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Learn how to create a faux length look from Sexy Hair Artistic Director Rafe Hardy and Sexy Hair International Master Artist Dawn Atkinson.

Roberto Ligresti
For this MODERN SALON session, Sexy Hair Artistic Director Rafe Hardy and International Master Artist DawnAtkinson prepped the hair with curls, rotating directions and using various iron sizes for a “clash-curl” effect. Once set, the hair was styled into different looks ranging from the commercial Demure to the wearable-with-an-edge Let It Roar, and finally the more avant garde Alter Ego.
Alternate 1-inch, on-base curls with a curling iron and ½-inch spiral wand curls. Alternate directions from left to right to create a clash-curl effect.
PRODUCTS & TOOLS:
Shampoo and conditioner: Long Sexy Hair Luxurious Shampoo and Conditoner
Stylers: Hot Sexy Hair Support Me heat-protection spray, Healthy Sexy Hair SoyPaste and Touchable Weightless Hairspray
Irons: Sexy Hair Curl Lock Pro 1-inch Ceramic Curling Iron
Fashions: Aqua, Helmut Lange, Versus, Barney’s, Top Shop

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