Icicles formed on my hair as I boarded the Metro North, Brooklyn bound, for an intense day of hairpainting wizardry at The Paint Box with my two coworkers the first Monday of the New Year.

After six months of following Jenny Regec with her Modern Salon approved Instagram posts, I was ready for my full day hair adventure. 

Warmly greeting my coworkers and I at the door the moment we finally arrived, two wrong subways later, Jenny was prepared to share her craft. 

She dove into her first head of hair, a blonde model relaxing in the narrow four chair salon, as light swarmed around our intimate group through the front window.

Sections were neatly divided, lightener was tapped on with soft, fluid strokes and I was instructed on every brush, tap and smooth.

Jenny shared the history of this modern hair lightening technique, which started fifteen years ago in France, and her background, including a hairstylist mom and Bumble and Bumble training.

After a pause for lunch I went hands on under Jenny’s watchful eye. Anxious with one on one attention while she shared the art of mixing a clay based bleach, where to place the product and how to use my hands to help smooth consistency, I gave it a go.