The time of year has come where you can finally wear Messy, Sexy, Tousled hair and how do you achieve this look you may ask?
SIMPLE!
First you start off with a head full of hair, preferably yours! Second, a bottle of Bumble and bumble’s Surf Spray.
Spray Surf Spray all over hair dry or damp, wrap in a messy bun, after about 20-30 minutes let loose and VOILA!
(For wavy-curly you can simply spray in and scrunch with fingers)
Summertime has officially arrived. This means more time at the beach, and more sun exposure for your beloved tresses. When it comes to suncare, its important to not only protect your skin, but also your hair.
The most important thing to keep in mind is moisture, moisture, moisture! Especially if your hair is chemically treated, put a little conditioner in it before hitting the beach or the pool.
If you want to take things one step further, Kerastase’s Soleil line has shampoo’s, sprays and masques that are specifically made for sun and UV pre and post protection. And even though its greasy, don’t forget when applying that sunscreen to put some on your part-line at the scalp. Skin cancer is serious, and definitely not pretty!
Dry shampoo’s are making a comeback and in a big way. Various product lines are coming out with new, updated, and lets just be honest, better versions of this old favorite. The two to check out at Studio DNA are Oribe’s “Dry” and Sidlab’s “Magic”.
A closer look at shampooing and dry shampooing; Shampoo’s tend to dry out the hair while they cleanse. The sun, salt water, and chlorine will also dry the hair. With this being said, summer is the most important time to cut back on shampooing. Luckily for those with oily scalps, there is Dry and Magic. Spray Dry into shampooed dry hair to create magnificent volume or spray into dirty hair and see the oils disappear before your eyes. Magic is purely a dry shampoo. Only spray Magic into oily (even extremely oily) hair and enjoy an instant clean feeling without the drying effects of shampoo.
Feel free to visit the salon to take a closer look at Dry and Magic, or schedule a consultation with me to see if dry shampoo could be prescribed as part of your product regimen.
“I’ve been a hair dresser all my life. It’s what I do. It’s what I love.” ~Oribe
Recently, me and some of the DNA crew got the opportunity to participate in Oribe backstage in Las Vegas. For those of you who don’t know who Oribe is you might just want to google him! On the real though- He is a distinguished and renowned hairstylist and has been lauded as one of the top hairdressers in the US and perhaps the world, by key fashion designers and editors. Oribe’s combination of session, and salon work spans over three decades, and he has defined the notion of fashion over the course of a career of unprecedented longevity and scope. He is absolutely AMAZING! He created a luxury hair product line that is out of control!
I must tell you the odds were against Amy and I when we were out numbered by the DNA boys… One of them had this fabulous idea to ride roller coasters on top of the tallest building on the Vegas strip!! Don’t worry Alfie I wont tell anyone that you paid to NOT ride any of the rides 
Long story short I pretty much lost my life when I was hanging over the edge of the building!!! As if that wasn’t enough, we then got on this thing that decided we weren’t already high enough so it shot us straight up into the sky…. and then dropped us!! I’m assuming the only point in entertaining yourself in such a way is to make sure you still know how to scream or cry???
Thankfully we are all still alive…..
The actual Oribe event took place in a club! Which all made complete sense when he came out… Cause he is a freaking rock star! That guy has mad steez! I never thought i would say this of a man his age but he is is sexy!!! Oribe inspires me in so many ways. He has an amazing ability to captivate any audience. Even people who don’t do hair couldn’t help but be inspired by Oribe. He believes there is beauty in everything even the grotesque. He had over 300 creative directors and salon owners from all over the world rethinking there entire approach to something they’ve done on a daily basis!
This was a very inspiring weekend and I feel so lucky to have had the opportunity to hang out with some of the most brilliant stylist out there! Everyone was seriously on it!!! I will never miss an event the Oribe crew puts on 
What happened in Vegas won’t stay in Vegas – not this time!
Way too much to share about our recent Vegas weekend with Celebrity Hair Artist/Guru Oribe!
I had the honor of attending my second Oribe backstage event recently in Las Vegas. Last year the event was held in New York and just when you thought it could not get any bigger – it did, but then again Vegas can do that to you.
The Palms hotel was hosting this eventa and we knew we were in store for a great weekend when we arrived and saw the sign – 300 hundred of Americas most celebrated Hairstylists coming together to play and make some magic with Oribe.
Day 1 – We all arrived at Rain Nightclub at The Palms Hotel where we were met with a fabulous piano player dressed like Lady Gaga on a white grand piano belting out some cool tunes. Soon after we all settled in, Oribe took center stage much to everyone’s excitement. He then declared that this weekend would be called Grotesque Glamour (I love a good oxymoron) – clearly insprired by Lady Gaga who Oribe has been working with in creating some of her fabulous looks.
He brought three models onto the stage setting up to work on them silmataneously – very exciting. Oribe ended up giving us three very different looks which certainly expressed the Grotesque Glamour he was talking about. This weekend was all about stepping way out of the box and having a really good time doing so. After the models were done we all got to get a closer look – Fabulous!! It got us all very excited about the hands on workshop the next day.
Day 2 – We arrived at The Palms ballroom with our equipment in tow. After checking in we walked into the ballroom where 300 models were waiting to get their glam on – WOW so cool.
Dane from Studio DNA Beverly and I were the two stylists doing the hands on portion for Studio DNA. We found our models and instantly had a connection, which is very important when you are about to spend the next 6 hours doing some crazy stuff with them! Soon after, Oribe took to the stage and got the ball rolling with his model. Our first look was to take or models hair and get in into a skull cap and then place a fabulous blonde wig over it, securing it tightly to make sure it stayed on all day. Oribe showed us some tricks he learned from Diana Ross who showed him on how to properly secure a wig! Imagine a room filled with 300 hundred blonde models – a straight man’s dream come true! We were then introduced to the new Oribe texture spray which we got to use on our model and Oribe wanted us to tease the wigs as big as we could possibly get them, and we did!
Our next look, we were given the freedom to cut the hair however we wanted and I opted for an asymmetrical barbarella type look.
Our last look ws inspired by the 30’s . We brushed our wig out and placed a hairnet over the wig and using the new Oribe Soft Lacquer spray, we molded into finger waves to get our 30’s look – and you may be asking well what happened to the “Grotesque glamour” – well here it is……. Give 300 hairstylists body paint and tell them to create whatever they want and that’s what you are going to get!
Our day ended up back at Rain nightclub where we became the audience, standing on the side of the runway waiting for 300 of our models to strut their stuff and show off our work – it was Amazing!
Who would of thought something like “Grotesque Glamour” could ever exist? Well it has and it does and I thank Lady Gaga for reminding us, although it may not be for everyone – Glamour is in the eye of the beholder.
Thank You Oribe and his team for giving us another inspiring weekend!