Sam Villa Blogs
Blow Dry Techniques
How To Wrap Dry Hair
Looking for ultimate polish in your finished blow dry’s? Well, then a paddle brush is your new best friend! Wrap drying with a paddle brush is second to none when it comes to a smooth and polished ...
Blow Dry Techniques
How to Apply Hair Products Before Blow Drying
Heat Protection, you or your client may ask why this is such an important topic in today’s world of finishing the hair. And let’s just add that our techniques for finishing hair in the salon servic...
Fundamentals
Which Blending Shear is Right for You?
You've seen the names... reversible blending shear, 42-tooth blender and the invisi...what and you've watched the techniques, but knowing which blending shear is right for you can become overwhelmi...
Men
Adding Detailed Texture to Short Fine Hair - X Pattern Technique
How do you add highly visible texture to super soft and fine short hair? Many times when you texturize this hair type, the end result doesn't show texture, it just looks more and more diffused! To...
Fundamentals
Twist Cutting to Create Layers in the Crown
Twist Cutting: taking a section and twisting it out of it's natural direction to increase over direction and elevation on the outsides of that section.
Here at Sam Villa we use th...
Business & Marketing
Proper Posture for Hair Stylists | How to Cut Hair Comfortably
Body position when cutting hair is crucial for different reasons. I know first hand just what happens when you don’t take the time to correct your body positioning and trust me, not only did my n...
Men
Royal Texture Men's Haircut
The cold weather is upon us and we are starting to see our guests wanting to transition into longer hairstyles. However, longer does not necessarily mean “long hair”, it means longer than what they...
Blow Dry Techniques
The Fastest Way To Straighten Hair
Anyone who straightens their hair knows it takes both time and skill, and they wish they had more of both. We have
this crazy idea that the faster we go over our hair with the flat iron, it wil...
Fringe
Surface Razor Cutting For a Highly Textured Finish
RAZOR /rey-zer/
noun: A sharp-edged instrument used for cutting hair and shaving the face
Stay right here, you are about to be challenged! We’re here to share an alternative and fresh approach to...