Are You Applying Hair Products The Wrong Way?

Product is not an option, it is a necessity! We have repeated this over and over and you're getting it now, right? With so many products out there, it's the misapplication of a product that pre...
Great Questions for an Amazing Client Consultation in the Salon - Sam Villa Pro
Client Consultation

Great Questions for an Amazing Client Consultation in the Salon

Age is nothing but a number and age genuinely has nothing to do with how short or long a woman ‘should’ wear her hair!  And the word ‘should’ needs to be taken out altogether. Communication builds...
3 Ways To Blow Dry Hair To Achieve Various Degrees of Volume - Sam Villa Pro
Blow Dry Techniques

3 Ways To Blow Dry Hair To Achieve Various Degrees of Volume

The foundations we learned in school included the principles of setting the hair with rollers. Reach back, do you remember what you were taught about blow drying hair with a round brush? Off B...
The Greaser Quiff Men's Haircut Step By Step - Sam Villa Pro
Blow Dry Techniques

The Greaser Quiff Men's Haircut Step By Step

As hairdressers we are constantly striving to set ourselves apart from other stylists and pushing our creativity is where it begins. A concept I constantly turn towards, is digging up old schoo...
Disconnected Layers | Remove Bulk, Keep Length and Speed Up Blow Drying Time - Sam Villa Pro
Layering

Disconnected Layers | Remove Bulk, Keep Length and Speed Up Blow Drying Time

One problem area that many of our guests with thick, coarse hair face is having too much bulk or weight at the back of the head. Too much hair in this area creates challenges when blow drying &...
Braids Ponytails & Updos

Ponytail Faux Hawk Tutorial

Cindy Duplantis's passion for the hairdressing industry has taken her all over the world as a Redken Artist and Educator sharing how to create easy, relatable, and strait forward techniques for hai...
Adding Volume to the Crown to Create Balance in a Hairstyle - Sam Villa Pro
Client Consultation

Adding Volume to the Crown to Create Balance in a Hairstyle

What is the most frequent statement we hear from our clients? I want volume in the crown! So how do we go about establishing just how much volume to create for them? Too little volume and the p...
How To Make Your Own Wool Dreadlocks - Sam Villa Pro

How To Make Your Own Wool Dreadlocks

Dreadlocks bring back the nostalgia for me of beauty school in the 90's in Seattle. They were a staple style for the music movement at that time and place. It was a time when in the words of Nirvan...
Day to Night Hairstyle | Mohawk Braid into Fishtail Bun - Sam Villa Pro

Day to Night Hairstyle | Mohawk Braid into Fishtail Bun

My name is Laura Kaszoni but most know me as "lalasupdos" on Instagram and Facebook. I am a stylist and educator for bridal and braided hairstyles. My work has been featured in publications and web...