African American Hairstyles Tips

Amy E.: We are here in beautiful Oakland California. Scissor Boy, is very excited it's only about, 20 minutes from San Francisco. Speaker: It's about 15, 20 minutes from San Francisco just over the bridge. Amy E.: Today we are going to interview Keeli at her Salon, Kandills let's go. Snip-Snip. Okay, let's go to the Salon, high five, yeah, sweaty boy. let's go cut some hair. Hello! Keeli: Hello! Amy E.: Hi! how are you Keeli? Keeli: Fine and yourself? Amy E.: Nice to see you and Sabrina the model. Are you excited to get your hair done. Sabrina: I am. Amy E.: She is. Are you excited to do hair? Keeli: Of course, I should always. Amy E.: Always! What all we are going to do? Keeli: Today, I am going to do a clipper, a combination clipper and scissor shortcut and what I do, is I cut clipper over comb. Amy E.: So how do you have to take into considerations the texture of the hair today? Keeli: Well, I am taking into consideration the fact, that Sabrina's hair is really a curly texture and so rather, than taking her down too close, I can cut so that the hair, the weight pattern just flows, rather than cutting in too deep and taking out too, much weight, I don't really want to take out any weight. I just want to enhance the weights. This is pretty much what I use all the time. I usually either use clipper over comb technique or I use a guard and clipper over comb is pretty much -- I guess you would say, like free hand cutting. Amy E.: So now what do you do? Keeli: Now, I am blending it, I am layering it and I am blending leaving most of her lift all of her lift, pretty much on the top. But right here through the clown and through the side, I am going to blend this, because she has lift here. So the other thing, is that while I am giving her this cut, she also, has the option of wearing her hair natural, with just a wash and some conditioner or little bit of oil on her hair and she can wear curly as well. I guess, she would probably say, I am cutting it like a 45 degree angle, right through the back and then, as I go up I am doing a little bit less and I am almost, making it flat through the top. I am just trying to leave as much lift in the path, as possible in the front, because I want to lift this up the more height you have, the more dramatic the style is. Amy E.: Dramatic. Keeli: And that's what we want. We want a little bit of drama, but not too much because she still has to go to work. Amy E.: So what is this that you are spraying on --? Keeli: This is spritz. Amy E.: Spritz. Keeli: It's my vitale and it's like my favorite hair spray right now, because it gives you enough hold. But it's not a really firm hold, so that your hair is really stiff. And if my clients want to curl their hair again, sometime during the week, they can curl their hair without the hair without their hair being too stiff and sticky. Amy E.: Keeli is going to flat iron Sabrina, with -- what kind of flat iron? Keeli: I am going to use my -- I am going to start out with my ceramic iron. Amy E.: Ceramic. How big are the sections that you are doing? Keeli: I guess, probably not quite a finger length may be like to the middle of my finger. Sometimes, I may take a little bit bigger section, because I usually spike the hair some, I spike it some with my comb, the end of the comb as I am finishing up. Amy E.: Why do you clip it? Keeli: To make it lay forward, rather than back and then, I can keep curling without the curls getting in the way. Amy E.: Can't wait to see the finished product, very exciting. Keeli: This is a Marcel iron. Amy E: Marcel. Keeli: This is a flat iron as well. Amy E: It sounds French Keeli: It's a Marcel iron. I use it for silking the hair and what it does is it allows you to curl or flat iron the really short parts of the hair. Amy E.: And it's silking, because it looks like silk. So how is the Marcel flat iron differ than all the other ceramic equipment? Keeli: Well, the flat iron is different in the way it's made. It's got a flat-flat surface, the curling irons which are Marcels as well, they are rounded, they have a round base and not quite flat, but the top piece fits rounded as well, so that gives you are curl. I use them because they are really popular in the black salons. But the ceramic irons are becoming really popular now, as well. But the thing is, I like being able to create looks that are flattering, but at the same time everybody can use the ceramic iron and I don't always these, because I don't want my clients to feel like they can just home and create the same look with the same iron. These Marcels are professional item and not everybody is going to go home and use this and so that's what I try to avoid. Amy E.: Do you have one? Sabrina: No. Amy E.: No. Keeli: No. Amy.E.: So that makes them coming into your - they come into your salon, because you have the Marcel. Very smart. Talk me through out what you are doing? Keeli: I am just taking out the parts, from -- when I parted her to curl her and smoothing it up, so I think I better go back and add just a little bit of oil. Amy E.: Oil? Keeli: Just to give her some shine. Amy E.: Like cooking oil? Keeli: No. Amy E.: No, Hair oil. Keeli: Specially formulated for the hair. Amy E.: It's looking very nice. So what you go - you are going in and curling some more, so it's training or --? Keeli: I am curling some, just to give it a little more direction and to make it stand up some, because before it wasn't quite standing like this. Amy E.: So if it doesn't stand in the right direction then, you need to curl it, so that bump that into shape [Cross Talk] Keeli: I am going to do some everyday makeup, I am doing a little bit of concealer and you can apply, this usually with your fingers which is usually, good or for night time or something dramatic or special event, you might want to use it a little bit more, so may be we'll use a brush. But I don't want it to be to intense, because she is going to work. Amy E.: Are you putting concealer on her lips as well? Keeli: Yes. Amy E.: Why? Keeli: Yes, because I want everything to be even toned and usually around, your lips your lips are either a little bit darker or little bit lighter and same thing with your eyes makes a lipstick stay on longer time. Amy E.: Oh! Really. So you are doing somebody's hair and how do you bring up the fact, that you do make up? You just throw in there or? Keeli: I usually throw it in as a extra service or if I know, that clients are going to a special event or something I'll offer to do their make up, for all. Amy E.: Do you charge them for it? Keeli: Yes I do. Amy E.: How much? Keeli: I usually charge like $40 for a make-up, depending on what I am doing. If it's not anything really dramatic, I'll charge 40 and I am going to make her a little - her eyebrows stand out a little bit more with a little pencil. Amy E.: Thank you Sabrina for being our model. Sabrina: You are welcome. Amy E.: Thank you Keeli, for showing us the mullet and a make over. Keeli: Thank you. Amy E.: So, let's all do Snip-Snip. Snip-Snip.