While at a hair show in Houston, I got the Damn Salon’s Urban Twists, a style I had been envious of for years. Keeping with my desire to rock an asymmetrical style, I also found a barber and had him clip one side down to a quarter-inch fade. I call this one “The Damn Fade.” It. Was. Fierce.
Never in my life have I ever colored my hair, but when I saw this beautiful cinnamon-honey color on a model at America’s Beauty Show, I knew I had to have it. My stylist gave me a more golden hue to better match my skin tone—I love the way the color accentuates my curl pattern!
While on a visit to New York, Dickey of Hair Rules wrangled me into his seat for a haircut (and let’s be honest, I’ve always wanted him to do my hair). Using a method where he first straightens the hair, he gave me an awesomely exaggerated shape that kept my length in the front and cropped my hair short on the sides. Because my roots were grown out, the color faded in this reverse ombre that inspired me to call this cut “The Flame.”
I grew my hair out for a year before doing my first big chop, so I never really had short hair and I was always envious of the ladies who rocked the super-short cropped styles. While I really wanted to grow my hair out again, I knew that the desire to go short would keep nagging at me until I did it. So I did it and haven’t looked back! The best part: it now takes me less than three minutes to do my hair each day!
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