How to Style Hair

Transcript Hi. My name is Joy La Rosa and I’m a hair stylist here in New York City. I work downtown in Soho at a salon called Sam Brocato Salon. I’ve been styling hair professionally for about six or seven years. I have been cutting and coloring hair though since I was 13 years old. …

Transcript I want to talk to you about ombre. Ombre is a new-ish technique, or it’s become very popular lately. All that ombre means is that it’s a gradation from dark to light. We see it in various articles of clothing, and it has far outreached the hair market, but in terms of hair, it’s …

Transcript Let’s talk about perms. As we see kind of a shift in hair, where we’re moving away from straight smooth hair into more textured hair, I actually am seeing this great interest in texturizing service again. A texturizing service would be a perm. That being said, there are many variations of perms out there …

Transcript So, I wanted to give you some tips today on bangs. Bangs are a great way to highlight different areas of your face. They are also a great way to deal with hairlines and other problems that we might have or see as problems. I would go in and ask your hairstylist if they …

Transcript So I wanted to talk to you today about some options for smoothing your hair, some smoothing systems. There is of course the one that is probably the most well known which would be a keratin treatment where keratin is smoothed onto the top layer of hair. There’s also your more traditional relaxers that …

Transcript So I wanted to talk a little about keratin today. As I’m telling you this information however, our science and technology is moving so fast that it is possible this this could become outdated. But that’s very reassuring. That means that our technologies are getting smarter and smarter especially as you the consumer gets …

Transcript I’m going to show you how to use hair chalk to add a pop of color to your hair. I have been finding hair chalk, actual hair chalk, kind of all over the place now. You can also find hair shadow that’s more like a palate of eye shadows. Before that for ages I’ve …

Transcript So, I wanted to talk to you a little bit about the difference between a curling iron and a curling wand. And this is a conical curling wand, meaning it goes from fat to skinny. A curling iron is going to give you a flat, soft curl that’s curled from the, evenly curled from …

Transcript I wanted to talk to you about how to make your fine hair look fuller. I think there are some really quick things that you can do, starting with the maintenance of your hair. I would get your hair trimmed more often; that way you have much less damage and breakage throughout the ends, …

Transcript I wanted to talk to you a little bit today about how to get shine in your dull hair. The number one reason that you would have dull hair would be some sort of a product build-up on it. So if you don’t have overly colored hair, try a clarifying shampoo and conditioner. See …

Transcript I wanted to teach you today a great couple of tips for fighting grays, hiding grays, and hiding roots. The number one thing that you can do to hide both roots and specifically gray roots would be to add volume or height to the hair. So the worst thing that you can do is …

Transcript So I wanted to talk to you today about fighting frizz. Frizz is the number one complaint I get from all of my clients, how do they deal with frizz. One thing that really makes your hair frizzy is whenever you do in the opposite direction that your hair grows. Whether it be brush …

Transcript So, I’m going to show you how to deal with static. Now we experience static in relationship usually to the weather or to our hair type. The reason you would have static is if there is a lack of moisture in the air. So the best way to combat that is to keep your …

Transcript So I’m going to show you now how to create beachy waves using a flat iron. This is a really, really great technique is your hair is some where to my models, this is her natural kind of wavy texture. It’s just a way to bump that up to the next level. Or if …

Transcript So I wanted to show you how to use a curling iron to get a tight wave pattern today. I’m going to first start off with a center part for my model. These curls are going to be a little bit more beachy, and I always like a center part with a beachy look. …

Transcript I’m going to teach you how to create bangs using hair extensions. Now there are several bang hair extension products available. You could get even a clip-on bang. This is just kind of my own take on that, something different that you can do. If you had long enough hair to do this without …

Transcript I’m going to show you today how to do a Brigitte Bardot-inspired ponytail. I’ve already prepped our model’s hair, using a heat-protectant spray, but I’ve also added in some extensions to give her a real fullness; to really get a beautiful, big Brigitte Bardot look out of it. So the first thing that we’re …

Transcript I’m going to show you how to, using extensions, create a braid in your hair. If you’ve ever wanted to have a big, full, beautiful braid, but don’t quite have enough hair to do it or if you wear braids quite frequently, hair extensions are a great investment for you. I’ve already prepped our …

Transcript So I’m going to show you how to put in hair extensions. First thing that you want to do is we’re going to section off the hair that is in front of the ear. And I just twist it out of place, but you could obviously clip it. Because we’re going to start putting …

Transcript I’m going to show you now how to tease hair. So what I’m going to do is I’m going to start in the crown, which is the highest point of the head. And I’m going to take a little thin section, I’m going to comb it up using a rat-tailed comb. All the way …

Transcript So I’m going to show you how to get big hair, using dry shampoo. Dry shampoo, we typically think about for day two hair, or oily hair or something like that. A really great way to use it is more as a texturizing spray, which is how we’re going to use it today. So …

Transcript So I’m going to show you how to create vintage inspired curls today. What I’m going to do first is I’m going to take our model and I’m going to change her natural part. So her natural part is on this side and I’m going to go to this side. The way I’m going …

Transcript All right. So today I’m going to talk to you about a couple of different kinds of curling irons. And then I’m also going to show you kind of what each curling iron and what type of curl it makes on our model here. So, first of all there are basically maybe three types …

Transcript So I’m going to show you how to do loose waves on your hair using a curling iron. So I’m going to start by taking our models hair and making it into two sections and I usually start that section at the recession point, and I will travel to the other side to the …

Transcript Today, I’m going to show you how to use a curling iron. A few basic steps before you ever want to put a curling iron to your, is be sure you’re using something that has a little bit of hold, and most importantly, a little bit of heat protectant spray. I would also suggest, …

Transcript So I’m going to show you how to create big bouncy curls, or as I like to call it, how to fake a round brush blowout. This is a great, super quick method, sometimes really good on day old hair, too, a good way to refresh. What I’m going to do first is I’m …

Transcript I’m going to show you how to do a chignon today. What I’m going to do first is I’m going to section off my hair. I’m going to actually switch our model’s hair part to the other side because I want to have a really deep part and I want to get a lot …

Transcript So I’m going to show you today how to do a messy bun, keeping in mind that this is a bun that could be placed anywhere on the head. I’m going to do it a little higher. That seems really fresh for spring and summer. You could do it a little bit lower if …

Transcript So I’m going to show you how to do a hair bow in your hair. The hair bow is such a cute little trick. It kind of ebbs and flows. It always seems to come back. I’m going to show you how to do a hair bow that is high and kind of glamorous. …

Transcript So today I wanted to show you how to do a sock bun. We’re first going to start off with how to create a sock bun. What you need is ladies’ or men’s dress socks because they’re a little thinner, and you want to try to get a color that will match kind of …

Transcript So I’m going to show you now, how to use hot rollers. There are a hundred different ways that you can use hot rollers, today I’m just going to show you a very modern practical way to use it. I will say, this last season on the red carpet everything that we saw almost, …

Transcript So I wanted to show you today how to style short bangs. As you can see our model has pretty short bangs. This tutorial would work well if your bangs are a little bit shorter or a little bit longer, too. Just a great bit of information about how to style different types of …

Transcript Joy: So, I wanted to share with you a little bit about how to trim your own bangs at home. I wanted to start off first by saying, this is an advanced skill. So, if you don’t feel comfortable trimming your bangs at home, I would definitely suggest calling up a local salon and …

Transcript Hi everybody. I wanted to show you today how to style side-swept bangs. So our beautiful model here has lash grazing length bangs. You could do this style with, you know, kind of cheekbone, anything that was a little bit longer. And I’ve already blow-dried the rest of her hair. What I’m going to …