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Thanks to Bard Coffee for their delicious Iced Soy Chai & speedy internet connection for making this blog possible! They are located right next to Akari on Middle Street and it's my favorite little spot to get some extra energy for my busy days!

I <3 Justin & Jeremy.

Oh! & they just started serving gelato! I tried their vegan Chocolate Noir at 9:30 this morning. BEST BREAKFAST EVER!

Hair Through the Decades! Twenties & Thirties

Join Akari this Friday, June 4th, from 5-8 at our salon for the First Friday Art Walk. Our team has put together an amazing collection of hair, fashion and jazz straight out of the twenties. The stylists will be doing hair in the shop windows as the night progresses and also talking about the era to passerby's. Come check it out! If you can't make it this month be sure to visit us in either July or August for more hair through the decades!

Last night we had a quick trial run to get us ready for Friday and things went swimmingly! I can't wait to show off our work!

Fiery RED RED RED!

I've been wanting to do a vibrant red on someone for a long time! I was so excited when my friend Elizabeth mentioned that she was thinking about it. She has been seeing me for color for a while now and we've done a bunch of crazy color on her, but this one is definitely my favorite. With the pink tones she has in her skin naturally and the make up and style she has it all just suits her!



The Logistics!
She came in with previously colored hair (obviously!) at about a level 6, a medium brown, so we had to pre-lighten her to get our red really vibrant. Used lightener with 30 volume on her colored hair and left her re-growth till later. Once her mids and ends were flaming orange I took her to the sink and mixed up a bleach wash and just lightened her roots a bit! Then back to the chair, blow dried and ready for the next step! Applied about a level 6 and a half copper gold color at her roots and did something called a signature application on her ends! I pulled pieces of her background color through and also some darker copper pieces as well. I left one of her blond-ish pieces out in the front to add a little POP!

Even though Elizabeth had a definite idea of what she wanted done for color I love that she gave me complete creative reign over the project... "I trust you!" she says and I'm so glad because when you give an artist an idea, but allow them to interpret it as their own you get a personalized piece of art the displays both of your styles simultaneously!