How does inspiration find you? It finds me when ever I allow my mind to give in to something greater than myself, which usually comes in the form art. Lucky for me, my work is art. So needless to say, I am always inspired at work.
To me, hair is such an art. I am constantly looking for ways to create shape, color, texture, and style. Hair is architecture, sculpture, painting, and movement. It allows me to harness design concepts and create something new and different each and every time. I find inspiration for new hair ideas when I look at the textures of trees in winter vs. summer or seascapes of waves crashing. I see and feel inspiration all the time and with the onset of Spring, I can almost hear it knocking on the door with it's cool, blonde hand. I am so excited to shift from warm reds, violets and dark chocolaty browns to the cool colors of spring and summer! I can't wait to create messy layers, playful textures and highlights that resemble white sandy beaches or that cool auburn sunbeam blasting through your iced tea.
So what specifically does that look like? Well, it looks like Summertime and Hawaii got married and had a love child named, Balayage. Whether you're a natural shade of blonde, dark brown, ginger or anything in between, balayage is where it's at. It's how you get those perfect ribbons of natural sun-kissed pieces throughout. It creates depth and texture, it's low maintenance, the grow-out is easy peasy and you have more creative control with color placement which makes it a tailored fit. Best of all, it's very natural looking. That's not to say that a foiled highlight can't offer you extraordinary results; they're just different. Like dark vs. milk chocolates. Both are delicious. Also, you don't have to go crazy with the bright blonde highlights either. I'm naturally a dark brown and I LOVE my rich caramel colored balayage (blended with old foiled highlights). The contrast of my natural color against the ribbons of caramel look super natural and melted. But if one WERE to go crazy with the blonde... well, go big or go home! Platinum is back (says I)! If you're thinking of rocking platinum blonde this summer then you're my hero and I want to live vicariously thought you. Ha! Seriously though, for those about to rock, I salute you!
Without further adieu, let's take a look at some balayage, foiled highlights and platinum in action. You'll see many variations of tones on a wide range of natural base colors. Long hair, short hair, cropped hair, shaggy hair, braided hair, curled hair, layered hair, shaved hair... all showcasing stunning and gorgeous highlights. My inspiration for this Spring.
