While a great haircut and the proper hair color application are surefire ways to help skinny strands look beautifully thicker, there are also a few fast and easy styling techniques to help hair look more lush. Here, Allen Ruiz, Aveda Global Artistic Director, Hair Styling, gives the lowdown. TIP 1: Handle with Care Thin hair [...]
Aveda Artists honed in on the cool quality of waves and curls to create these carefree textured styles backstage at the recent New York Fashion Week, Men’s. Here we share the steps to creating these styles at home. TOUCHABLE SURFER CURLS Aveda Artist Jon Reyman styled a center part braid overflowing with soft, easy curls [...]
Aveda Japan Purefessional™ Masa Honda is a visionary Aveda Artist. Not only does he lead the Aveda Japan Creative Team, he is the owner of Honda Aveda Hair & Spa in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. This past April, Masa put his artistry to good use as he led Catwalks for Water – the first-ever produced by [...]
While the combination of warmer temps and moister air comes with many things we look forward to all year—the beach leaps to mind—it also delivers one of the biggest hair woes for women of all tress types: frizz. “Frizz happens when your hair is on the hunt for moisture,” explains Tippi Shorter, Aveda Global Artistic [...]
Aveda Artist Amanda Faia of FOURTEENJAY in New York City took on the task of showing us how to create this season’s must-have summer styles. We’re talking about the Crown Braid, the Half Up Bun— yes, “The Hun!” — and the Half Up Braid. As a stylist, Amanda strives to make people feel like their [...]
Full of body and life, the knotted bun is a trendy take on the half bun “Hun” style that will keep you looking and feeling cool all summer long. Aveda Artist Frank Rizzieri created this knotted bun for personal style blogger and #AvedaPartner Lua Perez-Garreaud (seen above) when we invited her into Frank’s salon FOURTEENJAY [...]
Every so often Aveda Global Education holds Aveda Purefessional™ Auditions and Boot Camp to find the next generation of Aveda Artists who are at the top of their game. Cutters, stylists, colorists and makeup artists meet over the course of five days to show our Global Artistic Team why they deserve the title. This spring [...]
Personal style blogger and #AvedaPartner Lua Perez-Garreaud —founder of Le-Happy.com— shows off this summer’s edgy new hairstyles. We invited Lua into FOURTEENJAY in New York City where she met with co-owner and Aveda Artist Frank Rizzieri who helped her fashion her own spin on three popular hairstyles. See here for inspiration to create your own [...]
Since last fall, we’ve been following Aveda Ambassador and beauty blogger Monica Stevens (Moknowshair.com) in her adventures as a cosmetology student at the Aveda Institute New York. Monica spent 10 years working in a corporate role in Kansas City, Missouri, before she decided to change paths and pursue her dream of becoming a hair stylist. [...]
Want a new and incredibly gorgeous hair look for summer? Try the latest creation from Aveda Artist Charlotte Mensah — the reigning 2014 British Afro Hairdresser of the Year. The look is a geometric threading look, inspired by the regal, nomadic women of the Fulani tribe in West Africa, that is all about embracing one’s [...]