Not for nothing, but after doing "Ambush Makeover" for more than a couple of years I have only gained more respect for hair color. I am constantly overwhelmed by the power and importance of hair color. I think that hair color is the quickest way to dramatically change your looks. You can look younger, prettier, sexier, completely natural, or incredibly chic and stylized. The true miracle of hair color is that in most cases it takes less than an hour to complete the process. On the Today show's Ambush Makeover I color hair in less than half that time. Hair color truly is the quick fix that works. I am fully aware of that hair color is only one part of "Ambush". I truly believe it is the most significant change that sets the tone for the makeover's cut and style, make-up, and clothes. I know this statement might ruffle a few feathers in the fashion and beauty community, and maybe even with the other members of the "Ambush" team. I am not trying to emphasis my importance or underplay the significance of a great haircut, perfect make-up, and a great looking outfit. I am solely talking about the power of hair color.

I have made many dramatic color changes on young girls over the years. Many times the change was for young actors playing a movie role or an attempt for a real girl to look like her favorite "it" girl of the moment. I think hair color on young girls is fine but I do suggest subtle changes. I always think of hair color as make-up. You and your hair color are most likely beautiful as a teen. Very little needs to be done, you are perfect already. But if you want to have fun and color your hair I only have one comment. Color it! A touch of hair color is no different than trying on a lipstick. It's a fun way to try a different look. It always grows. Now is the perfect time to experiment. By the way, you can also get away with color choices that probably won't work when you are a bit older.

When you have been in the hair business as long as I have, you can't help but notice how people cut, color and style their hair. The moment I meet someone, my eyes go directly to the top of their head. It's a horrible habit that makes almost everyone uncomfortable, and I've tried to stop doing it for years to no avail. My eyes are especially drawn to any hair faux pas. There is nothing more frustrating than having to bite my lip instead of giving a hair tip. It often takes every inch of my self control to keep my lip zipped.

Here is a list of the most common hair faux pas I have tried not to notice over the years.

Picking the wrong haircut and style for your hair's texture. Wearing fine hair too long or layered will only make it seem wispier and see-through. Wearing curly hair straight often looks dry, fried and tortured in place.

TIP: Always work with the texture of your hair. You're not fooling anyone but yourself.


Picking the wrong hair color. There's a rumor out there that you have to make your hair color lighter as the years go by. Guess what? That's not always true! Often the best solution to avoid dull hair color is to make it brighter or richer.

TIP: Your hair color should always provide contrast to your skin color. If you find your self putting on more makeup than usual to look alive, you have picked the wrong hair color.


Making clean hair look dirty by misusing products. This is so five years ago. Hair today looks fresh, clean and natural. It should never look over-gelled, moussed or waxed into place. Hair should never look like it's made of shiny plastic.

TIP: Less is more. If you can't run your fingers through your hair, you have used too much product.


Highlighting hair to look solid or worst yet, frosted. There are two common highlighting mistakes.

The first is when too many highlights are placed too close together, creating a loss of contrast and often resembling an overall, single-process color. This will result in an unnatural looking color that requires frequent touch-ups instead of the graceful grow out that highlights should provide.

The second mistake is when highlights are left on too long to avoid gold shades. Highlights without gold often appear grey and frosted. This will make your hair look dull and you look older.

TIP: Never place your highlights too close together or make them too pale. Highlights should accent and brighten your base color, not change it or make it dull.


Using scrunches, butterfly clips and banana clips as hair accessories. They are tools to keep your hair off your face. They are appropriate to use while washing your face, applying makeup or giving yourself a facial. As easy and gentle as these are to use, they should never be worn outside your home.

TIP: There are many simple and chic accessories available at your local drugstore or beauty supply. Look for the simplest headbands or covered elastics. They are gentle to your hair and always look right.


That's it! You now have the list of my Top Five hair faux pas. The good news is that they are all easy to remedy. With very little effort you can look prettier, softer and younger!

Can you believe that it is already March? Spring--traditionally the time of new beginnings--is just around the corner. The weather changes and so does your wardrobe. This season, wardrobe changes may be minimal because all of us are short on cash. This is the perfect time to rethink your look. A change of style and cut might be the best answer to the doldrums of this year's dreary financial news. This doesn't mean you have to cut your shoulder-length hair into a pixie or make your brown hair platinum blond, but the uncertain times may prove to be the incentive you need to undertake small changes that will make big differences in your look and the way you feel about your future.

Rethink your color, cut and makeup. Your hair is your most important fashion accessory. Your hair will do more to change and update your look than any pair of shoes or hot new jeans--and will cost a lot less, too.


Highlights today
Highlights have changed dramatically over the last couple of years. If your hair looks streaked or frosted, or is growing out with a definite root line, it's time for a change. Highlights should be a natural looking combination of thin and slightly thicker strokes of color placed randomly on the top layers of your hair and around your hairline. They should not be placed on the under layers of your hair. Placing lighter hairs over dark hair gives the illusion of depth and texture. Notice any child's hair that has natural streaks. Their highlights are only on the top layer of their hair. Sometimes nature does know best. And lighter isn't always better. Did you notice the color of Jennifer Aniston's hair color at the Academy Awards this year? Jennifer went blonder, forfeiting her caramel highlights for a paler blond shade. Her hair color, which was always one of my perpetual favorites, became more ordinary. Sometimes less is more.

Roots have become acceptable over the last few years. Not only do they create a modern look, they also let you go a bit lighter than your skin color would normally allow. Remember, hair color should always provide contrast with your skin color. The darker color at your roots makes your lighter ends acceptable. I am not talking about black roots with a solid line of demarcation separating blond ends. The darker roots should slowly blend to the lighter color on the tips of the hair. Gisele Bundchen's hair is a perfect example of today's great looking roots.

There was a time, not so long ago, when the quintessential beauties were always blonds. People born blond wanted to be blonder. People with dark hair wanted to be as light as they could be, even at the risk of frizz and brassy hair. The woman with the lightest hair was always considered the prettiest. Well, times have changed.

Women have realized that the most flattering hair colors often extend far beyond the blond pallet. I myself became aware of this doing the Today Show's Ambush Makeovers. The blonds always looked good, but the warmer, richer, darker colors looked great. They made the most significant positive difference on almost every makeover. More vibrant hair colors made women's skin tones look more radiant. The makeovers looked prettier and younger. No one was more surprised than me by this realization. I made my career keeping some of the most famous women in the world blond. Have I been blindsided by blonds? I might have been guilty of being a "blond addict", but one day at a time I am opening up myself to the world of more fiery colors.

Does your hair color look as natural as a snowstorm in July? Does it look more like Barbie doll hair than hair that grows from your head? Can your color best be described as white, black, yellow, or a screaming red? Do your roots show in a week? Then you probably need a hair color make-under.

Most hair color make-unders often go hand in hand with hair style make-unders. Usually extreme coloring requires so much styling, hair products, blow drying and curling irons that you end up with an old fashion hair do, or should I say a hair don't. This makes any woman look way beyond her years. Who wants that? TIP - If your hair takes more than 15 minutes to style, you probably need a hair make-under. Hair color and texture that looks like it grows from your head is always the most flattering. I am not saying that everyone should be au naturel; I am saying that your hair should look effortless, even if it requires a little work.

As they said in the musical Legally Blonde, "Ohmigod, you guys!"

This is one of those weeks that goes down in history. I went to London on Sunday to sell my product line and (of course) continued my perpetual search for new beauty trends. It was a great trip because the products sold out almost instantly. I can't even start to explain how exciting it is when this happens! I was literally high as a kite. By the way, the English women looked incredibly chic whether their look was sophisticated or punk. I took endless notes on how they put themselves together. I will do a follow up blog on English style very soon. They have a keen sense of style that is nothing short of genius.

That was just the beginning of the week. I was back in New York on Tuesday to do makeovers for a Today Show segment to be aired on New Year’s Day. Wednesday was a regular work day, but Christmas rush had kicked in, so it was a wild day at the salon. Thursday, we shot the segment to be aired on New Year’s Day at the Today Show studio and Thursday night was our office holiday party. Friday morning, which, needless to say, came very early, was my favorite day of the week. Ambush Makeover Day is really the closest you can get to flying by the seat of your pants. You don't know what you are walking into until the show begins!

 As the show finished, I went straight to Kennedy Airport to fly to my Los Angeles salon. Believe it or not, I had a business dinner on Friday night. I did make it to work on Saturday, and the day went relatively smoothly. Holiday cheer filled the room. I went home right after work and totally crashed. I woke up on super early on Sunday feeling great and now I am writing this blog. (When things go well, you do feel super charged and feel like you can take on the world, don't you think?)

Well, enough about me. Now, let’s talk about Friday’s "Ambush Makeover.” We made over two sisters from Pennsylvania. There were actually three sisters, all in all, but one was a bit shy to be made over. She was disappointed that she wasn't bold enough to join in by the end of the show, but you know what they say about “Should have, would have, could have.” Maybe she will come down to the show again and be a makeover candidate? Never say never!

The sisters picked to be made over were Nancy, an accountant from Ellwood City, and Kathy, a nurse from Harrisburg.

Nancy has not changed her haircut since she was in high school. This is a major beauty faux pas. If you have had the exact same haircut for more than a few years, you most likely look dated. This doesn't mean you have to constantly make dramatic changes, but small changes such as moving your part or a bang trim will keep you looking up to date. Nancy, however, had a more serious issue. She had a mullet. You know, a hair cut that is “business in the front and a party in the back.” Yikes!

Arsen Gurgov, my "Ambush Makeover" hairdresser, first snip was to cut the back of her hair off. This is the first rule of hair cutting: One head, one haircut! The mullet didn't work for Billy Ray Cyrus or Joe Dirt and it won't work for you. Nancy made her hair progressively blonder over the years and it washed her out. I added depth to her hair color and she immediately looked younger. Her new golden red hair made her look prettier and younger. It took a long time for Nancy to make a change, but it was definitely worth the wait. She looked like a star.

Nancy’s sister, Kathy, had a brown, one-length bob. Her son is getting married in July and she wanted to have a more glamorous look for her the wedding. Arsen cut layers in her bob. This released her natural waves, added height, softened her face, and made her look instantly elegant. I made her brown hair dark blonde and added highlights to show off the layers and waves of her new cut. She is now the most glamorous mother of the groom.



Watch a clip of their Ambush Makeover segment:
Heads up everyone! Starting this week I have set up a team to help me answer all your blog questions. They will be my responses; I will just dictate the answers to my assistants.

Believe it or not, I peck this blog out on my iPhone, one letter at a time. The secret is out now. I can't type to save my life! I really am looking forward to have more of a one-on-one relationship with all of you. Don’t leave me hanging, drop me a line today!

I am holding my breath until next Friday’s "Ambush Makeover.” My fantasy comes true with each one.” I will do my best to make your beauty fantasy come true if you come to see me. …Until then!

Hair styling: Arsen Gurgov | Makeup: Enid O

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When I first heard the title of Monday’s Today Show segment was "Frumpy to Fabulous," I was a bit disconcerted. Who am I to call anyone frumpy? Believe me, I seldom walk around looking as polished as when you see me on the Today Show. I would have to own up to more than a few frumpy days myself, and I'm not talking.

I realize that all of us have days when we don't quite get our look together. I also know the easiest way to spoil any day is to feel frumpy. It's hard to hold your head high and shoulders back when you'd rather disappear. I helped five women change their color and style to make it easy for them to always look fabulous. By the way, that is the first tip!

TIP - A great style and cut is the easiest way to always look good.

Now, let's meet the women and find out their “frumpy to fabulous” secrets:

Diana's long, blond hair was beautiful. The problem is she had too much of a good thing. The length made her face look long, the pale blond hair color washed out her complexion.

Adel of Louis Licari New York, cut Diana's hair into a chin length bob. The new length combined with the side part and long swept bangs immediately changed Diana’s face from square to heart shaped. The side swept bangs camouflaged a high forehead. The new length also softened her jaw line. Now that Diana’s hair cut transformed her face shape, it was my turn to adjust her hair color.

TREND ALERT! - I put a blush of a soft golden red on her blond hair. This kept the lightness of Diana’s natural blond hair, but made it more vibrant.

TIP - When you add color to your hair, you add color to your complexion. Hair color is the makeup that doesn't wash off.

Mia was a diamond in the rough. She just needed to be cut and polished to show off her brilliant good looks. Adel started Mia's transformation by cutting off the fried ends of her hair. This made her hair look healthy and gave it body and bounce.

TIP - The best conditioning treatment for fried hair is a trim.

Mia's natural color was medium brown that turned golden brown from her perms. I loved how this looked on her, so I exaggerated her color with dark, golden blond highlights.

TIP - When highlighting hair that has been previously chemically processed, add one or two caps of water to your coloring mixture. This will make the hair color more gentle. The highlights outlined her hair style and lit up her face.

Jennifer had fine hair that she wore just below her shoulders. She highlighted her naturally light brown hair to a golden blond. This all sounds great, but something wasn't working. Her hair was not flattering. Adel cut Jennifer’s hair to chin length. He then soften her facial features by adding long layers. This immediately plumped up the texture of her hair. It instantly looked fuller.

TIP - Hair should only be as long as its texture will allow.

Now it was my turn to look at Jennifer's hair color. Her hair color clashed with her skin color. It was beyond gold, it was yellow. Jennifer needed to add depth to her hair color. I used a translucent brown color to add depth and not cover all the nuances of her hair.

TIP - Adjusting your hair color is the easiest way to make your skin tone the most flattering shade.

Amy is the epitome of the girl who wants to have fun with her cut and color. She walked in the salon with a long layered haircut with frosted blond highlights on her almost black hair. (Yes, I said frosted!) She had worn the biggest smile and was ready for any change. Adel gave her a layered cut that is shorter at the nape and longer in the front. The layers made her hair look less flat and flattered her oval face shape. Now I needed to adjust the color.

Amy's pale blond highlights where much too light for her dark hair. Her highlights looked grey and made her hair dull.

TIP- The tone of your highlights must relate to your natural color.

I lightened Amy’s overall color to help blend in her pale highlights. This got rid of the grey tones and made her hair look brighter.

Vanessa had long wavy hair that she wasn't ready to cut. She was frightened that any haircut would make her hair look wild and out of control. She loves the ease of being able to tie her hair back and run to work. She wasn't ready to make a change. Her hair was scared straight!

TIP - If you are not ready for a change, do not make one. You have to live with and love your hair, not your hairdresser. You can always cut your hair next time.

Adel did take the ends off of Vanessa's hair to give it a crisp line and then gave her a sleek blow-dry. Everyone was happy! I was able to convince Vanessa to add a few golden highlights to the top layers of her hair. She never colored her hair before and was a bit nervous. The color change was slight, but it made a big difference. It gave her hair a golden glow.

Now you have been introduced to the five fabulous women who where brave enough to show themselves on one of their frumpy days. This is required TV for all of us who have ever experienced a frumpy day. So, I guess that means I will see you all on Monday. See you then!

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Spring Fashion Week 2007 is winding down. It started in New York and went to London, Milan, and Paris. I attended events, read the newspapers, and perused the internet, watching for the newest trends in beauty. I found myself looking at the models so closely, as if they were under a microscope. The big news this season wasn't something new I saw, it's what I did not see. Highlights! There wasn't one streak on the runway. Is this the end of an era? Should I have my foils recycled into sandwich wrappers?

Wait a minute! I just did a segment on The Today Show last week on at home highlights, and the models looked great. How could this be? Am I becoming the "Jekyll and Hyde" of hair color? Not to worry, I think I still have my wits about me! The look of highlights and hair color in general has taken a radical change.

It is definitely the time for a revaluation of your hair color.

The way I see it is that there are three parallel universes: They are made up of the LA contingent (actors), the traveling gypsies (models), and we the people (you and I).

Actors are still having a love affair with highlights, but the romance might be on the wane. Think of some recent A-listers who have chosen a solid hair color. Nicole Kidman, Naomi Watts, Scarlett Johansson, and most recently young Hollywood's Rumer Willis and Nelly Furtado have become all over blonds. Angelina Jolie, Hilary Swank, Kate Beckinsale, Teri Hatcher are various shades of brown without a highlight in sight. Susan Sarandon, Julianne Moore, and Julia Roberts have chosen to be quintessential red heads.

The model world is small and has fewer main players. They are usually so young and beautiful that they still have great natural color that needs very little help. Most of the time semi-permanents and glazes are the colors used on these girls to add shine and to make their hair colors rich. But this is not the reason why models are not wearing highlights. Highlights are not the look this season on the runway.

Then there are the "we the people" in the real world. You know, the people who work, maintain a home, occasionally have fun, and always try our best to look great. It's not easy. Who has the time to watch television, read newspapers and fashion magazines, and go to movies to watch for new trends? Not too many people I know. So let me make it easy for you and give you the 411 on hair color today.

All over colors are becoming more important. Hair color with high contrast to the base color is out of date. Your hair should never look streaked, ash, and above all, frosted. Highlights still work and are the prettiest and most natural way to make you and your hair color look brighter.

Highlights are not to be ignored. Anything that helps us look prettier, younger, less stressed and tired, is something we should take full advantage. The tone of today’s highlights are different. They must blend with your base color. Special effect colors, bold stripes, dark tips, or colors not found in nature are out of style. Color that looks like you where born with it (if you were incredibly lucky!) is what's in. Today’s lesson is to keep it real.

TIP - If you want a dramatic color change, don't try to do it with highlights alone. You must apply a single process color first.

Hair color should look like it is yours, not from your hair colorist. This season's hair color theme, "keep it real and keep it simple." (By the way, I am keeping my highlighting foils!)

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Highlighting is and has been the most popular blonde-ing process for many years. Probably because it is the most natural way to add color and dimension to your hair. Every set of highlights is unique to you, your hair color, and your hairstyle. Highlights can look like you were lucky enough to be born with them or like you live at your hair salon. They can look youthful and naive or sophisticated and elegant. This is exactly why they are so popular. No two highlights look exactly alike.

The style of highlights is always changing. Audrey Hepburn was the first to make platinum stripes her trademark in Breakfast at Tiffany's. Farrah Fawcett's streaks made her the Charlie's Angel we will never forget. Christie Brinkley looked perpetually kissed by the sun, Cindy Crawford wore two face-framing chunks of obviously fake blonde around her face and Gisele Bundchen only bothered to highlight the bottom half of her hair. They all looked fabulous.

You ask who are my favorite celebrities with highlights this season? I'd have to go with with Reese Witherspoon, Ali Larter, Portia de Rossi, Natalie Morales, Giuliana DePandi, Heidi Klum, and let's not forget the incessantly beautiful Michelle Pfeiffer.

Now that we decided that highlights are a great way to color your hair, let's talk about the easiest and the least expensive way to maintain this color. The answer is to do it yourself at home. I can see your eyes crossing as you are reading this blog, but I am going to walk you through this process step by step. Now take a deep breath and continue to read. I am going to keep this really simple.

The first decision is whether to use a hair painting kit or a highlighting cap. The color mixture for the cap is stronger and can make your hair blonder. The cap does make it more difficult to place the highlights exactly where you want them because you are pulling the strands from a general area through holes in a "hat".

Hair painting kits simplify the process. There are hair painting kits made especially for blondes, brunettes, and red heads. The color mixture is not as strong as the cap and they automatically develop to the appropriate shade to brighten your base color. You can also apply the hair color mixture on the exact hair you want highlighted. The hair painting kit delivers more "sure fire" natural results. Hair painting kits also prevent the aging "frosted" look from highlights that are too white. Always keep at-home hair color as simple as possible. Use a hair painting kit for at-home highlights.

TIP - Skip the highlighting cap. Go to a salon if you want a more dramatic result than a hair painting kit can provide.

Now it's time to read the directions on the color box. (I know! Boring!) Reading the directions can make the difference between looking like you are ready to walk the red carpet or like you need to wear a baseball cap.

Directions will tell you how to mix the color correctly and remind you not to forget to use your gloves. Pretty hair color and stained fingers don't go well together. Directions will explain how long to leave the color mixture on your hair. Usually, the lighter you want your hair to be the longer you leave the mixture on. I think all highlights should be within two shades of your base color.

Here is the TRADE SECRET to have your hair come out the perfect shade: Do a preview test. A preview test is mixing a small amount of the hair color together and doing a test on a tiny strand of your hair. This will allow you to see exactly how long it takes for your hair to become the perfect shade. The guess work is now gone and you are ready to highlight your hair.

The next step is to figure out what you want your color to look like.
TIP - Think of a celebrity’s hair color to give yourself a mental picture or a map of where you are going to place the highlights.

Style and dry your hair as you will wear it, or cut it first if you are going to sport a new style. This will allow you to see the natural nuances in your hair and where they fall. Most likely these are the strands of hair you will want to exaggerate with a brighter color. The strands to highlight are usually around the face or the focal points of your hair cut, i.e. Where your hair parts, where it is layered, or on the bangs.

TIP - To make the focal points of hair brighter you can always add a few more highlights on a second go-around. Remember, less is more, and contrast with your base color is what gives your hair color dimension.

Applying the color is easy. Dip the brush that comes with the kit into the highlighting mixture. Place a small amount of color on the tip of the brush and paint strands on as evenly as possible. You know how long to leave the color on because you have already done your preview test. Set your timer and shampoo and condition when the alarm goes off. You're done! It's that simple! Now dry your hair and get ready to fall in love.

I helped a model do her hair live on the Today Show on Tuesday, September 25. Watch the segment again (or for the first time if you missed it live!) to learn all my tips:

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Tune into TODAY on Wednesday to watch Louis help some women who are "stuck in a rut" become fabulous!

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This morning's segment on TODAY is fall hair trends. At first I thought this would be an easy entry to write because I just got back from the Emmys and I personally witnessed the latest and the greatest moments in fashion and beauty. As I was sitting at LAX waiting for my plane back to New York I was organizing my thoughts about the trendsetters and the fashion faux pas from the night before. And then it hit me and I made a sudden realization. How does this effect us, you know, "we the people?”

We all like to look good, stylish, sexy, pretty, handsome, and somehow show a bit of our personality. At the same time our look has to work with our lifestyle, budgets, and our day-to-day schlepping around. Does this mean we can't look like a movie star? I don't think so! I think we can look great, trendy, and like a million dollars for a lot less. It does take a little effort, but the rewards and response from friends and co-workers are priceless. Nothing is a greater luxury as an adult than having a few moments to take care of your self. Halle Berry, George Clooney: move over! The people that buy the Twizzlers and the popcorn at the movie theaters are about to take over.

TODAY sent three ladies to my New York salon to illustrate today’s beauty trends. All had tons of personality. They just flew in from different states around the country, and they never had met each other before. They had one thing in common however, and that was their attitude. Cindy Lauper described it best in her song, "Girls Just Want To Have Fun." With a few snips of the scissors, a bit of hair color, and a few Cosmo’s, the women had a totally new look.

My first future trendsetter was Sherry. Sherry's hair was a fine texture with a dark blond base and lighter blond highlights. She had so many highlights that her overall color looked solid blond. This color provided no texture, depth or volume to her hair. Full hair is in; flat hair is out. One of the easiest ways to give the look of "more hair" is to introduce a deeper base color at the roots and have hair lighter on the ends. This is called "texturizing color" and one of the most flattering looks for fall.

TIP- Use a darker formula on roots and do not work color through ends.

Trendsetter number two Kathleen was so excited and eager to update her look. She has been married for ten years, is about to renew her wedding vows, and was ready to get her sexy back! Hair color is one of the biggest trends for African American women. Hair color on this texture must be handled with care. There are often other chemical processes on this hair type that make the hair too delicate to color. The solution to this problem is simple and is the newest trend for African American hair color. Highlight extensions adding different shades of color, especially around the face where hair is most delicate, is a most in demand procedure.

TIP- To keep your hair color totally natural, add a few real hair color highlights and supplement them with extensions to maintain your fantasy color.

My third trendsetter was Heather. She walked in with long fine blond hair. Two words that should never be together in the same sentence are "long" and "fine." Trend three; fine hair should always be cut to have the illusion of body. Long, fine hair only looks good for five minutes after the blow dry. Adel cut her hair in a timeless bob that will look fuller longer and extremely chic even when it is worn straight. I made heather a soft golden red. It was much more flattering to her skin tone looked natural, and instantly gave her that "star" quality.

TIP- Fine hair requires more products. Mousses are especially effective on thin hair.

Trends for “real people” are what make us look good. The buzz words this season are waves, fullness, and glamour. Hair can be long or short, and any believable color as long as it looks good on your complexion. Be who you are, look the best you can look, and you will be on trend.

Can you relate these ladies' hair before and afters? What do you think?

Before & After Gallery:

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