Tousled Texture
Create tousled, just out-of-the ocean texture with a matte finish for your clients.
Shine Time
The Sebastian Professional Stylist Design team defined the four types of shine, including textured shine. The stylists used crushed velvet as the inspiration to create this look.
French Twist Headband Braid
Dress up long hair styles with Simply Smooth’s Keratin Reparative Magic Potion Intense Blowout, and top it off with a modern, French twist headband braid.
Bouncy Beach Hair
Humidity can wreak havoc on natural texture, says INOAR World Ambassador Edward Teitel, who follows a ritual whenever he styles beach-wave hair at the INOAR Academy in Miami or San Paulo, or at photo shoots.
Smooth Away
Smoothing a client’s hair with BioIonic’s Agave Smoothing Treatment typically takes just over an hour from start to finish, depending on the hair’s length and texture.
Sophisticated Fluff
The contrast of finger waves in the front and airy texture on top and in the back creates a retro, sexy look for your shorthair clients. Rusk’s Being Sexy line gives your artistry wings.
Curl Enchantment
Give your clients glamorous curls that are refined, soft and touchable.
Sleek Bombshell
For shorter cuts like pixies and bobs, incorporate texture by pumping up the volume and adding separation and detail for a textured look.
Rake & Shake
To know curls is to love curls. That is the philosophy behind Ouidad’s trademarked styling technique, Rake & Shake.
Behind the Cover: September 2012 Texture
The cover style for this issue’s Texture! was created by Kansas City stylist and 2012 NAHA finalist Rusty Phillips.
Corporate and Curly
Every stylist has had a curly-haired client ask for a smooth blow-out in order to look professional at a work conference or to make a good impression at a job interview.
Frizz! The Skinny on Fat Hair
Just when we’re laser focused on the matter and finally winning the battle against frizz, we glance up to notice something on the horizon. Frizz is making a reappearance! But wait. It’s different. It’s—it’s pretty!
Angelina Mersola Demos Celebrity Waves
Angelina Mersola of the Enve Beauty Lounge of NYC offers her HOW TO create celebrity waves using her new favorite iron set..the Amika 5P Interchangeable Barrel Curler.
Timeless Beauty by David Barron
David Barron of Barron’s London Salon in Atlanta, Georgia began his career in his native England where he spent time learning his craft with Vidal Sassoon.
Clamp, Wrap and Roll With StyleWinder
Bio Ionic's StyleWinder is a styling iron designed to create curls, waves and bangs for different styles and hair lengths.
Modern Quiff: A Combination of the '50s Pompadour and the Mohawk
The modern day Quiff is a hair style that combines the 1950’ Elvis Pompadour and the 1980’s Duran Duran Mohawk. This has now developed into a major hair style trend for both men and women. Male models and celebrities like David Beckham have made this look popular for men. While female celebrities like Rachel Wood and Alicia Keys have made it feminine and fashionable for women.
20:12 Collection by Louise Smith
Louise Smith is an award winning stylist with Toni & Guy at the salon group’s Salisbury, England salon.