
The Industry Remembers and Mourns Educator and Artist Dominique LyVar
Dominique LyVar, an influential educator and artist, is remembered by those who loved him for his significant impact on the industry and contributions to the community.
Everyone's favorite brush now comes in breathtaking shades, so you can bring color and shine to your tool bag.


Olivia Garden has released a collection of its award-winning OG brushes in a new colorway: Aurora. Inspired by the Aurora Borealis, this trendy metallic ombré design will help bring color and shine to your tool bag.
The new colors come with the same innovations the OG Brush Collection brought during its launch in fall of 2019 – a detachable cushion which allows stylists to keep the brush completely clean.
“Stylists spend their day making sure their clients look and feel their best. We want to give them beautiful tool to do that with – without sacrificing quality,” shares Anne Maza, Co-Owner of Olivia Garden. “With the pandemic top-of-mind, now more than ever, having the ability to take apart your brush for cleaning is so important.”
In addition to the four different color handles, the brush cushions are color-coded by their different bristle type:
Pink Cushion: The Detangler for fine to medium hair is equipped with special bristles for gentle detangling of wet and dry hair.
Teal Cushion: The Detangler for medium to thick hair is designed with bristles that painlessly detangle tough snags in thicker hair with its comfortable ball point tips.
Purple Cushion: The Styler Brush has a blend of boar and nylon bristles designed to eliminate frizz and flyaways while giving hair a smooth, shiny finish.
NEW Blue Cushion: The new Mini Brush is a smaller version of the The Detangler for medium to thick hair; designed with bristles that painlessly detangle tough snags in thicker hair with its comfortable ball point tips.
All four brushes will be available on oliviagarden.com.

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