Featured in the May issue of American Salon, L’Oréal Professionnel colorist Andre Luis presents his look, Havana, inspired by Cuba’s capital. It is the first of four looks in the L’Oréal Professionnel 2013 Balayage Voyage, a collection of illuminating hair styles inspired by exotic locations around the world. Check out our blog throughout the month as we reveal the how-tos for all four looks, each created by a different L’Oréal Professionnel colorist.
The Havana look:
SECTIONING
1. Create an ear-to-ear radial parting, separating the front from the back.
2. From the ear-to-ear radial parting, create an inverted triangle section over the crown and secure with sectioning clips.
3. Take a profile parting from the tip of the triangle to the nape. Secure a right and left back section.
4. Create two parallel, diagonal lines, from the arch of each eyebrow, extending to the ear-to-ear radial parting Secure three sections in the front.
FORMULATION
FORMULA 1: Majimèches + 40-volume Majicrème Developer
FORMULA 2: Majimèches + 30-volume Majicrème Developer
FORMULA 3: INOA ODS² 8.23/8VG + 20-volume INOA Rich Developer
SUBSECTIONS & SPACING
Subsections are taken along the partings within a section. The subsections used in this technique,along the partings, are 1” wide, and about an 1/8” deep. The spacing, between subsections along the row, is a 1/2”. Spacing between rows is a 1/2”.
STEP BY STEP
1. Begin at the nape. Use diagonal back partings. Use a textured stitch and apply FORMULA 1 tothe first subsection. Complete the subsections along the first parting. Moving upward, apply FORMULA 2 along the second parting and FORMULA 3 to the third. Isolate balayaged areas with Sweet Mèches. Continue this alternating pattern until reaching the inverted triangle section. The stitching transitions into a natural stitch as you approach the top of the section.
2. Use horizontal partings and continue the same alternating pattern within the inverted triangle section with a natural stitch. Use horizontal partings (automatically transitioning into vertical above the parietal ridge), and complete the front right side using the same alternating pattern, with a textured stitch transitioning into a natural stitch.
3. Use horizontal partings, continue in the same manner as the right front section, and complete the front left side. Use diagonal partings within the final section and complete using the alternating pattern, with a natural stitch.