Lock Love Wednesday // Before + Afters

(Above:  I simply twisted my hair into 3 buns and bobby pinned them)

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 gave Amy a fresh new look by giving her lots of blonde and caramel. I cut her hair inverted and layered it up quite a bit with texture! She looks lovely! 

 Jaymi wanted to go blonde for this drurry winter! It is looking soooooo good! 

 Sarah is gorgeous! She loves her long hair, as do I! We decided to give it a clean up, by taking the length up 1" or so. I curled her hair with a curl wand! 

 Val has amazing hair! She was all natural in color, so I added in fine foils of caramel and auburn brown! I cleaned up her ends and layered her hair with some choppy layers. 

 My friend, Sylvie has great hair! I gave her a double foil, adding in lots of blonde and some rich brown low lights! She is growing out her hair, so we just gave her a trim to maintain the length! 

 Cute little Zander! I love this little dude! He has the best hair! 

 John was growing out his hair and up for change. I went tight on the sides and talked him to a side part, while rocking this natural texture on top! 

 Joan hadn't colored her hair in 6 months! I did a full foil of caramel and painted the rest of her hair with a rich warm light brown! We shaped her layers and and framed out her face with some soft dimension.

I groomed Brandon's hair and made his curls more patorinate with his length. I think it turned out wonderful.

I got to color my friend's hair for the first time! We wanted to brighten it up and keep it really subtle. I weaved in caramel and strawberry blonde tones to add depth and dimension! I love how it looks sun-kissed.

Link up below and show off your locks with Tala!

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 ran into my sister at Trader Joes- we both were rocking the same hair. Out of control. Needless to say, we had a good laugh….

My girlfriend's daughter, Trinity! We chopped off her hair for winter! She was having a "meltdown" because she wanted to see my daughter :) Too cute.

 

Lydia loves being blonde! I did a heavy blonde weave for her to brighten up her roots!

 A fresh ombre….. I darkened up Alisha's hair and free hand lightened her tips!

 

 Jeremy wanted to get a easier style for the winter months, while maintaining the pony option. He is looking groomed again ;)

 

Ashley looks awesome in golds. I colored her regrowth with a rich golden brown and did a creative foil technique, putting in caramel tones to add dimension. I cleaned up her cut too! She rocks this cut!

 I love how much of a difference a good cut makes. I went through and gave my client a blunt/choppy cut! She is looking sooooo stylish! :)

 

Melanie wanted something totally different for winter. I added in lots of dimension by giving the base a rich brown while lightening strands with two different lighter tones! It looks so pretty on her.

 

Yah for Thea! This cut is perfect for fine hair. It makes your hair fresh and full!

Katie hasn't been brunette in a couple years, so it was really fun to give her a all over tint! She looks stunning. 

Join me below and show off your hair! 

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

My 14 month old started rocking pig tails this week! YAH!

I got to color my sister, Cara's hair at Tala! She had a faded red (left) to start with. We colored her hair with a rich red/violet! I lightened her ends with two shades of copper/caramel. I love how it turned out! Talk about depth and shine! She is a natural red head (8 copper) so she can pull off any red tone. 

Do you like it?

 This is the gorgeous Mallorie! We lightened her hair (after on right) with a fun tone for fall/winter. I wanted to lift her color without going through a damaging process. It turned out to be a beautiful caramel/gold/copper color! I love it.

Oh Steph! I love doing your hair!!!!! We started out by chopping it 4 to 5 inches and I inverted the perimeter so the front was longer. I gave her copper/red highlights in her fringe, while painting a dark brown all over. She is lookin' good in the hood! 

Danielle (my cousin) is in the process of growing out her hair! She has been apart of some fun hair shows and her hair has seen better days- health wise! So it was so fun to clean up her ends and freshen up her layers! She wanted a natural/low maintenence color/cut. I did a heavy weave foil with two colors! We went with a high lift natural blonde and a golden/warm honey brown! She looks so lovely!

 

 Nothing too crazy- but this is my two GO-TO looks- high bun and air dry the natural wave/then curl in some texture. EASY. 

 I showed this before + after on insta. Humbling and to inspire y'all of what 10 minutes can do. I have sped up my morning routine since being a mom- I feel totally confident in my bare skin, but I really do love getting fancied up! And look at those brows- isn't it crazy how much of a difference filling in the brows does. amen. 

Join me below! 

Happy LLW

LOCK LOVE WEDNESDAY

Every Wednesday, I post pix from the week in the studio or show off my hair locks with you! This is a great way to motivate yourself to get out of your hair rut and style that hair! Join me below and show off your locks! I am having fun showing you my Before + Afters from the studio this week! 

Maggie had not colored her hair in months! I applied a rich brown to her base and distributed it through her ends. I painted in lighter caramels to give it a soft ombre! I curled her hair with a wand. She looks lovely!

This is my girl, Sylvie! She is a loyal FOILER- is that a word? She always gets foils and I talked her into painting the base and lifting it a champagne blonde. I LOVE IT! SHe looks bright and beautiful! I added in mocha low lights  as well. I curled her hair with a flat iron to funk it up a bit!

 I got to rock out a fun asymmetrical cut on my buddy- Brittney! She is going to rock smooth and sleek on one side and curl and texture on the other side! I dirtied up her hair with taffy and dry shampoo! She is gorgeous! It is perfect for 2013- Go Brit!

I got to give my friend- Taylor, bangs last night! Zooey Deschanel was our inspiration for her fringe. The key was keeping them just below her eyebrows and texturizing them a bit to rock out the new look. Often time, I see too small of sections for fringe and Taylor was game to pull off the perfect new look! She looks gorgeous as always!

This is one of my beauties from the Gate Youth Group. I got to be the Hairstylist of Honor, and color her hair for the first time! I ombred it! I put in two different colors and painted in the caramel and high lift blonde on her mid shaft and ends! She looks soooooooo cute and confident! Love ya Hayley!

 Please join me below and link up and show off your hot hair! Teach us a technique! HOLLER! Follow me on INSTAGRAM too. #locklovewed and #locklovewednesday

HAPPY LOCK LOVE WEDNESDAY!