How do you find a hair stylist in a new town? Well, if you’re like me, you talk to people. I found myself in need of hair care in Sacramento. When I found myself in the queue at a department store behind someone with fabulous hair, I confessed to being new in town, complimented her hair, and asked if she’d share the name of her hair stylist. It’s amazing how helpful people can be!
The first person recommended was wonderful, but after a few months she ended up leaving her salon to return to school. I wasn’t as impressed with what I’d seen from her colleagues, so I was back to the search. I had lunch with a new friend. She has great hair.
I have long, layered, usually auburn hair. I drive a convertible and swim, so my hair often bleaches out and gets really hard to keep nice looking. So now I’m feeling grateful for generous friends, and a great new hair stylist!
On my first visit to Strands (on Folsom, Sacramento), David spent time asking questions and listening to my hair wishes. By the time I left, he’d spent three hours with me, restoring my hair to its natural color, plus adding beautiful, subtle high-lights.
Oh, and giving me a neck massage.
Highlighting darker hair can be tricky. I’ve had bad experiences elsewhere with well-trained, experienced, and quite expensive stylists. David’s was the most natural-looking result, with fine blonde sun-kissed highlights. It didn’t look like some past disasters.
Instead of the “hair implant” look with perfect rows of blonde stripes, David gently scattered natural-looking highlights throughout, with special attention around my face and other areas where the sun naturally lightens. The “zebra” look of heavy strips against a dark background was thankfully substituted with very fine highlighted sections that look natural. My base auburn color, which has been interpreted by other stylists as ranging from orange, to blonde, black, and even magenta, looks both indoors and out like a color of hair actually created by nature.
It would be easy to be fooled by his own blonde mohawk, but even though David is fun and adventurous with his own style, he spent as much care making my hair look the way I wanted (natural, healthy and professional), as he did making his own look the way he wanted. After my shoulder surgery, when he couldn’t massage my neck, he gave me a wonderful hand massage.
I’m not his friend, or relative; just a grateful fan. Thanks, ladies, for the recommendations. And thanks, David, for the great hair!