featured hair artist and teen hair styles with th estyling tips

Mario Russo

Owner/ Lead Stylist

“Everyone has the potential to be beautiful with the right cut and color. It is a matter of selecting a stylist who is intuitive and has been trained to craft a hairstyle that expresses your personal style along with complimenting your lifestyle.” My hair tip? Use a t-shirt instead of a towel to sop up extra water in your hair. The thick, ridged cotton of a towel will only add extra frizz and friction to your already dry locks. Put the t-shirt on and then pull it over your head, wrapping it like a turban & knotting it around wet locks.

How to Style: 

1. Starting with freshly shampooed hair, apply a volumizing mousse to towel dried hair.
2. Blow dry hair using a flat paddle brush. Blow dry hair upside down to create more volume.
3. Create a side part and mist hair with a heat protectant.
4. Once hair is dry, use a 1-inch curling iron to curl ends.
5. Take small sections and wind hair around the curling iron to ear lobe level.
6. In the bang area, curl hair to the arch of the eyebrow.

   CALLING KATNISS EVERDEEN…

   If you’re feeling like the “odds may ever be in your favor”, try this Katniss Everdeen-inspired French braid.
   
   
   How to Style: 
   
   1. Starting with dry hair, prep mid-lengths and ends with Argan oil.
   2. Gently brush through hair using a natural bristle boar brish.
   3. Place thumbs at the corners of forehead and slide back to crown.
   4. Divide section into three smaller sections.
   5. Slide an outer section over the center section.
   6. Slide the other outer section over the new center section.
   7. Add more hair to each outer section and repeat steps 4 and 5.
   8. Continue braid until you have reached the ends.
   9. Secure braid with a clear elastic.
   10. Take a small section from the ends and wrap it around the elastic.
   11. Secure with a bobby pin.
   12. Finish style with a flexible hold hairspray.
   Product Recommendation: 
   Try prepping dry locks with Josie Maran’s Argan Oil. When you take your hair out of the braid, it will feel so soft and moisturized!
7. Allow curls to cool and gently finger comb through.
8. Set curls with a flexible hold hairspray.