFUSED FINISH.

continue the same foiling pattern on the other side of her front quadrant. after this is done, i will wash it and cut it before i tone it.

if you’d like a more DETAILED WALKTHROUGH check out the video on our youtube channel!

make the hair look THICKER with proper cut

now i'm going to cut her hair. 

i've done a demonstration of this cut before, so i highly recommend you check out that video! -  haircut for thin hair to look THICKER

applying the TONER

i have mixed the toner ONE TO ONE (1:1).

i mixed a demi color- ⅓ 9.8 + ⅔ 9N in j beverly hills color + 2T (j beverly hills semi/ demi developer)

SEALING the color with natural products

i'm going to put in some ‘replenish’. this works beautifully for sealing your cuticle. so it'll make your colors really SHINE. 

nvenn’s ‘replenish’ is an AMAZING OIL that FILLS in the cracks and crevices of the hair. it SMOOTHS OUT the hair and FINISHES your hair with LUSTER AND SHINE. perfect for any curly hair style!

next, i'm going to layer in nvenn’s ‘fix’ into her hair. i finish 9 out of 10 clients with this product! it is the BEST for finishing the hair with WEIGHTLESS BODY. this will give you the same body that you would normally get on “DAY 2” of your style. it is scented with SWEET ORANGE to give your hair a citrusy clean finish!

FINAL touches

one final pass over the hair with the texture shears to SOFTEN any blunt edges that there may be.

curls will really show off the DIMENSIONS of this color.

and here’s the FINAL LOOK!

that's it for today guys!

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hey beauty activists, i'm with one of my most favorite humans, patti!

this woman is fierce! today, i’m going to teach patti how to style her hair on her own between visits. what better way to have her remember the process than me recording myself, teaching her. 

with all your clients, what's going to keep them coming back to you is if you can teach them how to do their hair EVERY SINGLE DAY. the number one thing that people always say to me is that ‘my hair looks great when i come to the salon and then it doesn't look good until i come back’.

let's say your client returns every 6 to 12 weeks. if they don’t know how to style their hair, it could look like crap for a month and a half to three months until they come back in. that’s UNACCEPTABLE! they are your walking billboards! instead, why not show your clients how to style their hair properly so they LOVE their hair everyday.

patti has 2 major issues! one, she faces a huge issue with frizz - which is actually a big problem that a lot of people suffer from. her second issue is that she can never style it the same way twice. today, we are going to show her how to FIX both of these problems.

DRYING out the excess moisture

N.B. *be sure to attach your CONCENTRATOR to your blow dryer before starting*

PRO TIP: when you're shopping for a blow dryer, there are 3 things that you are looking for. 

1) that it has a concentrator attachment

2) you want to get something with a “cool” setting 

3) you want something with different power settings you can switch between. 

first, start with an all over TOWEL DRY. 

next, you’ll want to ‘POWER DRY’ out the EXCESS MOISTURE from your roots with the blow dryer (basically just blast your hair with the dryer so it’s not sopping wet. 

PRO TIP: some of you may know this, and some of you may not. your clients definitely do not know this so be sure to tell them --> the reason why their hair looks frizzy after they dry it, is because when the airflow from their blow dryer is flowing in the WRONG DIRECTION. 

the cuticle, which is the protective layer of your hair shaft, lays on your shaft like shingles on a roof (so they lay flat down, one on top of another). you hair WILL look frizzy if the air from your dryer is ever flowing upwards (on the hair strand). 

the AIR should flow from ROOTS TO END and you’ll dry your hair in ALL DIRECTIONS.

your hair will do exactly what you tell it to do! if you blow dry your hair with your part pre-SET in it every single time, then it TRAIN ITSELF to be like that permanently. 

there’s a DOWNSIDE to this though; your hair will start to look flat and won’t have much movement!

PRO TIP: the style will have the most movement if you blow dry the hair in all directions (from root to end). imagine your head (or your client’s head) to be like a basketball, and use it to “MOLD” the hair around the head. spend some time blow drying around the hairline and the nape; that’s where the hair will be the “KINKIEST”. 

the hair around the hairline and the nape is often where it's going to be the coarsest and the curliest. really use TENSION from your fingers to straighten it out.

the KEY to having a good style is in the blow dry. styling your hair with the dryer first is the BEST way to get your style FRIZZ FREE and with BODY. relying on the flat iron to smooth out your hair will get your hair straight here but you’re NOT going to get the kind of volume that you want from a flat iron.

products make the look

the key to getting a hairstyle to LAST all day, are the PRODUCTS used for the style. 

if we were to take away all the products from a stylist’s hair station, we would not be able to style people’s hair the way that we do. this is the SAME for YOU AT HOME. 

client’s NEED TO BE SENT HOME with the products that they’ll need to recreate the look that you are showing them! most people are using products. if they aren’t getting them from you, they are getting them from somewhere else. 

most people have a little bit of TEXTURE in their hair. there's a COUPLE KEY PRODUCTS that everyone can benefit from putting in their hair. 

first is REPLENISHING OIL. 

PROTIP: when you have HAIR WITH TEXTURE, you want to apply nvenn’s 'replenish' when it's about 50% DRY. when the hair is completely dry, the frizz will be harder to fight with. if you apply the product when the hair is too wet, the hair will be saturated with water and won’t be able to absorb the product (if the client has straight hair, you can dry it to maybe about 70% before you put products in). 

we're going to take a nickel size amount of ‘replenish’ and begin to work it in.

this ‘replenish’ oil is amazing! it FILLS IN all the cracks and crevices of your hair - it’s great for split ends AND smoothing out ANY texture of hair.

to APPLY IT, start on the ends first and then gradually work your fingers up through the sides and lastly the hairline. 

PRO TIP: you want the least amount of product around the hairline so apply the product there last.

next, we're going to spray in nvenn’s ‘fix’. this is for volume. 

and then lastly, nvenn’s ‘protect’ gets misted all over. this is the BEST HEAT SHIELD. i always spray that on at the very end to lock in the other products. 

adding in the BRUSH

now, back to blow drying. once the products are applied, you will start by POWER DRYING again. using a brush too soon will add unnecessary time to your styling time.

i am still blowing the air down from her roots to her ends AND still in all directions.

PRO TIP: make sure to keep the dryer MOVING around your head. if the hair starts to get hot, it's BURNING- even if it’s still wet. if it gets hot, move to another section and come back to dry the “hot section” once it’s cooled down. 

today we're going to use a DENMAN BRUSH this one is the one of my favorite brushes for blow drying out TEXTURED hair! the rubber base creates a static electricity that pulls the hair nice and STRAIGHT. 

you want to take THICK sections to give you the tension that you need to pull the hair straight. i divide everyone’s hair into 3 sections; the bottom, the middle and the top OR what i call, “the basement, the main floor, and the roof” of a style.

continue to power dry the hair until it’s about 90-95% dry.

now with the brush; the magic number that you want to pass over each section is THREE! one pass to WARM it, a second pass to HEAT it, and then a THIRD to smooth the hair. 

the heat from the dryer is what's changing the texture of the hair. if the hair is too cold, too wet or too anything, it's not going to straighten it out. 

afterwards, give the hair a blast of cold air to SET IT!

you want to get it as straight as possible with the brush and dryer and just use the flat iron minor touch ups.

let me show you how straight her back is after using the brush.

the middle section

now that we are done the bottom section (what i call “THE BASEMENT”), we’ll move to the middle section (what i call “THE MAIN FLOOR”).

on this side, i'm going to demo doing the front section around her face. we're going to take a big enough section. so you have the tension that you need.

first COMB IT OUT and wedge the brush in RIGHT at the base of her hair. 

the reason why you have this concentrator piece on your blow dryer is because it directs your air flow. blow the air DOWN THE HAIR SHAFT.

the top

to get lots of BODY on the top of the style, we're going to pull the hair UP and OUT. 

here you can see how smooth it is already. 

setting in the PART

now it’s time to SET HER PART. i always do this at the very end.

there's so much movement in her hair that i can literally put her part anywhere. POWER DRYING your hair in ALL DIRECTIONS will get rid of any cowlicks you have in your hair. (if you want to see how to get rid of cowlicks, you can watch this video)

the goal with blow drying, is to get the hair AS SMOOTH AS POSSIBLE and with lots of body.

you can add the final smoothing touches with a flat iron. before you flat iron, add one more layer of heat protection with ‘protect’.

using the flat iron

flat irons are just to FINE TUNE your style at the end. your hair is mostly straight at this point so you can turn the heat level down.

avoid straightening the hair line to maintain the body you just blew dry into it. just use the iron to smooth out any kinks you may have from the midshaft to the ends. 

i'm actually going to do her hair in bigger sections because i don't want to get rid of all this body that i have put into it. 

you should be able to just pass over the hair once (no need to ‘re-clamp’ it over and over). 

PROTIP: a good temperature for your flat iron is around 360-370F. (check out the video for a more detailed instruction on how to select the right temperature for your iron).

i’m going to texturize patti’s hair to finish off the style.

the final look!

just look at the style and how nice and smooth it is all over.

it's beautiful with lots of volume. it's just perfect. 

that's it for today's blog. we hope you enjoyed it. if you have any questions or comments, leave them down below, we will get back to you.

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reach out to us by sending us an email at info@nvenn.com and we can get you set up with your own PRO ACCOUNT! we are ALL ABOUT HELPING YOU to GROW your salon chair business.

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hello everyone. today i'm going to be showing you how to cut your dad's hair AT HOME. 

rod's dad was kind enough to join me as my model today. 

today, we are going to cut his hair with the clippers that found at their house. we're going to do a TRADITIONAL CUT that is short on the sides, longer on top. 

so we're going to start with the sides. i'm going to take a number two CLIPPER GUARD. 

PROTIP: so this is your first time cutting hair at home. if you look at the clippers and move this lever, you can move the BLADES closer together or further apart. and if it's your first time, i would suggest you move them further apart. so if you make a mistake, you can blend it easily.

beginning with the SIDES

we are going to start with the sides. all you're going to do is lay the top of the CLIPPER right along their head.

PRO TIP: DON’T follow the head shape all the way around. This will create a ‘q-tip’ shape. just move the clippers straight up until you are JUST BELOW the widest part of the head to prevent from rounding the corners.

run the clippers along the side of their head and just go straight up and maintain the ANGLE until there is nothing left to cut (right now all we're going to be doing is just the perimeter).

PRO TIP: the hair tends to look longer right by their temples where their head shape dips in. make sure to adjust your clipper angle to cut that part of their hairline SHORT ENOUGH.

PROTIP: drug store clippers aren’t as strong as professional clippers so you may have to move SLOWLY to ensure that you are cutting all their hair. that being said, they will still get the job done though.

Here behind his ears, you can see that his hair grows in DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. it grows behind the ear and down , and then it also grows on top of the ear and towards the face. To make sure that the finished result is an equal length, you'll need to run the clippers over their head from all directions.

you're going to come in at ONE ANGLE, and then you're also going to go from the other direction. you can actually see how many different growth patterns he has spread out across his scalp.

now you're just going to continue this all the way around the PERIMETER of the hair - approximately an inch up from the bottom. 

again, watch the angle of your clippers.  avoid allowing your clippers to curve inwards as their head curves. keep the angle STRAIGHT as the head curves up and in.

CLEANING the edges

i'm going to take the guard right off to clean up his edges. 

PROTIP: with more MATURE HAIR, you don't want to take the edges too short because then it almost looked like they have a little bit of an undercut. as we age, our hairline starts to recede (some more than others). leaving the hairline slightly longer will prevent the cut from accentuating any hair recession. 

i'm just going to clean up any hair that's clearly not supposed to be there and then carefully blend in the bottom so that it doesn't have a harsh line. 

now for the TOP

i have put on my NUMBER FOUR GUARD and we're going to finish off this cut. i am just going to go around everything left on the top of the head. 

the great thing about using guards is that it prevents you from cutting any hair that’s already shorter than your selected length. because his sides were cut with a number two, a number four can't cut any of those hairs any shorter.

you can see how there's a LEDGE in the hair here. all i'm going to do is just run right over everything with this number four clipper guard and it'll blend out any harsh lines.

finished!

here's a haircut. all done. 

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typically veronica and i do not encourage DIY but challenging times call for a change. in today's video, i’m going to show you how to cut your boyfriend’s hair FROM HOME.

first things first, let’s set up your environment. To make cleaning easy, cover up any carpeted surfaces with a garbage bag or something you can easily roll up and throw away. 

let's dive in!

i’m working with:

• drug store clippers
• bobby pins
• a comb
• something to cover the carpet
• a blanket to cover the boyfriend (or brother, or father, or any other male your quarantined with). 

prep : cutting the SIDES and BACK of the head

first, take a horseshoe SECTION the hair (all the hair from the widest part of the head and upwards) and clip it away. you’ll want to cut this section LAST. you want to cut the length at  parietal ridge (the widest point of the head) LAST because it can easily hide any mistakes you might make. 

with the top horseshoe section clipped away, i’m ready to start cutting. i’m going to be using a #2 guard (clipper size) on the SIDES and BACK of his head to start. 

here are a couple things you need to know about BEFORE we start cutting:

1. KEEP YOUR CLIPPER ANGLE CONSISTENT as you move up the head.

a big mistake that happens often, is following the shape of their head with the clippers. you want to keep the clipper angle consistent as you move up the head otherwise you you’ll give them “rounded corners”. BASICALLY, that means their finished result would look a little bit like a Q-TIP.

1. if the hair is really THICK and LONG, you can switch to a higher number clipper guard to remove the excess bulk first then return to the size 1 clippers once the hair has been cut down.
2. the difference between female and male short hair cuts is that male heads typically have more of a SQUARE shape and female cuts have more of a ROUND shape.

PRO TIP: drug store clippers aren’t as strong as professional clippers. if you are using these, make sure you move the clippers slow enough to ensure the blade catches the hair to cut. 

at this point, i’ve trimmed the sides and the back.

i’m now going to put my #1 guard on to trim around the ears.

PRO TIP : run over the perimeter of the hair in ALL DIRECTIONS to ensure i get an even length around the edges. everyone has different growth patterns. cutting the hair in all directions will ensure that you have an even result.

as i move around the head, i’m making sure to move SLOWLY to get all of the hair cut. 

now that the cut is done, do a quick cut for any missed hairs. 

before i move on to the top, i’m going to clean his neckline and neck. SHAVE any area that should not have hair. 

again, i’m making sure to shave AGAINST the direction of growth.

to clean the area around their ears, turn your clipper SIDEWAYS and just use the corner of the blades. 

the TOP of the HEAD

i’m going to use the clippers on the top of the head without a guard. what that means is that it’ll cut anything it touches. be EXTREMELY CAREFUL to not knick them with the clippers or you may leave your boyfriend (or brother or father) with a BALD SPOT.

i’m going to be cutting his hair into a SQUARE SHAPE.

your first section will be STRAIGHT ACROSS the hairline (horizontal). since my clippers are not very strong, i’m using smaller sections that usual.

pull the hair straight up and cut it straight across.

you can clearly see how long the hair needs to be now. i’m going to use half of this section as a guide for how long my next section needs to be. continue this technique until you read the crown of their head.

now that the top is done, it’s time to blend in the top with the bottom. starting from the WHIRL (at the back of their head), comb all their hair down (in the direction that it grows). 

once all the hair is laying flat, you’ll be ready to connect the bottom section of the haircut to the top section!

Connecting the top and bottom sections of the haircut means to connect the LOWEST piece of the top section to the TOP piece of the bottom section.

pull the hair (at the corner of their head) straight out from their head and cut off any hair that gets in the way of connecting the ‘lowest piece of the top section’ to the ‘highest piece of the bottom section’.

STYLING the hair

last, but not least i’m going to use some ‘play’ strong hold cream. i’m warming the product in my hands a bit before WORKING it through the hair.

this is a pretty EASY cut to do, especially during quarantine times. leave a comment on this blog or on our Youtube channel @nvennhairbeauty to let us know if you’ll be trying this cut at home!