Full head colour and Layered Bob hair cut

The client came in for a full head colour and hair cut. She was a busy mum and didn't have a lot of time to spend styling her hair, but she wanted it quite a bit shorter and also wanted to cover the grey hair.  I suggested we use a brown tint similar to her natural base but also with some red tones in it to give a nice shine and a bit of warmth. After colouring the hair I cut it into a nice layered bob so it would be easy for her to manage. She was really pleased with the results and is now a regular client. I was really happy with the end result I think it really suited her.

Uniform layer cut and and set in rollers

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The client wanted a little trim all over, her hair was quite thin and she liked it to be set in rollers to make it look more full. I still find cutting hard but I feel like each time I do it I am getting a bit better. I enjoyed putting the rollers in but found the pins kept popping out all the time. The client was really pleased with her hair and I think it looked nice too

Competition (Wizard of Oz)

We had a competition in college where we had one hour to style the hair to a theme of our choice. We were able to prepare the models clothes and makeup before but only had one hour for the actual hairstyle. We also had to design a mood board to show our ides and inspirations for the style. I chose The Wizard of Oz as my theme and used my little girl as my model. First I curled all the hair and then backcombed it to add some volume this was supposed to be like the cowardly lion I then used a yellow hair piece and plaited it right down the hair and this was the yellow brick road finally I put lots of straw in the curls for the scarecrow and completed the look by putting her in a Dorothy outfit. It was very nerve racking doing the competition and I finished with only 3 minutes to spare but I was really glad I took part.

Really long blow dry

The client found it difficult to blow dry her own hair as it was extremely long so she asked if I could blow dry it really straight for her. I really enjoyed doing this but it was tricky as it was so long. I decided to use a paddle brush and this gave a really smooth shiny finish

Afro-Caribbean hair

The client came in for a one length cut and blow dry I was terrified when I saw her hair as I had never worked with afro-Caribbean hair before. Her hair was very damaged as she used hair straighteners a lot so I suggested we do an intensive conditioning treatment first. After the conditioning treatment the hair was much easier to comb I had to hold the hair really firmly to keep it straight but it was really tricky to cut as the hair was curling round my fingers. I managed the cut and afterwards I applied a leave-in conditioner before blow drying the clients hair. I was so nervous at first but I found it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be and now I would feel a lot more comfortable doing afro-caribbean hair in future.

All over colour very curly hair

The client wanted an all over colour I decided to go for a Quasi as she was a young client and didn't have any grey hair. She had very curly hair which was tricky to section so I made sure the hair was well combed before I started and made sure my sections were really neat when I applied the colour. I then cut her hair in a long graduation I found it quite tricky as her hair was so curly so I made sure I kept her hair really wet and used a lot of tension.The client always had her hair curly as she found it really hard to style it herself so she asked me if I could blow dry it straight for her. This took a little while but I was getting used to working with curly hair so I was a bit more confident this time. When I had finished I was really proud of myself this was the first time I had coloured cut and styled the hair all at the same time, it did take a while but the client was so pleased at the end that it was worth it.

Plaiting and Twisting photos

Root Colour and Long Graduation

The client came in and wanted her roots doing she was happy with her colour but she felt like it wasn't covering the grey very well. She usually had a 9.3 on her hair so I decided to stick to the colour she was happy with but mix it with 9.0 to give her better coverage of the more resistant grey hair. She was delighted with the results and I thought it came out really well. She also wanted a trim so as she was happy with the style we stuck to the long graduation hair cut. The client had a lot of really thick hair so I had to make sure I was combing the hair and holding it up really well. Her hair was really kinky at the root so I made sure I took really fine sections when blow drying and pulled it quite firmly as she liked her hair to be smooth and straight, this took a long time but it was worth it in the end as she was delighted with it.