00:01I'm most fearful about doing my hair. I feel like every morning I'll just like
00:06put it up so I really want to get out of that phase but I'm really nervous about
00:11actually like waking up in the morning and styling it.
00:16Hi I'm Alexa and today I'm getting a blonde bridal look. Today I'm leveling up
00:21because I'm getting my engagement photos done. I've rescheduled my wedding twice
00:26and I really just want these invitations to be special. Over quarantine I've
00:32pretty much been wearing my hair up. This is the way it is. I tried to get a
00:37little middle part going because I really want to keep up with the times but this
00:41is me. Hair means confidence. It can really set the tone of your outfit of your day.
00:48I feel like this year since I've been wearing my hair like this I don't really
00:52look at myself in the mirror anymore. I've really let my confidence kind of
00:56slip but I want to feel beautiful again. I want to feel bright and blonde and just
01:02ready to take on anything. Hi I'm Liana and I'm the owner of Salty Maine in Santa
01:07Monica. Our specialty here is long beachy effortless hair and we do a lot of
01:12blondes. I've been doing hair for probably about 15 years. I come from a long line of
01:16hairstylists so my mom, my dad, my aunts, my grandma like it's a whole line of
01:23hairstylists. It just was something that I loved being around and it just came
01:28naturally to me. Hi how are you? I'm Liana. Good how are you? I'm Alexa. Nice to meet you.
01:35Nice to meet you too. Okay so what are we doing today? I'm a little bit of a hot mess
01:39so I
01:40really want to get like some face framing layers you know feel more blonde again
01:44and just have some body and action into it. We'll definitely do you know pop piece in
01:51the front with like a root shadow pop all your ends give you a little trim
01:56because we like it really long but I think you know focusing on the front of
02:01your hair to highlight your eyes your cheekbones and just make you feel bright
02:05and sunny. Amazing I'm so excited. So when she first came in I took her back to the
02:11shampoo bowl, did two purifying shampoos and I also used the Malibu blondes
02:16treatment and it kind of gives you a clean slate. It also brightens up the
02:19blonde if there's anything underneath it and I brought her back to the chair. I
02:27blow-dried her rough dry
02:35And then I pre-cut her hair to get kind of the big dead ends off so that she was
02:40ready for me to lighten those ends.
02:45We started with highlighting. I used lightener and I used two formulas of
02:50lightener. One was a regular with a stronger volume and the second one was
02:54the lowest volume with Olaplex and Brazilian Bond Builder. That's to make
02:59sure that her hair on her ends is not compromised.
03:04I did multiple layers of foils and end pops and then targeted the front for
03:10bright pop pieces. Then we took her back to the shampoo bowl and we wash out in
03:15sections. Then I applied Olaplex in between on each section that was done.
03:30I met my fiance when I was 16 years old. He went to my rival high school and we grew
03:36and evolved together and have been together for over 10 years and now you
03:42know we finally get to have our wedding hopefully in November of 2021. Fingers
03:48crossed, but whatever happens, I'm just so excited to marry him.
04:04I used three different toners on her. So a root shadow, an in-between shadow to kind of
04:10melt the two toners together and then an end toner. That kind of gives a natural
04:15grow out blended just like waterfall effect. We leave out the front piece kind of
04:20to the last minute to give her that extra pop. We put the Brazilian blowout B3
04:26treatment on her for five to ten minutes just because she had a little bit of
04:31breakage and dryness and then I finished off the cut in the face framing. I blow dried and
04:50then after the blow dry, I finished off the front pieces and texturizing.
05:11And then I styled with a 1.25 T3 curling iron.
05:21Are you ready to see your final look? Yes! Can I open them? Yeah, open your eyes. Oh my! Oh
05:32my god! I'm obsessed with it!
05:47I am so excited with my new look. I can't stop looking in the mirror. I feel beautiful,
05:52blonde, radiant, alive again. And I'm just so grateful to Salty Mane and Liana.
06:02When Alexa looked in the mirror, I just love that reaction. It's the best. It's just what
06:06we're here to do. It's to make everyone feel like their best version of
06:10themselves. For her engagement shoot, we're gonna do some braids and kind of
06:14like a boho natural vibe. Internally, I feel like I can take on anything. I feel
06:22like I can also do my job and still look good. So that is very reassuring to
06:28just wake up tomorrow. I'm gonna style it. I just can't wait to mess around with
06:32it. That's the best part of her job, honestly, is making people feel good.
06:38Again, it's just like bringing out their confidence. When you get new hair, you're
06:42just like, ooh girl, I'm ready. Well, before I show anyone, I am so excited to show
06:48Tyler today on the beach. I cannot wait to see his reaction. I feel like he's been
06:53hearing about this for so long and I can't wait to see what he thinks.
07:00This look levels me up and I've been pinning a bunch of hair inspiration photos on my Pinterest
07:06and now I feel like my vision has come to life so I could not be more thrilled. I am
07:11definitely going to maintain this look by coming back to Salty Mane and letting
07:14Liana and their amazing stylist work their magic because this is so great. I highly
07:20recommend getting your hair done especially if you're a bride planning
07:23your wedding. It really does give you the perfect amount of self-care and makes you
07:28feel like you can take on anything, even wedding planning during COVID. No matter
07:33what happens, I am so excited for these engagement photos today because these are
07:38memories that I will have for forever. If it doesn't work out, I will just get
07:42eloped on a cliff or something.
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