Hairtalk challenged MODERN SALON’s community with sharing your best, most creative work using extensions, with a goal of finding top artists with major skills to play in a second challenge.

We collected thousands of entries in Hairtalk's Creative Freedom Contest and whittled it down to our top 10 finalists.

Each of the finalists were sent Hairtalk extensions and were tasked with creating a second look (check out the slideshow!). Finalists worked closely with Hairtalk to select their hair extension pieces and enhancements to create their final challenge look—choosing length, color and style out of Hairtalk’s offerings.

After submitting their final looks, we opened up the competition to public voting, where YOU decided the grand prize winner...Congratulations to Sydney Lopez and her '70s roller disco style!

Lopez received an exclusive spot in MODERN SALON's Artist Session, a 2-day photoshoot workshop in NYC teaching beauty professionals all about the fabulous world of editorial styling, how to maximize their photographs and how to up their profile via freelance work. As part of the grand prize, hair extensions expert and Hairtalk Artistic Director Vicki Casicola will mentor Lopez in the process.

MORE ABOUT THE LOOK:

For her winning style, Lopez wanted to combine together "roller disco" and "modern day" in her '70s inspired look.

• To achieve extra volume she used Hairtalk’s colormelted tape-in extensions and Hairtalk’s pop of colors in purple and teal.

• She prepped the hair with Redken Iron Shape 11, AG Tousled Texture spray, and then curled in alternating directions with a 1/8” marcel iron.

• Curls were separated and then set with Moroccanoil Finishing Spray. For extra volume, Lopez used Design Me Puff Me powder.

• To finish off the look, she used CHI Rapid Shine Spray.

For more information about Hairtalk's Creative Freedom Contest, visit modernsalon.com/featured/hairtalk-creative-freedom-contest.