Hair I love right now: April 2011

My top favorite hair trends right now are messy way hair, pixie cuts, curled hair, braids, and the ombre look. I have found some pictures of each to show you.

First is the Ombre look. I have recently done it on my hair, but I want it to be a little more dramatic. How easy is  it tho, you're natural color can come through meaning less damage on your hair and less time touching up your roots. You can do the look if you have short or long hair.

Now, if you have long hair my absolute favorite trend is a side braid, and personally the messier the better for me! You can have curly, wavy, or straight hair for this trend, and you can do a regular French braid, or my favorite fish tail braid. The first picture is a fish tail braid, and the second is a regular french braid. If I had the fish tail and wanted something a little different, I would hold the two side pieces of hair and pull down the middle strand and it will give you a messier braid.

Next, I am loving the wavy/ curly look. If it is your natural, let it go! I think spring and summer are the times to let your hair do what it wants and be free from styling tools. For me though, I do love to curl my hair with my straightening iron to get the second look, and then I put on an elastic headband  to keep it off my face.

Lastly, a huge trend lately..... the PIXIE!:) I love this, but so very few women get it done. It is such a classic look. The two women I have pictured below are so pretty and pull it off wonderfully! Now, the only thing is I would NOT try the ombre look with the pixie just because its such and amazing cut on its own. But, as you see from the last picture, Michelle Williams has a wavy pixie; which I ADORE!

Hair is fun. Play with it, and make it showcase your best facial feature! Go crazy, let it be natural one day, curl it the next, do a braid, be creative.

Spring 2011: hair trends

Being a hairstylist I have to keep up on my hair trends for the season, so I thought I'd post them on here too!

What Ive read so far from Fashionisim.com, is that white blonde and red hair are the top trends.

This is from last spring when I went Platinum, I am currently on my way back to being blonde again.

I think Gwyneth Paltrow has to prettiest blonde hair and its so care free looking.
In my personal opinion if you are wanting to try out this trend you may want to go more golden than white depending on your skin tone, and I wouldn't go longer the your collarbone or it looks a little too fake to me.

I think they both have pretty red colored hair too! At the salon today, I actually took my friends hair back to red too, before I red this article today! We did a deeper red with very vibrant red highlights through it. Again, you need to find the right red shade for your skintone. Some people can pull off a very coppery , orangey red while other need to go for a deeper, richer red.

Also, style wise anything easy going and care free are in. The loose waves, the pixie(one of my favorites), bangs, and easy knots, braids, and pony tails are all very easy to do. Also, my favorite for a bad hair day, a cute scarf tied around your head is always a go to look for me when my hair just wont do what I want it to do. Thats what I opted for today, before I got my hair done lol. They give that cute boho feeling to any outfit!
Hair is all about being creative and fun, but you need to know what colors work with your skin type, and what lengths look proportionate on you and with your facial structure.