I recently did a color & cut makeover for Modern Salon Magazine, with the objective of creating a subtle ombre look, which is a more natural and modern take on its original incranation (and in my opinion more beautiful). Although the trend started with an intentional drastic contrast between the roots and midshaft/ends, it has become wrongly interpreted by many as simply hair that was once highlighted and then neglected, with long, dark roots and grown out highlights. This is neither natural nor attractive. There’s a big difference between well-executed ombre haircolor and when you just stop highlighting your hair.

What you see in these photos is an example of the ombre look that we’ve lately been creating in my salon. It’s  an evolution of a trend, that is more refined but done with the same objective of having hair that’s darker in the roots and lighter toward the ends. To create this subtle ombre, we use the balayage hand-painting method of highlighting, since the highlights come out less harsh and ”stripy,” and more blended with the rest of the hair.

My model started out what that many mistake for ombre - grown out brassy highlights with dark roots. You can see how in the “after” photos her hair looks blended, with a graduation of color from roots to ends and without sharp lines - like nature intended, but even better! In addition to her color, I did a concave layered cut to get rid of the heaviness and add more shape so her hair can fall beautifully. You can read the full article and see the photos of the balayage process which I used to create this look, on modernsalon.com.

Subtle Ombre

Roots are too dark; contrast too sharp; highlights too brassy; hair lacks shape

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Here are the photos from the L.A.M.B. show, as a follow-up to the previous post with back-stage color. I love the clothes and the hair looked fabulous!

I feel priviledged to have represented L’Oreal Professional as the lead colorist for the LAMB fashion show, during this month’s NY Fashion Week. This is Gwen Stefani’s line and I was really impressed with both the clothing and with the work of Danilo who is Ms. Stefani’s long time hair stylist and did the styling the day of the show. Prior to the show, I did color on all of the models in L’Oreal’s Soho studio, which is a beautiful space to work at with lots of great natural light. The objective was not to significantly alter their natural hair color, but to enhance it. I used L’Oreal’s new Inoa ammonia-free permanent hair color, which I absolutely love, as well as their demi-permanent color, Richesse. I was assisted by our own colorist, Amanda, and by three of L’Oreal’s academy educators. It was a really great exeprience and the color came out beautiful! Here are some behind the scenes photos from the color prep day (you can click on any of the photos to expand them). As soon as I get them, I will also post some photos from the show itself!

Last week, we had the pleasure of hosting an event at our salon for the members of Carbon NYC, an ultra exclusive men’s club, and their guests. Champagne flowed while we offered mini-services throughout the salon and spa including blowouts, hairstyles, manicures, reflexology, massage, eyebrows and makeup applications. As the pictures show, a great time was had by all.

Ladies arriving for the event.

Guests were offered champagne or white wine upon arrival.

Hiro styling a guest's hair.

MAT (Muscle Activation Technique) is a body treatment system designed to evaluate and eliminate muscular imbalances. Sherri has recently joined the staff at Eva Scrivo and now offers this amazing service (once available only to professional athletes) to our clients.

Sherri Cobb discusses MAT with one of our guests.

Gwynne styling a guest's hair.

Guests.

Lively discussions and good times.

A view of our guests.

Liz with a guest.

We could not have been happier with the evening! The feedback was excellent and we look forward to hosting more events like this one in the future. Many of the guests have already come back to the salon for follow up services.

Guests.

Guests.

Here are photos of some of the haircuts done at our salon. We will be regularly updating this gallery with new pics!

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Take a look at some of our recent lovely brides! This gallery will be updated with new photos on a regular basis.

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Hair color is truly a fashion accessory and on September 8th, it was incorporated with fashion on the runway. My salon color team and I prepared over twenty hair pieces for the Catherine Malandrino Spring 2009 Collection. Human hair pieces were baliaged using permanent color from the Wella Koleston Perfect line. “Balayage” is a French term that means “hand sweeping,” which creates a natural effect for highlighting with different dimensions and variations of tone. Senior colorist Donna Tripodi and I, assisted by Gwynne Mims, colored the pieces before stylist Odile Gilbert shaped them for the runway. The extensions were individually colored in an array of warm chestnuts, auburns, and coppered highlights mixed with golden blondes. The extensions were wrapped around the models’ own hair and swept up into a ponytail on top of the head. A feminine pompadour shape was then created. Malandrino’s 2009 collection is reminiscent of the 1940s and 1950s, with brightly colored prints and classically designed pieces. Catherine Malandrino loved what we created and felt that the color was a perfect integration with the collection and a great icing on the cake for the runway.

View a clip of Eva at the show!

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