There is a specific kind of frustration that comes from looking in the mirror and realizing your hair looks, well, flat. Not damaged, not broken, just dull. Like someone turned the brightness down. Your cut is still good. Your color is technically fine. But the shine you had right after your last salon visit has…
Every fall, my Pinterest boards go absolutely feral. Moody coppers. Glossy espresso browns. That deep cherry cola shade that makes someone’s eyes look like they belong in a Renaissance painting. I save them all, and I know you do too. But here’s what I also know, because I’ve been in this world long enough to…
I’m going to start with something I wish someone had told me before I ever picked up a box of dye in a dorm bathroom in my early twenties: the most beautiful hair colors you see on Pinterest are not as out of reach as they feel. Blonde balayage in particular has a reputation for…
Let me start with a small confession. For years I told myself copper wasn’t for me. I had this idea that really vivid, warm hair colors were the exclusive territory of certain skin tones or certain levels of boldness, and I wasn’t sure I had either. Then I spent time in a salon watching colorists…
I have a very specific memory from my salon-assistant days in Austin. A client came in holding her phone screen-out toward the stylist, pointing at a celebrity photo and saying, “I want this, but I don’t even know what to call it.” The stylist looked at it for half a second and said, “That’s a…
I have a very specific memory from my salon-assistant days in Austin. A client came in holding her phone screen-out toward the stylist, pointing at a celebrity photo and saying, “I want this, but I don’t even know what to call it.” The stylist looked at it for half a second and said, “That’s a…