This might possibly be the longest ‘do thus far! Before we started Bon mentioned ever so casually that he had an idea for a do, but it may take two hours. What was this idea?
“It’s hard to explain,” Bon tells me. I’m intrigued. He starts by prepping my hair with thickening spray and holding spray before running a comb through my hair. He poofs up my hair on the left side, perfects my parting and then sections off the right side.
Spraying on just a bit more thickening spray, Bon starts to braid my hair along the parting. This takes some time as Bon is after perfection and my tiny sticky out hairs will not do! He starts this bit over and over again until he is happy with the final result; this curves around the top of my head and winds around the back and hangs down past my left ear.
There is some conflicting advice given to Bon as he was braiding. Zoe, one of our assistants who is SUPER fast at braiding suggests Bumble and bumble Sumowax to Bon so that he has more grip on my Asian hair as it can be quite slippery. Giuseppe on the other hand prefers thickening spray and advises Bon to use more as it’s easier when the hair is wet. This will also help ensure those tiny hairs won’t stick up so much! Bon tried the Sumowax but in the end went back to using the thickening spray and then secured the braid with some Bumble and bumble Does It All.
Next, Bon focuses in on my fringe area. He wants to try braiding this area too and does this (after many attempts at getting it just right) but decides that he’d much rather use that bottle of Bumble and bumble Gellac that’s sitting on the worktop and calling his name…
There’s a LOT of Gellac being used here! He applies to the right side of my head and on the back section as well, leaving the left for the moment. Using a fine tooth comb, Bon creates waves in my hair (I think everyone is loving waves and gel right now by the looks of it!) and adds in a couple of 3D waves, which he’s very pleased with!
Next, we’re onto the left side of my head and Bon tries out something a bit experimental. He takes a pin, winds my hair around the two ends and then flattens this with the WAM Digital Straightening Irons. The end result wasn’t quite what Bon wanted, so he use the Gellac and comb combo on this side of my head as well, and then we’re done!
Bon has requested that the final photos be in black and white (fine by me – it’s a lot more flattering!) to really amp up the creative competition between him, Kei and Giuseppe!
