By Devon Abelman, Allure
Last month, a client of Sara Pestella, a hairstylist at Avant Garde Salon in Destin, Florida, walked in with two-tone hair down to her hips. With her wedding coming up this fall, Holly, a gate guard at a plantation in Destin, was ready to completely change her look and undergo a hair makeover. Pestella told Modern Salon that Holly was holding on to her Rapunzel-length hair for a reason. "She always felt like she needed to keep her hair long because of what her dad said: that a woman must have long hair or she wouldn't be pretty," Pestella said. Obviously, the stylist disagreed with that sentiment.
[post_ads]To completely transform Holly's hair, Pestella teamed up with Jeremy Hartfield, another stylist at Avant Garde, who did the initial chop. Hartfield told Modern Salon that this step came first because he didn't want to cut off any of the new blonde shade. Instead, he cut off all of Holly's old yellow-y blonde. You can see the big moment in Hartfield's Instagram post below. Just swipe over to the second slide.After Hartfield cut off the length — which looks like almost two feet of hair — Pestella dyed Holly's hair a gorgeous golden blonde.
[post_ads]To completely transform Holly's hair, Pestella teamed up with Jeremy Hartfield, another stylist at Avant Garde, who did the initial chop. Hartfield told Modern Salon that this step came first because he didn't want to cut off any of the new blonde shade. Instead, he cut off all of Holly's old yellow-y blonde. You can see the big moment in Hartfield's Instagram post below. Just swipe over to the second slide.After Hartfield cut off the length — which looks like almost two feet of hair — Pestella dyed Holly's hair a gorgeous golden blonde.
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Pestella decided to add some depth at the roots after drying Holly's hair. This helped give her new look some dimension. In all, the process took seven hours. She started at 7 P.M. and finished at 2 A.M.! "No kidding, this transformation was indeed overnight," Pestella said. No longer hiding under her hair, Pestella added, "Holly feels beautiful in her own skin [now]." To help maintain her gorgeous hair makeover, the owners of Avant Garde Salon offered Holly a year of free services.
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