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HOW-TO: Fiery Curly Faux-Hawk
Redken Education Artist Director, Sam Villa, shared with MODERN a fabulous tilted cut and color to give your client's curls a new edge.
by Chandler Rollins
June 27, 20132 min to read
Sam Villa - Hair, Geneva Cowen - Art Direction/Color, Shalem Mathew - Photographer, Mitch Kitter/Assistant Paula J. Dahlberg - Makeup, Pascal Sauvageau and Jeremie Cote - Fashion Stylists
If your client is blessed with a naturally curly coif, you officially have no more excuses to not switch up your hairstyle. Redken Education Artist Director, Sam Villa, shared with MODERN a fabulous tilted cut and color to give your client's curls a new edge.
COLOR
STEP 1: For zone one useRedken Chromatics Permanent Hair Color in 4Rr with 20 volume developer.
STEP 2: For the second zone use Redken Chromatics Permanent Hair Color6Rr with 30 developer.
CUT
STEP 1: Create a diagonal side part, right to left extending to the nape.
STEP 2: Elevate contour to the head until you reach the diagonal side part. Sections are now
over-directed to maintain length and weight on the left.
STEP 3: Weave and Blunt (Watch Video Below)
* Take a section about 2.5 inches wide in the crown area and hold it towards the
ceiling.
* Hold you shears sideways and position them so that the guiding blade is on the
bottom and the thumb blade is on the top.
* Weave the guiding blade through the section (similar to a weave that you would
make when highlighting) where you want to make the cut (somewhere mid to
3/4 way down the hair shaft) and close the shear. You control how much hair to
cut by the size of the weave - chunkier weaves take out more hair than finer
weaves. The shorter pieces of hair create a softness that supports the natural
texture of the curls.
STEP 4: Finish with Redken Curvaceous Full Swirl cream serum to define curl, reduce frizz add
shine an lock out humidity.
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