The Picasso Effect

Using new tools reignites our creativity and challenges the complacent hair artist in all of us.Like a sprinkle of fairy dust of glittering gold, those unique powers too grow old.

By following instagrammers like @hairbycamille and @prettylittleombré, social media colorists willing to share their vivid secrets, our creative palette is lit once again.

A tool for every trade has evolved thus so has a need to dust off our magic bag of wands, add some new sparkle and customize that color. 

Chip brush from the hardware store, sponge brush, Siggers balayage brush, Framar highlight brush

Picasso away.

Paint That Hair

Being careful not to fly bleach from the balayage paddle, I paint long locks and cautiously watch over designer handbags as well dressed women converse with their stylists in the next station over.

Speckles of bleach rest dryly on the shimmering black cape while most of it is laying thickly on top of each hair section I select for a custom highlight application.  

I layer strands with clay based hair lightener, a modern form of bleach that creates a hard shell on the outside yet stays moist on the inside to allow hair to be freely painted. Unlike traditional powder bleach that swells and is more likely to cause bleeding, the clay stays right where I put it. I then saturate freely where light is desired. 

A freehand application is always custom, seemless and beautiful