Holiday HAIR

Every woman loves a new trick for styling their hair…………I have been loving these looks for this holiday season! The Christmas season is great excuse to bring on some fresh new looks that take 5 minutes! Here are some favs that I have on my hair board on pinterest! Make sure you follow my boards for all the fun new looks.

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Loving the simplicity of the hair swept up in a ribbon. Brilliant. 

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This is a really technique for an updo. Check back next week on a tutorial by me to show you how to rock this out! I am in love with the red tones too!!!! 

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Braids are still my GO-TO! I just love them!!!!! 

Do you have any fun looks for the season? Please share your ideas with me!!!! 

Happy LLW! 

LLW

Happy Lock Love Wednesday! Every Wednesday, I share a hair related post with y'all! Being a hairstylist + a mom, I found myself getting in a hair rut. It is so easy to lose inspiration with your daily styling routine! LLW helps me keep my "head in the game"! This week I am sharing with you some Before + Afters! Who doesn't like to see some transformations? I would love to have you join me below by linking up and showing off your hair! Otherwise, follow me on Instagram @talahairlife #locklovewednesday and #locklovewed

I am loving how high pony tails are trendy right now! I simply teased my hair and put in dry conditioner and hairspray to achieve this look! 

I got new mascara! I am loving it!!!!! 

Hus + Wife hair! I live in my gap hat and my hus is rocking his beard and groomed cut! Man, he has good hair! 

Some Tala before and afters! Loving the holiday hair season! Carmen wanted something fresh and assymetrical! I love how it turned out! Above it the before….

Amanda wanted some dimension. We did a heavy foil of a mocha brown and platinum blonde! I freshened up her ends to give it lift and bounce too! 

 

 This was my first time doing Sara's hair! She hadn't had a cut in 9 months, so it was time for something new! I love how her hair looks so healthy and full now! I curled her hair with a flat iron too! 

 

Mandy loves warm tones, but it had been 3 + months since we colored it! I gave her a full foil of a caramel and painted her hair with a rich red/auburn/gold! She has really curly hair; so I blew it out with a paddle brush and used my flat iron to smooth it out while putting in a wave! GORGEOUS. I put in dry conditioner to finish it off and add moisture! 

 Some men B+A! Mr. Luke was overdue for some groomin'! 

 Eric and his son! We went even higher this time for his sides! I love the contrast of the lengths! Very popular on men right now! 1950-army-Mad Men. I likey.

I forgot to get a before of Paula! But, had to show you her body and layers! I love her hair!!!!!! This is her natural hair color. Jealous.

Please join me below and show off your LOCKS! 

Happy Lock Love Wednesday! 

Before + Afters

I started Lock Lock Wednesday to get myself motivated to style my hair everyday. It is so easy, for even hair stylists to get in a rut with their hair. I am hoping to inspire you along the way with simple and fun techniques to help you look fabulous! Join me along the way. It will be fun! All you have to do is take snapshots of your hair during the week and link up with me below!  This week I am sharing with you a plethora of sorts, of pretty things. Hair and Beauty.

I am having fun showing you my Before + Afters from the studio this week! Above is Corrine-- We gave her hair dimension for fall/winter. Her hair bleached out quite a bit this summer, so we put in lots of weaved foils of a brown copper and blonde! I love how it turned out. 

 Amanda and I had a great time transforming her look! We did something super trendy right now----Silver/Gray BY CHOICE! I bleached her regrowth and toned her hair with a lovely pastel silver. I LOVE it so much. She knows how to rock this look! What do you think? Are you on the silver bandwagon? It was fun being creative with my dear friend!

Hot selfie she sent me rockin her look!

Olivia was up for change at Tala! We darkened her hair by 3-4 levels! I wanted to give her lots of depth and added a touch of warm tones to pop out her beautiful blue eyes. I cleaned up her hair length by making her layers more proportional with her face shape. I used a flat iron to curl her hair. i used moroccan oil and hairspray in her hair for shine and hold.

What a beautiful transformation!

Kid cut Tuesday! I got to cut my adorbs nephew and my BFF- Jody's girls yesterday. I trimmed up Zion's hair too! It was a fun day to say the least.

Jody made the girls these scarfs with fabric from her shoppe! 

I had the pleasure of coloring Katlin's hair this week too! I foiled in a natural looking caramel throughout her hair and painted a rich brown scalp to ends to give her hair dimension and depth. It is the perfect tones for a cooler season in Minnesota. I taught her how to fishtail braid her hair too!

 My fishtail yesterday and Katlin's! 

Feeling inspired? Do you have any fun looks that you have been rocking lately? Join me and link up below and share your hairstyles! 

LLW

I started Lock Lock Wednesday to get myself motivated to style my hair everyday. It is so easy, for even hair stylists to get in a rut with their hair. I am hoping to inspire you along the way with simple and fun techniques to help you look fabulous! Join me along the way. It will be fun! All you have to do is take snapshots of your hair during the week and link up with me below!  This week I am sharing with you a plethora of sorts, of pretty things. Hair and Beauty.

 It has been a busy week at Tala! I had the lovely opportunity to head up to the beautiful city of Stillwater (Eastern suburb of St. Paul) for one of my client's wedding this past weekend. I got to style hair and attend the beautiful wedding! 

Here are the gorgeous bridesmaids and bride. I love their dresses (mod cloth) and the floral arrangements. They look stunning! Taylor, the bride, styled her own hair, wanting it to be romantic and  down. I love the overall look!

Here are some close ups of the styles.

On Kayla, we used a side braid on the right and some fun knots on the left. Her hair was should length so it was fun to funk it up a touch.

Karly (above) had tons of hair that hit the lower part of her back. So, I literally took the bottom half of her hair and made two braids and put them in a bun to hide hair that was un-needed. I twisted the top sections back in curls to avoid a part and give it lots of volume.

Dude, have you tried hair chalk? It is great for all ages! I took this selfie in the car of mine. I rocked it for the wedding. It washes out and is a fun way to switch up your hair. I use it on kiddos all the time too! (as seen below at Tala) If you want some, let me know, and I will order it for you!

Some Tala- Before/Afters from the week:

 This is a Ombre fix- another hair stylist colored this ombre, and my client wasn't feeling it so we did a very heavy blonde foil with random chocolate brown low lights distributed throughout to balance the retouch and ends. I love how it turned out.

 My girl, Cindy, let me brighten up her hair with copper/gold highlights and a rich copper/auburn tint. I love it!

 I wish I had a before for Danielle! She had a level 7-8 ash blonde and I went through and foils pretty much every strand with a high lift bleach. I did peek-a-boo 5/6 N foils throughout the hair as well. I love how bright it is!

 This was my first time cutting Claire's hair and we rocked out a new/fresh style for fall. She graduated from college in May and is a official grown up now! I love how healthy and sophisticated her hair is now!

I brightened up my friend, Alicia's hair this week too! Lots of bright blondes! I love how the platinum brings out her eyes!

 My friend Jordan hung out with me this week and I whipped in some braids to do a quick and easy style! 

Do you have any fun techniques/styles to share with us? Please link up below! Follow me on Instagram as well and use #locklovewednesday and #locklovewed