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At Sam Villa, we like to think, say and do things differently to challenge, inspire and motivate our viewers to change things up. This braid you're about to learn is no different.
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Blow Dry Techniques
How To Create Volume On Top Of The Head | The Volume Zone
Do you recall practicing roller sets back in school? Whether you loved them or not, those roller sets actually gave you the foundation skills for blow-drying! You may also recall the gaps in the...

Blow Dry Techniques
How To Apply Mousse Before Blow Drying
What is the volume zone? The volume zone is the most critical area for a client that calls for a styling product to add volume for balance in the haircut. The focus area would be across the top ...

Blow Dry Techniques
How To Curl Your Hair With a Round Brush
Thermal brushes are fundamental for conclusive finished results on medium to fine hair types. Have you ever thought about heating up the barrel of your thermal brush with the heat from your blow dr...

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? You've watched the techniques, but knowing which blending shear is right for you can become overwhelming ...

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 the twist cutting...