Behind the Cover - May 2011

When the Farouk Artistic Team got together to create the look featured on this month's cover, they took inspiration from light.

"We were inspired by how you can use light to expose color," says Artistic Director Lisa Marie Garcia. "We call the collection ‘Exposed' based on how we could expose vibrant color in one style, and then by changing the direction of the hair, expose another color."

The final result, a champagne blonde with a warm, bold orange shade streaking through was nothing less than stunning, and the team couldn't have been happier with the look.

"I think it was a nice combination between the cool tones with the copper- it gives balance in the color composition," says stylist Leonel Rodriguez. Stylist Rocky Vitelli agrees: "The final result shows how accent highlight panels can bring beautiful contrast to a hair style."

This particular color design could definitely be considered avant garde- a color area that's not always easy to master, but is very fulfilling if you can achieve the envisioned look.

"Avant garde color placement allows you to express more creativity not only with color, but the end result in the cut and styling," says Garcia. "Let your creativity and imagination run wild," agrees Vitelli. "This is the time you can have lots of fun and push the limit in having your color and style marry into each other."

So what's next for the Farouk team? Garcia is doing a photo shoot with the Miss USA organization, of which Farouk is a major sponsor. "We are also planning a relaunch of our famous Sunglitz line for highlighting," she says.

Vitelli is starting to shoot his entry for the next North American Hairstyling Awards, while Rodriguez is focusing his efforts on new collections.

Get the steps on how the team created this look.


The team, including assistant Jessie Mancini (left) gets ready for the final step-the photos.


Garcia and Leonel Rodriguez work on the model.


Rocky Vitelli works on styling the model.